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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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1 |
Alexander II ruled from 1855 until his assassination in 1881. |
History > European |
02/28/09 |
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2 |
Alexander Kerensky was the second leader of the Russian Provisional Government until Lenin came to power. |
History > European |
03/31/09 |
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3 |
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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4 |
Benjamin Disraeli was twice Prime Minister of Great Britain. |
History > European |
02/15/09 |
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5 |
Catherine I (the Great) of Russia ruled from 1725 to 1727. |
History > European |
03/02/09 |
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6 |
Charles Fourier was born on April 7, 1772 as François Marie Charles Fourier. |
History > European |
01/18/09 |
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7 |
Charles II the Bald was the grandson of Charlemagne. |
History > European |
03/04/09 |
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8 |
Dachau was the first Nazi German concentration camp that opened in Germany in 1933. |
History > European |
04/05/09 |
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9 |
David Ricardo, a wealthy English stockbroker and economist, stated in his iron law of wages that wages would always sink to subsistence level due to the pressure of population growth. |
History > European |
02/06/09 |
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10 |
Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom from January to December 1936. |
History > European |
03/08/09 |
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11 |
Elizabeth II became the Queen of the United Kingdom on February 6, 1952. |
History > European |
03/02/09 |
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12 |
Frédéric Passy was born in France. |
History > European |
05/29/08 |
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13 |
Frederick William I was known as the "Soldier King" and ruled from 1713 to 1740. |
History > European |
03/05/09 |
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14 |
George Stephenson built an effective locomotive called the "Rocket", which ran at sixteen miles per hour on the track of the recently completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830. |
History > European |
02/06/09 |
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15 |
George V reigned as King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936. |
History > European |
03/08/09 |
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