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2 days ago · Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6]
- Byron (Disambiguation)
People and fictional characters. Byron (name), including...
- Allegra Byron
Clara Allegra Byron (12 January 1817 – 20 April 1822) was...
- John Byron
Captain John Byron (1757 – 2 August 1791) was a British Army...
- Elizabeth Medora Leigh
Elizabeth Medora Leigh (15 April 1814 – 28 August 1849) was...
- George Byron
Admiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron (8 March 1789 –...
- Don Juan (Poem)
In English literature, Don Juan, written from 1819 to 1824...
- Claire Clairmont
Clara Mary Jane Clairmont (27 April 1798 – 19 March 1879),...
- Epitaph to a Dog
Boatswain's Monument at Newstead Abbey A Landseer dog, the...
- Byron (Disambiguation)
2 days ago · The battle was the climax of the five-month Gulf Campaign (September 1814 to February 1815) by Britain to try to take New Orleans, West Florida, and possibly Louisiana Territory which began at the First Battle of Fort Bowyer. Britain started the New Orleans campaign on December 14, 1814, at the Battle of Lake Borgne and numerous skirmishes and ...
May 14, 2024 · Karl Philipp, prince zu Schwarzenberg. (Show more) Battle of Leipzig, (Oct. 16–19, 1813), decisive defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland. The battle was fought at Leipzig, in Saxony, between approximately 185,000 French and other troops under Napoleon, and approximately ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · Today's British English spellings mostly follow Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), while many American English spellings follow Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language ("ADEL", "Webster's Dictionary", 1828). Webster was a proponent of English spelling reform for reasons both philological and nationalistic.
6 days ago · It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. The OED covers words from across the English-speaking world, from North America to South Africa, from Australia and New Zealand to the ...
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May 14, 2024 · Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington. Battle of Vitoria, (June 21, 1813), decisive battle of the Peninsular War that finally broke Napoleon’s power in Spain. The battle was fought between a combined English, Spanish, and Portuguese army numbering 72,000 troops and 90 guns under Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington, and a French army ...
May 14, 2024 · Battle of Dresden, (Aug. 26–27, 1813), Napoleon’s last major victory in Germany. It was fought on the outskirts of the Saxon capital of Dresden, between Napoleon’s 120,000 troops and 170,000 Austrians, Prussians, and Russians under Prince Karl Philipp Schwarzenberg. (See “Napoleon’s Major Battles”.
