A man with a troubled past, he was once imprisoned for his pamphlets against the queen. Founder of the newspaper Le Patriote français, member of the Legislative Assembly and the Convention, he was one of the leaders of the Girondins (also called Brissotins). He is against Robespierre, one of the sup
Hattie McDaniel (1895 – 1952) was an American entertainer, actress, singer, and songwriter. She is the first black actress to receive an Oscar, in the category of best supporting actor for her role in Gone with the wind . The Mighty Minstrels Born June 10, 1895 in Kansas, Hattie McDaniel was the
Shivaji had lost a lot of money in the campaign of Shaista Khan. Shivaji planned to plunder the territory of the Mughals to compensate for this wealth. In those days Surat was the richest city of the Mughal Empire and the main port of India. From here merchant ships from all over the world used to c
Coming from a German Protestant family settled in Geneva, he came to Paris in 1747, became a banker and, once he made his fortune, devoted himself to politics. Director General of Finances (1777), he practiced a policy of savings and wanted to reform the tax by creating provincial assemblies, measur