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  • 31Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway — The Duke of Wellington s train and other locomotives being readied for departure from Liverpool, 15 September 1830 The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L M) took place on 15 September 1830 …

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  • 33Monarchy of the United Kingdom — This article is about the monarchy of the United Kingdom. For information on the other countries which share the same person as monarch, see Commonwealth realm. For the current Queen of the United Kingdom, see Elizabeth II. British sovereign… …

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  • 34Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas — which moved toward greater German national unity.Besides these nationalisms, liberal and even socialist currents resisted the empire s longstanding conservatism. Ultimately, the revolutions failed, in part because the various revolutionaries had… …

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  • 35Pitt, William, the Younger — (1759–1806) British statesman and prime minister (1783–1801, 1804–06). The son of William Pitt, he entered Parliament in 1781 and served as chancellor of the Exchequer (1782–83). He was appointed prime minister in 1783 and undertook reforms that… …

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  • 36R.E. Lee: Letter of Resignation — ▪ Primary Source        It is all my fault. It is I who have lost the fight : this was the apology that Gen. Robert E. Lee offered the Confederate troops straggling back to their lines after the debacle of Pickett s Charge, and in many ways Lee… …

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  • 37Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom — For the ship, see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Infobox British Royalty|majesty name = Elizabeth II title = Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms imgw = 220 caption = Elizabeth II in 2007 reign = 6 February 1952 – present (age in… …

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  • 38Pitt, William, the Elder — later 1st earl of Chatham born Nov. 15, 1708, London, Eng. died May 11, 1778, Hayes, Kent British statesman and orator, twice virtual prime minister (1756–61, 1766–68). He entered Parliament in 1735 and provoked controversy with his maiden speech …

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  • 39Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother — For other Queen Mothers called Elizabeth, see Queen Elizabeth (disambiguation). Elizabeth Bowes Lyon …

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  • 40motion picture, history of the — Introduction       history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins       The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …

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