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The Netherlands has returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia ...

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A trained pharmaceutical chemist, Lilly was an archetype of the dynamic and multi-talented 19th century American industrialist, who after his military career, and trying his hand at farming, set ...

Many 19th-century finance ministers toyed with the idea of abolishing income tax, ... Russia was forced to sue for peace, and the war was ended by the Treaty of Paris in March 1856.

The European School, 19th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Since 1998 the record price for ...