The Whitman massacre (also known as the Walla Walla massacre and referred to as the Tragedy at Waiilatpu by the National Park Service) was the killing of the Washington missionaries Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa, along with eleven others, on November 29, 1847.They were killed by members of the Cayuse tribe who accused Whitman of having poisoned 200 Cayuse in his …

Name. The name Miami derives from Myaamia (plural Myaamiaki), the tribe's autonym (name for themselves) in their Algonquian language of Miami-Illinois.This appears to have been derived from an older term meaning "downstream people." Some scholars contended the Miami called themselves the Twightwee (also spelled Twatwa), supposedly an onomatopoeic reference to …

"O Holy Night" (also known as "Cantique de Noël") is a well-known Christmas carol. Originally based on a French-language poem by poet Placide Cappeau, written in 1843, with the first line "Minuit, chrétiens! c'est l'heure solennelle" (Midnight, Christians, is the solemn hour) that composer Adolphe Adam set to music in 1847. The English version is by John Sullivan Dwight.

Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell (née Thompson; 11 October 1847 – 27 November 1922) was a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet. Early years and family. Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson was born in Barnes, London, to Thomas James and Christiana (née Weller) Thompson. The family moved around ...

Wajid Ali Shah (Urdu: واجد علی شاه) (30 July 1822 – 1 September 1887) was the eleventh and last King of Awadh, holding the position for 9 years, from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856.. Wajid Ali Shah's first wife was Alam Ara who was better known as Khas Mahal (transl. special wife) because of her exquisite beauty.She was one of two Nikahi [clarification needed] wives.

The Factories Act 1847 (known as the Ten Hour Act), together with Acts in 1850 and 1853 remedying defects in the 1847 Act, met a long-standing (and by 1847 well-organised) demand by the millworkers for a ten-hour day. The Factory Acts also sought to ameliorate the conditions under which mill-children worked with requirements on ventilation ...

29 mars : prise de Veracruz par le général Winfield Scott, qui marche sur Mexico [9].Il bat les Mexicains à Cerro Gordo (), Contreras (19-20 août) et Churubusco ().Il prend Casa Mata et Molino del Rey (8 septembre), puis marche sur la colline de Chapultepec, le verrou de Mexico, qui tombe en septembre [9].; 20 juillet : décret 523. Pedro II du Brésil décide de ne plus choisir lui-même ...

Leben und Wirken Jugend und Emigration. Joseph Pulitzer wurde 1847 als ältester Sohn eines wohlhabenden ungarisch-jüdischen Kornhändlers und einer streng katholischen deutschen Mutter im ungarischen Makó in der Nähe von Szeged geboren. Er hatte einen jüngeren Bruder, Albert, der für das katholische Priestertum ausgebildet wurde.

Joseph Pulitzer, né József Politzer le 10 avril 1847 à Makó en Hongrie et mort le 29 octobre 1911 à Charleston en Caroline du Sud, est un journaliste américain d'origine hongroise qui a donné son nom au prix Pulitzer.Il fut « le précurseur de la presse à sensation et d'investigation » [1], dès le XIX e siècle dans son quotidien New York World, inspirant d'autres qui comme lui ...

Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet, FRCPE FSA Scot (7 June 1811 – 6 May 1870) was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine.He was the first physician to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform on humans and helped to popularise its use in medicine.. Simpson's intellectual interests ranged from archaeology to an almost taboo …

Die niederdeutsche oder plattdeutsche Sprache ist eine hauptsächlich in Norddeutschland und daran angrenzenden Regionen, etwa im Osten der Niederlande, verbreitete westgermanische Sprache.. Das Neu-Niederdeutsche ist in zahlreiche Dialekte gegliedert (vgl. Westniederdeutsch und Ostniederdeutsch).Hervorgegangen ist es aus dem Mittelniederdeutschen, das wiederum …