Tag: history

The man known to history as Nikola Tesla was born on the 10th of July 1856 in Smiljan, Lika, which was originally part of the Austro-Hungarian empire but is now located in Croatia. His father was Milutin Tesla, a priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the son of Nikola Tesla’s grandfather who was also named Nikola. His grandfather had ...

In the year 1858, the French novelist Gustave Flaubert arrived in North Africa hoping to find inspiration for his latest book. Flaubert was a seasoned traveler, and a decade or so earlier had embarked on a grand tour of Cairo, Constantinople, Greece, and Italy. But the writer, who now departed on this New set of travels, was like a different ...

The man known to history as Albert Einstein was born on the 14th of March 1879 in the city of Ulm in the south of what was then the German Empire. Ulm was a major urban centre of the Kingdom of Wurttemberg, a major constituent part of the German state in the late nineteenth century. His father was Hermann Einstein, ...

The man known to history as Robert Oppenheimer was born on the 22nd of April 1904 as Julius Robert Oppenheimer in New York City. He quickly became known primarily by his middle name and is typically referred to today as Robert Oppenheimer or J. Robert Oppenheimer. Robert was born into an affluent Jewish family in New York City. His father ...

His aim is to reveal the true story of the Freemasons the search for Clues will take him around the world archaeologist Kate Raphael from Israel she is searching for vestiges of the legendary Knights Templar Donald Richie from Washington deciphers the secret symbols that are hidden all over the American Capital I joined Herbert A late Summer's Day in ...

It is the 19th of November 1863 Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States stands to address his fellow Americans at a cemetery built on the site of the great Battle of Gettysburg four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in Liberty and Dedicated to the proposition that all ...

The man known to history as King George III of Great Britain and Ireland was born on the 4th of June 1738 in Norfolk House in St James’s Square in the city of Westminster in London. His father was Frederick, the eldest son of King George II who had ruled England since 1727. The House of Hanover, from which Frederick ...

The man known to history as Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the 15th of August 1769 in the town of Ajaccio on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. For centuries this had formed part of the Republic of Genoa, but at the time Napoleon was born it had just been amalgamated into the Kingdom of France. Napoleon’s father was Carlo Buonaparte, ...

Foreign Boston 1765. lately life in the colonies has been relatively tranquil certainly it has for Thomas Hutchinson a fifth generation Bostonian Hutchinson has enjoyed good fortune and political success the King has appointed him chief justice and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts for years Thomas Hutchinson has been one of the colony's most admired citizens Until now Hutchinson's life is ...

Foreign December 1776 at a secret location along the French Coast a shipment is being prepared rifles uniforms gunpowder and ammunition are crated and boarded Bound for America it is a gesture of solidarity from France against their common enemy Great Britain the weapons will Aid Washington's notoriously undersupplied Army which has Just Unleashed A Christmas Surprise on the British ...

As the summer of 476 began to draw to a close the fate of the ailing Western Roman Empire had never been more dire in the wake of the death of the all powerful Germanic General Ricker politicking Puppet Master behind the throne for going on 20 years a number of Imperial candidates had vied for control of the remnants ...

NARRATOR: April 20, 1789, George Washington, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army has been called back into service by his new nation, the United States of America. For eight years, Washington led the Continental Army through a war against the most powerful empire in the world. A war few believed he could win. VOICE ACTOR: Fire! NARRATOR: Now he ...

>> Herrmann: Tench Tilghman, George Washington's aide, rides nonstop for four days and nights to bring glorious news from Yorktown, Virginia, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The Americans have decimated Britain's southern army and forced the surrender of its best general, Charles Cornwallis. >> This was a huge victory, over 7,000 people taken prisoner. >> There are great celebrations--illuminations, ...

The man known to history as John Jay was born on the 23rd of December 1745, or the 12th December following the Julian calendar, in New York City, then a town of 10,000 people in the colony of New York, one of more than a dozen colonies on the North American fringe Of the British Empire. John’s father Peter Jay ...

>> Herrmann: The War for Independence drags into its sixth year. Money, spirit, and patience are flagging throughout the army. Time is running out. Only three weeks into the new year, the situation reaches a crisis point. The Continental Army, exhausted and neglected, is on the verge of revolt. In no time, Washington has Mutiny on his hands. ♪ ♪ ...

The man known to history as Robert Edward Lee was born on the 19th of January 1807, in Stratford Hall, Virginia. His father was Henry Lee III who was born into a privileged family and was also a famous American Revolutionary War hero. Henry Lee grew up in one of the foremost families in Virginia, as his mother, Lucy Grymes ...

>> Fire! >> Herrmann: May 1780. The War of Independence now enters its fourth year, longer than anyone had imagined. Battle after battle has failed to bring either side closer to winning. In the North, where the revolution began, the war has ground to a deadlock. But in the South, The fighting has just begun. With their victory in Charleston, ...

NARRATOR: From A&E, this is "Biography" Saturday. For January 8th, 2000, "Biography" with Harry Smith. His courage was beyond question, his honor beyond challenge. Last month marked 200 years since George Washington died at Mount Vernon. When news of his death spread throughout the colonies, every town held memorial services To mourn the passing of our first national hero. A ...

>> male narrator: July 4, 1778: It is the second anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the second birthday for what will become a new nation, the United States of America; for the soldiers, a day of celebration and for their leader, General George Washington, a time of renewed confidence. It has been a week since the Continentals took ...

The man known to history as Mao Zedong or Chairman Mao was born on the 26th of December 1893 in the village of Shaoshan in the province of Hunan in southern China. His father was Mao Yichang who had been raised in a family of poverty-stricken peasants. However, after serving in the Xiang Army for a few years in his ...