WebRichard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, KP, PC, PC (Ire) (20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842) was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator.He was styled as Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Mornington.In 1799, he was granted the Irish peerage title of Marquess Wellesley.. He first made his …

WebMarie-Louis-Charles-Zénobi-Salvador Cherubini (francisation approximative adoptée par Cherubini lui-même et mentionnée dans tous les documents postérieurs à 1790), né Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini le 14 septembre 1760 à Florence et mort le 15 mars 1842 [1] à Paris, est un compositeur italien de la fin du XVIII e et du début du XIX e …

WebLe traité de Nankin est l'accord qui mit fin à la première guerre de l'opium, qui s'est terminée en 1842 par une nette victoire du Royaume-Uni, au côté d'autres puissances occidentales colonisatrices, sur l'Empire chinois de la dynastie Qing.Le traité ouvre aux Européens de nouvelles possibilités commerciales dans un pays auquel ils n'avaient encore qu'un …

WebThe Thirteen Factories, also known as the Canton Factories, was a neighbourhood along the Pearl River in southwestern Guangzhou (Canton) in the Qing Empire from c. 1684 to 1856 around modern day Xiguan, in Guangzhou's Liwan District.These warehouses and stores were the principal and sole legal site of most Western trade with China from 1757 …

Web"The Overcoat" (Russian: Шине́ль, translit. Shinyél’; sometimes translated as "The Cloak") is a short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842.The story has had a great influence on Russian literature. Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, discussing Russian realist writers, said: "We all came out from under Gogol's Overcoat" (a quote often misattributed …

WebLa première guerre de l'opium (第一次鴉片戰爭, First Opium War) est un conflit militaire, motivé par des raisons commerciales, entre le Royaume-Uni et l’empire Qing en Chine de 1839 à 1842.Il est considéré comme la première manifestation du déclin de l'empire de Chine, incapable de résister à l'Occident.Les hostilités éclatent en raison de la volonté …

WebWilliam James (* 11.Januar 1842 in New York; † 26. August 1910 in Chocorua, New Hampshire) war ein US-amerikanischer Psychologe und Philosoph.Von 1876 bis 1907 war er Professor für Psychologie und Philosophie an der Harvard University.James gilt sowohl als Begründer der Psychologie in den USA, als auch als einer der wichtigsten Vertreter …

WebBackground and education. Ellenborough was the eldest son of Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, and Anne Towry, daughter of George Towry. [citation needed] He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge.Political career, 1813–1842. Ellenborough represented the subsequently disfranchised rotten borough of St Michael's, …

WebCharlotte Maria Shaw Mason (1 January 1842 – 16 January 1923) was a British educator and reformer in England at the turn of the twentieth century. She proposed to base the education of children upon a wide and liberal curriculum. She was inspired by the writings of the Bible, John Amos Comenius, Matthew Arnold and John Ruskin. [citation needed

WebErnest Lavisse, né le 17 décembre 1842 au Nouvion-en-Thiérache et mort le 18 août 1922 à Paris, est un historien français, fondateur de l'histoire positiviste, et un auteur de nombreux manuels scolaires, les « manuels Lavisse ».. Chantre du « roman national [1] » au service de l'histoire et de son enseignement, il a contribué à répandre des images et une …

WebPilsener (también pils, pilsner o cerveza tipo Pilsen) es el tipo de cerveza lager elaborada originalmente en el siglo XIX en la ciudad de Pilsen, al oeste de la región histórica de Bohemia, en el entonces Imperio austrohúngaro (actual República Checa

WebWilliam Harvey Carney (February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908) was an American soldier during the American Civil War.Born enslaved, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900 for his gallantry in saving the regimental colors during the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. The action for which he received the Medal of Honor preceded that of any other African …

WebGeorge Matheson FRSE (27 March 1842 – 28 August 1906) was a Scottish minister and hymn writer and prolific author. He was blind from the age of 17. Life. St Bernard's Crescent in Edinburgh. The grave of Rev George Matheson, Glasgow Necropolis. Born at 39 ...

WebThe process of making beer is known as brewing. A dedicated building for the making of beer is called a brewery, though beer can be made in the home and has been for much of its history, in which case the brewing location is often called a brewhouse.A company that makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company.Beer made on a domestic …