Robert Clive of the British East India Company was the winner of the Battle of Plassey, 70 miles north......
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William Penn - Colonial Leader
William Penn, a Quaker, founded the English colony of Pennsylvania in 1681. He envisioned his colony......
Battles of Panipat
Battles of Panipat There were three battles fought at Panipat, located 70 miles northwest of Delhi,......
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was born in 1642 at Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, three months after......
New Netherland
New Netherland This Dutch colonial outpost existed along the Hudson River from 1609 to 1664. A relatively......
Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More Sir Thomas More was a lawyer and judge in Renaissance England who rose to the highest......
Mary Tudor (Mary of France)
Mary Tudor was born in 1496, nine years after her father, Henry VII, had become king of England by......
Mary I (Bloody Mary)
Mary I, queen of England, was born on February 18, 1516, in Greenwich Palace in London, England. Her......
John Locke
John Locke Of all of the thinkers of modern times, few have had the wide impact of John Locke. Locke......
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