Famous People Chapters

People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people

To man its defenses, Rome builds forts at regular intervals along Hadrian's Wall, and some of them still remain today.

After lying low for a while, Jesus leads a procession into Jerusalem for Passover.

Barely sixteen, Jesse participates with William Quantrill and his men in killing citizens of Lawrence Kansas.

Jesse takes part in theCentralia Massacre, in which his group kills or wounds 22 unarmed Union troops.

Key watches the flag fly from the British ship as the battle continues, then wonders why the shelling stops.

Critics of "That Convention" say it resembles "a lunatic asylum, and that Susan "represented the aggressive female American brains."

While at "Wolfsschanze" (Wolf's Lair), for a military planning conference, Hitler survives an assassination attempt. Even though he is in prison, Bon...

The assassination plot against Adolf Hitler (on July 20, 1944) did not result in the Nazi leader escaping without any negative impact. As we see in th...

Others tried to intervene to save Tone without success.

Having plundered most of the towns and cities in the eastern empire, Attila goes west to Gaul.

Attila and his Huns cause death and destruction in town after town on their westward trek.

Through a meeting, Pope Leo the Great is able to keep Attila from attacking Rome.

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