The Mari Lwyd (Welsh: Y Fari Lwyd, IPA: [ə vaːri ˈlʊi̯d]) is a wassailing folk custom found in South Wales.The tradition entails the use of an eponymous hobby horse which is made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under a sackcloth.. The custom was first recorded in 1800, with subsequent accounts of it being produced into the early twentieth …

In the 1888 election, held on November 6, 1888, Grover Cleveland of New York, the incumbent president and a Democrat, tried to secure a second term against the Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison, a former U.S. Senator from Indiana.The economy was prosperous and the nation was at peace, but although Cleveland received 5,534,488 popular votes against …

Henri Herz (6 January 1803 – 5 January 1888) was a virtuoso pianist, composer and piano manufacturer, Austrian by birth and French by nationality and domicile. He was a professor in the Paris Conservatoire for more than thirty years. Among his major works are eight piano concertos, a piano sonata, rondos, nocturnes, waltzes, marches, fantasias, and numerous sets of variations

Neurology (from Greek: νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves. Neurological practice relies heavily on the field of neuroscience, the scientific study of the nervous system.

McGraw Hill was founded in 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the American Journal of Railway Appliances.He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The McGraw Publishing Company in 1899. His co-founder, John A. Hill, had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own …

The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. The storm paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. Snow fell from 10 to 58 inches (25 to 147 cm) in parts of New Jersey, …

Alfred Nobel (listen (help · info)) was born on 21 October 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden, into a family of engineers. He was a chemist, engineer, and inventor.In 1894, Nobel purchased the Bofors iron and steel mill, which he made into a major armaments manufacturer.Nobel also invented ballistite.This invention was a precursor to many smokeless military explosives, …

Starry Night (September 1888, French: La Nuit étoilée), commonly known as Starry Night Over the Rhône, is one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings of Arles at night. It was painted on the bank of the Rhône that was only a one or two-minute walk from the Yellow House on the Place Lamartine, which Van Gogh was renting at the time. The night sky and the effects of light at night provided …

Notre-Dame Basilica (French: Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal) is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street. It is located next to the Saint-Sulpice Seminary and faces the Place d'Armes square.. The interior of the church is amongst the most dramatic …

The Lei Áurea (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈlej ˈawɾiɐ]; from Portuguese: Golden Law), adopted on May 13, 1888, was the law that abolished slavery in Brazil.It was signed by Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921), an opponent of slavery, who acted as regent to Emperor Pedro II, who was in Europe.. The Lei Áurea was preceded by the Rio Branco Law of September 28, …

Purpose. The Kodak camera introduced in 1888 was the first box camera to become widely adopted by the public and its design became the archetype for box camera designs introduced by many different manufacturers. The use of flexible roll film meant that the cameras were light and portable and could be used without the encumbrance of tripods and the attendant difficulty of …

Sie wurde am 18. Januar 1888 vollendet und am 1. November 1888 unter der Leitung des Gewandhauskapellmeisters Carl Reinecke im Leipziger Gewandhaus uraufgeführt. Die zweite Suite (op. 55) vollendete Grieg am 12. September 1891, sie wurde anlässlich der Festlichkeiten zu Griegs 25-jährigen Jubiläum als Dirigent unter seiner Leitung am 14.

Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German–American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural relativism.. Studying in Germany, Boas was awarded a doctorate in 1881 in physics while also …

Michel-Jean Cazabon (September 20, 1813 – November 20, 1888) is regarded as the first great Trinidadian painter and is Trinidad's first internationally known artist. He is also known as the layman painter. He is renowned for his paintings of Trinidad scenery and for his portraits of planters, merchants and their families in the 19th century.