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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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1 |
King Louis XIV's financial advisor was Jean-Baptiste Colbert. |
History > European |
05/20/08 |
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2 |
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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3 |
John Reynolds of Dane Court died in 1779 |
History > European |
05/29/08 |
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4 |
Frédéric Passy was born in France. |
History > European |
05/29/08 |
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5 |
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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6 |
Henry VIII of England enjoyed the game of tennis. |
History > European |
09/22/08 |
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7 |
Henry VIII of England was originally educated to enter the Church. |
History > European |
09/24/08 |
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8 |
The future Henry VIII became heir apparent to the English throne at the age of ten. |
History > European |
09/28/08 |
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9 |
The Black Death, or Black Plague, spread to Europe during the 1340s. |
History > European |
10/05/08 |
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10 |
Queen Victoria came to the English throne in 1837, after the death of her uncle, William IV. |
History > European |
10/16/08 |
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11 |
Henry VIII of England had four legitimate sons, but only one survived infancy. |
History > European |
10/17/08 |
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12 |
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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13 |
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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14 |
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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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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