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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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| 16 |
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom from January to December 1936. |
History > European |
03/08/09 |
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| 17 |
George VI was King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952. |
History > European |
03/08/09 |
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| 18 |
Frederick William I was known as the "Soldier King" and ruled from 1713 to 1740. |
History > European |
03/05/09 |
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| 19 |
Charles II the Bald was the grandson of Charlemagne. |
History > European |
03/04/09 |
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| 20 |
Hugh Capet began the Capetian Dynasty in 987. |
History > European |
03/03/09 |
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| 21 |
Peter II of Russia ruled from 1727 to 1730. |
History > European |
03/03/09 |
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| 22 |
Elizabeth II became the Queen of the United Kingdom on February 6, 1952. |
History > European |
03/02/09 |
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| 23 |
Catherine I (the Great) of Russia ruled from 1725 to 1727. |
History > European |
03/02/09 |
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| 24 |
Anna of the Romanov Dynasty succeeded Peter II as ruler of Russia and ruled from 1730 to 1740. |
History > European |
03/01/09 |
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| 25 |
Alexander II ruled from 1855 until his assassination in 1881. |
History > European |
02/28/09 |
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| 26 |
Michael I of the Romanov Dynasty ruled from 1613 to 1645. |
History > European |
02/27/09 |
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| 27 |
Benjamin Disraeli was twice Prime Minister of Great Britain. |
History > European |
02/15/09 |
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| 28 |
The Carlsbad Decrees was published by Klemens von Metternich to stop the spread of enlightened thought. |
History > European |
02/15/09 |
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| 29 |
Luddites often destroyed machines during the Industrial Revolution, for they felt the machines were leaving them without work. |
History > European |
02/11/09 |
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| 30 |
The Mines Acts of 1842 forbade women and children under the age of ten to work underground. |
History > European |
02/10/09 |
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