Gare Montparnasse (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁ mɔ̃paʁnas]; Montparnasse station), officially Paris-Montparnasse, one of the six large Paris railway termini, is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements.. The station opened in 1840, was rebuilt in 1852 and relocated in 1969 to a new station just south of the original location – where subsequently the prominent Montparnasse …

The Regency Acts are Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed at various times, to provide a regent in the event of the reigning monarch being incapacitated or a minor (under the age of 18). Prior to 1937, Regency Acts were passed only when necessary to deal with a specific situation. In 1937, the Regency Act 1937 made general provision for a regent, and established …

Victoria del Reino Unido (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa; Londres, 21 de noviembre de 1840 - Kronberg, 5 de agosto de 1901) fue una princesa real del Reino Unido, hija mayor de la reina Victoria I y del príncipe Alberto de Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha.También fue reina de Prusia y emperatriz consorte de Alemania durante los 99 días de reinado de su esposo, Federico III de …

Robert Schumann (German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈʃuːman]; 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic.He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. His teacher, Friedrich Wieck, a German pianist, had assured him that he could …

Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright.In 1786–1790 she held the post as "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's queen.In 1793, aged 41, she married a French exile, General Alexandre d'Arblay.

The Mfecane (isiZulu, Zulu pronunciation: [m̩fɛˈkǀaːne]), also known by the Sesotho names Difaqane or Lifaqane (all meaning "crushing, scattering, forced dispersal, forced migration") is a historical period of heightened military conflict and migration associated with state formation and expansion in Southern Africa.The exact range of dates that comprise the Mfecane varies …

Style gallery — 1840–1844. 1 – c. 1840 2 – 1841 3 – 1841 4 – 1841 5 – 1842 6 – 1842 7 – 1844 8 – 1844 9 – 1844 Transitional dress, c. 1840. The fullness at the shoulder has moved down the arm, and although the dress is still belted in the 1830s manner, the fabric is gathered in to accentuate the V-shaped front rather than ...

Terminology. Synonyms include con, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, scam, and stratagem.The perpetrator of a confidence trick (or "con trick") is often referred to as a confidence (or "con") man, con-artist, or a "grifter".The shell game dates back at least to Ancient Greece.. Samuel Thompson (1821–1856) was the original "confidence man". ". Thompson was a clumsy …

The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an "irregular war" or "low-level war". The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement …

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovski nasceu em Vótkinsk, uma pequena cidade do Governorado de Viatka, no Império Russo.Sua data de nascimento foi registrada como sendo 25 de abril de 1840 no calendário juliano então utilizado na Rússia, e que corresponde ao dia 7 de maio do mesmo ano, no calendário gregoriano. [4] Pelo lado paterno, o futuro compositor vinha de uma família com …

Oscar-Claude Monet (UK: / ˈ m ɒ n eɪ /, US: / m oʊ ˈ n eɪ, m ə ˈ-/, French: [klod mɔnɛ]; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of ...

Пётр Ильич Чайковский родился 25 апреля () 1840 в посёлке Воткинск Сарапульского уезда Вятской губернии (ныне город Воткинск, Удмуртия) при Камско-Воткинском заводе. 5 (17) мая того же года был крещён в Воткинском ...

Water Lilies (or Nymphéas, French: ) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926). The paintings depict his flower garden at his home in Giverny, and were the main focus of his artistic production during the last thirty years of his life.Many of the works were painted while Monet suffered from cataracts.

The Analytical Engine was a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. It was first described in 1837 as the successor to Babbage's difference engine, which was a design for a simpler mechanical calculator.. The Analytical Engine incorporated an arithmetic logic unit, control flow in the …