WebAnna's younger brother, Willem Mons, became secretary and friend of Catherine. He was an old friend of Peter's, having taken part in the Battle of Poltava. Willem was charged and executed for abusing his access to the Empress, along with his sister Matrena, who was beaten and exiled to Tobolsk, Siberia. Matrena's husband was given permission to ...

WebWilliam the Silent (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the …

WebVincent Willem van Gogh ... En 1879, quizás por su profundo fervor, fue enviado como misionero a la región de Mons, a las minas de Borinage, en Bélgica, donde en condiciones extremadamente duras realizó durante veintidós meses un trabajo evangelizador entre los mineros de la zona. Pero con su fanatismo lo que conseguía era que le llegaran ...

WebLeeuwarden (Dutch: [ˈleːʋɑrdə(n)] (); West Frisian: Ljouwert [ˈljɔːʋ(ə)t] / [ˈʎɔːw(ə)t] (); Town Frisian: Liwwadden; Leeuwarder dialect: Leewarden) is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019).It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provincial Council of Friesland.It is located about 50 km west of Groningen and 110 km …

WebJulie d'Aubigny (1670/1673 – 1707), better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a 17th-century French opera singer. Little is known for certain about her life; her tumultuous career and flamboyant lifestyle were the subject of gossip, rumor, and colourful stories in her own time, and inspired numerous fictional and semi-fictional portrayals …

WebBiographie. Dès son plus jeune âge, Roland de Lassus étudie la musique. Il est très vite inscrit comme « enfant de chœur », c'est-à-dire comme enfant chantant dans le chœur de l'église, et donc comme élève de la maîtrise de l'église Saint-Nicolas-en-Havré, à Mons, en Pays-Bas des Habsbourg.Il y étudiera le chant, et plus généralement la musique, jusqu'à …

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WebVincent Willem van Gogh [ɡɔx, niederländisch ɣɔx] (* 30. März 1853 in Groot-Zundert; † 29. Juli 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise) war ein niederländischer Maler und Zeichner.Er gilt als einer der Begründer der modernen Malerei.Als Schüler erhielt er Mal- und Zeichenunterricht von Constant Cornelis Huijsmans, später von seinem Vetter Anton Mauve.Nach dem …

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WebNaples (/ ˈ n eɪ p əl z /; Italian: Napoli (); Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ, ˈnɑːpulə]) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 967,069 within the city's administrative limits as of 2017. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of …