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17 ore fa · Died. July 10, 1884 (aged 47) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master. A prodigy, Morphy emerged onto the chess scene in 1857 by convincingly winning the First American ...
17 ore fa · John Milton. John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including twelve books, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by ...
17 ore fa · William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [b] also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in ...
17 ore fa · Later Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 586 George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle: 1724–1772 1765 Colonel of the 3rd (The King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons 587 Prince Henry: 1745–1790 1767 Later Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn 588 George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: 1739–1817 1768 Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire and former Lord Privy ...
17 ore fa · t. e. The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer ...
