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Soon after distinguishing himself in battle, Christophe was created a sergeant by L’Overture and later made a basic by Dessalines. He rejected both the genteel tradition of academic painting and...

The Bank of England was founded in 1694 to handle public expenditure. Williamsburg and the college of William and Mary in Virginia, had been named following the King and Queen...

This year’s exhibitions and programmes about the Hanoverian kings will hopefully bring them back to vivid life. When the king started to suffer from debilitating bouts of a mysterious illness,...

The annals of Shakespeare’s history have no tales of fearless lawmen stalking the streets in search of wrongdoers. According to old timers, there was no law here at all-just the...

Back at dwelling, Dickens had turn out to be so popular that people recognized him all over London as he strolled about the city, collecting the observations that would serve...

To Ireland, where, in spite of political disaffection, the prince’s individual charm had generally won for him a common welcome, he gave as king proof of the kindliest feeling. In...

If I had the time and revenue I would restore the complete property and put it back in the Harmening name. This bigColonial Revival house, constructed about 1900, is a...