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History Channel - The Presidents, Part 5of8, 1885-1913
Parade in 1885
The first car ever running live! The Benz Motorwagen (1885)
Berlin 1885 le partage du gâteau
Oldest Quran Recitation Recorded on Earth? Listed as 1885
Afrique(s) une autre histoire du 20è siècle 1l4 (1885 - 1944)
1885 - 1908 Old KOREA  photos before Japanese Annexation
Rwanda   Histoire   L'histoire coloniale du Rwanda 1885 à 1959
Alexander Graham Bell's Voice, ca. 1885
India from 1885-1905
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History Channel - The Presidents, Part 5of8, 1885-1913
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History Channel - The Presidents, Part 5of8, 1885-1913


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Parade in 1885
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Parade in 1885

From the film "The Barber of Siberia", 1998. Cathedral Square in Moscow Kremlin. 1) 1:47 Slow march of the Life-Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment 2) 3:10 March "...
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The first car ever running live! The Benz Motorwagen (1885)
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The first car ever running live! The Benz Motorwagen (1885)

This is rare footage of the world's first car's engine igniting & running. From Wikipedia: After developing a successful gas-powered two-stroke piston engine...
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"Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa"

On February 26th, 1885, at Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's official residence in Berlin, the "Berlin Conference on Africa" came to a successful conclusion. Af...
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Berlin 1885 le partage du gâteau
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Berlin 1885 le partage du gâteau "AFRIQUE"


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Oldest Quran Recitation Recorded on Earth? Listed as 1885
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Oldest Quran Recitation Recorded on Earth? Listed as 1885

A very rare collection of photos of the Holy City of Makkah dating back over 100 years ago. Accompanied by a very rare and possibly the earliest recitation o...
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Afrique(s) une autre histoire du 20è siècle 1l4 (1885 - 1944)
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Afrique(s) une autre histoire du 20è siècle 1l4 (1885 - 1944)

ACTE 1 (1885 - 1944) LE CREPUSCULE DE L'HOMME BLANC En 1885, la conférence de Berlin prépare le partage de l'Afrique entre les grandes puissances colonisatri...
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1885 - 1908 Old KOREA  photos before Japanese Annexation
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1885 - 1908 Old KOREA photos before Japanese Annexation

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Rwanda   Histoire   L'histoire coloniale du Rwanda 1885 à 1959
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Rwanda Histoire L'histoire coloniale du Rwanda 1885 à 1959


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Alexander Graham Bell's Voice, ca. 1885
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Alexander Graham Bell's Voice, ca. 1885

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India from 1885-1905
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India from 1885-1905

India from 1885-1905 proudly presented to you by Teja C from JHCS (Jain Heritage a Cambridge School), Hyderabad, India. Includes Formation of INC, and partit...
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Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa
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Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa

Two-part documentary starts Tuesday 14th August This factual drama uses archive materials and the insight from historians to presents a re-enactments of the ...
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History Channel - The Presidents, Part 4of8, 1865-1885
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History Channel - The Presidents, Part 4of8, 1865-1885


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Winslow Homer, The Fog Warning (Halibut Fishing), 1885
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Winslow Homer, The Fog Warning (Halibut Fishing), 1885

Winslow Homer, The Fog Warning (Halibut Fishing), 1885, oil on canvas, 30-1/4 x 48-1/2 inches / 76.83 x 123.19 cm (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) View this wor...
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History Channel - The Presidents, Part 5of8, 1885-1913



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His­to­ry Chan­nel - The Pres­i­dents, Part 5of8, 1885-1913
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pub­lished: 24 Mar 2013
5:07
Pa­rade in 1885
From the film "The Bar­ber of Siberia", 1998. Cathe­dral Square in Moscow Krem­lin. 1) 1:47 S...
pub­lished: 01 Apr 2011
au­thor: Petro­vFed
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The first car ever run­ning live! The Benz Mo­tor­wa­gen (1885)
This is rare footage of the world's first car's en­gine ig­nit­ing & run­ning. From Wikipedia:...
pub­lished: 28 Nov 2007
2:47
"Berlin 1885: The Di­vi­sion of Africa"
On Febru­ary 26th, 1885, at Chan­cel­lor Otto von Bis­mar­ck's of­fi­cial res­i­dence in Berlin, th...
pub­lished: 25 Aug 2011
84:31
Berlin 1885 le partage du gâteau "AFRIQUE"
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pub­lished: 06 Nov 2012
1:49
Old­est Quran Recita­tion Record­ed on Earth? List­ed as 1885
A very rare col­lec­tion of pho­tos of the Holy City of Makkah dat­ing back over 100 years ago...
pub­lished: 09 Dec 2011
90:55
Afrique(s) une autre his­toire du 20è siècle 1l4 (1885 - 1944)
ACTE 1 (1885 - 1944) LE CRE­PUS­CULE DE L'HOMME BLANC En 1885, la conférence de Berlin prépa...
pub­lished: 05 Apr 2013
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5:47
1885 - 1908 Old KOREA pho­tos be­fore Japanese An­nex­a­tion
some Japanese claim that Korea was a prim­i­tive coun­try be­fore Japanese An­nex­a­tion. Are you...
pub­lished: 20 Jan 2010
au­thor: frce68
12:32
Rwan­da His­toire L'his­toire colo­niale du Rwan­da 1885 à 1959
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pub­lished: 16 Jan 2013
4:52
Alexan­der Gra­ham Bell's Voice, ca. 1885
More info: http://​newsdesk.​si.​edu/​releases/​hear-my-voice-smithsonian-identifies-130-year-o...​
pub­lished: 25 Apr 2013
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India from 1885-1905
India from 1885-1905 proud­ly pre­sent­ed to you by Teja C from JHCS (Jain Her­itage a Cam­brid...
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Berlin 1885: The Di­vi­sion of Africa
Two-part doc­u­men­tary starts Tues­day 14th Au­gust This fac­tu­al drama uses archive ma­te­ri­als ...
pub­lished: 04 Jul 2012
45:17
His­to­ry Chan­nel - The Pres­i­dents, Part 4of8, 1865-1885
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Winslow Homer, The Fog Warn­ing (Hal­ibut Fish­ing), 1885
Winslow Homer, The Fog Warn­ing (Hal­ibut Fish­ing), 1885, oil on can­vas, 30-1/4 x 48-1/2 inc...
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Hi­ron­delle
A short film from a ride in Paris in a nice evening. Music: "You" (Sec­ond one) Gold Panda...
pub­lished: 08 Jun 2011
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I can has lan­guage play: Con­struc­tion of Lan­guage and Iden­ti­ty in LOL­s­peak
This pre­sen­ta­tion was given by Jill Vaugh­an and Lau­ren Gawne at the Aus­tralian Lin­guis­tics...
pub­lished: 07 Dec 2011
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MVI 1885
pub­lished: 17 May 2013
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GUARDIA REAL ESPAÑOLA. La Guardia Real más an­tigua del mundo.
Toman­do como ori­gen de estas unidades es­pe­ciales, el tiem­po en que los godos dom­i­naron la ...
pub­lished: 20 Feb 2009

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6 Септември 1885 - Съединението на България
Съединението Прави Силата....
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RE­GEN­CIA ENTRE 1885 Y 1895
Muer­to de­for­ma pre­matu­ra Al­fon­so XII, su viuda María Cristi­na de Hab­s­bur­go tuvo que hac­ers...
pub­lished: 08 Dec 2009
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The Bat­tle of Abu Klea - British Troops do bat­tle with Fa­nat­ics (1885)
The Bat­tle of Abu Klea. British Troops beat back Mahdist fa­nat­ics in an ef­fort to re­lieve ...
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Peer­less Forte Pic­co­lo In­ter­change­able Cylin­der Music Box 1885-1888
Peer­less Forte Pic­co­lo In­ter­change­able Cylin­der Music, Box 1885-1888, 6-Songs/Cylin­der, Ow...
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Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of strongest storms ever, plows across Philippines
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08 Nov 2013
November 8, 2013 -- Updated 0849 GMT (1649 HKT). Are you in the affected area? Send us images and video, but please stay safe. (CNN) -- Super Typhoon Haiyan -- one of the strongest storms recorded on the planet -- smashed into island after island as it plowed across the central Philippines on Friday, threatening millions of people ... It will take further analysis after the storm passes to establish whether it is a record ... Gov ... &nbsp; ... < ... ....(size: 15.2Kb)
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This is a computer generated image provided by the European Space Agency which shows an artist impression of catalogued objects in low-Earth orbit viewed over the Equator. Scientists are keeping a close eye on orbital debris created when two communications satellites one American, the other Russian _ smashed into each other hundreds of miles above Siberia Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009. Think of it as a galactic garbage dump.
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06 Nov 2013
A European satellite that mapped Earth’s gravitational field in exquisite detail will be pulled down by gravity to its fiery destruction sometime in the next few days. Connect With Us on Social Media. @nytimesscience on Twitter. Science Reporters and Editors on Twitter. Like the science desk on Facebook. Where and when it will crash no one knows. It could be almost anywhere on the globe ... Dr ... Floberghagen said ... Floberghagen said ... &nbsp; ... Op-Ed ... ....(size: 6.2Kb)
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Philippine Coast Guard Chief Rear Adm. Rodolfo Isorena checks newly-acquired rubber boats following blessing ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 in Manila, Philippines.
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06 Nov 2013
A super typhoon equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane is bearing down on the Philippines, posing a major threat to people and property across the island nation. With sustained winds of 175 mph, Super Typhoon Haiyan is the most powerful tropical cyclone of any kind in 2013 and will likely make landfall early Friday local time (Thursday night, EST), the Weather Channel reports ... Earlier on HuffPost. Loading Slideshow ... 12, 2013 ... 12, 2013 ... Like....(size: 4.4Kb)
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This May 22, 2009 picture shows John Fenton, a farmer who lives near Pavillion in central Wyoming, near a tank used in natural gas extraction, in background. Fenton and some of his neighbors blame hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," a common technique used in drilling new oil and gas wells, for fouling their well water.
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06 Nov 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Families in Barnhart, Texas have just had their lives disrupted, changed forever, possibly even destroyed. Their water supply has just dried up. But instead of a drought or climate change, the real drain on the drinking water supply was caused by hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking ... There have been many roads paved with ecological destruction and ruin ... ....(size: 6.7Kb)




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09 Nov 2013
Who remembers Anders Zorn? ... In 1885, their European honeymoon began a lifelong pattern of traveling and sojourning in cities abroad, always returning to Sweden and eventually to Zorn's native town of Mora ... "Castles in the Air" (1885), a dreamy watercolor of Emma with sunlight filtering through the open parasol over her shoulder, shows how Zorn's focus on fidelity to a face could unbalance his attention to a figure's other proportions....(size: 4.9Kb)
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09 Nov 2013
The astonishing story of the huge trove of paintings that has emerged from an apartment in Munich makes us think again about loot. The 1,406 works by Picasso, Chagall, Matisse, Renoir, Munch, Dix, Marc and others are stolen property ... Stolen goods must be returned to the descendants of the rightful owners ... It was stolen from a Buddhist temple in Burma by Col Sir Charles FitzGerald, on a punitive imperial expedition in 1885-6 ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)
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08 Nov 2013
(Source. University of Arkansas) Visual and Performing Arts Offers Full Scheduale Nov. 8-15. Music, theater, film and more. Friday, November 08, 2013. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The week of Nov. 8-15 is filled with events in the visual and performing arts, presented by membersof  the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences ... Friday, Nov ... Also on Friday, the Tournées Festival presents Berlin 1885. la ruée sur l'Afrique (Berlin 1885....(size: 3.8Kb)
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08 Nov 2013
London Welsh have dismissed reports that they are considering a change to the club's name ... A club statement read. "The name of London Welsh RFC is one of the most recognisable in world club rugby and the club and has been in existence since 1885 ... Autumn Internationals ... Share. ....(size: 1.4Kb)
Edit Hartford Courant
08 Nov 2013
This is the 113th meeting and Trinity leads the all-time series, which began in 1885, 59-52-1 ... X ....(size: 0.7Kb)
Edit Seeking Alpha
08 Nov 2013
MINNETONKA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UnitedHealth Group (UNH) announced today that its Board of Directors, at its meeting on November 7, 2013, authorized payment of a quarterly shareholder dividend of $0.28 per share in the fourth quarter of 2013 ... or ... Don Nathan, 952-936-1885....(size: 1.4Kb)
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08 Nov 2013
AFP - The 2015 Tour de France will start in the historic Dutch city of Utrecht, the city and race organisers ASO announced on Friday ... More than half the population of Utrecht owns a bicycle, Suik said, while the city also features the oldest bicycle path -- established in 1885 -- in the free-wheeling Netherlands which now has some 35,000 kilometres of paths criss-crossing its flat landscape ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)
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08 Nov 2013
OTTAWA, Nov. 7, 2013 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, marked National Railway Day, which commemorates the day the last spike was driven into the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, British Columbia in 1885 - a major milestone for the railways and for Canada. Since before Confederation, Canada has relied on railways for the movement of goods and passengers. It is no different today ... Ashley Kelahear ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)
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08 Nov 2013
(Source. Johnson Controls Inc). MILWAUKEE, Nov. 8, 2013 - Johnson Controls, a global diversified multi-industrial company with established core businesses in the automotive and building industries, has honored 15 suppliers at its fourth annual Supplier Excellence Recognition awards ceremony ... E.I ... Our commitment to sustainability dates back to our roots in 1885, with the invention of the first electric room thermostat ... CONTACT ... 414-524-2733....(size: 3.3Kb)
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08 Nov 2013
Company strengthens commitment to Central and South American Automotive Battery Market. MILWAUKEE, Nov. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls has strengthened its commitment to the Central and South American automotive battery market by acquiring 90 percent ownership of Colombian battery supplier MAC ... Our commitment to sustainability dates back to our roots in 1885, with the invention of the first electric room thermostat ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)
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08 Nov 2013
(Source. Johnson Controls Inc). Company strengthens commitment to Central and South American Automotive Battery Market. MILWAUKEE, Nov ... Johnson Controls and MAC launched a joint venture in June 2011 to produce and sell lead-acid batteries in the Central and South American regions ... About Johnson Controls ... Our commitment to sustainability dates back to our roots in 1885, with the invention of the first electric room thermostat ... About MAC....(size: 5.1Kb)
Edit France24
08 Nov 2013
- In a modest Yangon apartment, the granddaughter of Myanmar's last king lives poor and unrecognised by her neighbours -- a far cry from the power and riches of her ancestor ... The British colonial regime dethroned her grandfather King Thibaw in 1885 and later the military junta, which ruled the country for decades, kept the family out of the public eye ... "I have lived as an ordinary person for 60 years," she told AFP ... And leeches." ... ....(size: 5.8Kb)
Edit Jakarta Globe
08 Nov 2013
By Agence France-Presse on 12.23 pm November 8, 2013. Category Editor's Choice, International, SE Asia. Tags. Myanmar. Myanmar’s Princess Hteik Su Phaya Gyi shows oil paintings of her parents at a relative’s house in Yangon on Nov. 3, 2013 ... Yangon ... The British colonial regime dethroned her grandfather King Thibaw in 1885 and later the military junta, which ruled the country for decades, kept the family out of the public eye ... ....(size: 6.5Kb)


Year 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar.




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Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.

Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first US patent for the telephone in 1876. In retrospect, Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study.

Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils and aeronautics. In 1888, Bell became one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society. He has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history.

Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 3, 1847. The family home was at 16 South Charlotte Street, and has a stone inscription, marking it as Alexander Graham Bell's birthplace. He had two brothers: Melville James Bell (1845–70) and Edward Charles Bell (1848–67). Both of his brothers died of tuberculosis. His father was Professor Alexander Melville Bell, and his mother was Eliza Grace (née Symonds). Although he was born "Alexander", at age 10, he made a plea to his father to have a middle name like his two brothers. For his 11th birthday, his father acquiesced and allowed him to adopt the middle name "Graham", chosen out of admiration for Alexander Graham, a Canadian being treated by his father and boarder who had become a family friend. To close relatives and friends he remained "Aleck" which his father continued to call him into later life.




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Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America and a preeminent figure in American art.

Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. He also worked extensively in watercolor, creating a fluid and prolific oeuvre, primarily chronicling his working vacations.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1836, Homer was the second of three sons of Charles Savage Homer and Henrietta Benson Homer, both from long lines of New Englanders. His mother was a gifted amateur watercolorist and Homer's first teacher, and she and her son had a close relationship throughout their lives. Homer took on many of her traits, including her quiet, strong-willed, terse, sociable nature; her dry sense of humor; and her artistic talent. Homer had a happy childhood, growing up mostly in then rural Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was an average student, but his art talent was evident in his early years.




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Nubkhaure Amenemhat II was the third pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Not much is known about his reign. He ruled Egypt for 35 years from 1929 BC to 1895 BC and was the son of Senusret I through the latter's chief wife, Queen Nefru. His queen is not known; although recently a certain 'king's wife' named Senet has been proposed. His prenomen or throne name, Nubkaure, means "Golden are the Souls of Re."

The most important monument of his reign are the fragments of an annual stone found at Memphis, reused in the New Kingdom. It reports events of the first years of his reign. Donations to various temples are mentioned as well as a campaign to Southern Palestine and the destruction of two cities. The coming of Nubians to bring tribute is also reported. Amenemhat II established a coregency with his son Senusret II in his 33rd Regnal Year in order to secure the continuity of the royal succession.

His pyramid was constructed at Dahshur and is only little researched. Next to the pyramid were found the tombs of several royal women some of them were found undisturbed and still contained golden jewellery.




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Victor-Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo]) (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist[citation needed] and exponent of the Romantic movement in France.

In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (also known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame).

Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism[citation needed], and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon.

Hugo was the third, illegitimate, son of Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo (1774–1828) and Sophie Trébuchet (1772–1821); his brothers were Abel Joseph Hugo (1798–1855) and Eugène Hugo (1800–1837). He was born in 1802 in Besançon (in the region of Franche-Comté) and lived in France for the majority of his life. However, he decided to live in exile as a result of Napoleon III's Coup d'état at the end of 1851.




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