WebJohn Wilkes FRS (17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797) was an English radical journalist and politician, as well as a magistrate, essayist and soldier. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters—rather than the House of Commons—to determine their representatives. In 1768, …

WebGeorge Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (c. 1725 – 6 July 1758) was a career officer and a brigadier general in the British Army.He was described by James Wolfe as "the best officer in the British Army". He was killed in the French and Indian War in a skirmish at Fort Ticonderoga the day before the Battle of Carillon, an ultimately disastrous attempt by the …

WebSir John Vanbrugh (/ ˈ v æ n b r ə /; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restoration comedies, The Relapse (1696) and The Provoked Wife (1697), which have become …

WebThe Spanish Steps (Italian: Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church, at the top.. The monumental stairway of 135 steps was built with French diplomat Étienne Gueffier's bequeathed funds of 20,000 scudi, in …

WebSobrino de Botín is a Spanish restaurant in Madrid, founded in 1725, that is the oldest restaurant in the world in continuous operation. The artist Francisco de Goya worked in Café Botín as a waiter while waiting to get accepted into the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. The restaurant is mentioned in an Ernest Hemingway novel and the book Fortunata y Jacinta …

WebПётр i Алексе́евич, прозванный Вели́ким (30 мая [9 июня] 1672 года — 28 января [8 февраля] 1725 года) — последний царь всея Руси (с 1682 года) и первый Император Всероссийский (с 1721 года).. Представитель династии Романовых.Был провозглашён царём в 10-летнем возрасте при регентше Софье ...

WebCatalina I (en ruso, Екатери́на I Алексе́евна - Ekaterina I Alekséievna, nacida en polaco, Marta Helena Skavronska, más tarde conocida como Marta Samuílovna Skavrónskaya; 15 de abril de 1684 – 17 de mayo de 1727) fue la segunda esposa de Pedro el Grande y zarina —oficialmente, emperatriz— del Imperio ruso de 1725 hasta 1727, [2] cuando murió. Se …