(1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – 2nd millennium – other millennia) 1st millennium - Events. Beginning of Christianity (30s) London founded by Romans as Londinium Diaspora of the Jews (1st century) The Olympic Games observed until 393 The Library of Alexandria, largest library in the world, burned High point, and fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century) Rise of the Byzantine Empire Germanic kingdoms established in Northern ...

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First World War flying ace and recipient of the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross, William Avery (Billy) Bishop, was a lieutenant in the regiment before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. One of the regiment's greatest claims to fame is that it was the Allied unit that penetrated deepest into Normandy on D-Day. ...

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(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 1st century BC starts on January 1, 100 BC and ends on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC. This AD/BC notation does not use a year zero. Scientific notation does, however, and uses a minus sign, so '2 BC' is equal to 'year -1'. 1st century BC - Events. The Roman Republic becomes the Roman Empire Birth of Jesus of Nazareth See: Chronology of Jesus' birth and deat ...

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(2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – other millennia) 1st millennium BC - Events. The Iron Age spread to Western Europe Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Buddhism was founded by Siddharta Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha (6th century BC) Jainism was founded by Mahavira (6th century BC) Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon and created the Persian Empire (6th century BC) Sparta and Athens fought the P ...

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The United States First Fleet was a unit of the United States Navy, in operation from as early as 1946 to the early 1970s in the western Pacific Ocean as part of the Pacific Fleet. Some sources claim that the United States Coast Guard is designated as the First Fleet of the Navy during wartime, but little evidence supports this claim. Such a designation is informal at best and has not taken place during the current War on Terrorism. Other fleets of the Navy have been disbanded without a subsequent renumberin ...

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The 1st Cavalry Division (1st Cav Div) is a heavy armored division of the United States Army with base of operations in Fort Hood, Texas. It is the largest division of the U.S. Army with 16,700 soldiers. Currently the 1st Cavalry Division is attached to the U.S. Army III Corps and is commanded by Major General Joseph F. Fil, Jr. U.S. 1st Cavalry Division - Heraldry. U.S. 1st Cavalry Division - Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: On a yellow triangular Norman shi ...

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1st Marine Division "First Mar Div" "The Old Breed" No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy United States Marine Corps 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Marine Infantry Division. Capable of short notice world wide deployment. Locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or repel the enemy's assault with fire and close combat. Marine Corps Base Camp PendletonIncluding:

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The Right Honourable William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, GCVO, OM, PC, PRS (26 June 1824–17 December 1907) was a Scottish-Irish mathematical physicist and engineer, an outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century. He did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form. He is also credited for the discovery of the atom. He also enjoyed a second career as a telegraph engineer and inventor, a career that p ...

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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1521–4 August 1598), was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign (17 November 1558–24 March 1603), and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley - Early Life. Cecil was born in Bourne, Lincolnshire in 1520, the son of Richard Cecil, owner of the Burghley estate (then in Northamptonshire, now in Cambridgeshire), and his wife Jane Heckington. The estate is today open to the publi ...

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The Right Honourable Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an Englishman, and a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. He is famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars, most notably in the Battle of Trafalgar, where he lost his life. He became the greatest naval hero in the history of the United Kingdom, eclipsing Admiral Robert Blake in fame, and is one of the most famous naval commanders in world history. His biography by the poet Robert Southey appeared in 1 ...

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The Right Honourable William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL (June 28, 1918 – July 1, 1999), commonly known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative politician. William Whitelaw 1st Viscount Whitelaw - Biography. Whitelaw was born in Nairn, in northeast Scotland. He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he won a blue for golf. He then joined the British Army, earning the rank of Major in the Scots Guards; during the Se ...

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (December 31, 1738 – October 5, 1805) was a British military commander and colonial governor. In America, he is most remembered for his role in the American Revolutionary War, and in India, for promulgating the Permanent Settlement. He was the eldest son of Charles Cornwallis, 5th Baron Cornwallis (later 1st Earl Cornwallis) and was born in London even though his family's estates were in Kent. Cornwallis had all the advantages that money and family connections could bring. His famil ...

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The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister – the first and thus far only person of Jewish descent to do so, although Disraeli was baptized in the Anglican Church at an early age. Disraeli's most lasting achievement was ...

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The Most Noble Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. Commissioned an Ensign in the British Army, he would rise to prominence in the Napoleonic Wars, eventually reaching the rank of Field Marshal. Wellington commanded the Allied forces during the Peninsular War, pushing the French Army out of Portugal and Spain and reaching southern Fran ...

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Field Marshal The Right Honourable Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (May 5, 1883 - May 24, 1950) GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, PC was a British Field Marshal and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East during World War II. He led British forces to victory over the Italians, only to be defeated by the German army. Wavell was born in Colchester but spent much of his childhood in India. Wavell's father was a Major-Gen ...

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October of 1899 saw the outbreak of the Second Boer War between the British Empire and the Boar republics of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic. Although the 1st Hussars did not participate as a unit, 27 of the regiment's members went to South Africa with other units of the Canadian Army. 6 Hussars joined the special service battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry and participated in the engage ...

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Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (February 13, 1733–January 2, 1805), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, was the eldest son of Peter Wedderburn (a lord of session as Lord Chesterhall), and was born in East Lothian. He acquired the rudiments of his education at Dalkeith, and in his fourteenth year matriculated at the university of Edinburgh. It was from the first his desire to practise at the English bar, though in deference to his father's wishes he qualified as an advocate at Edinburgh, in 1754, but entered himself a ...

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Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, PC, FRS (16 April 1661–19 May 1715) was a British poet and statesman. Charles Montagu 1st Earl of Halifax - Early Life. He was born at Horton, in Northamptonshire, the son of George Montagu, fifth son of the 1st Earl of Manchester. He was educated first in the country, and then removed to Westminster, where, in 1677, he was chosen as a King's Scholar. It was at this time he contracted a very intimate friendship with George Stepney. In 1682, when Ste ...

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Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby (May 15, 1797 - July 28, 1863) was a politician and author of the United Kingdom. He was the son of Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (1755-1831) and great-grandson of Sir Constantine Henry Phipps (1656-1723). He studied at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was the second President of the Cambridge Union Society, then sat for the family borough of Scarborough when he attained his majority. However after dissenting from the family politics, such as by speaking in ...

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