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4 days ago · The first ten years of the French Revolution was a time of limitless hope and shattering violence. It was a time of unprecedented, cataclysmic events, vertiginous reversals of fortune, and of contrasts far more dramatic than in any novel, even one by Dickens. It was also the moment at which the modern political world was invented, a turning ...
23 hours ago · List of ISBN registration groups. The registration group or identifier group is the second element in a 13-digit ISBN (first element in a 10-digit ISBN) and indicates the country, geographic region, or language area where a book was published. [1] The element ranges from one to five numerical digits.
2 days ago · Hypodermic needle in 1853 by Charles Pravaz. [100] Blind experiment by Claude Bernard (nineteenth century). [101] Discovery of Plasmodium and its role in malaria by Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran on November 6, 1880. [102] [103] Incubator or Neonatal intensive care unit in 1881 by Étienne Stéphane Tarnier. [104]
3 days ago · French colonial empire Empire colonial français (French) 1534–1980 Left: Royal Standard of France (before 1792) Right: Flag of the French Empire and the French Republic The First (light blue) and Second (dark blue) French colonial empires Status Colonial empire Capital Paris Religion Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, Louisiana Voodoo, Haitian Vodou, Buddhism, Hinduism [7] History • Cartier ...
1 day ago · René Descartes ( / deɪˈkɑːrt / day-KART or UK: / ˈdeɪkɑːrt / DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ⓘ; [note 3] [11] 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) [12] [13] [14] : 58 was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathematics was ...
4 days ago · List of largest houses in the United States. This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes.
23 hours ago · Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was born on 22 November 1890 in Lille, the third of five children. [2] He was raised in a devoutly Catholic and traditional family. His father, Henri de Gaulle, was a professor of history and literature at a Jesuit college and eventually founded his own school. [3] : 42–47.
