Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was a celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England and Scotland.Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Pepys, she …

Eleanor (Nell) Gwyn (2 februari 1650 – 14 november 1687) was een van de eerste Engelse actrices die beroemd werden. Ze was gedurende lange tijd minnares van Karel II van Engeland. Andere variaties van haar naam zijn Helen Gwynn en Ellen Gwynn. Ze kon nauwelijks schrijven en ondertekende met haar initialen ‘EG’.

This list of people in Playboy 1990–1999 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in Playboy magazine in the years 1990 through 1999. Not all of the people featured in the magazine are pictured in the nude. Entries in blue indicate that the issue marks the original appearance of that year's Playmate of the Year (PMOY).

I sami (sámit o sápmelaš in lingua sami), spesso chiamati erroneamente con l'esoetnonimo lappóni o làpponi, sono una popolazione indigena di circa 75.000 persone stanziata nella parte settentrionale della Fennoscandia, in un'area da loro chiamata Sápmi, che si estende dalla penisola di Kola fino alla Norvegia centrale includendo anche le regioni più settentrionali della …

Tenne nell'aprile 1972 il suo primo discorso alla Camera dei Lord, che verteva sui problemi che i disabili soffrivano nella vita quotidiana. Uno dei suoi ultimi contributi ai Lords fu in risposta al Discorso della Regina del 1992. Il 16 novembre 1999 Lord Snowdon venne creato barone Armstrong-Jones di Nymans nella contea di West Sussex.

Apuleius (auch Apuleius Madaurensis, Apuleius von Madaura oder Apuleius von Madauros; * um 123 in Madauros, der heutigen Ortschaft M’Daourouch im Nordosten Algeriens; † wohl nach 170) war ein antiker Schriftsteller, Redner und Philosoph (Mittelplatoniker).Seinen andauernden Ruhm verdankt er seinem Hauptwerk, dem lateinischen Roman Metamorphosen, auch …

Abraham Lincoln (Hodgenville, 12 febbraio 1809 – Washington, 15 aprile 1865) è stato un politico e avvocato statunitense.. Fu il sedicesimo presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America, dal 4 marzo 1861 fino alla sua morte, avvenuta nell'aprile del 1865.Guidò l'Unione alla vittoria nella guerra di secessione americana, riuscendo a mantenere uniti gli Stati federati; rafforzò quindi il …

Sarah Jessica Parker grandit dans l'Ohio, quatrième enfant au sein d'une famille recomposée de huit enfants, dans des conditions matérielles très modestes, surtout après le divorce de ses parents.Sa mère est professeur dans une école primaire alors que son père souhaite devenir écrivain. Elle étudie dès son plus jeune âge le chant et la danse pour aider ses parents à …

Early life. Sackville was born on 24 January 1643, son of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (1622–1677). His mother was the former Lady Frances Cranfield, sister and heiress of the 3rd Earl of Middlesex, to whose estates he succeeded in 1674, being created Baron Cranfield, of Cranfield in the County of Middlesex, and Earl of Middlesex in 1675. He succeeded to his father's estates …

On 17 April 1694 he married Lady Diana de Vere, daughter and sole heiress of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford.She was a well-known beauty, who became lady of the bedchamber to Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales. By his wife he had twelve children: Sons. Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans (6 April 1696 – 27 July 1751), eldest son and heir;