Ferdinand Edralin Marcos was born 11 September 1917‚ in the town of Sarrat‚ Ilocos Norte to Mariano Marcos and Josefa Edralin.[2] He was baptized into the Philippine Independent Church.[3] According to the family’s oral history‚ the original surname was Quidit‚ and their Ilokano stock had some Han Chinese and Japanese admixture.[citation needed] Marcos once claimed that one of his forefathers was a "15th century Chinese pirate." This pirate is the well-known Limahong or Lin Feng in China. Rumors
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MAGELLAN’S EXPEDITION WHO: Ferdinand Magellan‚ a Portuguese maritime explorer‚ was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe and cross the Pacific Ocean on his famous voyage in search of a westward route to the Moluccas (now Melaka). This is one of the greatest Portuguese explorers to ever sail the ocean. Ferdinand Magellan was born in about 1480 in Sabrosa of a noble family‚ and he spent his years as a court page. He ran errands and helped out with general chores but he was still looking for
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French-Italian film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and released in 1965. The film is about the story of Ferdinand Griffon‚ a man who lives a wealthy life in Paris. He is married to a rich Italian woman who gave him a child. Unsatisfied with his Parisian life‚ he decides to flee away with Marianne‚ an ex-girlfriend of his‚ whom he meets again by chance‚ while she has been called on to baby-sit his child. Ferdinand decides to give a radical turn to his life pursuing a criminal career with the girl. After committing
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short months. This made the citizens of a country become convinced of two things: that their nation and their government were right and that their military would win any conflict. Arguably‚ nationalism led to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the trigger cause of World War One. Serbia had had sour relations with Austria-Hungary since the beginning of the 20th century. Serbia was part of the Austria-Hungary empire but in around 1904‚ Serbia wanted to expand so it decided to break free
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1820-1 Revolutions: What happened and why did they fail? Neapolitan revolt‚ 1820 Restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy in Naples Ferdinand I and chief minister Luigi de Medici introduced several measures 1818 restored church to a position of power and influence e.g. Censorship Financial difficulty after 1815 and had to pay reparations imposed by Austria for the Austrian army of occupation. Union with Naples in 1815 very unpopular The repeal of the Sicilian-British style constitution
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around 1611 was thought to be Shakespeare’s final play and a farewell to his beloved art of writing. The genre of The Tempest can be largely debated but is known mostly as a romance‚ which is generally reflected upon the subject of love between Ferdinand and Miranda‚ though however has a comical twist when we read the conversations between Stephano and Trinculo. A theme in the Tempest that creates meaning is‚ Power‚ through the use of character development we can see the composer has made the
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and later the United States. Wars like these may start for various reasons. One of the main causes of the war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. The assassination was conducted by members of an organization called the Black Flag. Like most wars‚ there are many more causes of the “Great War of the Century”. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was solely responsible for the outbreak of World War I because it was the event that led to all the world powers to get involved in the conflict
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these alliances going on Britain started to get worried and went to France to form an alliance and in 1892 Russia joined the alliance. All the alliance split divisions were one of the key reasons why World War One started. The black hand/Franz Ferdinand assassination. The black hand/unity of death was a secret rebellion with more than two thousand members
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Shortcut to the Indies‚ Bring silk and spices quickly home? He needed someone with a lot of money. He couldn’t do it all alone. In fourteen hundred ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue For Spain to gain An Indies shortcut that was new King Ferdinand and good Queen Isabella Gave him three ships Santa Maria‚ Nina‚ and Pinta Brave little ships that sailed from Spain In fourteen hundred ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue For Spain to gain An Indies shortcut that was new There
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St. Anthony of Padua Priest and Doctor of the Church Feast Day: June 13 St. Anthony of Padua was born at Lisbon‚ Portugal in 1195 as Ferdinand de Bulhões to a nobleman of Lisbon‚ Martim Vicente de Bulhões and his wife Teresa Pais Taveira‚ half-third cousin once removed of King Afonso II of Portugal. His parents sent him to the Canons of the Cathedral of Lisbon. At fifteen‚ he entered the Order of Regular Canons of St. Augustine against his parents’ will. He was moved to the convent of the Holy
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