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Hace 1 día · Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.Following the American Revolutionary War and prior to becoming president in 1801, Jefferson was the nation's first U.S ...
Hace 3 días · Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG , OM , CH , PC , FRS (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. Attlee served as Deputy Prime Minister during the wartime coalition ...
Hace 5 días · SHADWELL. Shadwell made a parish. Its situation, boundaries, &c.. Rope-walks. Principal trades. This place, which was formerly called Chadwelle, took its name, as is supposed, from a spring dedicated to St. Chad. It was a hamlet of Stepney till 1669, when it was separated from that parish by act of parliament.
Hace 2 días · The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,557 "other personnel", for a total of ...
Hace 3 días · British army, military force charged with the defense of the United Kingdom and the fulfillment of its international defense commitments. England’s first standing army was formed by Oliver Cromwell in 1645.
Hace 1 día · Sathewell or Shadwell mill existed before 1198, with a messuage by 1223; its holder Brice of Stepney (d. c . 1216) was also 'of Shadwell', where he may have lived. (fn. 21) Wapping mill was named in 1218, (fn. 22) Old Ford mill in 1230, (fn. 23) and the Cressemills or Crash mills on the Thames on the boundary between Whitechapel and St. Botolph Aldgate in 1233.
Hace 3 días · Shadwell was separated from Stepney, in the year 1669; St. George in the East, in 1727; Spitalfields, in 1729; Limehouse, in 1730; Stratford Bow, ... This gentleman had been originally bred to the army, and bore the rank of lieutenant-colonel under the Duke of Marlborough. In 1714 he was made comptroller of the mint; in 1717, ...
