A Book of Days: A Dictionary of Dates, a Chronology of Circumstance, the Face of TimeRichards Press, 1951 - 381 pages |
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Page 99
... Duke of Rivoli , Marshal of France , 1817 , Ruel , Rev. John Campbell , missionary to South Africa , 1840 . THESE FOUR BEGAN THEIR LIVES ON THIS DAY , GRINLING GIBBONS , THE ENGLISH WOOD - CARVER , IN 1648 , JOHN JACKSON , THE LEARNED ...
... Duke of Rivoli , Marshal of France , 1817 , Ruel , Rev. John Campbell , missionary to South Africa , 1840 . THESE FOUR BEGAN THEIR LIVES ON THIS DAY , GRINLING GIBBONS , THE ENGLISH WOOD - CARVER , IN 1648 , JOHN JACKSON , THE LEARNED ...
Page 124
... Duke ' , the great Duke of Wellington , was born on this day in 1769. Victor at Assaye , Vimeiro , Talavera and Waterloo , none earned nor more proudly carried the title of ' The Duke ' in the long history of Britain . He learned in his ...
... Duke ' , the great Duke of Wellington , was born on this day in 1769. Victor at Assaye , Vimeiro , Talavera and Waterloo , none earned nor more proudly carried the title of ' The Duke ' in the long history of Britain . He learned in his ...
Page 128
... Duke of Wellington . Certainly it was in 1814 he was made a Duke ! Joseph Addison , the essayist , was born in 1672 , and A. V. Alexander in 1885 - First Lord of the Admiralty and Minister of Defence . John Dryden died in 1700 , Dr ...
... Duke of Wellington . Certainly it was in 1814 he was made a Duke ! Joseph Addison , the essayist , was born in 1672 , and A. V. Alexander in 1885 - First Lord of the Admiralty and Minister of Defence . John Dryden died in 1700 , Dr ...
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