World history

World history

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World history

A doctrine that public ownership of the means of production and distribution will produce a fair and classless society. It has many facets and its divisions have facilitated the rise of 20th century ...

Pugachev's Revolt

History; World history

Russian peasant and Cossack revolt (1773- 75), led by Yemelyan Pugachev (c.1742-75). Claiming to be the murdered czar, Peter III, he declared the abolition of serfdom, and gathered a large following. ...

Battles of Port Arthur

History; World history

Two battles for the fortress of Port Arthur in the Liaodong peninsula of China. On 21 November 1894, during the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese stormed the fortress. On 8 February-2 May 1904, during ...

Franco-Prussian War

History; European history

Also called Franco-German War, was a war between France on the one hand and Northern German Federation and the south German states on the other hand in 1870-71. The German Chancellor Bismarck ...

Battle of Marathon

History; American history

The Battle of Marathon was a battle of the first Persian invasion of Greece between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. It was the ...

The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt

History; European history

The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt were battles between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia on the plateau west of the river Saale in today's Germany, on 14 ...

Prince Kado of Korea

History; World history

He was born in 1735, and married nine years later. His father hated him since he was a toddler, he had his own son at seventeen and after that developed measles. The measles healed but the side ...