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![]() | Anne Hutchinson - Death by Massacre Anne Hutchinson - and some of her children - died unfortunate deaths of mistaken identity in the summer of 1643. |
![]() | Ralph Waldo Emerson - Grieving Father Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of America's famous nineteenth-century thinkers and writers, endured a great deal of sadness in his life. |
![]() | Johann Tetzel - Seller of Indulgences Johann Tetzel was a German Dominican friar who told people that if they bought indulgences, their sins would be forgiven. |
![]() | Gutenberg Bible at the Library of Congress |
![]() | Trial and Death of Socrates Alleging that Socrates was corrupting the youth of Athens, the government of this city-state tried the famous philosopher. A jury of 500 people first found him guilty of the charges, then condemned him to death. |
![]() | So You Want to be a Writer, by Charles Bukowski Heinrich Karl Bukowski - better known as Charles Bukowski (or "Hank," to his friends and family) - was born in Andernach, Germany on the 16th of August, 1920. |
![]() | John Hus - Burned at the Stake Refusing to recant his beliefs, which were contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church, Jan Hus (John Huss) was burned at the stake outside the city walls of Konstanz (Constance). |
![]() | Martin Luther Responds to Pope Leo X On the 15th of June, 1520, Pope Leo X ordered Martin Luther to recant 41 of his 95 Theses and to stop preaching about those items in his sermons. Luther burned the edict, in public. |
![]() | Adventures of Huck Finn, by Mark Twain, Chapter 5 - Audio Huck Finn has a father who beats him. |
![]() | Gutenberg Printing Press in Operation |
![]() | Diary of Anne Frank - June 20, 1942 |
![]() | Adventures of Huck Finn, by Mark Twain, Chapter 2 - Audio After he leaves the house, around midnight, Huck Finn joins his buddy, Tom Sawyer. |
![]() | Diary of Anne Frank - July 8, 1942 |
![]() | Adventures of Huck Finn, by Mark Twain, Chapter 3 - Audio Huck Finn's father - whom his boy calls "Pap" - has not been in his son's life for awhile. |
![]() | Statue of Oinomaos from Olympia This image depicts a plaster cast which copies a marble statue of Oinomaos, the father of Hippodameia. |
![]() | Hera the Greek Goddess Hera was the wife of Zeus, therefore queen of the gods of ancient Greece, according to Greek mythology. |
![]() | Adventures of Huck Finn, by Mark Twain, Chapter 1 - Audio Mark Twain published his famous book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in Britain (in December of 1884) and in America (in February of 1885). |
![]() | Adventures of Huck Finn, by Mark Twain, Chapter 4 - Audio Huck Finn is sceptical about many things, but he is also a realist. |
![]() | Diary of Anne Frank - July 5, 1942 Not long after she received her diary, as a birthday present, Anne Frank and her father took a walk together near their Amsterdam home. |
![]() | Katharina von Bora When she was just a child, Katharina von Bora was sent to live in a convent (at Brehna, north of Leipzig) after her mother died. She later became the wife of Martin Luther. |