New York City, the largest city in the United States, originally began when the Dutch West India company sent about thirty families to live on “Nutten Island”, ...
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Death penalty laws go way back to the eighteenth century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon. During the tenth century A.D., h...
(source: www.parliament.uk)
The Palace of Westminster was burned down on the night of October 16th, 1834. Only a few pieces survived the fire, and were inte...
Skiing dates back centuries. One of the first known ski competitions was a cross-country race held in Norway in 1843. In California during the 1860s, there were...
Ballet first originated in the 15th century in the Italian Renaissance Courts. Catherine de Medici, an Italian Noblewoman and the wife of King Henry II in of Fr...
Though best known for his beloved fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen was Danish playwright, poet, novelist, and writer of travelogues. Some of his best known ...
Born in Virginia on April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson was a prominent Founding Father of the United States. Jefferson was the main author of the Declaration of I...
Great Britain had been at war with the colonies for over a year in June/July, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was created. It was ratified on July...