Like most encyclopedias, the Encyclopedie encyclopÃ©die attempted to collect and summarize human knowledge in a variety of fields and, topics ranging from philosophy to theology to science and the. Arts The encyclopedie encyclopÃ©die was controversial for reorganizing knowledge based on human reason instead of by nature. or theology
James Garfield's Childhood and Education: Garfield was born on November 19, 1831 in Ohio. His father died when he was only 18 months old. His mother tried to make ends meet but he and his three siblings grew up in relative poverty.
Charles J. Guiteau Shot President Garfield. July 2, 1881. The president's been shot, but he's not dead...yet. No, it would take much dirtier hands than Charles J. Guiteau's to kill President Garfield. When Guiteau, a lawyer with a history of mental illness, shot Garfield in the back on July 2, 1881, he thought God had told him to shoot the president.