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3 days ago · Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, Polish: [ˈjuzɛf tɛˈɔdɔr ˈkɔnrat kɔʐɛˈɲɔfskʲi] ⓘ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer.
5 days ago · Adaora Umeoji Biography Wikipedia, Age, Education, Husband, Children, Parents, Family And Net Worth — Dame Dr. Adaora Umeoji is a competent Nigerian banker with several decades of expertise in the financial sector. Zenith Bank has appointed her as its first female CEO and Group Managing Director.
1 day ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and ...
3 days ago · The earliest known Elamite dynasty was the Awan dynasty, which came to power in the Early Dynastic period. Elam was conquered by the Akkadian Empire in the 24th century BC and was then ruled by a sequence of Akkadian-appointed governors before independence was restored a little over a century later.
5 days ago · György Rákóczi, II was the prince of Transylvania from 1648, who had the laws of the principality codified, but whose foreign policy led to the restoration of Turkish hegemony over Transylvania.
5 days ago · Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Death: January 10, 1266 (83-84) Poland. Place of Burial: Danzig, Danzig (since 1945 Gdansk), Pomerania (since 1945 Poland) Immediate Family: Son of Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania and Zwinisława. Husband of Salomea Romanovna Pommern; Euphrosyne of Poland and Ermengarda von Pommern-Danzig.
2 days ago · William A. Anders (born October 17, 1933, Hong Kong) is a U.S. astronaut who participated in the Apollo 8 flight (December 21–27, 1968), during which the first crewed voyage around the Moon was made.
