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Severus (Latin: Flavius Valerius Severus Augustus; died September 307) sometimes known as Severus II was a Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 307.

John Loudon McAdam (21 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process macadamisation for building roads with a smooth hard surface […]

Philip Haig Nitschke (/ˈnɪtʃkɪ/; born 8 August 1947) is an Australian medical doctor humanist author and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. He campaigned successfully to have […]

Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17 1836 – August 12 1900) was an Austrian and later American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. […]

Decebalus was a king of Dacia (ruled the Dacians 87–106) and is famous for fighting three wars and negotiating two interregnums of peace without being eliminated against the Roman Empire […]

John Russell 1st Earl Russell KG GCMG PC (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878) known as Lord John Russell before 1861 was an English Whig and Liberal politician who […]

Stanley Melbourne Bruce 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne CH MC FRS PC (15 April 1883 – 25 August 1967) was the eighth Prime Minister of Australia (1923–29). Bruce made wide-ranging […]

Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh academic novelist and critic. He was an influential figure within the New Left and in wider culture. […]

Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (also Strössner or Strößner; November 3 1912 – August 16 2006) was a Paraguayan military officer who served as President of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. He […]