After Mary's death in 1694, William reigned alone until his own death in 1702, when Anne succeeded him. During her reign, Anne favoured moderate Tory politicians, who were more likely to share her Anglican religious views than their opponents, the Whigs. The Whigs grew more powerful during ...
We have ALL been enlightened before in our lives. All of us! We are born enlightened! We simply lost touch with that purest part of ourselves before we knew what it was and how to nurture, respect and cherish it. People who are enlightened just found it again. And every single one of...
Charles Paul Gruppe, 1860-1940; American artist, born in Canada Charles Paul Renouard, 1845-1924; French artist Charles Paul de Kock, 1793-1871; French writer of Dutch lineage Charles Samuel Keene, 1823-1891; English artist Charles Stanley Reinhart, 1844-1896; American artist Charles Théophile...
Voltaire was born in 1694 in Paris. A prolific writer, Voltaire is most famous for Lettres philosophiques, one of the best works of French literature. 26. Rudolf Clausius: 190-205 Born in 1822 in Koszalin, Clausius was a physicist and mathematician. He’s considered one of the founding fat...
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694-1753), patron of the arts, neo-Palladian architect Robert Boyle (1627-1691), scientist Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), Danish astronomer Charles Bridgeman (1690-1738), garden designer George Bristow (1863-1947), taxidermist and apparently fraudulent ornitholo...
Like other enterprises with which the Rothschilds have been connected, the Bank of England has been a center of international intrigue and espionage since its founding in 1694. Although the Rothschilds did not become associated with the Bank until 1812, when Nathan Mayer Rothschild increased his ...
read more 0 Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art... read more Louis Braille Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 – ...
So far UNESCO has accepted only a few canals as world heritage sites, such as Canal du Midi in France built between 1667 and 1694. UNESCO calls the 360-km network of navigable waterways "one of the most remarkable feats of engineering." Its design and the way it blends...
Bankers gained not only the right to charge interest for their issues of paper receipts for more gold than they had, but eventually a monopoly on issuing national currencies, as first happened in England in 1694. If you’re wondering why a nation needs to “borrow” its currency, why it ...
Harry S. Truman, in Observer, April 13, 1958 33rd president of US (1884 – 1972) read moreCynical, Science, Time Albert Einstein on Future “I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.” Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955) read more...