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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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16 |
George VI was King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952. |
History > European |
03/08/09 |
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17 |
Giuseppe Mazzini was considered the "soul" of the Italian unification, because, even though he wasn't an active participant in it, he helped inspire it. |
History > European |
03/08/09 |
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18 |
Heinrich Himmler was the head of the Schutzstaffel, or SS. |
History > European |
04/21/09 |
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19 |
Henri de Saint Simon once said, about the Industrial Revolution, "The age of gold is before us!" |
History > European |
01/19/09 |
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20 |
Henry Cort developed the puddling furance in the 1780s, which allowed pig iron to be refined with coke. |
History > European |
02/06/09 |
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21 |
Henry VIII of England enjoyed the game of tennis. |
History > European |
09/22/08 |
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22 |
Henry VIII of England had four legitimate sons, but only one survived infancy. |
History > European |
10/17/08 |
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23 |
Henry VIII of England was originally educated to enter the Church. |
History > European |
09/24/08 |
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24 |
Hugh Capet began the Capetian Dynasty in 987. |
History > European |
03/03/09 |
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25 |
Immanuel Kant wrote "The Critique of Pure Reason", which specifies the conditions for scientific, mathematical, and metaphysical knowledge. |
History > European |
12/20/08 |
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26 |
In 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact agreeing to remain neutral if either of the two countries were to enter a war. |
History > European |
04/01/09 |
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27 |
It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave their eyebrows off, and so the Mona Lisa has none! |
History > European |
05/18/09 |
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28 |
James Nasmyth successfully introduced the steam hammer in 1832, which was the forerunner of the modern pile driver. |
History > European |
02/06/09 |
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29 |
Jean-Paul Marat, a member of the Jacobins, was assassinated by Charlotte Corday on July 13, 1793. |
History > European |
01/09/09 |
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30 |
John Reynolds of Dane Court died in 1779 |
History > European |
05/29/08 |
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