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The life and history of Edgar Allen Poe
Poe's chronic alcoholism resulted in him being plagued by poverty until the very end of his life
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The creation of Belgium
'Article 7. Belgium, within the limits specified ... shall form an independent and perpetually neutral State'
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Mare's shipyard at Blackwall built ships for the Kingdom of Sardinia's Navy
Genova was built for the navy of the Kingdom of Sardinia
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The Livery Hall of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
Among many 'treasures' housed at Fishmongers' Hall is the dagger with which Lord Mayor Sir William Walworth, killed Wat Tyler during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381
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The history of the Alexandra Palace - the 'Ally Pally'
Opened on May 24, 1873 the Alexandra Palace was destroyed by fire within two weeks
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Sir James Clark Ross, the explorer who located the Magnetic North Pole
The Ross crater on the Moon is named after him!
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The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln was shot while attending the play 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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HMS Agincourt of the Royal Navy's Ironclad Fleet
Although a steam-powered vessel, like many of her contemporary warships, she was still fully rigged for sailing
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The Battle of Fort Sumter
The first major battle of the American Civil War had been a Confederate victory but with no fatalities on either side
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Charles Barry's new Houses of Parliament
The Houses of Parliament had burned down on October 16, 1834 and Charles Barry won a competition to design the new building
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General William Booth - the founder of the Salvation Army
"First, soup; second, soap; and finally, salvation.”
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Today is the birthday of Great Britain's greatest ever engineer, Isambard Brunel!
On this day, April 9 in 1806, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born