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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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1 |
When Lenin died in 1924, Trotsky was expected to take over; however, Stalin took over instead. |
History > European |
04/01/09 |
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2 |
Ukraine was blockaded after the country refused to cooperate with Stalin's collectivization of farms, resulting in a famine killing over six million people. |
History > European |
04/01/09 |
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3 |
Trotsky was assassinated with an ice pick in Mexico by Ramon Mercader. |
History > European |
04/01/09 |
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4 |
Thomas Malthus believed the population would always outgrow its food supply. |
History > European |
02/07/09 |
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5 |
The volumes of the "Encyclopedia" were edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert. |
History > European |
12/23/08 |
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6 |
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed in March 1918, marking Russia's exit from World War I. |
History > European |
04/01/09 |
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7 |
The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre took place from August 24 to August 30 in 1572; the massacre began during the wedding of Margaret de Valois and the future King Henry IV. |
History > European |
12/29/08 |
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8 |
The South Sea Company was developed by Queen Anne to handle the trade of all the English colonies. |
History > European |
12/24/08 |
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9 |
The Quadruple Alliance of March 1813 was composed of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Great Britain. |
History > European |
01/16/09 |
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10 |
The only one of his six wives to bear King Henry VIII a son was Jane Seymour. |
History > European |
05/21/08 |
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11 |
The Napoleonic Code was based on earlier French laws as well as Roman laws. |
History > European |
01/16/09 |
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12 |
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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13 |
The Luftwaffe, Germany's WWII Air Force, received intensive combat training during the Spanish Civil War |
History > European |
07/06/08 |
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14 |
The Jacobin Club closed after Maximilian Robespierre was beheaded. |
History > European |
01/12/09 |
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15 |
The Index of Prohibited Books was a list of books that went against the views of the Catholic Church. |
History > European |
12/26/08 |
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