Francis I of France

Sir Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, Devon, United Kingdom 1540 to 1544 (unestablished date) because there was no record of his birth. He was born to Edmund Drake Mary Mylaye Drake with 12 older brothers. He had cousins who were privateers robbing shipping lanes off the French coast. They left Tavistock during the Christian revolt during which he was charged with stealing a man's horse and his purse he was later pardoned for this. After growing older, he worked for a merchant who traded…

Hero Francis demonstrates he is not a hero though his words , thoughts , and actions in the book Heroes heroes by robert cormier. Francis is not a hero because he does not defend nicole. This makes him not a hero because he could have stopped Nnicole from getting raped. This also shows that he is not a hero because he just stood there. After the incident he didn't go help nicole or talk to her about it. For instance Francis chooses to not help nicole, “I didn't leave, stationed myself in the…

Giovanni De Verrazano was born in Italy in 1485, he also, as I found out, had a brother named Gerolamo. He went to school in Florence then moved to Dieppe, France and entered the France’s maritime service. He first set sail in 1523 to the Levant, a geographic area of the middle east. The next exploration he did was to find a passageway to Asia in the west just like Columbus did about 30 years earlier. He was assigned by king Francis I of France and took two ships and to go there. He then took…

war. It impacted most,if not all, of the causes of the war. I disagree that nationalism was what caused world war 1, because of the numerous amount of rules played during this time of world war 1. Nationalism led European nations compete for the largest army and navy, or the greatest industrial development. It also gave groups of subject people the idea of forming independent nations of their own. Nationalism itself explains why I disagree with the source, because nationalism only…

of the ills of France, including the massive killings that took place on St. Bartholomew's Day over religious differences between French Protestants and Catholics.…

The themes of both justice and injustice permeate the entirety of both Henry V and Heroes. From the opening chapter of Heroes with its horrific description of the war injuries sustained by Francis Cassavant, right through to the final chapter where he leaves to live a new life, justice plays a critical part in every action. Likewise, each scene in Henry V is constructed to illustrate how the factor of justice and what is morally right, impacts the decisions made. Intentionally, the writers…

The article titled, “Francis Wey and the Discourse of Photography as Art in France in the Early 1850’s: ‘Rein n' est beau que le vrai: mais il faut le choisir’, was written by Dr. Margaret Denton who is an Associate Professor of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Photography. Dr. Denton is a part of the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Richmond school of Arts & Sciences. The title of the article expresses that although there is nothing that is as beautiful as the original…

Verrazzano, was the most interesting explorer ever! Everything about him is interesting. From where he was born, to how he set sail. I hope you find him as outstanding as I did. Verrazzano was born around 1485 in Tuscany, Italy. In 1506 he moved to France. Around the same time Spain and Portugal were making themselves famous, and finding new lands. So King Francis I sent math loving, Verrazzano to explore. He wanted him to find a route to the Pacific, but instead he discovered present day…

stable political power. In 1871, when Germany achieved a victory over France, Bismark made a specific attempt to maintain good relationship between Austria-Hungary. The French people felt they were totally isolated after being defeated. In 1890, Germany acted against the Bismark’s effort to keep up favorable relation with Russia, however, became unsuccessful to renew a neutrality treaty which led to establish an alliance of France and Russia. Also, Germany had a serious conflict with the Great…

Kin Louis XVI was the last king of France and the grandson of Louis XV. Louis XVI was born as Louis-August, Duc de Berry: son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Princess Marie-Josephe of Saxony. He was born in Versailles, France on August 23, 1754 and died on January 21, 1793 in Paris, France. Louis XVI became the heir to the throne and the last Bourbon king of France after his father's death in 1765. In 1770, and then he married Austrian archduchess Marie-Antoinette, the daughter of Maria Theresa…