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.
On this day in 1881, President James A. Garfield, who had been in office just under four months, is shot by an assassin. Garfield lingered for 80 days before dying of complications from the shooting. Garfieldâs assassin was an attorney and political office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. He was a relative stranger to the president and his administration in an era when federal positions were doled out on a âwho you knowâ basis.