The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states (comprising Spain and most of Italy) arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in…
De Soto sailed to the New World with Pedro Arias Dávila, appointed as the first Governor of Panama. In 1520 he participated in Gaspar de Espinosa ’s expedition to Veragua, and in 1524, he participated in the conquest of Nicaragua under Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. Hernando de Soto. Contents. The…
They find Dally at the house of Buck Merril, his rodeo partner. He manages to get the boys fifty dollars, a change of clothing for Ponyboy, and a loaded gun. He instructs them to take a train to Windrixville, where they can hide in an abandoned church. The boys realize…
Although Hooke largely lived alone, apart from the servants who ran his home, his niece Grace Hooke and cousin Tom Giles lived with him for some years as children. Hooke never married. His diary records that he sexually abused his niece Grace, who was in his custody between the ages…
The Crow parted ways with the Hidatsa people, wandering westward and first entering Montana in the 1600s. Their enemies were the Blackfeet, the Sioux, and the Cheyenne. They sometimes traded with their allies, the Shoshone, the Flathead, and the Mandan. By 1740 the Crow had emerged as middlemen engaged in…
This told that Isis was the daughter of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut and the sister of the deities Osiris, Seth, and Nephthys. Married to Osiris, king of Egypt, Isis was a queen who supported her husband and taught the women of Egypt how to weave,…
The union leaders were arrested, and the strike ended in favor of the railway companies. In the late 1800s, the federal government (as well as most state and local governments) invariably took the side of management in dealing with large strikes. In those days, the federal government and most mainstream…
Ultimately, a variety of factors influences how a nation’s currency, and in turn, its exchange rate, are determined, including supply and demand of goods by foreign consumers, speculations on future demands of currency, and even central banks’ investments in foreign currencies. Floating rates are determined by the market forces of…
Athena wove the scene of her victory over Poseidon in the contest for the patronage of Athens. Athena’s tapestry also depicted the 12 Olympian gods and defeat of mythological figures who challenged their authority. However it was only the trilogy (God of War , God of War II, God of…
Who Has Standing to Sue? Any plaintiff who can demonstrate through evidence that they have suffered an injury or illness that has caused them harm has standing to sue in court. Standing to sue, in law, the requirement that a person who brings a suit be a proper party to…