Jack Beeching — (born John Charles Stuart Beeching) (1922 2001) was an English poet. As a poet he was prominent in the third quarter of the century, but his works thereafter fell into neglect.LifeBeeching was born in Hastings, Sussex, England, on May 8, 1922,… … Wikipedia
Beeching — is an English surname.People called Beeching include: * Henry Charles Beeching (1859 1919) English clergyman, author and poet * Jack Beeching (John Charles Stuart Beeching) (1922 2001), English poet * Richard Beeching (1913 1985), English… … Wikipedia
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Richard Beeching — Infobox Person name = Richard Beeching image size = 200px caption = birth name = birth date = birth date|1913|4|21|df=y birth place = Sheerness, Kent, England, UK death date = death date and age|1985|3|23|1913|4|21|df=y death place = Queen… … Wikipedia
Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching — Richard Beeching Born 21 April 1913(1913 04 21) Sheerness, Kent, England Died 23 March 1985(1985 03 23) (aged 71) Queen Victoria Ho … Wikipedia
Turgut Reis — c. 1485 – 23 June 1565 Portrait of Turgut (Dragut) Reis. Nickname Dragut Type … Wikipedia
Selected bibliography — Abernethy, David B. The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empires, 1415 1980 . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000. Adams, Frederick Upham. Conquest of the Tropics: The Story of the Creative Enterprises Conducted by the… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Madoc — (Standard Welsh: Madog) ab Owain Gwynedd was, according to folklore, a Welsh prince who discovered America in 1170, over three hundred years before Christopher Columbus s voyage in 1492. Madoc s existence has been the subject of much speculation … Wikipedia
Мадог ап Оуайн Гвинед — Мадог (или Мадауг) ап Оуайн Гвинед (валл. Madawg ap Owain Gwynedd) валлийский принц, который, согласно легендам, в 1170 году открыл Америку, за триста лет до путешествия Христофора Колумба в 1492 году. Вокруг Мадога существует… … Википедия
Nanjing, Treaty of — (1842) The first of the so called unequal treaties concluded between China and the Great Powers. Signed August 29, and followed by supplementary treaties in July and October 1843, it concluded the First Opium War. The treaties provided for… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Opium Wars — (1839–1842) A conflict that opened China physically to political, economic, and social influences from the outside world and heralded the period of unequal treaties in which the Great Powers carved out spheres of influence to exploit the… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914