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"It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be established, and that mankind are at the expense of supporting it.."

Thomas Paine, Preface to The Rights of Man

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Stephen I (the Saint) becomes King of Hungary (1000)

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  • Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor (800)
  • Stephen I (the Saint) becomes King of Hungary (1000)
  • Giovanni Medici elected Pope Pius IV (1559)

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Mr. Sammler's Planet (1969)

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Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (1616)

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  • Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (1616)
  • Lady Grisell Baillie (1665)
  • Sir Isaac Newton (1642)

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