WebGustav Vigeland (11 April 1869 – 12 March 1943), born as Adolf Gustav Thorsen, was a Norwegian sculptor. Gustav Vigeland occupies a special position among Norwegian sculptors, both in the power of his creative imagination and in his productivity. He is most associated with the Vigeland installation (Vigelandsanlegget) in Frogner Park, Oslo.

WebAndré Paul Guillaume Gide [ɑ̃dˈʁe pɔl ɡiˈjom ʒiːd] (* 22. November 1869 in Paris; † 19. Februar 1951 ebenda) war ein französischer Schriftsteller. 1947 erhielt er den Literaturnobelpreis

WebSommaire déplacer vers la barre latérale masquer Début 1 Histoire Afficher / masquer la sous-section Histoire 1.1 Années 1970 et 1980 1.2 Années 1990 1.3 Début des années 2000 2 Désignations 3 Types de livres numériques Afficher / masquer la sous-section Types de livres numériques 3.1 Homothétique 3.2 Enrichi 3.3 « Originairement numérique » 4 …

WebMajor League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. The NL and AL were formed in 1876 and 1901, respectively. …

WebVictor Emmanuel III (Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. He also reigned as Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–1941) and King of the Albanians (1939–1943). During his reign of nearly 46 years, which began after the assassination of …

WebMarcel Cachin est un homme politique français, né le 20 septembre 1869 à Paimpol (Côtes-du-Nord) et mort le 12 février 1958 à Choisy-le-Roi . Parlementaire socialiste puis communiste de 1914 à 1958 (excepté sous l' Occupation ), il est directeur du journal L'Humanité de 1918 à sa mort.

WebRoger Fenton (28 March 1819 – 8 August 1869) was a British photographer, noted as one of the first war photographers.. Fenton was born into a Lancashire merchant family. After graduating from London with an Arts degree, he became interested in painting and later developed a keen interest in the new technology of photography after seeing early …

WebBaháʼí Faith. Abortion, merely for the purpose of eliminating an unwanted child, is strongly deprecated in the Baháʼí Faith, though medical reasons may warrant it.Among the possible reasons for terminating a pregnancy are rape, incest, lack of viability of the fetus, and health of the mother. Though Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith, considered the …

WebThe Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 were baseball's first all-professional team, with ten salaried players. The Cincinnati Base Ball Club formed in 1866 and fielded competitive teams in the National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) 1867–1870, a time of a transition that ambitious Cincinnati businessmen and English-born ballplayer Harry …

WebThe Welcome Stranger is the biggest alluvial gold nugget It measured 61 by 31 cm (24 by 12 in) and was discovered by prospectors John Deason and Richard Oates on 5 February 1869 at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, about 14.6 kilometres (9 miles) north-west of Dunolly. Discovery. At the time of the discovery, there were no scales capable of weighing a …

WebCragside is a Victorian country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England.It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm. An industrial magnate, scientist, philanthropist and inventor of the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong gun, Armstrong also displayed his …

WebAlgernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, "His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's." ...

WebJacques Marquette, né le 1 er juin 1637 à Laon, Aisne et mort le 18 mai 1675, sur le bord du lac Michigan (Amérique du Nord), était prêtre et missionnaire jésuite français, et explorateur du Midwest, la région centre-nord des États-Unis.. Lui sont attribuées la découverte des sources du Mississippi et celle, avec Louis Jolliet, du pays de l’Illinois

WebFreehold is a borough and the county seat of Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Known for its Victorian era homes and rich colonial history, the borough is located in the Raritan Valley region within the New York Metropolitan Area, located about 33 miles (53 km) from Manhattan and 17 miles (27 km) from Staten Island. The borough has grown to …