WebSimon Boccanegra (Italian: [siˈmom ˌbokkaˈneːɡra]) is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, whose play El trovador had been the basis for Verdi's 1853 opera, Il trovatore.. Simon Boccanegra was first performed at …

WebContemporary Mexican society experiences gun homicide at a higher rate than many other nations, despite strict gun laws. Firearms have played a significant role in the History of Mexico, and the country was founded with a strong presence and adhesion to arms, though Mexico has a long history of passing gun restriction laws. Mexican Golden Age films often …

WebLieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / BAY-dən POH-əl; (Commonly pronounced by others as / ˈ p aʊ ə l / POW-əl) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout …

WebKarl Pearson (Londres, 27 de marzo de 1857-ib., 27 de abril de 1936) fue un prominente científico, matemático y pensador socialista británico, que estableció la disciplina de la estadística matemática.Sus estudios son irritantes y molestos. Todo y eso desarrolló una intensa investigación sobre la aplicación de los métodos estadísticos en la biología y fue …

WebAlthough the written history of California is not long, records of earthquakes exist that affected the Spanish missions that were constructed beginning in the late 18th century. Those records ceased when the missions were secularized in 1834, and from that point until the California Gold Rush in the 1840s, records were sparse. Other sources for the …

WebIn mathematics, the Gaussian or ordinary hypergeometric function 2 F 1 (a,b;c;z) is a special function represented by the hypergeometric series, that includes many other special functions as specific or limiting cases.It is a solution of a second-order linear ordinary differential equation (ODE). Every second-order linear ODE with three regular singular …

WebIda Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism.. Born in Pennsylvania at the beginning of the oil boom, Tarbell is best known …

WebHeinrich Rudolf Hertz (/ h ɜːr t s / HURTS; German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhɛʁts]; 22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.The unit of frequency, cycle per second, was named the "hertz" in his …

WebHistory. First authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792 on April 2, 1792, the coin was produced in the United States from 1793 to 1857. The half-cent piece was made of 100% copper and was valued at five milles, or one two-hundredth of a dollar.It was slightly smaller than a modern U.S. quarter with diameters 22 mm (1793), 23.5 mm (1794–1836) and 23 mm …

WebIn 1858, a Vineland, New Jersey tinsmith named John Landis Mason (1832–1902) invented and patented a screw threaded glass jar or bottle that became known as the Mason jar (U.S. Patent No. 22,186.) From 1857, when it was first patented, to the present, Mason jars have had hundreds of variations in shape and cap design. After Mason's patent expired, …

WebThis is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease.Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections, an …

WebLa metropolitana di Milano è una rete di quattro linee di metropolitana a servizio della città di Milano e in parte del suo circondario, asse portante della sua rete di trasporto pubblico locale.. Tre delle linee sono di tipo pesante, mentre la quarta è una linea di metropolitana leggera.Le linee sono identificate con numeri e colori diversi, per una lunghezza totale di …

WebDünya Kadınlar Günü, Birleşmiş Milletler tarafından bu şekilde tanımlanmış olarak her yıl 8 Mart'ta kutlanan uluslararası bir gündür. İnsan hakları temelinde kadınların siyasi ve sosyal bilincinin geliştirilmesine, ekonomik, siyasi ve sosyal başarılarının kutlanmasına ayrılmaktadır. Dünya Kadınlar Günü, kadın hakları hareketinde bir odak noktasıdır.

WebThe University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (German: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany.Founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and starting classes in 1737, the Georgia Augusta …