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Hace 1 día · Name of person Image Date of death Details Constans II: 15 July 668: The Byzantine Emperor was assassinated with a bucket according to Theophilus of Edessa.: Ragnar Lodbrok: c. 865 The semi-legendary Viking leader whose exploits are narrated in the Ragnars saga loðbrókar, a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga, is said to have been captured by Ælla of Northumbria, who had him executed by ...
Hace 1 día · William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long ...
Hace 1 día · Catherine Elise Blanchett AC (/ ˈ b l æ n tʃ ɪ t / BLAN-chit; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Often regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognised for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters and the stage. Blanchett has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and four ...
Hace 1 día · Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ ˈ d ɪ k ɪ n z /; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and ...
Hace 1 día · John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist who has served as the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. [3] Once regarded as a swing vote [4] [5], Roberts has been described as having moderate conservative judicial philosophy [6] [7] and has presided over an ideological swing toward conservative ...
Hace 1 día · Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south.Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small ...
Hace 1 día · India, officially the Republic of India (ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia.It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land ...
