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Stamp duty was first introduced in England on 28 June 1694, during the reign of William III and Mary II, under "An act for granting to their Majesties several duties upon vellum, parchment and paper, for four years, towards carrying on the war against France". [3] In the 1702/03 financial year 3,932,933 stamps were embossed in England for a ...
Ross's full general rank was general of horse. Haydn's Book of Dignities gives Ross's promotion date as 1 April 1712. 2 July 1730: Sir Charles Wills: 1666 1741 Full general rank was general of foot. His promotion was not gazetted until 17 July 1739. 2 July 1730: Thomas Whetham: c. 1665: 1741 Full general rank was general of foot.
Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass ), written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). [2] The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche ( / ˈsaɪkiː /; Ancient Greek: Ψυχή, lit. 'Soul' or 'Breath of Life', Greek pronunciation ...
1917 ( MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1917th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 917th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1910s decade.
Sir Frederick Grant Banting KBE MC FRS FRSC FRCS FRCP [3] [4] [5] (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian pharmacologist, orthopedist, and field surgeon. [6] For his co-discovery of insulin and its therapeutic potential, Banting was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with John Macleod.
1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1894th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 894th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1890s decade.
c.200 AD The Maitum Jars are anthropomorphic jars that were depicting a Child/ Human beings (head is the lead of the jar with ears and the body was the jar itself with hands and feet as the handle) with perforations in red and black colors, had been used as a secondary burial jars in Ayub cave, Pinol, Maitum Sarangani province, each of the jars ...
