Venality
71Charles Edward Magoon — 2nd Military Governor of Panama Canal Zone In office 1905–1906 Preceded by …
72John Woodward (naturalist) — John Woodward John Woodward (1 May 1665 – 25 April 1728) was an English naturalist, antiquarian and geologist, and founder by bequest of the Woodwardian Professorship of Geology at Cambridge University. As a leading physician who had never been… …
73Harry Turtledove's Darkness — The Darkness Series is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove.* Into the Darkness (1999) * Darkness Descending (2000) * Through the Darkness (2001) * Rulers of the Darkness (2002) * Jaws of the Darkness (2003) * Out of the Darkness… …
74Venal office — In the context of the French Revolution, a venal office refers to an office sold by the state to raise money. These offices, which were mostly in areas of the judicial system, were retained in exchange for an annual tax of one sixtieth of the… …
75Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, marqués de Gélves — Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, Marquis of Gélves and Count of Priego ( es. Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, marqués de Gélves y conde de Priego) (born in Aragon; died 1631) was a Spanish cavalry general, viceroy of Aragon, and viceroy …
76German Resistance — The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Hitler from power and overthrow his regime. Their plans… …
77Michael E. Arth — Born April 27, 1953 (1953 04 27) (age 58) Burtonwood, Lancashire, U.K. N …
78Peace of Philocrates — is the unofficial name of the peace treaty concluded in 346 BC between ancient Athens and the Kingdom of Macedon. Philocrates was the name of the main Athenian negotiator of the Treaty.BackgroundIn 349 BC, Philip II of Macedon attacked Olynthus,… …
79Craii de Curtea-Veche — Mateiu Caragiale s illustration to Craii de Curtea Veche Craii de Curtea Veche ( Romanian for The Old Court Libertines could also be understood to mean The Curtea Veche Kings , based on the common reference to well to do unmarried men as crai) is …
80Ancien Régime in France — The Ancien Régime, a French term rendered in English as “Old Rule,” “Old Kingdom,” or simply “Old Regime,” refers primarily to the aristocratic, social and political system established in France from (roughly) the 15th century to the 18th century …
