Shrapnel, named after its inventor Henry Shrapnel, is the name for bullet shell. The term shrapnel is often misused to designate small fragments projected by an explosion whatever their origin. In 1784, Lieutenant Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842) of the British Royal Artillery Corps (Royal Artillery)
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Tsar of all the Russias, emperor and autocrat by divine right, Nicolas II married his cousin, Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt, in 1864, who converted to Orthodoxy and took the name of Alexandra Fiodorovna. During the war, rumors multiplied that the Empress would rule the country in secret, organizi
The República da Espada is part of the period of the First Republic (1889-1930) and was marked by the government of two military presidents. The Republic of the Sword it was the initial period of the First Brazilian Republic (1889 to 1930). This term is used to define the two military governments t