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Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia) Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty ofCateau-Cambrésis, Treaty ofkätōˈ-käNbrāzēˈ [key], 1559, concluded at Le Cateau, France, by representatives of Henry II of France, Philip II of Spain, and…

Peter Williams, Jr.

religious leaderBorn: 1780Birthplace: New Brunswick, New Jersey Williams grew up to become active in the Methodist Church. In 1818, with the blessings of prominent white Methodist minister Thomas…

Fishers Hill

(Encyclopedia) Fishers Hill, bluff, near Strasburg, Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; site of Union Gen. Philip Sheridan's defeat of Gen. Jubal Early on Sept. 22, 1864, during the Civil War.

Sonny Bono

(Salvatore Philip Bono)singer, politicianBorn: 2/16/1935Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan He began his career as a songwriter and singer, teaming up with his girlfriend Cher (married 1963–75) to record…

Geoffrey

(Encyclopedia) GeoffreyGeoffreyjĕfˈrē [key], 1158–86, duke of Brittany (1171–86); fourth son of Henry II of England. Betrothed (1166) to Constance, heiress of Brittany, he was recognized as heir to…

Jeremiah COSDEN, Congress, MD (1768-1824)

COSDEN, Jeremiah, a Representative from Maryland; born in 1768; elected as a Republican and presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Seventeenth Congress and served from March 4, 1821,…

Basil Rathbone

(Philip St. John Basil Rathbone)actorBorn: 6/13/1892Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa Rathbone was well established as a stage actor in London before moving to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He…