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Halleyâ??s comet is named after English astronomer Edmond Halley. Halley examined reports of a comet approaching Earth in 1531, 1607 and 1682 and concluded that these three comets were actually the same comet returning over and over again. He then predicted the comet would come again in 1758.
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What did General Amherst do?
Louisbourgh in 1758
When was the first representative assembly elected?
The first representative assembly was elected in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1758 (Discover Canada page 16.) D. Mai
Which British Admiral had one eye?
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB 29th September 1758 to 21st October 1805.
French Revolution Rodespirre?
Was born on 6 May 1758 and was guillotined on 28 July 1794. He may have been the only person guillotined face up so that he could see the blade. He had previously attempted suicide, but only managed to shatter his jaw.
Who Maximilian Robespierre?
Maximillien Robespierre, nicknamed "the Incorruptible," was the leader of the Jacobins who took over the leadership of France during the French Revolution. He and the other committee members ordered the execution of the King, Louis XVI, for treason in January 1793.Robespierre, as an enlightened thinker, brought revolutionary ideas of equality, liberty and fraternity to the minds of the French people already put under pressure by poverty, exacerbated by an incapable king and an exorbitant queen.During the revolution, he also made France a secular state. He attempted to rename the months of the year and make 1794 the first year of French history. This did not catch on though, and his attempt to institute a new "festival of the saint" was also unsuccessful.Robespierre allowed the death of thousands of French persons - men, women and children - during the course of the revolution.He died in 1794, the final victim of the revolution - taken by the guillotine to which he had sent thousands.Robespierre was a lawyer and a politician who was very good at making speeches; at his own trial he delivered a very convincing two hour long speech in his defense. When he was 17, he was chosen out of 500 pupils to deliver a welcome speech to the King (ironically he eventually supported the King's execution later).He was the eldest of four children; his mother died in child birth when he was young and his father, distressed at the loss of his wife, vanished when Robespierre was eight years old, leaving the four children to be cared for by their paternal grandfather and aunts.
