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- 1941: Henry VIII's Divorce From Catherine of Aragon
- ... When Henry approached Cardinal Wolsey with his plan, Wolsey saw it as a practical political move, nothing else. Wolsey, not knowing about Henry's plan to marry Anne, began to set Henry up with a French Princess. The word was soon spread about this divorce, all of Europe knew. Cardinal Wolsey had summoned King Henry to appear before him and Archbishop Warham. Henry had to state that he was living a ...
- 1942: Maya Angelou
- ... at his 1993 presidential inauguration. Whole her life, Maya Angelou has been trying to make something special in the poetry, history and in the film industry of the Africa-American women. Dr, Angelou, who speaks French, Spanish, Italian and West African Fanti, began her career in drama and dance. In 1940 she and her brother moved to San Francisco to be with their mother, who had remarried. She gave birth to ...
- 1943: Benito Mussolini's Rise To Power
- ... successes in restoring Italy outweighed any "rumors" of police brutality. In 1935 Mussilini invaded Ethiopia was carried out with a ruthless disregard for world opinion,including the use of poison gas. When the British and French leaders condemned him for these acts, he looked elsewhere for allies and found Germany and Japan. He joined Hitler in supporting the Fascist "Nationalist" side in the 1936- 1939 Spanish Civil War. This gained him ...
- 1944: Van Gogh
- ... outcasts, for Gauguin, under the combined influence of Cezanne and of the Orient; and for Seraut, obsessed with experimental vision of art. Until 1886, he had only known the Dutch painters and a handful of French landscape painters including Millet and the Barbizon group. Now, for the first time, he saw work by Delacroix (whom he later said had more influence on him than the Impressionists) and by Pissaro, Cιzanne, Renoir ...
- 1945: The Nomination of Andrew Jackson to the "Presidents Hall of Fame"
- ... wasn't his fault the private state-chartered banks issued the paper money when they didn't have the specie to back it up. Jackson's foreign policy showed a strong interest in making the French to pay long-overdue spoliation claims and reopening the British West Indian Trade. Even thought he personally agreed with the rebellion of Texas against Mexico. He didn't recognize the Lone Star republic until the ...
- 1946: Caravaggio
- ... he was accused of striking a fellow painter, and the following year he wounded a soldier. In 1603 he was imprisoned on the complaint of another painter, and only released through the intervention of the French ambassador. In April 1604 he was accused of throwing a plate of artichokes in the face of a waiter, and in October he was arrested for throwing stones at the Roman Guards. In May 1605 ...
- 1947: Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
- ... this essentially monarchical plan, the national government would have unlimited sovereignty. Hamilton worked to promote commerce, industry, and a strong central government, under which, he believed, the economy would flourish. The debts incurred during the revolution were massive. The end result left the nation's finances in disorder. Public credit was at a low reflux, and the economies of the states were still adjusting to the changes from independence. Hamilton wanted ...
- 1948: Biography of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... and Fanny Allen. Poe then at age six moved to England where he attended private schools. As a teen Poe was very gifted in foreign language. He wrote some of his early works in both French an Latin. At age fifteen Poe had already written enough works to publish a book but John would not allow it. Poe was also very fit as a teen. Poe was supposedly a very fast ...
- 1949: Henry VIII
- ... of life. He loved music, so much that when he was only ten years old he could play many instruments including the Fife, Harp, Viola, and drums. He was also very smart. He could speak French, Latin, and a bit of Spanish. He loved Hunting. His favorite sports were hunting ,of course, and wrestling. Henry had and an older brother named Arthur. He was he was the family heir to the ...
- 1950: W.E.B Du Bois
- ... was its spokesman in the first decades of its existence. William Edward Bughardt Du Bois was born three years following the Civil War, on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. His paternal side was French, settling in America in 1674 and, the Burghardts', his maternal side, were descendants of slaves who fought in the Civil War. William' father died when he was a child and was reared by his mother ...
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