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Sir Walter Raleigh, Writer and Explorer
Sir Walter Raleigh is a famed English writer, poet, courtier and explorer. He was responsible for establishing the first English colony in the New World, on June 4, 1584,... |
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Founding the 13 American Colonies
Everybody remembers Jamestown, Capt. John Smith, Pocahontas and all the rest. But do you remember Roanoke? In 1585, after a small scouting expedition had returned from No... |
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John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice of Nassau was a Dutch general and colonial administrator, a prince of the house of Nassau-Siegen; grandnephew of William the Silent. The Dutch West India Com... |
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Virginia, One of the 1st Colonies - USA
The Commonwealth of Virginia is a state in the Southern United States. Named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was known as the Virgin Queen, this commonwealth was... |
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Oglethorpe, Founder State of Georgia
James Edward Oglethorpe was an English general, a philanthropist, and a founder of the state of Georgia. It was through his initiatives in England in 1732 that the Britis... |
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James Kirkpatrick, Resident in Hyderabad
Lieutenant Colonel James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident in Hyderabad from 1798 to 1805. He also built the historic Koti Residency in Hyderabad, a landmark... |
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Simon Bolivar, El Liberator
Simon Bolivar was one of South America's greatest generals. His victories over the Spaniards won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.... |
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Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas
Stephen Fuller Austin, known as the "Father of Texas," led the Anglo-American colonization of the region. The capital city of Austin, Texas and Austin County, Texas, Step... |
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Leopold II of Belgium
Leopold Louis-Philippe Marie Victor of Saxe-Coburg, succeeded his father, Leopold I of Belgium, to the Belgian throne in 1865 as Leopold II, King of the Belgians and rema... |
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Ned Kelly, Australian Folk Hero
Ned Kelley is Australia's most famous bushranger and, to many, a folk hero for his defiance of the colonial authorities. From the age of fourteen, Ned began committing a... |
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Louis Couperus
Louis Marie-Anne Couperus was a Dutch novelist and poet of the late 19th and early 20th Century. He is usually considered one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature.... |
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Willem Drees, Dutch Prime Minister
Willem Drees was a Dutch politician, prime minister of the Netherlands from 1948 until 1958, as a member of the social-democratic Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). Born in Amste... |
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Anton de Kom, Surinamese Activist
Cornelis Gerard Anton de Kom was a Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author.
On May 10, De Kom was sent to The Netherlands without trial and exiled fr... |
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Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe became Zimbabwe's first president after the establishment of majority rule and the official granting of independence from Britain in 1980. He still holds th... |
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Lumumba, First Prime Minister of Congo
Patrice Emery Lumumba, African nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June-September 1960). Forced out of office during a p... |
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