PEOPLE KNOWN FOR: reform
pope
St. Gregory the Great ; Western feast day, September 3 [formerly March 12, still observed in the East]) pope from 590 to 604, reformer and excellent administrator, “founder” of the medieval papacy, which...
emperor of Qing dynasty
Kangxi reign name (nianhao) of the second emperor (reigned 1661–1722) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644–1911/12). To the Chinese empire he added areas north of the Amur River (Heilong Jiang) and portions...
Roman tribune
Gaius Gracchus, Roman tribune (123–122 bce), who reenacted the agrarian reforms of his brother, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, and who proposed other measures to lessen the power of the senatorial nobility....
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