Louis Napoleon Bonaparte III
Louis was the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte whom he clearly modeled himself after. He took up an early career as a military adventurer in Italy and tried on two occasions...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Book 4 - In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling offers up equal parts danger and delight--and any number of dragons, house-elves, and death-defying challeng...
Joost Van Den Vondel
Netherlands poet and convert, born at Cologne, 17 Nov. 1587, of parents whose residence was originally at Antwerp. Of his early youth nothing is known. In his eighth or n...
Henson, 1st on the North Pole - 1909
Matthew Alexander Henson was an American explorer and associate of Robert Peary during various expeditions, the most famous being a 1909 expedition which claimed to be th...
Bauhaus Manifesto
In 1919, the Bauhaus manifesto proclaims that the ultimate aim of all creative activity is a building. This meant that students participated right from the start in build...
