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2 giorni fa · Voltaire, Candido o l'ottimismo , capitolo VI, 1759) Château di Voltaire a Ferney (oggi chiamata Ferney-Voltaire in suo onore), situata in Francia, all'epoca sul confine franco-ginevrino È di questo periodo la pubblicazione della tragedia Oreste (1750), considerata una delle opere minori del teatro di Voltaire, completata poco dopo l'abbandono della Prussia. In particolare da allora visse ...
3 giorni fa · Henry Lomb (1828–1908), co-founder of Bausch & Lomb. Friedrich Lürssen (1851–1916), founder of Lürssen in 1875, manufacturers of ships. Oscar Ferdinand Mayer (1859–1955), founder of the processed-meat firm Oscar Mayer. Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), founder of former bank Mendelssohn & Co.
3 giorni fa · John Ford. John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, [3] and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur.
1 giorno fa · The cost of her campaigns, plus the oppressive social system that required serfs to spend almost all their time laboring on the land of their lords, provoked a major peasant uprising in 1773. Inspired by a Cossack named Yemelyan Pugachev , with the emphatic cry of "Hang all the landlords!", the rebels threatened to take Moscow until Catherine crushed the rebellion.
2 giorni fa · India, officially the Republic of India ( ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya ), [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; [22] [23] and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
2 giorni fa · May 11 – Johnny Hodges, jazz musician, 62 (heart attack) [26] May 14 – Jack Fina, pianist and bandleader, 56 (heart attack) May 22 – John Waterhouse, Canadian violinist, conductor, and music educator, 92. May 23 – Nydia Westman, actress and singer. June – Calvin Boze, trumpeter and bandleader.
2 giorni fa · Il Football Club Internazionale Milano nacque il 9 marzo 1908 presso il ristorante "Orologio" in Piazza del Duomo a Milano, per iniziativa di un gruppo di soci dissidenti del Milan Football and Cricket Club, contrari al divieto imposto dal club rossonero di arruolare calciatori di nazionalità straniera.
