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1 day ago · Frederick II(German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussiafrom 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollernmonarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussiaafter annexing Royal Prussiafrom the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealthin 1772. His most significant accomplishments ...
1 day ago · George Armstrong Custer Portrait by Mathew Brady, c. 1865 Born (1839-12-05) December 5, 1839 New Rumley, Ohio, U.S. Died June 25, 1876 (1876-06-25) (aged 36) Little Bighorn, Montana Territory, U.S. Buried Initially on the battlefield; later reinterred in West Point Cemetery Allegiance United States Union Service/ branch United States Army Union Army Years of service 1861–1876 Rank Lieutenant ...
1 day ago · Politics portal. v. t. e. The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1 day ago · William Gregory, Lord Mayor of London, c. 1450 It is unknown when Bethlem, or Bedlam, began to specialise in the care and control of the insane, but it has been frequently asserted that Bethlem was first used for the insane from 1377. This date is derived from the unsubstantiated conjecture of the Reverend Edward Geoffrey O'Donoghue, chaplain to the hospital, who published a monograph on its ...
1 day ago · Richard Phillips Feynman (/ ˈ f aɪ n m ə n /; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist.He is known for the work he did in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and in particle physics, for which he proposed the parton model.
1 day ago · This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 October 2024. Extinct genus of saber-toothed cat Smilodon Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Early Holocene, 2.5–0.01 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Mounted S. populator skeleton at Tellus Science Museum Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class ...
5 hours ago · The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by Captain Samuel Nicholas by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775, to raise two battalions of marines. [ 35 ] This date is celebrated as the birthday of the Marine Corps.
