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16 hours ago · Frederick II (Italian: Federico; German: Friedrich; Latin: Fridericus; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225. He was the son of Emperor Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty (the second son of Emperor Frederick ...
16 hours ago · Trinity College, Cambridge, Peterhouse, Cambridge. Signature. Charles Babbage KH FRS (/ ˈbæbɪdʒ /; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. [ 1 ] A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
16 hours ago · In 1636, the colonial legislature of Massachusetts founded Harvard College, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. [ 25 ] In 1681, William Penn , who wanted to give Quakers a land of religious freedom, founded Pennsylvania and extended freedom of religion to all citizens.
16 hours ago · e. The Republic of China (ROC) began as a country in mainland China. [ f ] It was established on 1 January 1912 after the 1911 Revolution, which overthrew the Manchu -led Qing dynasty and ended China's imperial history. From 1927, the Kuomintang (KMT) ruled the country as a one-party state (" Dang Guo ") and made Nanjing the national capital.
[137] [138] Possible earlier domes may have existed at the church of Saint-Astier, Dordogne, which was founded in 1010 although little of the original construction remains, and at Saint-Avit-Sénieur (c. 1117), whose original three domes were replaced with "domed up Anjou vaults" in the 13th century. [139]
16 hours ago · The NBA traces its roots to the Basketball Association of America which was founded in 1946 by owners of the major ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada. On November 1, 1946, in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens , in a game the NBA now refers to as the first game played in NBA history ...
16 hours ago · Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English actor, director, producer and writer. [ 1 ] He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s. Active in both Britain and Hollywood, Howard played Ashley Wilkes in ...
