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Hace 1 día · Fairfax County was formed in 1742 from the northern part of Prince William County, and was named after Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, proprietor of the Northern Neck. The Fairfax family name is derived from the Old English phrase for "blond hair", Fæger-feax. The county's initial settlements were along the Potomac River.
- June 19, 1742
Hace 5 días · 1700s. 1800s. 1900s. 2000s. Wednesday, November 01, 1693. Thomas Fairfax, 6th Baron of Cameron, born at Leeds Castle, Kent England. Tuesday, December 21, 1725. George Mason IV of Gunston Hall born. Sunday, May 03, 1730. Prince William County formed from the Counties of Stafford and King George. Friday, November 17, 1732.
Hace 6 días · Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, TD, PC (16 April 1881 – 23 December 1959), known as the Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s. He held several senior ministerial posts during this time, most notably ...
Hace 4 días · By 1990 the Fairfax County Archeologist had identified 100 sites, believed to be early American, in Great Falls. The oldest of these is considered to be about 9,000 years old, others about 3,000 ...
Hace 4 días · Military Career of John Kourkouas (Before 900-After 946) made using wikipedia and the fantastic book Byzantine Military Tactics in Syria and Mesopotamia in The 10th Century (Georgios Theotokis, 2018) (I have been on a Byzantine history binge and I thought he deserved one) 926/7 – Kourkouas leads the Byzantine army across the Muslim frontier, storms the lower city of Melitene, and subjugates ...
Hace 4 días · Likewise, Lord Fairfax Community College was renamed Laurel Ridge because Lord Fairfax was a slaveholder — yet we still have our most populous county, as well as a city, named after that same slaveholder. Granted, it’s easier to change the name of a single institution than a place name for a county that’s home to more than 1.1 million people.
Hace 5 días · The sections depicting the war are, in my mind, problematic. Fairfax, in the context of the civil wars, was first and foremost a general. Had he failed in this sphere he would have completely faded from view and, like Lord Grey of Groby, would have been reduced to the role of an Osric providing support and sidelines to the main text.
