Welcome to the History Tricks where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here is your 30-second summary.

Florence Nightingale was an a nurse.

She was a pioneering statistician, an expert on military-based medical care, hospital management

and hospital design, a published author, an epidemiology innovator, a war hero, a comfort

in the dark of night, a nursing advocate and educator.

And lastly, sometimes she was a nurse.

The end.

Let's talk about Florence Nightingale.

But first, let's drop her into history.

A Russian expedition had the first confirmed sighting of the continent of Antarctica.

Shortly after that, an English expedition saw the same continent and claimed it for Britain.

The Missouri Compromise passed in the US, which allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state

and main to join as a free state.

Ancient armless Greek statue, the Venus de Milo, was discovered on the island of Milo's.

Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson stood on the steps of a New Jersey courthouse and ate the fruit of a decorative plant

to prove that the tomato was not poisonous.

James Monroe was elected for his second term as US president.

King George IV ruled the United Kingdom and Alexander I was emperor of Russia.

Mary C. Col turn 15 years old and the future Queen Victoria had her first birthday.

Anne Bronte, Susan B. Anthony, Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale were all born

and in 1820 another Nightingale Florence was also born.

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