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- 1821: HITLER, Adolf (1889-1945)
- ... dictator and instigator of World War II. (See also World War II.) Believing himself on the road to world conquest, in 1941 Hitler made himself Personal Commander of the Army and, in 1942, Supreme War Lord. However, on July 20, 1944, a group of officers, dismayed by his "intuitive" military failures, set off a bomb in his office. He escaped with only a nervous shock. The Legend of "Hitler the Superman ...
- 1822: The Work of Stephen King
- ... He knows how to activate our primal fears" (Nolan 222). Where does he get these fears? His own personal fears in (descending order) are the fear of someone else, others (paranoia), death, insects (especially spiders, flies, & beetles), closed in places, rats, snakes, deformity, squishy things, and his number one fear is fear of the dark. "At night, when I go to bed I am still at pains to be sure that ...
- 1823: The Zhou Dynasty
- ... their land. One of these plans involved the philosophers, Confucius and Mencius. They developed theories that were intended to attract peasantry. By this time, the Zhou dynasty had formed independent states, each with its own lord. Some states were able to overcome this difficulty by successfully attracting population to its territory while other didnt have much luck. The state that most effectively resolved and responded to this challenge successfully was ...
- 1824: The Effect of Militancy In the British Suffragette Movement
- ... granting women the vote, was acknowledging the services of women during the war, they were also afraid of further militancy once the war ended, as well as "split the nation from top to bottom"31. Lord Crewe, supporting the bill that would eventually give women the vote, "warned the House that if the vote was refused to women the old violent atmosphere of the question would return."32 The government enjoyed ...
- 1825: The Hundred Years' War
- ... trade with Gascony and the wool trade with Flanders. These resources were needed to help finance the war. However, his campaign ended in retreat. The Gascons were opportunists. They did not adhere firmly to one lord. Even though they did better under English rule, they were not resistant to the French. Consequently, France gradually gained control of the Channel trade routes. Then King Henry V renewed The Hundred Years' War with ...
- 1826: The Conquest of the Aztec Empire
- ... Your Majesty's wish that Mutezuma should remain in power, acknowledging the sovereignty which Your Highness held over him, and that they could best serve Your Highness by obeying him and holding him for their lord, as they had before I came to this land . . . Many times I offered him his liberty, begging him to return to his house, and each time he told me that he was pleased to be ...
- 1827: The Protector Of The Scots And The Hammer Of The Scots
- ... and Williams battle plans in his pocket. When the Scottish and English Armies met this time the outcome was disastrous for the Scots. Not only were they heavily outnumbered by the English but the Lord of Badenoch, leader of a large part of the Scottish Army marched off the field with all his men. The outcome was total defeat for the Scottish Army. Sir William survived by fleeing off and ...
- 1828: Bolshevik Power In Russia
- ... henceforth an anachronism. In proportion anarchy [chaos] in social production vanishes, the political authority of the state dies out. Man, at last the master of his own form of organization, becomes at the same time lord over nature, his own master - free. Playing on this thought process is how the Bolshevik party gained the support of the proletarian class. Freedom of the Revolution further contends that the Bolshevik party adopted this ...
- 1829: Description Dominance of Greco-Roman Culture
- ... that our city is an education to Greece, and I declare that in my opinion each single one of our citizens, in all the manifold aspects of life, is able to show himself the rightful lord and owner of his own person, and to do this with exceptional grace and exceptional versatility." The overriding idea of arete, excellence in everything, also inspired Greek philosophers and artists. Sullivan states, "...the judgment of ...
- 1830: The Reign of Terror
- ... The Austrians were quickly advancing into French territory, and counter revolutionaries in Lyons had seized control, executing Republican leaders. Toulon, the royalists were handing over twenty six of France's sixty one frigates over the Lord Hood, commander of the British navy. However, Maximilien Robespierre joined the Committee and would soon become the dominant revolutionary force. A man known for his virtue and upright moral standing, his rise to through the ...
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