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October 2010 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of October…The World's Most Notorious Despots, Part 4
The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner Top Ten Despots TamerlaneIvan the TerribleRobespierreJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerMao ZedongFrancois DuvalierNicolae CeausescuIdi…Armagnacs and Burgundians
(Encyclopedia) Armagnacs and Burgundians, opposing factions that fought to control France in the early 15th cent. The rivalry for power between Louis d'Orléans, brother of the recurrently insane King…1700–1799 <span class="small" >(A.D.)</span> World History
French Revolution (1789–1799) Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) Frederick the Great (1712–1786) Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) George Washington (1732–1799) Alexander…World War II Timeline (1939–1945)
Top of Page Source: iStockThe second world war, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, was the deadliest conflict in world history. The war began in Europe, but soon expanded to involve North Africa, the…Baron Munchausen: Preface to the Second Volume
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron insists on the ve...Preface to the Second Volume Baron Munchausen has certainly been productive of much benefit to the literary world; the numbers of…Spitz's Seven
Ambitious Mark Spitz claims seven golds and an Olympic record by Mike Morrison Mark Spitz swims for the first of seven gold medals in 1972. (Source: AP) Related Links Olympics Overview…Brewer's: Bris
Il conte di San Bris, governor of the Louvre, was father of Valentina, and leader of the St. Bartholomew massacre. (Meyerbeer's Opera: Gli Ugonotti.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Lemnian Deed
(A). One of unusual barbarity and cruelty. The phrase arose from two horrible massacres perpetrated by the Lemnians: the first was the murder of all the men and male children on the island…Brewer's: Correggio
The Correggio of sculptors. Jean Goujon, who was slain in the massacre of St. Bartholomew. (1510-1572.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CorroboreeCorrector…Trending
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