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12 hours ago · Almost two years to the date of that royal decree, Basco ordered local officials and military commanders to prevent unnecessary losses of tobacco revenues. By March 2, 1782, tobacco production was established in Luzon , with La Union , Ilocos , Abra , Cagayan Valley and Nueva Ecija (still part of Pampanga at the time) as the centers for planting, growing, harvesting and processing tobacco.
12 hours ago · The East India Company's control of the seas, greater resources, and more advanced military training and technology led it to increasingly assert its military strength and caused it to become attractive to a portion of the Indian elite; these factors were crucial in allowing the company to gain control over the Bengal region by 1765 and sideline the other European companies.
12 hours ago · Mr LH Mettananda who took over as Principal after Mr Kularatne continued to foster cadeting with zeal and it was during this period that an Anandian was selected for the first time for training as an officer cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst UK. However, it would not be wrong to say that during the years from
12 hours ago · The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2022 . Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
12 hours ago · Honolulu (/ ˌ h ɒ n ə ˈ l uː l uː / HON-ə-LOO-loo; Hawaiian:) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean.An unincorporated city, it is the county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu, and is the westernmost and southernmost major U.S. city. Honolulu is Hawaii ...
12 hours ago · Hartford, Connecticut. / 41.76250°N 72.67417°W / 41.76250; -72.67417. Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 census. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford ...
12 hours ago · Arthur Davydovich McPherson or Macpherson (1870–1920), a native of St. Petersburg, was the founder and president of the first All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs, the forerunner of today's Russian Tennis Federation. [1] In 1903 he organized the first St. Petersburg tennis championship, and four years later he set up the first national ...
