<span>Born: </span><span>May 21, 1527, Valladolid, Spain </span><span> Died: </span><span>September 13, 1598, <span>El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain Fact: </span></span><span>Having been made the Duke of Milan in 1540 and having been observed by his father , his father decided he could be trusted to leave the regency of Spain in young Philip’s hands in 1543, his only words of wisdom to the young prince were “piety, patience, modesty, and distrust”. </span> Major Accomplishment: Philip II's accomplishments<span> originated him as a very well known </span>king<span>. ... His father, Charles V, ceded the duchy of Milan (1540), the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily (1554), the Netherlands (1555), and Spain and its overseas empire (1556) to </span>Philip II<span>.</span><span>
<span>Their finest hour is the name normally accredited to a speech brought by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Assembly of the United Kingdom on June 18 1940. It was prearranged just completed a month after he took over as Prime Minister at the head of an all-party coalition government. So the answer is A.</span>