John Simpson Kirkpatrick was born in England, in South Shields to a Scottish couple in 1892. Simpson was educated from the age of 6 to his 13th birthday, learning how to read and write fluently. In June 1903 he decided to leave school and start work on a horse drawn milk delivery run. He was a member of the Territorial Army (the British Army reserve corps) serving with the Royal Field Artillery in a Howitzer Battery at South Shields. In 1909 Simpson’s father died and he wanted to follow in his footsteps, so he joined the Merchant Navy at 17 years of age, working as a stoker and steward.
The plotters The lower ground floor vault of the House of Lords where the gunpowder was stored . Their first meeting was on 20 May 1604. Catesby was joined by his friends Thomas Wintour, Jack Wright and Thomas Percy at the Duck and Drake, in the Strand. The fifth person was Guy Fawkes. Originally from York, he had been recruited in Flanders, where he had been serving in the Spanish Army.
As a child, Harry enrolled in public schools in Independence and graduated in 1901 from high school. After finishing school, Harry worked temporarily as a timekeeper for a railway construction contractor, then at two Kansas City banks as a clerk. In 1906, Harry returned to Grandview to assist his father in managing the family farm. Harry
US History 1 William Whipple Jr. born on January 14, 1730. He was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire. Whipple was born at Kittery, Maine, and educated at a common school studying how to be a merchant, judge, and a soldier until he went off to sea. He became a Ship's Master by the age of twenty-three. In 1759 he landed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and in partnership with his brother established himself as a merchant.
Napoleon studied there for five years before moving on to the military academy in Paris. Napoleons father died while he was enlisted in the military academy in Paris. This forced Napoleon to become the head of the family. Graduating early from the military academy, Napoleon, was now the second lieutenant of artillery, returned to Corsica in 1786. Back home Napoleon joined the Corsican resistance to the French occupation,
At only age twelve he was sent off to Washington Collage Academy. At collage he studied English, Latin, geography, composition, and declamation. He was a very good student but had to be sent home at the age of fourteen. His father, David Vance, had passed away. So he had been sent home to help his family.
At the age of just nineteen Hamilton became captain of an artillery company that saw battles in New York, Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, and White Plains. After the success of these battles, Hamilton became Washington’s personal military aid. In 1781, Hamilton, who was tired of not seeing battle, resigned as aide to Washington. That same year Hamilton again led a battalion at the battle of Yorktown, and with help from other battalions took over British
Caesar pushed Pompey's measures through, helped Crassus' proposals, and got for himself a five-year term as Proconsul of Gaul after his consulship was over. | 58 BC | Caesar left Rome for Gaul to conquer more land for the Republic to inhabit. | 56 BC | The First Triumvirate met in Caesar's province to renew their coalition. Pompey and Crassus were to become consuls again and Caesar’s command in Gaul was extended to 49 BC. | 54 BC | Caesar led a three month expedition of the first Roman crossing of the English Channel to Britain but did not establish a permanent base there.
Childhood James Carter was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. He was the first President to be born in a hospital. At the age of four Carter's family moved to a farm in Archery, Georgia, where he grew up. Throughout his childhood, Carter helped on the farm. Education He attended elementary and high school in Plains.
George Washington was born at Pope’s Creek in 1732 George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 (February 11, 1731/2 Old Style) at Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia, about 40 miles south of Mount Vernon. His great-grandfather came to America from England in 1657 aboard a ship named Sea Horse of London Eager to learn a new and important trade, George Washington read mathematical texts to learn the geometric principles necessary for surveying. At seventeen years of age and largely through the Fairfax influence that he had cultivated, Washington secured an appointment as county surveyor for the newly created frontier county of Culpeper, Virginia. He was well on his way to a successful and profitable career. Not only did he receive substantial fees fur surveying, but he discovered firsthand an ability to identify and select the best plots of land for purchase, an especially important consideration in colonial In 1754 Washington led an attack that started a world war Directed to press Virginia and Britain’s claim to the Ohio country to the French, George Washington led a force of soldiers from the Virginia Regiment and