When did the abuses of the Catholic Church occur? State-ordered investigations documented “tens of thousands of children from the 1940s to the 1990s” who suffered abuse, including sexual abuse at the hands of priests, nuns, and church staff in three dioceses. In many cases, senior clergy had moved priests accused of abuse to other parishes. …
When was Jerusalem destroyed by the Babylonians?
How many years is it from 607 BCE to 1914? From this, they conclude that Daniel chapter 4 prophesied a period of 2,520 years, from 607 BC until 1914. They equate this period with the “Gentile Times” or “the appointed times of the nations,” a phrase taken from Luke 21:24. How many times was Jerusalem …
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What were the ethnic backgrounds of the slaves in Ancient Greece?
Robin Osborne, in Classical Greece 500 – 323 BC, states that it was Thracians, Anatolians (from Caria, Cappadocia, Phrygia, Lydia etc) and Syrians who were most numerous. Who were the ancient Greek slaves? Slaves in ancient Athens were the property of their masters under Athenian law. They could be bought, sold, and beaten, but only …
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When has the U.S. refused to pay its debts?
If you look at the History of the United States public debt , you’ll notice that there was actually a brief period of about a year (1835–1836) that the Federal government of the United States actually succeeded in fully paying off the entire national debt. And do you know what happened as a result? Absolutely …
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Last death caused by World War I
When was the last person killed in ww1? Nov. 11, 1918 Henry Gunther died at 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, less than one minute before the end of the Great War. Who was the last American killed in ww1? Gunther The time was 10:59 a.m. General John Pershing, chief of the American Expeditionary Forces, …
When and how did the British Monarchy stop claiming Divine Right
The Bill of Rights Act 1689 established that the succession to the throne is regulated by Parliament and not by any divine right. How did divine right end in England? King James I of England (reigned 1603–25) was the foremost exponent of the divine right of kings, but the doctrine virtually disappeared from English politics …
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Why were so very similar names chosen for the European Council and Council of the European Union?
Are the European Council and the Council of the European Union the same? Overview. In the Council of the EU, informally also known as the Council, government ministers from each EU country meet to discuss, amend and adopt laws, and coordinate policies. The ministers have the authority to commit their governments to the actions agreed …
What kinds of WW2 POWs were treated best?
The Nazis ‘allowed’ some POWs to give their parole and become civilian forced labor. Their treatment of laborers from the East was barbaric, but those from so-called ‘germanic races‘ received better treatment. What was the best POW camp in ww2? Stalag Luft III had the best-organised recreational program of any POW camp in Germany. How …
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Did the Germans face the same “weather” difficulties for an “Operation Sea Lion” as the Allies faced at Normandy?
The Germans may have faced the “same” weather difficulties across the English Channel as the Allies, but they didn’t view them the same way. The Allied invasion of Normandyinvasion of NormandyOperation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War …
How accurate is Karl Heinz Frieser when he said that the blitzkrieg was a myth?
Did Heinz Guderian create Blitzkrieg? Heinz Guderian is considered to be the father of Blitzkrieg – the method of attacking that took all nations by surprise up to 1941 in World War Two. Heinz Guderian’s mode of fighting had a devastating impact on Poland and in the west of Europe leading up to the Allies …