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King Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, was the first king of Belgium, or more correct of the Belgians, according to the constitution of that country, since July 21, 1831.
In 1830 the... |
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft discusses how women are to be kept ignorant of all knowledge and only to be valued for their physical charms (almost every ad on TV/in print). The exa... |
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The White House, US Presidents
For two hundred years, the White House has stood as a symbol of the Presidency, the United States government, and the American people. Its history, and the history of the... |
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Champollion, Deciphering Hieroglyphics
Anyone who has studied ancient Egypt will be familiar with Jean Francois Champollion, The Father of Egyptology. He was, after all, credited with deciphering hieroglyphics... |
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John Tyler, 10th US President
John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (1841-1845), signaled the last gasp of the Old Virginia aristocracy in the White House. Born a few years after the America... |
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George Everest, Geographer
Colonel Sir George Everest was a Welsh surveyor, geographer and Surveyor-General of India from 1830 to 1843. Sir George was largely responsible for completing the section... |
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Marie Louise of Austria
Marie Louise, Empress of the French (1810–1815) as consort of Napoleon I and duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla (1816–47), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I... |
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Michael Faraday, Producing Electricity
Faraday's research into electricity and electrolysis was guided by the belief that electricity is only one of the many manifestations of the unified forces of nature, whi... |
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James Buchanan, 15th US President
James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). In the 1850s, the question of slavery divided the United States. Hopes ran high that the new President, "... |
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Charles Babbage, Invention Computer
Charles Babbage was an English mathematician, analytical philosopher, mechanical engineer and (proto-) computer scientist who originated the idea of a programmable comput... |
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Morse, Inventor Morse Code - 1836
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, the creator of a single wire telegraph system, and co-inventor, with Alfred Vail, of... |
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Napoleonic Wars
The major powers of Europe - Austria, Britain, Russia and Prussia - feared the rise of France's revolutionaries because of the effect they could have upon their own popul... |
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Romantic poet who rebelled against English politics and conservative values. Shelley drew no essential distinction between poetry and politi... |
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Gioacchino Rossini
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini was an Italian musical composer who wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. His best known works include Il barbie... |
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Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas
Stephen Fuller Austin, known as the "Father of Texas," led the Anglo-American colonization of the region. The capital city of Austin, Texas and Austin County, Texas, Step... |
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