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- 1331: Martin Luther: A Biography of Martin Luther (1483-1546)
- Martin Luther: A Biography of Martin Luther (1483-1546) Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany, the son of Hans Luther, who worked in the copper mines, and his wife Margarethe. He went to school at Magdeburg and Eisenach, and entered the University of Erfurt in 1501, graduating with a BA ...
- 1332: The Life Of Stalin
- ... of millions of Soviet citizens. In this way Stalin with the help of the secret police, established his personal dictatorship over the party and the country. In the face of the growing threats from Nazi Germany and Japan, Stalin reverted increasingly to traditional forms of foreign policy, seeking diplomatic alliances with the European powers. Finally in August 1939, he concluded a bilateral nonaggression treaty with Hitler. Stalin liquidated a hundred thousand ...
- 1333: Jacqueline Kennedy
- ... her accent and to get an insight into her earlier family’s way of life. While at the Sorbonne, she studied French literature and civilization. Jacqueline later took a vacation with Claude de Renty through Germany and Austria. They traveled third-class which gave the young Bouvier the chance to witness a new world which had been so unfamiliar to her. Upon her return to the United States, Jacqueline was reluctant ...
- 1334: William Wordsworth Biography
- ... Coleridge's place at Nether Stowey. In 1798, Wordsworth and Coleridge fired the first major salvo of the Romantic revolt in England with the publication of Lyrical Ballads. Wordsworth and Dorothy then followed Coleridge to Germany, and later returned to Lake District, at Dove Cottage, in 1799, where the pair would live for the next eight years. By 1800, the 2nd edition of Lyrical Ballads was published. Wordsworth went back to ...
- 1335: JFK: His Life and Legacy
- ... he wanted to go to Harvard("JFK" 98). On campus, young people took interest in politics, social changes, and events in Europe. The United States was pulling out of the Great Depression. Hitler's Nazi Germany followed aggressive territorial expansion in Europe. It was at this time that John first became aware of the vast social and economic differences in the United States. In June 1940, John graduated cum laude(with ...
- 1336: Henry VIII's Divorce From Catherine of Aragon
- ... during her difficult time. She had political groups that allied with her, the people of England, a generation that grew up knowing only her as their Queen, her nephew Charles V along with Spain, Naples, Germany, and the Netherlands behind him, and she had the Roman Catholic Church. Although Anne had many enemies, they all gave her one virtue: courage. Even Charles V's Ambassador to England, Eustache Chapuys hated her ...
- 1337: Albert Einstein
- ... is best known for his theory of relativity, which he first advanced when he was only 26. He also made many other contributions to science. Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany, the son of Hermann and Paulina Koch Einstein. When Einstein was five years old, his father showed him a pocket compass. Einstein was really impressed by the mysterious behavior of the compass needle, which kept ...
- 1338: Dante Alighieri: A Poetic Descent into Metaphorical Hell
- ... Concerning the Common Speech) and the unfinished Convivio(Banquet) He probably also began The Divine Comedy around 1307. Dante once again became engulfed in politics around 1310 with the arrival of Henry VII King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor. Henry wanted to bring all of Italy together, Dante supported him in this endeavor. He wrote to many Italian princes and political leaders asking them to welcome Henry, Dante thought this ...
- 1339: The Life of Anne Frank
- ... those faraway and uncivilized places where the Germans are sending them? We assume that most of them are being murdered. The English radio says they're being gassed."-- October 9, 1942 On Her Old Country, Germany "Fine specimens of humanity, those Germanns, and to think I'm actually one of them! No, that's not true, Hitler took away our nationality long ago. And besides, there are no greater enemies on ...
- 1340: Benito Mussolini
- ... Treaty of 1929. In the 1930's Mussolini turned to an aggressive foreign policy, conquering Ethiopia(1935-36) and helping General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War. In 1936 he joined with Hitler's Germany and soon formed a military alliance(1939). In 1939 Mussolini ordered his armies to occupy Albania. However he kept out of World War ll until 1940, when the fall of France was imminent and the ...
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