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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fernow , Berthold 1837 - (search)
Fernow, Berthold 1837-
Historian; born in Prussian Poland, Nov. 28, 1837; came to the United States in 1860; served in the National army in 1862-64; was New York State archivist in 1876-89; and was also one of the editors and translators of Documents relating to the colonial history of New York; Records of New Amsterdam; and New York in the Revolution.
He has also published Albany, and its place in the history of the United States; The Ohio Valley in colonial days; and contributions to the Narrative and critical history of America.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gurowski , Adam , Count 1805 -1866 (search)
Gurowski, Adam, Count 1805-1866
Author; born in Poland, Sept. 10, 1805; came to the United States in 1849.
His publications include America and Europe; Slavery in history; My diary (notes on the Civil War), etc. He died in Washington, D. C., May 4, 1866.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton , Alexander 1757 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jews and Judaism. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kosciuszko , Tadeusz (Thaddeus) 1746 - (search)
Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) 1746-
Patriot; born in Lithuania, Poland, Feb. 12, 1746; was of noble descent, and was educated at the military academy at Warsaw; also in France, at the expense of the Polish government.
He entered the Polish army as captain, but a passion for the daughter of the marshal of Lithuania caused hi 781.
For his services in the Continental army he received the thanks of Congress, the Order of the Cincinnati, and the brevet of brigadier-general.
Returning to Poland, he fought against the Russians, under Poniatowski, in 1792; but the Polish patriots were defeated, and Kosciuszko retired to Leipsic.
Another rising of the Pole to live in Solothurn.
Switzerland, in 1816, where he was killed by a fall from his horse over a precipice, Oct. 15, 1817.
The remains of this true nobleman of Poland lie beside those of Sobieski and Poniatowski in the cathedral church at Cracow.
An elegant monument of white marble was erected to his memory at West Point by t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lafayette , Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier , Marquis de 1757 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louis Xvi ., King of France (search)
Louis Xvi., King of France
Born in Versailles, Aug. 23, 1754; was a grandson of Louis XV.
and of a daughter of Frederick Augustus, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony.
His father dying in 1765, he became heir presumptive to the throne of France, which he ascended on May 10, 1774, with the beautiful Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria, whom he married in May, 1770, as his Queen.
Louis was amiable, fond of simple enjoyments, and was beloved by his people.
Through bad advisers and the wickedness of demagogues, he was placed in seeming opposition to the people when his heart was really with them, and the madmen of France, who ruled the realm during the Reign of Terror, brought both Louis and his beautiful Queen to the scaffold.
They went through the farce of a trial after
Louis Xvi. arraigning the King on a charge of treason, found him guilty, of course, and beheaded him by the guillotine, with accompaniments of vulgar cruelty, in Paris, Jan. 21, 1793.
His death was ser