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Urban II
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1035 -
1099
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Urban VIII
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1568 -
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Valens
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328 - 378
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Varus, Publius
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Vasily III
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1479 -
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Vauban,
S�bastien Le Prestre de
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1633 -
1707
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Gallic Revolt |
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French Foreign
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AD 9 - 79
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Vespucci, Amerigo
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1454 -
1512
When is the last time a continent was
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Victoria, Queen Alexandrina
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1819 -
1901
When is the last time an era was named
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Villa, Francisco "Pancho"
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1878 -
1923
Mexican
revolutionary. |
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Virgil
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70 - 19 BC
Roman poet. |
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Vivekananda
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1863 -
1902
Hindu leader. |
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Voltaire
(Fran�ois-Marie Arouet)
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1694 -
1778
The one with
the sharp remarks. |
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Wagner, Richard
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1813 -
1883
Composer with
edge. |
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Walewska, Maria
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1786 -
1817
Polish patriot. |
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Wallace, George C.
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1919 -
1998
Against racial integration. |
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Walpole, Robert
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1676 -
1745
First British prime minister. |
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Washington, Booker
T.
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1856 -
1915
Atlanta Compromise. |
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Washington, George
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1732 -
1799
Bank note model. |
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Weaver, Robert C.
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1907 -
1997
Housing. |
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Webster, Daniel
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1782 -
1852
Plymouth Oration. |
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Wiesel, Elie
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Born 1928
Holocaust. |
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Wilberforce, William
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1759 -
1833
British and against slavery. |
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Wilhelm II
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1859 -
1941
Last German
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William I
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1028 -
1087
Conqueror. |
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William I the Lion
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1142 -
1214
King of Scots. |
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William III (William of Orange)
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1650 -
1702
Ruled together with his
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William of Rubrouck
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1215 -
1295
French traveler. |
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William V of Orange
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1748 -
1806
Stadtholder
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Wilmot, John
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1680
Depp, Johnny. |
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Wilson, Henry Lane
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1857 -
1932
US diplomat with personal edge. |
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Wilson, Woodrow
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1856 -
1924
28th president of the US. |
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Windsor, Wallis
Warfield, duchess of
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1896 -
1986
Smart. |
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Xenophon
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431 - 350
BC
Historian. |
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Xerxes I
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519 - 465
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Persian king. |
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Yamamoto, Isoroku
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1884 -
1943
Pearl Harbor. |
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Yeltsin, Boris
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1931 -
2007
Russian president. |
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Zapata, Emiliano
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1879 -
1919
Mexican Revolution. |
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Zapata, Eufemio
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1873 -
1917
Emiliano's older brother. |
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Zimmermann, Arthur
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1864 -
1940
The note. |
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Zoroaster
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628-551 BC
Zoroastrianism. |
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