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4 days ago · House of Plantagenet. John was the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Henry’s plan (1173) to assign to John, his favourite son (whom he had nicknamed Lackland), extensive lands upon his marriage with the daughter of Humbert III, count of Maurienne (Savoy), was defeated by the rebellion the proposal provoked among John’s ...
4 days ago · Story. Read the story of "John Henry!" John Henry. An African American man named John Henry was the hero of former slaves and the people who built the railroads. He was known for his strength. People still talk about the night John Henry was born. It was dark and cloudy. Then, lightning lit up the night sky.
1 day ago · John was the youngest son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was nicknamed John Lackland ( Norman French: Jean sans Terre lit. 'John without land') [1] because he was not expected to inherit significant lands. [2]
- 27 May 1199 – 19 October 1216
- Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine
3 days ago · Plantagenet. Henry II (1154–1189) is considered by some to be the first Plantagenet king of England, and the first Angevin. In the 15th century, near the end of the dynastic line, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, adopted Plantagenet as his family name.
- 12th century
- Geoffrey V of Anjou
4 days ago · History has shown that when technological advances are discovered, they don't usually go away. John Henry won the battle against the steam-powered rock drill, but he lost the war. The real moral of that story should be the guy who learned how to run the rock drill. With that in mind, let's look at some ways to learn how to use the rock drill.
4 days ago · The story claims that when the railroad brought in a machine to do his work, John Henry challenged the machine operator to a contest. He defeated the steam drill only to die of a heart attack from exertion. Researchers believe the real John Henry died of silicosis, which is a lung disease from breathing in the dust from his work.
4 days ago · Ex-gang member John Henry is a quiet man with a violent past. When two immigrant kids on the run from his former South Los Angeles gang leader stumble into his life, John is forced to reconcile with his past in order to try and give them a future. Cast. Terry Crews. John Henry. Ludacris. Hell. Maestro Harrell. Young Hell. Kimberly Hebert Gregory.