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  2. Treaty of Wallingford - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Wallingford, also known as the Treaty of Winchester or the Treaty of Westminster, was an agreement reached in England in the summer of 1153. It effectively ended a civil war known as the Anarchy (1135–54), caused by a dispute over the English crown between King Stephen and Empress Matilda. The Treaty of Wallingford allowed ...

  3. Antichrist - Wikipedia

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    The only one of the late 1st-/early 2nd-century Apostolic Fathers to use the term is Polycarp (c. 69 – c. 155), who warned the Philippians that everyone who preached false doctrine was an antichrist. [24] His use of the term Antichrist follows that of the New Testament in not identifying a single personal Antichrist, but a class of people. [25]

  4. John Winthrop - Wikipedia

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    John Winthrop (January 12, 1588 [a] – March 26, 1649) was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of colonists from England in 1630 and served as governor for 12 of the colony's first ...

  5. Waldensians - Wikipedia

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    The treaty of 5 June 1561 granted amnesty to the Protestants of the Valleys, including liberty of conscience and freedom to worship. Prisoners were released and fugitives permitted to return home, but despite this treaty, the Vaudois, with the other French Protestants, still suffered during the French Wars of Religion in 1562–1598.

  6. Japanese Instrument of Surrender - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that formalized the surrender of the Empire of Japan, marking the end of hostilities in World War II.It was signed by representatives from the Empire of Japan and from the Allied nations: the United States of America, the Republic of China, [note 1] the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Union of Soviet ...

  7. Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Missouri Compromise[a] (also known as the Compromise of 1820) was federal legislation of the United States that balanced desires of northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and declared a policy of ...

  8. USS Missouri (BB-63) - Wikipedia

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    USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa -class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States. The ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled ...

  9. Treaties of Portage des Sioux - Wikipedia

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    The Treaties of Portage des Sioux were a series of treaties at Portage des Sioux, Missouri in 1815 that officially were supposed to mark the end of conflicts between the United States and Native Americans at the conclusion of the War of 1812 . Although the treaties were ostensibly to "restore to such Tribes or Nations respectively all the ...