Charles Plummer in the introduction and notes to his splendid edition of Bede voiced some early doubts concerning the `` elaborate superstructure '' they raised up over the slim foundations afforded by the traditional narratives of the conquest.

A detailed account of the occasion, enriched by many splendid miniatures, can be found in Charles V's copy of the Grandes Chroniques de France.

Charles wore an equally splendid crown, accompanied by a golden gown encrusted with diamonds, pearls and great jewels.

These were offered by a realtor named Charles Schleier, who tempted potential purchasers, describing the area as being " The finest, healthiest location, good for till soil, splendid water, good market for produce, rapid and cheap transit ", and as " level land and hills, romantic scenery, fine clay land, mineral springs ; the most beautiful place for private residence and garden ".

" Lever had never taken part in a battle himself, but his next three books, Charles O ' Malley ( 1841 ), Jack Hinton and Tom Burke of Ours ( 1843 ), written under the spur of the writer's chronic extravagance, contain some splendid military writing and some of the most animated battle-pieces on record.

: I shall relate how the new settlement was, during many troubled years, successfully defended against foreign and domestic enemies ; how, under that settlement, the authority of law and the security of property were found to be compatible with a liberty of discussion and of individual action never before known ; how, from the auspicious union of order and freedom, sprang a prosperity of which the annals of human affairs had furnished no example ; how our country, from a state of ignominious vassalage, rapidly rose to the place of umpire among European powers ; how her opulence and her martial glory grew together ; how, by wise and resolute good faith, was gradually established a public credit fruitful of marvels which to the statesmen of any former age would have seemed incredible ; how a gigantic commerce gave birth to a maritime power, compared with which every other maritime power, ancient or modern, sinks into insignificance ; how Scotland, after ages of enmity, was at length united to England, not merely by legal bonds, but by indissoluble ties of interest and affection ; how, in America, the British colonies rapidly became far mightier and wealthier than the realms which Cortes and Pizarro had added to the dominions of Charles the Fifth ; how in Asia, British adventurers founded an empire not less splendid and more durable than that of Alexander.

Joan returns to Reims to witness the solemn, splendid and emotional coronation of Charles VII of France.

* Georgia on My Mind is a novelette by Charles Sheffield which involves two major themes: being widowed and the quest for a legendary Babbage computer.

In 1735, John and Charles Wesley went to America to teach the gospel to the American Indians in the colony of Georgia.

* Uncredited cast members include Eddie Acuff, Murray Alper, Ward Bond, Walter Brooke, Georgia Carroll, Glen Cavender, Spencer Charters, Wallis Clark, William B. Davidson, Ann Doran, Tom Dugan, Bill Edwards, Frank Faylen, Pat Flaherty, James Flavin, William Forrest, William Gillespie, Joe Gray, Creighton Hale, John Hamilton, Harry Hayden, Stuart Holmes, William Hopper, Eddie Kane, Fred Kelsey, Vera Lewis, Audrey Long, Hank Mann, Frank Mayo, Lon McCallister, Edward McWade, George Meeker, Dolores Moran, Charles Morton, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, Francis Pierlot, Clinton Rosemond, Syd Saylor, Frank Sully, Dick Wessel, Leo White and Dave Willock.

One of the most successful black minstrel companies was Sam Hague's Slave Troupe of Georgia Minstrels, managed by Charles Hicks.

A historic marker in front of the Harris County Courthouse erected in 1954 by the Georgia Historical Commission reads as follows: " This county, created by Acts of the Legislature December 14, 1827, is named for Charles Harris, eminent Savannah jurist.

The county was created by the Georgia General Assembly on December 15, 1853, from a part of Baker County and was named after Charles Dougherty, a respected judge and lawyer from Athens, Georgia.

During this time, the brothers of Governor Wright of Georgia, Charles and German Wright-who were English Loyalists-built a fort on their land.

Brooks County was created 11 December 1858 from portions of Lowndes and Thomas counties by an act of the Georgia General Assembly named in honor of Preston Brooks, famous and acclaimed throughout the South for having beaten to unconsciousness, Senator Charles Sumner in 1856 in Congress.

* Charles Holmes Herty, a chemist noted for revolutionizing the turpentine industry and creating a new pulp industry based on southern pine trees, as well as establishing the first varsity football team at the University of Georgia, was born in Milledgeville on what is now the campus of Georgia College.

Governor Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, and John and Charles Wesley, founders of the Methodist Church and deeply interested in Moravian ideals, came along on the same boat.

* Charles Murphey: ( 1799 – 1861 ), United States Congressman from Georgia.

The town is named for Bill Arp ( pen name of Charles Henry Smith ), a Georgia humorist who was nationally known in the late 19th century.

On December 7, 2007, Ray Charles Plaza was opened in Albany, Georgia, with a revolving, lighted bronze sculpture of Charles seated at a piano.

* Charles Weltner, class of 1948 ; former U. S. representative, Georgia Supreme Court Justice and recipient of the Profiles in Courage Award.

It starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams, Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell, and Parley Baer as Dillon's assistant Chester Wesley Proudfoot.

Carmichael had begun to work at an investment house and was considering a switch in career when he composed " Georgia on My Mind " ( lyrics by Stuart Gorrell ), perhaps most famous in the Ray Charles rendition recorded many years later.

In 1960, Ray Charles ' version of " Georgia on My Mind " was a major hit, receiving Grammys both for Best Male Vocal and Best Popular Single.

Among the many 20th century artists who produced important works in watercolor, mention must be made of Wassily Kandinsky, Emil Nolde, Paul Klee, Egon Schiele and Raoul Dufy ; in America the major exponents included Charles Burchfield, Edward Hopper, Georgia O ' Keeffe, Charles Demuth, and John Marin, 80 % of whose total output is in watercolor.

* Charles R. Drew Charter School opened in August 2000 as the first charter school in Atlanta, Georgia

The best collections were made by Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. from Georgia and Albert Henry Stoddard from South Carolina.

Regarded as a capable soldier by the emperor, Albert ( in 1475 ) took a prominent part in the campaign against Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, and in 1487 led an expedition against Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, which failed owing to lack of support on the part of the emperor.

It deals with a man named Charles Boatman, who mysteriously returns to Vietnam, where he had been a soldier earlier in his life, and his children, Ada and Jon, who also go to Vietnam to search for him.

* 1670 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier ( d. 1726 )

* 1690 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier ( b. 1610 )

* 1610 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier ( d. 1690 )

* 1890 – Charles William Train, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross ( d. 1965 )

* September 21 – Charles Upham, New Zealand soldier ( d. 1994 )

* November 17 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier ( b. 1610 )

* September 29 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier ( b. 1610 )

* July 30 – Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier ( b. 1624 )

* January 9 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, soldier in Habsburg service ( d. 1621 )

* May 8 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier ( d. 1726 )

* April 1 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and writer ( d. 1703 )

* October 6 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier ( d. 1690 )

* July 10 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, soldier in Habsburg service ( b. 1571 )

* February 5 – Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American politician and soldier ( d. 1825 )

* May 10 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier ( b. 1670 )

Charles was an able soldier and a good administrator ; but his failure to understand the qualities of his diverse subjects, and his grasping, if pious, ambition, ultimately led him to failure.

** Charles de la Cerda, Franco-Spanish soldier ( d. 1354 )

:" It produced Charles Martel, the soldier who turned the Arabs back at Tours, and the supporter of Saint Boniface the Evangelizer of Germany.

Not a single French soldier remained in Germany, and Prince Charles prepared to force the passage of the great river in the Breisgau while the King of Britain moved forward via Mainz to co-operate by drawing upon himself the attention of both the French marshals.

Charles Lee ( February 6, 1732 – October 2, 1782 ) was a British soldier who served as a General of the Continental Army during the American War of Independence.

Downing was a soldier and diplomat who served under Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II, and who invested in properties and acquired considerable wealth.

* Charles P. Murray, Jr. ( 1921 – 2011 ), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient