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Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Rogers (7 November 1731 – 18 May 1795) was a British Army officer and frontiersman. Born in Methuen, Massachusetts , he fought in King George's War , the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War .
Robert Rogers (novelist), American writer under the pen names of Lee Rogers, Jean Barrett, and Jean Thomas; Sir Robert Hargreaves Rogers (1850–1924), Sheriff of the City of London; Robert Athlyi Rogers (1891–1931), author of the Holy Piby, an important foundational text in Rastafarian theology; Robert Rogers (priest), Anglican priest and ...
Roger's Rangers successor unit, the Queen's Rangers, c. 1780. When the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, Robert Rogers offered his services to General George Washington. However, Washington turned him down, fearing he might be a spy, since Rogers had just returned from a long stay in England. Infuriated by the rejection, Rogers offered his ...
An artist's interpretation of Rogers U.S. Army Rangers storm the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The 28 "Rules of Ranging" are a series of rules and guidelines created by Major Robert Rogers in 1757, during the French and Indian War (1754–63).
Robert Kirkwood, a Scotsman who had been mistreated by Shawnee earlier in the war, wrote that "This was I believe the bloodiest scene in all America, our revenge being complete." [ 12 ] Rogers interrogated some of the captives, and learned that large companies of French and Indians were within easy marching distance, [ 13 ] including a force of ...
Roger Federer (/ ˈ f ɛ d ər ər / FED-ər-ər, Swiss Standard German: [ˈrɔdʒər ˈfeːdərər]; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.
On January 21, 1757, Captain Robert Rogers and a band of his rangers were on a scouting expedition near Fort Carillon on Lake Champlain when they were ambushed by a mixed troop of French regulars, Canadien militiamen, and Indians. The fighting ended when darkness set in, with significant casualties on both sides.
The Tomb of Antipope John XXIII was created by Donatello and Michelozzo for the Florence Baptistery adjacent to the Duomo.It was commissioned after Antipope John XXIII's death on December 22, 1419, and completed during the 1420s, establishing it as one of the early landmarks of Renaissance Florence.