Joseph John Thomson - Joseph John Thomson Sir Joseph John Thomson (18 December 1856 - 30 August 1940), often known as "JJ", was an English physicist, the discoverer of the electron. Thomson was born in 1856 near Manchester, England, of Scottish parentage. He studied engineering at Owen's College, Manchester, and moved on to Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1884 he became Cavendish Professor of Physics. In 1890 he married Rose Paget, and he had two children with her. One of his students was Ernest Rutherford, who would later succeed him in the post. Influenced by the work of James Clerk Maxwell, and the discovery of the X-ray, he deduced that cathode rays (see cathode ray tube) existed of negatively charged particles, which he called "corpuscles", and which are now known as.
John Dalton - John Dalton John Dalton (September 6, 1766 - July 27, 1844) was a British chemist and physicist, born at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. His father, Joseph Dalton, was a weaver in poor circumstances, who, with his wife (Deborah Greenup), belonged to the Society of Friends; they had three children; Jonathan, John and Mary. John received his early education from his father and from John Fletcher, teacher of the Quaker school at Eaglesfield, on whose retirement in 1778 he himself started teaching. This youthful venture was not successful, the amount he received in fees being only about five shillings a week, and after two years he took to farm work. But he had received some instruction in mathematics from a distant relative, Elihu Robinson, and in.
July 10 - States. 1890 - Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state. 1913 - Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C) which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States (as of 2003). 1925 - The official news agency of the Soviet Union called the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. 1925 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. 1938 - Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world. 1940 - World War II: Vichy France government established. 1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain - The German Luftwaffe begin to hit British.
July 8 - as its Muslim defenders mocked them. 1630 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony celebrates its first Thanksgiving Day. 1663 - Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island. 1709 - Battle of Poltava - In the Ukraine, Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe. 1758 - French and Indian War: French forces hold Fort Carillon against British at Ticonderoga, New York. 1760 - French and Indian War: Battle of the Ristigouche - British defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France. 1822 - Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom. 1889 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published. 1889 -.
Isaac Casaubon - theology), and Jacques Lect (Lectius), were indeed men of superior learning. In those last years of his life, Estienne discouraged visitors, and would not allow his son-in-law to enter his library. “He guards his books,” writes Casaubon, “as the griffins in India do their gold!” Beza was engrossed by the cares of administration, and retained, at most, an interest for theological reading, while Lect, a lawyer and diplomat, had abandoned classics for politics. The sympathy and help which Casaubon’s native city could not offer, he sought by cultivating the acquaintance of the learned of other countries. Geneva, as the metropolis of Calvinism, received a constant succession of visitors. No continental tour was complete without a visit to Geneva. It was there that Casaubon met young Henry Wotton, the poet and diplomat,.
Gettysburg Union Order of Battle - of Artillery: BG Henry J. Hunt Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls Medical Director: Dr Jonathan Letterman Chief Signal Officer: Capt Lemuel B. Norton Chief Ordnance Officer: Lt John R. Edie (acting) Bureau of Military Information: Col George H. Sharpe Provost Marshal General: BG Marsena R. Patrick 93rd New York: Col John S. Crocker 8th US (8 companies): Capt Edwin W. H. Read 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col R. Butler Price 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies E and I: Capt James Starr Regular cavalry (detachments from 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 6th Regiments) Chief of Engineers: BG Gouverneur K. Warren Engineer Brigade: BG Henry W. Benham 15th New York (3 companies): Maj Walter L. Cassin 50th New York: Col William H. Pettes US Battalion: Capt George H. Mendell Guards.
University of Manchester - (in Manchester, England) began in 1851 as Owen's College (named after John Owens), a textile merchant who left a bequest of £96,942 for the purpose. It moved to its current location in 1873, and was granted its Royal Charter in 1880 - becoming the Victoria University. In 1903, the University's colleges in Leeds and Liverpool became independent universities in their own right (the University of Leeds and the University of Liverpool), and the university became the Victoria University of Manchester. It is now known as the "University of Manchester", and has over 18,000 full-time students (including 2500 international students from more than 120 countries). It is one of the top universities in the country, regularly getting top ratings for research and teaching. On 5 March 2003 it was announced that the.
United Kingdom Postmaster General - Earl of Chichester 1823-1826 Lord Frederick Montagu 1826-1827 William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester 1827-1830 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond 1830-1834 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham 1834 Lord Maryborough 1834-1835 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham 1835 Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield 1835-1841 William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 1841-1845 Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans 1845-1846 Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde 1846-1852 Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke 1852 Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning 1853-1855 George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll 1855-1858 Lord Colchester 1858-1859 James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin 1859-1860 Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley 1860-1866 James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose 1866-1868 Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington 1868-1871 William Monsell 1871-1873.
Fifth United States Congress - Wikipedia:WikiProject US Congress. 1797-1798 Major Political Events Members of the Fifth United States Congress John Allen (Representative), Federalist, CT Joseph Anderson (Senator), Republican, TN George Baer, Jr (Representative), Federalist, MD Abraham Baldwin (Representative), -, GA David Bard (Representative), Republican, PA Bailey Bartlett (Representative), Federalist, MA James Asheton Bayard, Sr (Representative), Federalist, DE Lemuel Benton (Representative), Republican, SC William Bingham (Senator), Federalist, PA Timothy Bloodworth (Senator), Republican, NC Thomas Blount (Representative), Republican, NC William Blount (Senator), Republican, TN Jonathan Brace (Representative), Federalist, CT Theophilus Bradbury (Representative), Federalist, MA William Bradford (Senator), Pro-Administration, RI Richard Brent (Representative), -, VA David Brooks (Representative), Federalist, NY John Brown (Senator), Anti-Administration, KY Robert Brown (Representative), Republican, PA Nathan Bryan (Representative), Republican, NC Stephen Bullock (Representative), Federalist, MA Dempsey Burges (Representative), Republican, NC Samuel Jordan Cabell (Representative),.
Fourth United States Congress - William Bradford (Senator), Pro-Administration, RI Richard Brent (Representative), -, VA John Brown (Senator), Anti-Administration, KY Nathan Bryan (Representative), Republican, NC Daniel Buck (Representative), Federalist, VT Dempsey Burges (Representative), Republican, NC Aaron Burr (Senator), Anti-Administration, NY Pierce Butler (Senator), Republican, SC Samuel Jordan Cabell (Representative), Republican, VA George Cabot (Senator), Pro-Administration, MA Gabriel Christie (Representative), Republican, MD Thomas Claiborne (Representative), Republican, VA John Clopton (Representative), Republican, VA William Cocke (Senator), Republican, TN Joshua Coit (Representative), Federalist, CT Isaac Coles (Representative), Republican, VA William Cooper (Representative), Federalist, NY Jeremiah Crabb (Representative), Federalist, MD William Craik (Representative), Federalist, MD Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Representative), Federalist, CT James Davenport (Representative), Federalist, CT Jonathan Dayton (Representative, Speaker of the House), Federalist, NJ Henry Dearborn (Representative), Republican, MA George Dent (Representative), Federalist, MD Gabriel Duvall (Representative), Republican, MD.
Fourteenth United States Congress - Political Events Members of the Fourteenth United States Congress Benjamin Adams (Representative), Federalist, MA John Adams (Representative), Republican, NY Asa Adgate (Representative), Republican, NY John Alexander (Representative), Republican, OH Stevenson Archer (Representative), Republican, MD Eli Porter Ashmun (Senator), Federalist, MA Charles Humphrey Atherton (Representative), Federalist, NH Daniel Avery (Representative), Republican, NY George Baer, Jr (Representative), Federalist, MD Ezra Baker (Representative), Republican, NJ James Barbour (Senator), Republican, VA Philip Pendleton Barbour (Representative), Republican, VA David Bard (Representative), Republican, PA William Taylor Barry (Senator), Republican, KY Burwell Bassett (Representative), Republican, VA Ephraim Bateman (Representative), -, NJ William Baylies (Representative), Federalist, MA Benjamin Bennet (Representative), Republican, NJ Samuel Rossiter Betts (Representative), Republican, NY William Wyatt Bibb (Senator), Republican, GA James Birdsall (Representative), Republican, NY Victory Birdseye (Representative), Republican, NY William Grainger Blount (Representative), Republican,.
Eighth United States Congress - Wikipedia:WikiProject US Congress. 1803-1804 Major Political Events Members of the Eighth United States Congress John Quincy Adams (Senator), Federalist, MA Nathaniel Alexander (Representative), Republican, NC Willis Alston (Representative), Republican, NC Isaac Anderson (Representative), Republican, PA Joseph Anderson (Senator), Republican, TN John Archer (Representative), Republican, MD John Armstrong, Jr (Senator), Republican, NY Theodorus Bailey (Senator), Republican, NY Abraham Baldwin (Senator), Republican, GA Simeon Baldwin (Representative), Federalist, CT David Bard (Representative), Republican, PA James Asheton Bayard, Sr (Senator), Federalist, DE George Michael Bedinger (Representative), Republican, KY Silas Betton (Representative), Federalist, NH Phanuel Bishop (Representative), Republican, MA William Blackledge (Representative), Republican, NC Isaac Bloom (Representative), -, NY Walter Bowie (Representative), Republican, MD Adam Boyd (Representative), Republican, NJ John Boyle (Representative), Republican, KY Stephen Row Bradley (Senator), Anti-Administration, VT John Breckinridge (Senator), Republican, KY John.
Eighteenth United States Congress - Clesson Allen (Representative), Federalist, MA James Allison, Jr (Representative), -, PA William Segar Archer (Representative), Whig, VA John Bailey (Representative), -, MA William Lee Ball (Representative), Republican, VA Noyes Barber (Representative), -, CT James Barbour (Senator), Republican, VA John Strode Barbour (Representative), Jacksonian, VA Philip Pendleton Barbour (Representative), Republican, VA Ichabod Bartlett (Representative), -, NH Mordecai Bartley (Representative), -, OH David Barton (Senator), Adams-Clay Republican, MO Burwell Bassett (Representative), Republican, VA Francis Baylies (Representative), -, MA Philemon Beecher (Representative), -, OH Samuel Bell (Senator), Adams-Clay Republican, NH Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Jackson Republican, MO John Blair (Representative), Jacksonian, TN Elijah Boardman (Senator), Republican, CT Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (Senator), Adams-Clay Republican, LA William Czar Bradley (Representative), Republican, VT John Branch (Senator), Crawford Republican, NC Samuel Breck (Representative), -, PA William Leigh.
Dynasty (television) - Reagan years' ideals of wealth and excess. An unsuccessful spin-off came in 1985; a miniseries, Dynasty: The Reunion, aired in 1991. As the series opened, tycoon Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) was about to marry Krystle Jennings (Linda Evans), a younger woman whom he met when she took a job as a secretary at his company, the monolithic Denver-Carrington. Krystle was young, beautiful and vulnerable, described by the show's creator Esther Shapiro as "an American Aphrodite". She found a hostile reception in the Carrington household - the staff patronised her, Blake's daughter Fallon (Pamela Sue Martin) resented her, and her husband was too preoccupied with his work. Krystle's only ally in the Carrington house was her stepson, the sexually ambivalent Steven (Al Corley). At the conclusion of the show's first season, as.
Duchy of Lancaster - Duchies in the United Kingdom, the other being the Duchy of Cornwall. The Duchy of Lancaster was created for John of Gaunt, a younger son of King Edward III of England,when John married the Lancaster heiress. It is the private property of the crown, and has been since 1399, when the Dukedom of Lancaster, held by Henry of Bolingbroke, merged with the crown on his accession to the throne. The Duchy consists of lands in Northern England, especially in Lancashire. The chief officer of the Duchy is the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a high position which is sometimes a cabinet post. Since, for at least the last two centuries, the Chancellor rarely has had any significant duties pertaining to management of the Duchy itself, he is usually available as.
1810 - of Buenos Aires expel the Viceroy from Spain and establish a provincial government for Argentina. July - Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland. July 20 - Colombia declares independence from Spain. King George III of England recognized as insane September 8 - The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six month journey around the tip of South America, the ship will arrive at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men will establish fur-trading town of Astoria. September 16 - national Independence Day of the Republic of Mexico October 12 - First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Louis of.
1824 in science - and roots. Augustin Louis Cauchy proves convergence of the Euler method. In this proof, Cauchy uses the implicit Euler method Technology Sadi Carnot scientifically analyzes the efficiency of steam engines. Patent issued to Joseph Aspin for portland cement. Awards Copley Medal: John Brinkley Births February 7 - William Huggins, astronomer February 16 - Peter Kozler, cartographer, geographer. March 12 - Gustav Kirchhoff, physicist June 26 - William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, physicist Deaths.
1906 - 1906 in literature 1906 in music 1906 in science 1906 in sports Births January 11 - Albert Hofmann, chemist, discoverer of LSD January 14 - William Bendix, actor (+ 1964) January 15 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipowner (+1975) January 22 - Robert E. Howard, American fantasy author (+ 1936) January 23- Her Serene Highness Princess May of Teck (later styled Lady May Cambridge February 1 - Hildegarde, actress, singer February 2 - Gale Gordon, actor (+ 1995) February 4 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian (+ 1945) February 4 - Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer (+ 1997) February 5 - John Carradine, actor (+ 1988) February 10 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor (+ 1973) February 11 - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal. February 28 - Bugsy Siegel, gangster (+ 1947) March 6 - Lou.
1937 - new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. January 23 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. February 5 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States. February 11 - A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognises the United Automobile Workers Union February 16 - Wallace H. Carothers receives a patent for nylon. March 18 - A natural gas explosion at a school in New London, Texas kills 298 (most are children). March 26 - In Crystal City, Texas spinach growers erect a statue of the cartoon character.
1917 in music - Harris & (Arthur) Valentine m. James W. Tate "Barnyard Blues" w.m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields "The Bells Of St Mary's" w. Douglas Furber m. A. Emmett Adams "The Bombo-Shay" by Henry Creamer "Bring Back My Daddy To Me" w. William Tracey & Howard Johnson "Bring Me A Rose" w.m. Charles Shisler "Cheer Up , Liza" John L. Golden, Raymond Hubbell "Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band" w. Jack Coogan m. Jimmy Morgan "Come To The Fair" w. Helen Taylor m. Easthope Martin "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" w.m. Shelton Brooks "Dixie Jass Band One-Step" Original Dixieland Jass Band "Down In The Valley" trad US "Eileen (Alanna Asthore)" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert "For Me And My Gal" w. Edgar Leslie & E. Ray Goetz m..
