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- 1651: The Reformation
- ... he became angry enough, and he nailed a complaint, called the 95 theses to a Church door. The 95 theses complained about the sale of induldgences and other corruptions in the Church. Luther also created new ideas against the Church. He rejected the authority of the Pope and said that priests had no more authority than laymen did. He said that vows taken by monks and nuns should be abolished and ... heart religion, which led to Luther's doctrine of justification by faith. Reformers in other countries were also famous. Erasmus of Rotterdam spurred the study of the early Church through printed editions of the Greek New Testament. In England, John Colet worked for reform within the Church. John Calvin reformed churches in Switzerland and created the Protestant religion of Calvinism, now Presbyterianism. Where The Reformation Spread The Reformation first spread to ... Catholic countries were threatened with imprisonment or death. The Church also created an Index of books that Catholics were banned to read, own, or sell. The Catholic Church hoped to stop the spread of heresy. New religous orders were also set up to preserve the Church and spread Catholic ideas. The most important of these orders were the Jesuits, or the Society of Jesus. The Jesuits tried to keep Catholics ...
- 1652: Development Of Computers
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS IN UKRAINE AND THE FORMER USSR The government and the authorities had paid serious attention to the development of the computer industry right after the Second World War. The leading bodies considered this task to be one of the principal for the national economy. Up to the beginning of the 1950s there were only small productive capacities which specialized in the producing ... used for solving the tasks. THE MAIN FAULT OF THE 70S OR THE YEARS OF MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN HOPES ? he great accumulated experience in creating computers, the profound comparison of our domestic achievements with the new examples of foreign computer technique prompted the scientists that it is possible to create the computing means of new generation meeting the world standards. Of that opinion were many outstanding Ukrainian scientists of that time - Lebedev, Dorodnitsin, Glushkov and others. They proceeded from quite a favorable situation in the country. The computerization of ...
- 1653: The Sun Also Rises 5
- ... ways. While some critics such as Mimi Reisel Gladstein view Brett as a Circe or bitch-goddess, others such as Carol H. Smith see Brett as a woman who has been emotionally broken by the world around her. I tend to agree with the latter of these views, simply because of the many tragedies that befell Brett. She is a heroine who, despite being wounded by love and war, continues to ... Terrible Mother does not do justice to her (55). Smith s quotation is well-founded. Hemingway has done much more with the character of Brett than it may seem. She is a good woman the world has broken . . . a complex woman who has endured much (55). These views are solidly-based as well. The two marriages that Brett entered into were loveless; the first with a man who died of dysentery ... well as the changes that they caused, were out of Brett s control and can be used as evidence for the argument that Brett is a woman who has been, . .. emotionally stunted by a shallow world without spiritual meaning, and has become a woman devoid of womanhood (Bardacke 12). Having done such intense research on the topic of Brett Ashley, I find that both arguments are very compelling. I believe, ...
- 1654: Technology 2
- ... the many advantages of owning a computer and knowing how to use a PC and I will attempt to explain why you should purchase a computer and learn how to use one properly. Webster's New World Compact Dictionary defines a computer as "an electronic machine that performs rapid, complex calculations or compiles and correlates data" ("Computer."). While this definition gives one a very narrow view of what a computer is capable of doing, it does describe the basic ideas of what I will expand upon. We have been living through an age of computers for a short while now and there are already many people world wide that are computer literate. According to Using Computers: A Gateway to Information World Wide Web Edition, over 250 million Personal Computers (PC's) were in use by 1995, and one out of every ...
- 1655: Communism East Europe
- ... were occasional violent and active shows of opposition to communist rule. The states of Eastern Europe in the post- war period had been forced to adhere to the Moscow line. After 1956 however, with KhrushchevΖs new approach to Socialism and his denunciation of Stalin, there were increasing calls for independence among the communist bloc countries who had never been truly supportive of the communist regime. In East Germany in 1953 there ... into the East. (15) In 1964 Khrushchev was ousted from power and Brezhnev with Kosygin took over from him. (16) In 1966 the US and USSR agreed to a direct air service between Moscow and New York. In 1967 they, along with 60 other countries, signed the first international treaty providing for the peaceful exploration of outer space. (17) In the 1970Ζs a period of D_tente began. In 1970 West ... the brink of economic collapse. The net result of war communism under Lenin was that from 1914 the countryside was neglected and destroyed and in 1920 there was a severe drought. (20) In 1921 the New Economic Policy (NEP) was introduced. This was in effect a limited capitalism. Peasants were allowed to keep their surpluses after taxes were paid. Bonuses, extra rations and better housing were offered as incentives. Still ...
- 1656: Causes Of World War 2
- Out of all the wars that the world has gone through, none has been more devastating as world war II. But what caused this war? Well, world war II had six major causes: anger over the Versailles Treaty, the failure of peace efforts after world war I, the rise of Fascism, the goals of Hitler, the isolationism by America and Britain, ...
- 1657: The Rms Titanic
- Just 20 minutes short of midnight, April 14, 1912, the great new White Star Liner Titanic, making her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, had a rendezvous with ice in the calm, dark waters of the North Atlantic. She brushed the berg so gently that nearly all of the passengers slept through it (Tribute to the RMS Titanic). A look at the Titanic's catastrophic disaster at sea some 85 years ago, the world has been captivated by the "unsinkable" ship's history, from the birth of the idea to the aftermath of the crash and sinking. By the turn of the nineteenth century, the race to build ...
- 1658: Abortion: A Matter Of Choice
- ... God had the right to judge what a woman did with her own body? This thought process lasted till the 1800's. During this era of change people began to turn their attention in a new direction, the fetus. They began to protest abortion as cruel, inhumane, and murderous. Filled with a new sense of purpose and the glory of a fresh, righteous cause to uphold this new morality swept the countryside enveloping everyone in its wake. Abortionists who were once revered and depended upon were now scorned and threatened. Though abortions still happened with regularity, they were kept silent and seen ...
- 1659: Frederick Douglass
- ... by himself. Soon Frederick bought a local paper and learned about abolitionist. This changed his views on many things but was soon sent back to work on a plantation, this time to Thomas Auld's new farm near the town of Saint Michaels. Frederick was sad to leave Baltimore because he had recently become a teacher to a group of other young blacks. Frederick was put to work as a field ... was a free seaman, of course that was fake and luckily did not get caught with it. He had made it to Philadelphia and was still worried about the slave catchers so he left for New York City. Not knowing what to do Frederick told an honest-looking black sailor about his situation. The man took him to David Ruggles, an officer in the New York Vigilance Committee and also associates of the city's link in the underground railroad. Ruggle trusted Frederick and had him stay in his home. Then Frederick sent for Anna Murray. The two were ...
- 1660: Frederic Douglass
- ... by himself. Soon Frederick bought a local paper and learned about abolitionist. This changed his views on many things but was soon sent back to work on a plantation, this time to Thomas Auld's new farm near the town of Saint Michaels. Frederick was sad to leave Baltimore because he had recently become a teacher to a group of other young blacks. Frederick was put to work as a field ... was a free seaman, of course that was fake and luckily did not get caught with it. He had made it to Philadelphia and was still worried about the slave catchers so he left for New York City. Not knowing what to do Frederick told an honest-looking black sailor about his situation. The man took him to David Ruggles, an officer in the New York Vigilance Committee and also associates of the city's link in the underground railroad. Ruggle trusted Frederick and had him stay in his home. Then Frederick sent for Anna Murray. The two were ...
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