His last aim was the succession. Henry would need a male heir so as to secure the throne for the Tudors. The first of Henry’s aims to be completed was to start the differentiation between himself and his father. In April 1509, just as he had become ruler, he had two of his father’s most powerful men arrested; Edmund Dudley and Richard Empson, and a year later the two were executed. Henry had done this so he could abolish the Council Learned in Law, meaning that he could cancel 175 bonds his father had put in place with his Nobles.
The Australian Capital Territory was declared on the first of January 1911 and became a self governing territory in 1989. It was Sir Walter Gurley Griffin who designed Canberra. In 1901, through the federation of the 6 states under a single constitution, the commonwealth of Australia was formed. Edmond Barton became Prime Minister and Lord Hopetoun became governor-general. One of the first acts of the new Commonwealth Parliament was to pass the immigration restriction act, which restricted migration to people of primarily European
PEDRO DE CASTANEDA DE NAJERA ON THE SEARCH FOR THE SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA,1540 In the 1530 when the president of New Spain was Nuno de Guzman. There was a an indian person born in the valley of Oxitipar who spainards called Tejo. Told a story of when he was a child how he and his father had traveled inland an brought back huge amounts of gold and silver, which there was said to be a great amount in that land. A couple years after this Guzman went on an expedition and only made it to Casaneda’s Town of culiacan, far south from the rio grande. By 1538, Tejo died and Guzman had been removed from his postion and Antonio Mednoza appointed Coronado as governor.
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. His father and mother, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, with their children, lived in a one-room log cabin in southeast Hardin County, Kentucky. Abraham's father, Thomas, became a respected citizen of rural Kentucky and by the time Abraham was born he was the richest man in the area. But due to a faulty title in
* Publius Hevlius Pertinax was the new caeser Maximus Maximus is a fictional character that is composed up of two or three real historical figures. Kind of like a collage of people to make one picture/person. Avidius Cassius * was a great roman general * was appointed military governor over Asia * got sent to Egypt to put down a rebellion * when Aurelius fell ill, his wife offered the throne to Avidius Cassius * but he proclaimed himself king before Aurelius had died * the senate then declared him a public enemy * Aurelius tried to save him by pardoning him but didn’t reach him in time * Avidius Cassius got killed by his own officers Diocletian * Born in the lower classes like Maximus * “He would have received little education beyond an elementary literacy” (www.roman-emperors.org) * “He eventually became his emperor's trusted favourite and bodyguard, and later became a general”( www.exovedate.com) * He was finally named heir, and became emperor a little while after
His son, Pachacuti, and his followers conquer the Chanca. Pachacuti becomes the 9th ruler. Cuzco is his capital. A new name (1438) Starting with Viracocha Inca, the rulers are given the title of "Sapa Inca," which means unique Inca. The Sapa Inca has a council of 4 apus who are each responsible for one-fourth of the empire.
Galba was the first of the generals that were fighting for the throne to reach Rome and had himself proclaimed emperor. He was an old man of 75 when he became emperor.He was famous for the mistake that he refused top pay the soldiers the bonus that emperors usually paid them. Otho, a friend Galba had dissapointed, turned his soldiers against Galba and on January 16 69 AD Galba was killed and he only reigned for barely 7 months.The next emperor Marcus Salvius Otho, as soon as he became emperor Otho faced a revolt of his own as the praetorian guard supported him but the Legions in Germany supported a man named Vitellius. As a result ,the German legions marched on Rome to put Vitellius on the throne and to depose Otho.when he heard of this revolt, Otho sent his troops to fight Vitellius. Otho had sent his troops to late and his army suffered a horrible defeat.
The states of North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee were added to the union during his presidency. Ellis, Joseph. His Excellency: G. Washington. 1. New York City: Vintage, 2005.
Emiliano Zapata This report is on a major Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. According to wikipedia.com Emiliano Zapata Salazar was born August 8th, 1879 and died April 10th, 1919. Zapata was born to Gabriel Zapata a peasant who trained and sold horses, in a village of Anenecuilco. Zapata’s family were mestizos, being of mixed Nahua and Spanish ancestry. Zapata’s father died when he turned 17, so Zapata had to care for his family at such a young age.
Nero established Armenia as a buffer state against Parthia (Iran), but only after a costly war. There were revolts - in Britain (60 AD - 61 AD), led by Boudicca, and Judea (66 AD - 70 AD). In 65 AD, Gaius Calpurnius Piso led a conspiracy against the emperor and in the purge that followed, a number of prominent Romans were executed, including Seneca and his nephew, the epic poet Lucan. In 65 AD, Nero is believed to have kicked his wife Poppaea to death. His next wife was Statilia Messalina, whose first husband Nero had executed.