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4 giorni fa · Ebenezer Cobb Morley, a solicitor from Hull, wrote to Bell's Life newspaper in 1863, proposing a governing body for football. Morley was to become the FA's first secretary (1863–66) and its second president (1867–74), but is particularly remembered for drafting the first Laws of the Game at his home in Barnes, London , that are today played the world over.
2 giorni fa · Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate.As the founder of the Ford Motor Company he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism.
3 lug 2024 · American Civil War - Secession, Slavery, Homefront: By 1863 the war was taking a clear toll on the civilians of both sides. But whatever difficulties Yankees experienced paled in comparison with those of Southerners, who were plagued with shortages of food, salt, and nearly every conceivable consumer good. Technological developments in the late 1850s allowed for the mass production of images ...
2 giorni fa · Life at Fort Monroe was marked by conflicts between artillery and engineering officers. Eventually, the War Department transferred all engineering officers away from Fort Monroe, except Lee, who was ordered to take up residence on the artificial island of Rip Raps across the river from Fort Monroe, where Fort Wool would eventually rise, and continue work to improve the island.
14 lug 2024 · William Makepeace Thackeray (born July 18, 1811, Calcutta, India—died Dec. 24, 1863, London, Eng.) was an English novelist whose reputation rests chiefly on Vanity Fair (1847–48), a novel of the Napoleonic period in England, and The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. (1852), set in the early 18th century. Life
4 giorni fa · Guyana - Colonialism, Independence, Culture: The first human inhabitants of Guyana probably entered the highlands during the 1st millennium bce. Among the earliest settlers were groups of Arawak, Carib, and possibly Warao (Warrau). The early communities practiced shifting agriculture supplemented by hunting. Explorer Christopher Columbus sighted the Guyana coast in 1498, and Spain subsequently ...
1 giorno fa · Artist: Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) Title: Mountain Brook Genre: landscape painting Date: 1863 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: height: 111.8 cm (44 in); width: 91.4 cm (35.9 in) Collection: Art Institute of Chicago What I love about this painting: This is an unusual subject for Albert Bierstadt.
