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Powerade is the official sports drink of the Australian rugby league team and the Australian union team, the Australian Football League, PGA Tour, NASCAR (2003–present), NHRA, [11] NCAA, the U.S. Olympic Team (excluding U.S.A. Basketball and U.S. Soccer, which have deals with Gatorade) and many other national Olympic federations, The Football League [12] and many other soccer leagues and ...
In 1767, the average New England family was consuming seven barrels of hard cider annually, which equates to about 35-gallons per person. Around the mid-1800s, newly arrived immigrants from Germany and elsewhere increased beer's popularity, and the temperance movement and continued westward expansion caused farmers to abandon their cider orchards.
France has a long history of innovation and scientific discovery, contributing to various fields such as physics, mathematics, engineering, medicine, and the arts. French inventors and scientists have pioneered breakthroughs that shaped the modern world, from the development of photography and the metric system to advancements in aviation, nuclear physics, and immunology.
The 2021 census recorded 163,517 French passport holders resident in England and Wales. [10] The number of residents of England and Wales born in France was recorded as 155,322. [11] Of the French-born people recorded by the 2011 census, 66,654 (48.4 per cent) lived in Greater London and 22,584 (16.4 per cent) in South East England.
King of France 1293–1350 r. 1328–1350: John II King of France 1319–1364 r. 1350–1364: Isabella of Valois 1313–1383: Peter I Duke of Bourbon 1311–1356 r. 1342–1356: James I Count of La Marche 1319–1362 r. 1356–1362: Jeanne of Châtillon 1320-1371 [17] Charles V King of France 1338–1380 r. 1364–1380: Joanna of Bourbon 1338 ...
Its immediate consequence was a large Protestant exodus from France. Over two million people died in two famines in 1693 and 1710. [38] France would soon be involved in another war, the War of the Grand Alliance. This time the theatre was not only in Europe but also in North America.
Coffey was born in 1780, though the place of his birth is disputed. Some sources say he was born in Ireland (most likely in Co. Dublin or Co. Wicklow), [2] while others refer to his birth in Calais, France, to Irish parents. [3] Coffey studied at Trinity College Dublin and entered the excise service around 1799–1800 as a gauger. He married ...
The 1830s (pronounced "eighteen-thirties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1830, and ended on December 31, 1839.. In this decade, the world saw a rapid rise of imperialism and colonialism, particularly in Asia and Africa.