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5 giorni fa · The United Kingdom slipped into a gold specie standard in 1717 by over-valuing gold at 15 + 1 ⁄ 5 times its weight in silver. It was unique among nations to use gold in conjunction with clipped, underweight silver shillings, addressed only before the end of the 18th century by the acceptance of gold proxies like token silver coins and banknotes.
4 giorni fa · Percy Bysshe Shelley (/ b ɪ ʃ / ⓘ BISH; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an important influence ...
4 giorni fa · He was the youngest son of Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo (1774–1828), a general in the Napoleonic army, and Sophie Trébuchet (1772–1821). The couple had two other sons: Abel Joseph (1798–1855) and Eugène (1800–1837). The Hugo family came from Nancy in Lorraine, where Hugo's grandfather was a wood merchant.
2 giorni fa · A painting of Souli.. The Souliotes (Albanian: Suljotë; Greek: Σουλιώτες) were named after the village of Souli (Greek: Σούλι, Albanian: Suli), a hilltop settlement in modern Thesprotia, Greece.
1 giorno fa · Thyreus abbottii Swainson, 1821 Sphecodina abbottii , or Abbott's sphinx , is a moth of the family Sphingidae . The species was first described by William John Swainson in 1821.
3 giorni fa · Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.
2 giorni fa · The Catholepistemiad (1817–1821) [ edit ] The University of Michigan traces its origins to August 26, 1817, [1] when it was established in the Territory of Michigan as the Catholepistemiad , or University of Michigania , through a legislative act of the territory.
