James Hutton FRSE (/ ˈ h ʌ t ən /; 3 June 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician. Often referred to as the father of modern geology, he played a key role in establishing geology as a modern science. Hutton advanced the idea that the physical world's remote history can be inferred from evidence in …

Mozart received a commission for three quartets in 1785 from the publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister. Hoffmeister thought this quartet was too difficult and that the public would not buy it, so he released Mozart from the obligation of completing the set. (Nine months later, Mozart composed a second quartet anyway, in E-flat major, K. 493).

Bona fides is a Latin phrase meaning "good faith". Its ablative case is bona fide, meaning "in good faith", which is often used as an adjective to mean "genuine".While today fides is concomitant to faith, a more technical translation of the Latin concept would be something like "reliability", in the sense of a trust between two parties for the potentiality of a relationship.

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (Hanau, Alemania, 4 de enero de 1785-Berlín, 20 de septiembre de 1863) fue un lingüista, filólogo y mitólogo alemán, considerado fundador de la gramática histórica [1] .. Su vida y obra estuvo fuertemente ligada a la de su hermano menor, Wilhelm, por lo que es frecuente escuchar hablar de los Hermanos Grimm en conjunto.

The 120 Days of Sodom, or the School of Libertinage (French: Les 120 Journées de Sodome ou l'école du libertinage) is an unfinished novel by the French writer and nobleman Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, written in 1785 and published in 1904 after its manuscript was rediscovered. Described as both pornographic and erotic, its plot revolves around the …

細川 重賢（ほそかわ しげかた）は、江戸時代中期の大名。 肥後国 熊本藩6代藩主。 熊本藩細川家7代。 紀州藩第9代藩主・徳川治貞と「紀州の麒麟、肥後の鳳凰」と並び賞された名君であった。. 始めは父・細川宣紀より1字を与えられて長岡紀雄 （ながおか のりお）、兄・宗孝の跡を継 …

John William Fletcher (born Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère; 12 September 1729 – 14 August 1785) was a Swiss-born English divine and Methodist leader. Of French Huguenot stock, he was born in Nyon in Vaud, Switzerland.Fletcher emigrated to England in 1750 and there he became an Anglican vicar.He began to work with John Wesley, becoming a key interpreter of Wesleyan …

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850. Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism, idealization of nature, …

Ștefan al III-lea (n.1438-1439, Borzești – d. 2 iulie 1504, Suceava), supranumit Ștefan cel Mare sau, după canonizarea sa de către Biserica Ortodoxă Română, Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt, a fost domnul Moldovei între anii 1457 și 1504.A fost fiul lui Bogdan al II-lea, domnind timp de 47 de ani, cea mai lungă domnie din epoca medievală din Țările Române.

A facial is a sexual activity in which a man ejaculates semen onto the face of one or more sexual partners. A facial is a form of non-penetrative sex, though it is generally performed after some other means of sexual stimulation, such as vaginal sex, anal sex, oral sex or masturbation.Facials are regularly portrayed in pornographic films and videos, often as a way to close a scene.

The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 to December 31, 1800 ().During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, Polish, and Haitian revolutions.During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea.Revolutions began to challenge the …

Kingdom of Spain; Name: Rojigualda: Use: National flag and ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: 15 May 1785; 237 years ago () (original version, as naval and coastal fortifications' ensign) 5 October 1981; 40 years ago () (current version, as established in the Spanish Constitution): Design: A horizontal triband flag of red, yellow (double width) and red; charged with the Spanish coat of …

El primer periódico diario en francés, Journal de Paris, fue fundado por Marcel Bourdoncle y Hugues Fores, y apareció (surgió) en 1777. Numerosos cotidianos vieron la luz en el siglo XX, como La Victoire en Toulouse (dirigido por Pierre Dumas) o Combat, aunque, por su parte, Le Matin de Paris y L'Aurore fueron discontinuados en ese tiempo.. Cotidianos gratuitos …

Die Altersschrift Zum ewigen Frieden.Ein philosophischer Entwurf (erste Auflage 1795 (zit. als A) 104 S., zweite, erweiterte Auflage 1796 (zit. als B), 112 S.) gehört zu den bekanntesten Werken des deutschen Philosophen Immanuel Kant.Moderne Bedeutungen des Begriffs Frieden gehen entscheidend auf die hier vorgestellte Theorie zurück.. In Form eines Friedensvertrages wendet …