stirring events
11Hamburg Massacre — The Hamburg Massacre (or Hamburg Riot) was a key event of South Carolina Reconstruction. Beginning with a dispute over free passage on a public road, this racially motivated incident concluded with the death of seven men. It launched the furious… …
12Fire on the Mountain (1988 novel) — Fire on the Mountain is a 1988 novel by Terry Bisson. It is an alternate history describing the world as it would have been had John Brown succeeded in his raid on Harper s Ferry and touched off a slave rebellion in 1859, as he intended. The… …
13John Lafayette Riker — Infobox Military Person name=John Lafayette Riker lived=1822 ndash; May 31, 1862 placeofbirth=Manhattan, New York placeofdeath=Fair Oaks, Virginia caption=John Lafayette Riker allegiance= United States of America rank=Colonel commands=Anderson… …
14'Umi-a-Liloa — 1470 1525 ruled as the 14th Alii Aimoku of Hawaii 1510 1525. He was the sovereign king or chief of the island of Hawaii.Royal Birth Umi a Liloa, commonly known as Umi, was younger son of Liloa, 12th Alii Aimoku of Hawaii. Umi s mother… …
15Kruger, Paul — orig. Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger born Oct. 10, 1825, Cradock district, Cape Colony died July 14, 1904, Clarens, Switz. South African soldier and statesman, noted as the builder of the Afrikaner nation. As a boy of 10, Kruger took part in… …
16Lynch, John — • Historian, b. at Galway, Ireland, 1599; d. in France, 1673; was the son of Alexander Lynch, who kept a classical school at Galway Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lynch, John …
17John Lynch — John Lynch † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Lynch Historian, b. at Galway, Ireland, 1599; d. in France, 1673; was the son of Alexander Lynch, who kept a classical school at Galway. In such repute was this school held that there were no… …
18ʻUmi-a-Liloa — (1470–1525) ruled as the 14th Alii Aimoku of Hawaiʻi island from 1510 to 1525. Contents 1 Royal Birth 2 Early life 3 Recognized by Liloa 4 …
19CHILE — (2,867), the most advanced and stable of the S. American States, occupies a strip of country, 100 m. broad, between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, and stretching from Cape Horn northward 2200 m. to Peru, with Argentine and Bolivia on its… …
20FREIBURG — 1) a Swiss canton (119) between Bern and Vaud, and having three esclaves in the latter; the population consists chiefly of French Catholics; is hilly; dairy farming, watchmaking, and straw plaiting are the chief industries. 2) Capital (12)… …
