History A-Z III

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Seven years war

 

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Typhoon fighter

 

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Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly

Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. In the first year after it was published, 300,000 copies of the book were sold in the United States; one million copies were sold in Great Britain. In 1855, three years after it was published, it was called "the most popular novel of our day."

 

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Viking

 

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War of the Roses

 

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XYZ affair

 

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Yeltsen, Boris

 

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Zimmerman Telegram

 

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Agincourt, Battle of

 

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Boudicca's Revolt

 

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Betchworth Castle was built in the 11th century by Robert Fitz Gilbert to be used as an earthwork fortress. In 1379 Sir John Fitzalan turned it into a stone castle. in the 15th century the castle was rebuilt by Sir Thomas Browne.

 

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Charlemagne

 

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Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971.

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Edward Mordake was the name given to an apocryphal 19th century heir to an unspecified English peerage who was said to have suffered from a form of Diprosopus.

According to sources, he had an extra face on the back of his head, which could neither eat nor speak out loud, although it was described as being able to laugh and cry.

Edward reportedly begged doctors to have his "demon face" removed, claiming that it whispered to him at night, but no doctor would attempt it. He committed suicide "in his 23rd year."

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Fort Brooke (Tampa, Florida)

 

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Gettysburg Address

 

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HarryHoudini

 

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Indus Valley

 

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Justinian Code

 

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Kentucky's Great Compromiser Henry Clay

 

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Luftwaffe

 

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Mormon Rebellion

 

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Nacogdoches, Texas Local promotional literature from the Nacogdoches Convention & Visitors Bureau describes Nacogdoches as "the oldest town in Texas." Evidence of settlement on the same site dates back to 10,000 years ago. It is near or on the site of Nevantin, the primary village of the Nacogdoche tribe of Caddo Indians."

 

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Ottoman Empire

 

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Pocohontas