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King
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King
of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of
Ireland, from 21 April 1509 until his death. King Henry
VIII was the second monarch of the House of Tudor,
succeeding his father, Henry VII.
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Leonardo da Vinci, April 15, 1452 –
May 2, 1519) was a Tuscan polymath: scientist,
mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist,
painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and
writer. Born at Vinci in the region of Florence, the
illegitimate son of a notary, Piero da Vinci, and a
peasant girl, Caterina,
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Queen Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603)
was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17
November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The
Virgin Queen, Gloriana, The Faerie Queen or Good
Queen Bess, Elizabeth I was the fifth and last monarch
of the Tudor dynasty. Elizabeth I ...
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The Spanish Armada or Great Armada (Old Spanish:
Grande y Felicísima Armada, meaning "Great and Most
Fortunate Navy", also known as the Armada Invencible
("Invincible Navy"), was the Spanish fleet that
sailed against England under the command of the Duke
of Medina Sidonia in 1588.
The Spanish Armada ...
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The Black Death, or The Black Plague,
was one of the most deadly pandemics
in medieval history, widely thought to have been caused by a
bacterium named
Yersinia pestis.
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Sir
Walter Raleigh or Ralegh[1] (c. 1552 – 29
October 1618), was a famed English writer, poet,
courtier and explorer.
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Etruscan civilization is the
modern English name given to
the culture and way of life
of a people of ancient Italy
and Corsica whom the ancient
Romans called Etrusci
or
Tusci.
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The Battle of
Kadesh took place between
the forces of Ramesses II's
Ancient
Egypt and the Hittites of
Muwatalli II at the city of
Kadesh, the modern Tell Nebi
Mend, on the Orontes River
of modern Syria
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Auschwitz Birkenau (Konzentrationslager
Auschwitz) was the largest
of the German Nazi
concentration and
extermination camps. Located
in German-occupied southern
Poland
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