Hajj (or Hadj) is the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. which every Muslin, ought to perform once in his life, and after which he is entitled to prefix Hadji to his name. The pilgrimage was made in disguise by Burckhardt in 1814, by Burton in 1853, and by T F Keane in 1878, each of whom published accounts of his journey. Research Hajj
The Negro Plot was an alleged terrorist even that occurred on March the 18th, 1741 in New York. A fire occurred in the chapel and barracks at Fort George on the Battery in New York. It was generally believed to be accidental, but charges were set afloat that it arose from a plot by the negroes to burn the town. Eight other fires of a mysterious nature within a month strengthened this belief. Mary Burton, a servant of one John Hughson, furnished testimony implicating a number of sailors and negroes. Twenty whites and over 160 slaves were seized and imprisoned. Finally Mary Burton's accusations inculpated persons of such character that danger from that direction checked the fury. It was charged that the Spanish were inciting plots among the negroes through Roman Catholic priests. Four whites were hanged, eighteen negroes hanged and thirteen burned at the stake. Research Negro Plot
The War Of The Worlds is a novel written by H. G. Wells, first published in the 1890's, about an invasion of earth by creatures from the planetMars - who are defeated not by Man, but by earth bacteria. The novel has been adapted as a radio play and as a film and was most famously adapted as a musical by Jeff Wayne and released on a double-album record in 1978. The musical version of the novel featured Richard Burton, Julie Covington, David Essex, Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott, Jo Partridge and Chris Thompson. Research The War Of The Worlds
Beryl Burton is an English amateur road cyclist. She was born in 1937. During the 1960's and 1970's she was a world record and champion cyclist, regularly beating the male riders. Research Beryl Burton
Isaac Hawkins Browne was an English poet. He was born in 1706 at Burton-on-Trent 1706 and died in 1760. He was the author of Design and Beauty; The Pipe of Tobacco (in which he imitates Pope, Young, Swift, and others); and a LatinPoem, De Animi Immortalitate, modelled on Lucretius and Virgil. Research Isaac Browne
John Bastwick was an English physician and ecclesiastical controversialist. He was born in 1593 and died in 1654. He settled at Colchester, but instead of confining himself to his profession, entered keenly into theological controversy, and was condemned by the Star Chamber for his books against Prelacy: Elenchus Religionis Papisticse, Flagellum Pontificis, and The Letanie of Dr. J. Bastwick. With Prynne and Burton he was sentenced to lose his ears in the pillory, to pay a fine of 5000 pounds, and to be imprisoned for life. He was released by the Long Parliament, and entered London in triumph along with Prynne and Burton. He appears to have continued his controversies to the very last with the Independents and others. Research John Bastwick
John Hill Burton was a Scottish historian. He was born in 1809 at Aberdeen and died in 1881.
He graduated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, adopted the law as a profession, and became an advocate in Edinburgh, but literature was really the business of his life. He early contributed to the Westminster Review, as afterwards to the Edinburgh and North British, to Blackwood's Magazine, and to the Scotsman. His first book was the Life and Correspondence of DavidHume published in 1846, followed by Lives of LordLovat and Duncan Eorbes of Culloden, and other works. His chief work was his History of Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1746; others equally well known were The Scot Abroad, and the Book-hunter. He was appointed secretary to the Scottish Prison Board in 1854, and was connected with this department until his death. Research John Burton
John Hanning Speke was a British explorer who for many years was believed to have discovered the source of the River Nile - in fact the real source of the River Nile was not discovered until 2006, some 65 miles away. He was born in 1827 and died in 1864 after accidentally shooting himself. In 1854 he accompanied Sir Richard Burton into Somaliland. In 1857 he and Burton made another journey from Zanzibar and in 1862 he made his way to Victoria Nyanza with Grant and established the misconception that the Nile is an outlet of the lake, an idea which remained until proven otherwise in 2006, when the source of the Nile was confirmed in Rwanda's NyungweForest by the British explorer Neil McGrigor. Research John Speke
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