Poitiers (/ ˈ p w ɑː t i eɪ /, UK also / ˈ p w ʌ t i eɪ /, US also / ˌ p w ɑː t i ˈ eɪ,-ˈ t j eɪ /, French: (); Poitevin: Poetàe) is a city on the Clain river in west-central France.It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou.In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomeration has 130,853 inhabitants in 2016 and is the center ...

As of 2004, there was still talk about exonerating all of the victims, though some think that happened in the 18th century as the Massachusetts colonial legislature was asked to reverse the attainders of "George Burroughs and others". ... While witch trials had begun to fade out across much of Europe by the mid-17th century, they continued on ...

Vasa or Wasa (Swedish pronunciation: ()) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd) into her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. She fell into obscurity after most of her valuable bronze cannon were salvaged in the 17th century, until she was located again in the late 1950s in a busy shipping area in Stockholm harbour.

A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is a (pronounced / ˈ eɪ /), plural aes. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar.

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The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799.Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, while phrases like liberté, égalité, fraternité ...

The Resurrection - But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus. As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes. The women were terrified and bowed …

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17th century. Kipper und Wipper (1618–22) financial crisis at start of Thirty Years' War; Tulip mania (1637) an economic bubble that burst, hurting the economy of the Dutch Republic; The General Crisis (1640) Arguably the largest worldwide crisis in history [opinion] 18th century. Great Tobacco Depression (1703) (British America)

Nov 12, 2009 · Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, people were kidnapped from the continent of Africa, forced into slavery in the American colonies and exploited to work. ... By the mid-19th century, ...