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February 12 – In England, a second cholera pandemic begins to spread, starting from the East End of London. It is declared officially over in early May but deaths continue. It will claim at least 3000 victims. In Liverpool, Kitty Wilkinson becomes the "Saint of the Slums" [6] by promoting hygiene.
1 giorno fa · However, at the time, Walter Scott (1771–1832) was the most famous poet. Scott achieved immediate success with his long narrative poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel in 1805, followed by the full epic poem Marmion in 1808. Both were set in the distant Scottish past.
1 giorno fa · Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi noto come Giuseppe Verdi (Le Roncole, 10 ottobre 1813 – Milano, 27 gennaio 1901) è stato un compositore e politico italiano.. È universalmente riconosciuto come uno dei maggiori operisti e compositori di ogni tempo, insieme ad altri protagonisti del teatro musicale italiano dell'Ottocento: Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini e Gaetano Donizetti.
1 giorno fa · Robert Peel. Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, FRS (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–1835), and twice as Home Secretary (1822–1827, 1828–1830).
5 giorni fa · Much drawn to the theatre, Dickens nearly became a professional actor in 1832. In 1833 he began contributing stories and descriptive essays to magazines and newspapers; these attracted attention and were reprinted as Sketches by “Boz” (February 1836).
3 giorni fa · The Democratic Party held its first national convention in May 1832 in Baltimore, Maryland. The party, which had been known since 1798 as the Democratic-Republican Party, nominated Pres. Andrew Jackson for a second term. (The party formally adopted its current name in 1844.)
4 giorni fa · Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon (born April 30, 1803, Pleushagen, near Kolberg, Pomerania [now Kołobrzeg, Pol.]—died Feb. 23, 1879, Berlin) was a Prussian army officer who, with Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and General Helmuth von Moltke, brought the German Empire into being and made Germany the leading power on the ...
