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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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91 |
The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598 by Henry IV of France. |
History > Famous Dates |
01/02/09 |
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92 |
The earliest written symbols are called pictograms. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
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93 |
The dynasties which ruled China gained power by the Mandate of Heaven. |
History > Ancient |
01/27/09 |
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94 |
The Defenestration of Prague occured when some Catholic nobles were shoved out of a window and onto a pile of manure; it also signaled the start of the Bohemian Phase of the Thirty Years' War. |
History > European |
12/30/08 |
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95 |
The Declaration of Pillnitz was issued on August 27, 1791. |
History > Famous Dates |
01/13/09 |
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96 |
The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776. |
History > Famous Dates |
06/11/08 |
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97 |
The Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward occurred in China during the leadership reign of Mao Zedong. |
History > Asian |
05/30/08 |
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98 |
The Cult of the Supreme Being, created by Maximilian Robespierre, was a religion based on deism. |
History > European |
01/13/09 |
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99 |
The Credit Mobilier of Paris was founded by Isaac and Emile Pereire, two young Jewish journalists from Bordeaux. |
History > European |
02/05/09 |
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100 |
The Concordat of Bologna gave King Francis I of France the right to appoint benefices, which allowed France to decide who was to lead the Catholic Church in France. |
History > European |
12/30/08 |
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101 |
The Code of Hammurabi was developed in Babylon, a city-state of Mesopotamia. |
History > Ancient |
01/26/09 |
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102 |
The Civil War ended in 1865 when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. |
History > War |
02/10/13 |
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103 |
The Chinese influenced writing, architecture, and religion in Japan. |
History > Asian |
01/29/09 |
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104 |
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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105 |
The capital of the USA is Washington D.C. |
History > United States |
05/19/08 |
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