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Dom Pedro II was a minor, Inhaúma remained loyal to the government, suppressing rebellions that erupted during that troubled period. He saw action in the Sabinada between 1837 and 1838, followed by the Ragamuffin War from 1840 until 1844. In 1849 Inhaúma was given command of the fleet that was instrumental in subduing the Praieira revolt
, the last rebellion in imperial Brazil.

During the 1850s, Inhaúma held a series of bureaucratic positions. He entered politics in 1861 as a member of the Conservative Party. He became a cabinet member and was given the position of navy minister. Although historical works have not given much coverage to Inhaúma, some historians regard him among the greatest of the Brazilian navy officers.

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invasion of Norway he flew ground support missions before he was transferred to the newly established Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1), a night fighter wing. Lent claimed his first nocturnal aerial victory on 12 May 1941 and on 30 August 1941 was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. His steady accumulation of aerial victories resulted in regular promotions and awards. On the night of 15 June 1944, Major Lent was the first night fighter pilot to claim 100 nocturnal aerial victories, a feat which earned him the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
on 31 July 1944. On 7 October 1944, Lent died from injuries sustained in a crash during a routine transit flight two days earlier.
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Wessagusset
massacre. During these actions, Standish exhibited considerable courage and skill as a soldier, but also demonstrated a brutality that angered Native Americans and disturbed more moderate members of the Colony.
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Spruance-class destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford
was named in his honor.
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first and fifth Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky, and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina. Shelby's military service began at the Battle of Point Pleasant, the only major battle of Lord Dunmore's War. Following the war, Shelby relocated to Kentucky on lands awarded to him for his military service and became involved in Kentucky's transition from a county of Virginia to an independent state. His heroism made him popular with the citizens of the state. The state electoral college unanimously elected him governor in 1792, where he served a four year term. Prior to the War of 1812, Kentuckians urged Shelby to run for governor again to lead them through the anticipated conflict. At the request of General William Henry Harrison, Shelby commanded troops from Kentucky at the Battle of the Thames, for which he was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. At the conclusion of the war, he declined President James Monroe's offer to become Secretary of War
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Ngô Đình Diệm of the State of Vietnam began to consolidate his grip on the south, Ba Cụt was captured, sentenced to death, and publicly beheaded in Cần Thơ
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Louis Mountbatten, served as First Sea Lord from 1954 to 1959, and his grandson, Prince Philip, is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II
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Roderic Stanley (Stan) Dallas, DSO, DSC & Bar (30 July 1891 – 1 June 1918), was an Australian fighter ace of World War I. His score of aerial victories is generally regarded as the second-highest by an Australian, after Robert Little; however there is considerable dispute over Dallas's exact total. While his official score is commonly given as 39, claim-by-claim analyses list as few as 32, and other research credits him with over 50, compared to Little's official tally of 47. Like Little, Dallas flew with British units, rather than the Australian Flying Corps. Initially seeing action with No. 1 Naval Wing on the Western Front in Caudrons and Nieuport 11s, he was chosen to test one of the earliest Sopwith Triplanes. This became his favourite type, and he achieved many victories with it through 1916–17, earning the Distinguished Service Order, and the Distinguished Service Cross and Bar. As the commanding officer of No. 1 Squadron RNAS and later No. 40 Squadron, he achieved further victories before being killed in action on 1 June 1918.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1942, Eaton held a number of commands during World War II. After retiring from the RAAF in December 1945, he held diplomatic posts in the Dutch East Indies, including heading a United Nations commission as Consul-General during the Indonesian National Revolution
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Roman Catholic saint. She was born to a peasant family in north-east France. Joan said she had received visions from God instructing her to support Charles VII and recover France from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The uncrowned King Charles VII sent her to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence when she overcame the dismissive attitude of veteran commanders and caused the lifting of the siege in only nine days. Several additional swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims. She was captured by the Burgundians, transferred to the English in exchange for money, put on trial by the pro-English Bishop of Beauvais Pierre Cauchon for charges of "insubordination and heterodoxy", and was burned at the stake for heresy when she was 19 years old. Beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920, she is a patron saint
of France.
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removed from command by President Harry S. Truman
on 11 April 1951.
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grenadiers, he was hit by French case shot
and knocked off his horse. He died shortly afterward.
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Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre (13 June 1804 – 18 July 1875) was an army officer and politician of the Empire of Brazil. Porto Alegre joined the army at a young age, and first saw combat in the conquest of the Banda Oriental, which was annexed and became the province of Cisplatina in 1821. Over the next decade he fought in the struggle for Brazilian independence and then in the Cisplatine War, which saw Cisplatina split from Brazil to become the state of Uruguay. He played a key role in the Ragamuffin War, saving the provincial capital. In 1852, he led a Brazilian division during the Platine War, and for his service he was awarded a noble title, eventually becoming a count. In the postwar years, Porto Alegre turned his attention to politics, retiring from his military career as a lieutenant general, the second-highest rank in the Imperial army. He entered the lower house of the Brazilian parliament and was briefly Minister of War. When the Paraguayan War erupted in 1864, he returned to active duty and became one of the main Brazilian commanders during the conflict.
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Austrian Army of Italy. After the war in 1815, Klenau was appointed commanding general in Moravia and Silesia
, a position he held until his death in 1819.
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General
Japanese occupation of Indonesia, Oerip was detained in a prisoner-of-war camp. Following the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, Oerip was declared the chief of staff and interim leader of the newly formed army, but after two deadlocked votes the position of commander-in-chief went to Sudirman
. Oerip remained as chief of staff under Sudirman until 1948.

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