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2 päivää sitten · List of Roman emperors. The Prima Porta statue of Augustus ( r. 27 BC – AD 14), the first Roman emperor. The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward. [1] Augustus maintained a facade of Republican rule, rejecting monarchical titles but ...
3 päivää sitten · Battle of Quebec. Battle of Monmouth. Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician, businessman, lawyer, and Founding Father who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805 during Thomas Jefferson's first presidential term. He founded the Manhattan Company on September 1, 1799.
2 päivää sitten · Axis prisoners of war (Germans, Italians, Romanians, Hungarians) Soviet troops fighting in a destroyed workshop. Sturmgeschütz III, operated by the German Wehrmacht. Date. 17 July 1942 [Note 2] – 2 February 1943 [Note 3] (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location. Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 48°42′N 44°31′E.
1 päivä sitten · Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757 [a] – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency . Born out of wedlock in Charlestown, Nevis, Hamilton was orphaned as a child and taken in by a prosperous ...
3 päivää sitten · Peter John Sallis OBE (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor, known for his work on British television. He was the voice of Wallace in the Academy Award -winning Wallace and Gromit films and played Norman "Cleggy" Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine from its 1973 inception until the final episode in 2010, making him the only actor to appear in all 295 episodes.
4 päivää sitten · Profession. Barrister. politician. judge. Sir Edward Coke ( / kʊk / CUUK, formerly / kuːk /; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) [1] was an English barrister, judge, and politician. He is often considered the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. [2] Born into an upper-class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College ...
3 päivää sitten · History of Michigan By year Pre-statehood U.S. Civil War Since 1900 Topics: Cities - Politics Michigan portal Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great ...
