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Jean Pierre Boyer Jean Pierre Boyer
Jean Pierre Boyer , 1776-1850, president of Haiti (1818-43). A free mulatto, he fought under Toussaint L'Ouverture and then joined André Rigaud , also a mulatto, in the latter's abortive insurrection against Toussaint. He returned in 1802 with the French army of Charles Leclerc but later... Read more
Urban V Urban V
Urban V (1310–70) Pope (1362–70), b. Guillaume de Grimoard. Crowned at Avignon, he tried (in 1367) to return the papacy from Avignon to Rome. Insurrections at Rome and the Papal States forced him back to Avignon in 1370. As pope, he made a fruitless attempt to unite the Roman and... Read more
Treaty of Portsmouth Treaty of Portsmouth
Treaty of Portsmouth 1905, treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War. It was signed at the Portsmouth Naval Base, New Hampshire, on Sept. 5, 1905. Negotiations leading up to the treaty began in the spring of 1905 when Russia had suffered severe defeats and Japan was in financial difficulties. Therefore,... Read more
Piers Gaveston Piers Gaveston
Piers Gaveston , d. 1312, favorite of Edward II of England. Son of a Gascon knight at the court of Edward I, he was a boyhood playmate of the future Edward II and acquired great influence over him. Edward I exiled him (1307), but he returned on his friend's accession later in the year. He was made... Read more
Luigi Sturzo Luigi Sturzo
Luigi Sturzo , 1871-1959, Italian priest and political leader. He taught philosophy and sociology at a seminary in his native Sicily. In 1919 he founded the Popular (Roman Catholic) party and became its political secretary. In the elections of Nov., 1919, the new party secured about one fifth of the... Read more
diocese of Selsey diocese of Selsey
Selsey, diocese of. Wilfrid, formerly of Ripon and York, created this see, conterminous with Sussex, in 681. When he returned to Hexham in 686, Selsey was united with Winchester until Selsey's revival some years later. After the Council of London (1075), the see moved to Chichester. Revd Dr William... Read more
Fort Niagara Fort Niagara
Fort Niagara post on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River, NW N.Y. It was strategically located on the water route to the fur lands. French explorer Robert LaSalle erected a blockhouse on the river in 1679; in 1726 a stone fort overlooking the river was completed. A... Read more
stability stability
stability is the ability of a ship to return to an upright position after being heeled by an external force, such as a weight being placed aboard or by rough sea conditions. If a ship is inclined at an angle and then naturally returns to the upright, it is known as being stable. Should the ship... Read more
Charles Joseph Bonaparte Charles Joseph Bonaparte
BONAPARTE, CHARLES JOSEPH Charles Joseph Bonaparte, who served as U.S. attorney general under president theodore roosevelt, was one of the organizers of the Civic Reform League and the National Municipal League, and he helped to found a Special Agents Force within the justice department that was... Read more
Joseph Orville Shelby Joseph Orville Shelby
Joseph Orville Shelby 1830-97, Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War, b. Lexington, Ky. He made a considerable fortune in rope manufacturing in Kentucky and Missouri. While in Missouri he participated in the Kansas-Missouri border war on the proslavery side. When the Civil War... Read more

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