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2. Christina, Queen of Sweden - Wikipedia

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   By 1649–1650, "her desire to collect men of learning round her, as well as books and rare manuscripts, became almost a mania", Goldsmith wrote. [42] To catalog her new collection she asked Isaac Vossius to come to Sweden and Heinsius to purchase more books on the market. [43] Her ambitions naturally demanded a wide-ranging correspondence.

3. American Revolution - Wikipedia

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   Many women gathered food, money, clothes, and other supplies during the war to help the soldiers. [181] A woman's loyalty to her husband could become an open political act, especially for women in America committed to men who remained loyal to the King. Legal divorce, usually rare, was granted to Patriot women whose husbands supported the King.

4. Roman triumph - Wikipedia

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   The last triumph listed on the Fasti Triumphales is for 19 BCE. By then, the triumph had been absorbed into the Augustan imperial cult system, in which only the emperor [68] would be accorded such a supreme honour, as he was the supreme Imperator. The Senate, in true Republican style, would have held session to debate and decide the merits of ...

5. Howard Hughes - Wikipedia

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   Known at the time as one of the most powerful men in the state of Nevada, he is largely credited with transforming Las Vegas into a more refined cosmopolitan city. After years of mental and physical decline, Hughes died of kidney failure in 1976. His legacy is maintained through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Howard Hughes Holdings Inc ...

6. History of the United States - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This article ...

7. Nobility - Wikipedia

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   Blue blood is an English idiom recorded since 1811 in the Annual Register [17] and in 1834 [18] for noble birth or descent; it is also known as a translation of the Spanish phrase sangre azul, which described the Spanish royal family and high nobility who claimed to be of Visigothic descent, [19] in contrast to the Moors. [20]