(Encyclopedia) Canadian Prime Ministers since Confederation
Prime Minister
Political Party
Dates in Office
Sir John A. Macdonald
Conservative
1867–73
Alexander Mackenzie
Liberal
1873–78
Sir…
(Encyclopedia) Theodoric the Great, c.454–526, king of the Ostrogoths and conqueror of Italy, b. Pannonia. He spent part of his youth as a hostage in Constantinople. Elected king in 471 after his…
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(Encyclopedia) Rulers of the Byzantine Empire
Emperor (or Empress)
Dates of Reign
Constantine I (the Great)
330–37
Constantius
337–61
Julian (the Apostate)
361–63
Jovian
363–64
Valens
364–…
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(Encyclopedia) Heaney, Seamus (Seamus Justin Heaney)Heaney, Seamusshāˈməs, hēˈnē [key], 1939–2013, Irish poet, one of the finest contemporary English poets, b. Londonderry (now Derry), Northern…
(Encyclopedia) New York City Ballet (NYCB), one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th and 21st cents. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in…
