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The 1811 German Coast uprising was a revolt of slaves in parts of the Territory of Orleans on January 8–10, ... St. Charles and Jefferson Parishes, Louisiana. The slave insurgency was the largest in US history, but the rebels killed only two white men. Confrontations with militia, combined with post-trial executions, resulted in the deaths of ...

Tulip mania (Dutch: tulpenmanie) was a period during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels. The major acceleration started in 1634 and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637. It is generally considered to have been the first recorded speculative bubble or asset bubble in …

Nov 20, 2022 · US DOJ says two Estonians were arrested for a $575M cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme that allegedly defrauded hundreds of thousands of investors — According to the Department of Justice, the two men used shell companies to launder the proceeds of their fraudulent schemes and buy luxury cars and real estate in Estonia.

The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and phased out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with colonies in the Caribbean began combating pirates. The period during which pirates were most successful was from the 1660s to 1730s. Piracy flourished in the Caribbean because of the existence of pirate seaports such as …

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January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1655 – Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (d. 1720) 1673 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, ... Historical Events on January 6; Today in Canadian History [permanent dead link ...

January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1891 – History of Portugal: ... 1720 – Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1654) 1729 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)

Lyme Park is a large estate south of Disley, Cheshire, England, managed by the National Trust and consisting of a mansion house surrounded by formal gardens and a deer park in the Peak District National Park. The house is the largest in Cheshire, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The estate was granted to Sir …

While the Tibetan plateau has been inhabited since pre-historic times, most of Tibet's history went unrecorded until the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism around the 6th century. Tibetan texts refer to the kingdom of Zhangzhung (c. 500 BCE – 625 CE) as the precursor of later Tibetan kingdoms and the originators of the Bon religion. While mythical accounts of early rulers of the …