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Apr 30, 2024 · Kangxi (born May 4, 1654, Beijing, China—died Dec. 20, 1722, Beijing) was the second emperor (reigned 1661–1722) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12). To the Chinese empire he added areas north of the Amur River (Heilong Jiang) and portions of Outer Mongolia, and he extended control over Tibet.
1 day ago · Samuel Adams (September 27 [ O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. [5] He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and other founding ...
May 3, 2024 · John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough (born May 26, 1650, Ashe, Devon, England—died June 16, 1722, Windsor, near London) was one of England’s greatest generals, who led British and allied armies to important victories over Louis XIV of France, notably at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and Oudenaarde (1708). Military career.
2 days ago · The Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722) The sixty-one year reign of the Kangxi Emperor was the longest of any emperor of China and marked the beginning of the "High Qing" era, the zenith of the dynasty's social, economic and military power. The early Manchu rulers established two foundations of legitimacy that help to explain the stability of their ...
4 days ago · 1st century AD: The first use of respiratory protective equipment is documented by Pliny the Elder (c. 23 AD –79) using animal bladder skins to protect workers in Roman mines from red lead oxide dust. 1st century AD: Vending machines invented by Hero of Alexandria. By the 1st century AD: The double-entry bookkeeping system in the Roman Empire.
2 days ago · c. 414: Jerome, Letter 129: Ad Dardanum de Terra promissionis: "You may delineate the Promised Land of Moses from the Book of Numbers (ch. 34): as bounded on the south by the desert tract called Sina, between the Dead Sea and the city of Kadesh-barnea, [which is located with the Arabah to the east] and continues to the west, as far as the river ...
May 17, 2024 · September 27 1722 – October 2, 1803. Samuel Adams was one of the Founding Fathers of the American Revolution. He was a leading speaker and coordinator behind American resistance to British economic tyranny. He was one of the figures at the Continental Congress that pushed for complete independece from Britain.
