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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

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The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Article revised and updated.	Kenneth Pletcher	Feb 24, 2010
	Added new Web site: The Hindu Universe - Tilak.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 27, 2009
	Added new Web site: Understanding Hinduism - Tilak.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 27, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998