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John Locke
The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke came up with most of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made contributions to the development of liberalism. Influential philosopher and physician John Locke, who wrote a significant impact Western philosophy, was born on August 29, 1632, In 1647 he enrolled at Westminster School in London, where john had earned the honor of being named a King's Scholar, a privilege that went to only select number of boys and paved the way for Locke -
The first fleet to botany bay
The First Fleet of 11 ships, departed Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women and children onboard. Although most were British, there were also African, American and French convicts. After a voyage of three months the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January 1788. -
indian rebellian
In May 1857 soldiers of the Bengal army shot their British officers, and marched on Delhi. Their mutiny encouraged rebellion by considerable numbers of Indian civilians in a broad belt of northern and central India - roughly from Delhi in the west to Benares in the east. For some months the British presence in this area was reduced to beleaguered garrisons, until forces were able to launch offensives that had restored imperial authority by 1858. British public opinion was profoundly shocked by t -
South Australia Introduces female Suffrage
Traditional aboriginal society had been governed by councils of elders and a corporate decision making process, but the first European-style governments established after 1788 were autocratic and run by appointed governors - although English law was transplanted into the Australian colonies by virtue of the doctrine of reception, thus notions of the rights and processes established by the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689were brought from Britain by the colonists. Agitation for representat -
great britain declared war on germany
On August 4th 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany. It was a decision that is seen as the start of World War One. The direct cause of WW1 was the assassination of arch tuke franz ferd inand at sarajevo on the 29th of june 1914. However a number of factors contributed to the rivaly between the great powers that aloud war on such a wild-scale to brake out. The impact of the war continues to be felt to this day as it resulted in the death of Empirese and the birth of nations. -
First Battle of Bullecourt
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Bullecourt, a village in northern France, was one of several villages to be heavily fortified and incorporated into the defences of the Hindenburg Line in 1917. In March 1917, the German army had withdrawn to the Hindenburg Line in order to shorten their front and make their positions easier to defend. This move was rapidly followed up by the British and empire forces, and they launched an offensive around Arras in early April 1917. To assist the Arras operations, an attac
