Apprenticed to a British shipowner as a teen in the 1740s, he became one of the great explorers of the Pacific
Around 981 this explorer was banned from Iceland for 3 years for killing a neighbor in a feud
From Aug. 19 to 21, 1991, this leader was placed under house arrest during an attempted coup by hardliners
This pair fled the Battle of Actium soon after fighting began, & their forces surrendered to Marcus Agrippa
The last of Henry VIII's wives to be beheaded, she was accused of adultery & 2 of her lovers were beheaded as well
In 1969 West Irians voted to remain a part of this nation, & the U.N. recognized its control of Irian Jaya
Dexter Pratt, a neighbor of Longfellow, had this job (& presumably, sinewy hands)
Declaring bankruptcy to get out of jail in 1819, he now had time to smell the roses & draw the birds
Way before Ford, an assembly line was set up in Cincinnati in the 1800s to disassemble these animals
In 1801 this American boat designer tried to sell his submarine to Napoleon