Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Прокудин-Горский, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪxəjɫəvʲɪtɕ prəkudʲin ˈɡorskʲɪj] (); August 30 [O.S. August 18] 1863 – September 27, 1944) was a Russian chemist and photographer. He is best known for his pioneering work in color photography and his effort to document early 20th-century Russia.

History. PNAS was established by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 1914,: 30 with its first issue published in 1915. The NAS itself was founded in 1863 as a private institution, but chartered by the United States Congress, with the goal to "investigate, examine, experiment and report upon any subject of science or art.". Prior to the inception of PNAS, the National …

Early life. Theo van Doesburg was born Christian Emil Marie Küpper on 30 August 1883, in Utrecht, Netherlands, as the son of the photographer Wilhelm Küpper [] and Henrietta Catherina Margadant. After a short period of training in acting and singing, he decided to become a storekeeper. He always regarded his stepfather, Theodorus Doesburg, to be his natural father, …

Kommuna is a submarine salvage ship in service with the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet and the world's oldest active duty naval vessel. A double-hulled catamaran, she was laid down at the Putilov Factory (now the Kirov Factory) in St. Petersburg in November 1912 as Volkhov.The ship was launched the following year, and commissioned on 14 July 1915. She was renamed …

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Sr. (October 20, 1877 – May 7, 1915) was a wealthy American businessman, and a member of the Vanderbilt family. A sportsman, he participated in and pioneered a number of related endeavors. He died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Early life. Vanderbilt was born in New York City, the third ...

In 1915 the League of Nations Society was formed by British Liberal Party leaders to promote a strong international organization that could enforce the peaceful resolution of conflict. Later that year the League to Enforce Peace was established in America to promote similar goals. Hamilton Holt published an editorial in his New York City weekly magazine the Independent called "The …

Makita Corporation (株式会社マキタ, kabushiki gaisha Makita) (TYO: 6586) is a Japanese manufacturer of power tools.Founded on March 21, 1915, it is based in Anjō, Japan and operates factories in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Romania, the United Kingdom, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Thailand and the United States.Annual sales were equivalent to $2.9 billion in 2012.

Bart Howard (born Howard Joseph Gustafson, June 1, 1915 – February 21, 2004) was an American composer and songwriter, most notably of the jazz standard "Fly Me to the Moon", which has been performed by Kaye Ballard, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Della Reese, Bobby Womack, Diana Krall, June Christy, Brenda …

Storia. Esso fu creato dal pittore Kazimir Malevič intorno al 1913 e teorizzato dapprima sul manifesto del 1915 (scritto da Malevič in collaborazione con il poeta Majakovskij), poi nel suo saggio del 1920 Il suprematismo, ovvero il mondo della non rappresentazione.Il suprematismo fu presentato pubblicamente per la prima volta a Pietrogrado nel 1915, in occasione della …

Wien (Aussprache: [viːn] ) ist die Bundeshauptstadt der Republik Österreich und zugleich eines der neun österreichischen Bundesländer.Mit über 1,9 Millionen Einwohnern (etwa ein Fünftel der österreichischen Gesamtbevölkerung) ist das an der Donau gelegene Wien die bevölkerungsreichste Großstadt und Primatstadt Österreichs. Im Großraum Wien leben etwa …

The Battle of the Lys, also known as the Fourth Battle of Ypres, was fought from 7 to 29 April 1918 and was part of the German spring offensive in Flanders during the First World War.It was originally planned by General Erich Ludendorff as Operation George but was reduced to Operation Georgette, with the objective of capturing Ypres, forcing the British forces back to …

Il terremoto della Marsica del 1915, noto anche come terremoto di Avezzano, fu un drammatico evento sismico avvenuto il 13 gennaio 1915 che devastò la regione storico-geografica della Marsica, in Abruzzo, e le aree limitrofe del contemporaneo Lazio, come la valle del Liri e il Cicolano, causando secondo il servizio sismico nazionale 30 519 morti.Il terremoto, classificato …