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Lewis and Clark's Historic Trail
In May, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on an amazing expedition across the Louisiana Territory. On March 6, 1801, Lewis, as a young Army Captain in Pitt... |
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Johann Strauss I, Austrian Composer
Austrian violinist and composer of waltzes and other works, notably Redetzky March (1848). His son Johann (1825–1899), known as “the Younger,” is sometimes called “the Wa... |
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Franklin Pierce, 14th US President
Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857), came to office during a period of growing tension between the North and South. A politician of limit... |
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The Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar, fought on 21 October 1805, is part of the War of the Third Coalition assembled by Britain against France. It was the most significant naval battl... |
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Joseph Smith, Founder Mormonism
Joseph Smith, Jr. was the American religious figure who founded the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism. Smith's followers declared him to be the first lat... |
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Robert FitzRoy, Captain of HMS Beagle
Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, and as a pioneering meteorologist who made accura... |
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Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian patriot, philosopher and politician. Mazzini's efforts helped bring about the modern Italian state in place of the several separate states... |
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Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen's literary fame grew rapidly from the mid-1830's, when his novels enjoyed widespread circulation in Germany. From 1839 onwards it was the fairy-tales that create... |
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Engineer
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a British engineer who pioneered fast, cheap & reliable mass public transport with the enthusiasm of a visionary matched by his ability to con... |
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning published her first poem in 1820, at the age of fourteen. In 1826, she published her first collection of poems, entitled "An Ess... |
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Slavery Abolition Act
In 1805 the House of Commons passed a bill that made it unlawful for any British subject to capture and transport slaves, but the measure was blocked by the House of Lord... |
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Robert E. Lee, General Confederate Army
Robert Edward Lee was a career United States Army officer, an engineer, and among the most celebrated generals in American history. Lee was the son of Major General Henry... |
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. He personally led many of the military campaigns that brought about the formation of a unified... |
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Faust, Goethe
Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here... |
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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... |
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