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King Frederick the Great of Prussia’s native language was French. He had little love for, nor comprehension of, the German spoken by most of his subjects. Who did he famously remark was the only soul he spoke German to?
1436 – The Swedish rebel, and later to become a beloved national hero, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson is assassinated. 1776 – Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III. 1904 – After the failure of French engineering and finance interests to successfully bring the project to fruition, the United States begins…
