List of television programs - (France) Duck Tales The Dukes of Hazzard Dynasty E The E! True Hollywood Story Early Edition EastEnders The Ed Sullivan Show The Ed Wynn Show Elizabeth R (Masterpiece Theatre) Emergency Emergency Vets Enterprise ER Ernie in Kovacsland Escrava Isaura (Brazil) Evening Shade Everybody Loves Raymond F F Troop The Facts of Life The Fairly Oddparents Family Affair Family Guy Family Matters Family Ties Farscape The Fast Show Father Knows Best Father Ted Fawlty Towers Fernwood 2Night Ferris Bueller Fifth Estate Firefly Flambards The Flintstones Flipper The Flowerpot Men The Flying Nun Fraggle Rock Frasier Fridays Friends Frontline The Fugitive Full House Futurama (animated series) G Gargoyles The Garry Moore Show General Hospital Get A Life Get Smart The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Gilligan's Island Gilmore Girls Gimme a Break Girls Club.
Graf - and, later, Islam. Later, the title became hereditary and is now considered the equivalent of a marquess, or marquis in France. Count Palatine A Pfalzgraf or Count Palatine functioned, especially in medieval times, and particulary during the Holy Roman Empire, as a viceroy and often becoming a more independent ruler of a palatinate. Borne by the Count Palatine of the Rhine and junior branches of his family. Landgrave A Landgraf, or Landgrave, was a nobleman of rank or count in Medieval Germany whose jurisdiction stretched over a sometimes quite considerable territory. The title survived from the times of the Holy Roman Empire. The power of a landgrave was often associated with sovereign rights and decision making much greater than that of a count. It was still occasionally the subsidiary title of.
August 2003 - have debated carbon dioxide's role in global warming for over a decade, with most voices (though notably fewer within the US) calling it the biggest factor, while others call it negligible. [1] Occupation of Iraq: Americann and Iraqi officials are discussing the possibility of forming a large Iraqi militia or paramilitary force to help improve security in the country. [1] Terrorist: Terrorism group Jemaah Islamiyah has schemes, revealed in a 40-page manifesto (the Pupji book or General Guide to the Struggle of Jemaah Islamiyah), for a suicide bombing campaign designed to change Asia and the Pacific region into Islamic provinces. Jemaah Islamiyah is also shown to be a well-formed organization with a constitution, rules of operation, and leadership structure. [1] Afghanistan: Soldiers are killed in a remote region (near the town.
Giorgio Vasari - a considerable fortune. He built himself in 1547 a fine house in Arezzo, and spent much labour in decorating its walls and vaults with paintings. He was elected one of the municipal council or priori of his native town, and finally rose to the supreme office of gonfaloniere. He died at Florence on June 27, 1571. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The Vite 2 Biographies 3 Bibliography The Vite The cover of the "Vite" Larger image As the first Italian art historian, he initiated the genre of an encyclopedia of artistic biographies that continues today. Vasari coined the term "Renaissance (rinascita) in print, though an awareness of the ongoing "rebirth" in the arts had been in the air from the time of Alberti. Vasari's great work was first published in 1550,.
1771 - 22 - Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to England. July 17 - Massacre at Bloody Falls: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit. September 8 - In California, Fathers Pedro Cambon and Angel Somera found Mission San Gabriel Arcangel in what is now San Gabriel, California. Discovery of Oxygen. The territory of Baden-Baden is inherited by the Margrave of Baden-Durlach, forming Baden. Emperor Go-Momozono ascends to the throne of Japan Births June 5 - Prince Ernest Augustus of Great Britain, fifth son of King George III, later King of Hanover August 14 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poet. September 5 - Archduke Charles of Austria, third son of Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Tuscany,.
Aberdeen - it runs W. S. W. for nearly a mile, is 70 ft. wide, and contains the principal shops and most of the modern public buildings, all of granite. Part of the street crosses the Denburn ravine (utilized for the line of the Great North of Scotland railway) by a fine granite arch of 132 ft. span, portions of the older town still fringing the gorge, fifty feet below the level of Union Street. Amongst the more conspicuous secular buildings in the street may be mentioned the Town and County Bank, the Music Hall, with sitting accommodation for 2000 persons, the Trinity Hall of the incorporated trades (originating in various years between 1398 and 1527, and having charitable funds for poor members, widows and orphans), containing some portraits by George Jamesone, a.
Black Bottom - by Mies van der Rohe as a model neighborhood combining residential townhouses, apartments and high-rises with commercial areas. Black Bottom was located on Detroit's East Side, was approximately .5 sq. miles in area, and was bounded by Gratiot Ave., Brush St., Vernor Hwy., and the Grand Trunk railroad tracks. Its main commercial strips were on Hastings St. and St. Antoine St. Black Bottom – the name was given to the area in the nineteenth century for its rich soil -- was the cultural and economic heart of the Black community in Detroit from the 1920s through its demolition. Most of the residents who were displaced ended up in gigantic public housing projects such as the Brewster Homes and Jeffries Homes (also the result of urban renewal.) Hastings Street, which ran north-south.
War of the Austrian Succession - and engaged in a war of manoeuvre during the summer. But Europe realised suddenly that a new military power had arisen, and France sent Marshal Belle-Isle to Frederick's camp to negotiate an alliance. Thenceforward the "Silesian adventure" became the War of the Austrian Succession. The elector of Bavaria's candidature for the imperial dignity was to be supported by a French "auxiliary" army, and other French forces were sent to observe Hanover. Saxony was already watched by a Prussian army under Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau, the "old Dessauer", who had trained the Prussian army to its present perfection. The task of Sweden was to prevent Russia from attacking Prussia, but her troops were defeated, on 3 September 1741, at Villmanstrand by a greatly superior Russian army, and in 1742 another great reverse.
State of Baden - the southwest of what later became unified Germany. It was created in 1771 as a margravate and became the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806, functioning as a sovereign state. It became part of the German Empire in 1871, remaining a Grand Duchy until 1918 when became part of the Weimar Republic. Baden was bounded to the north by the kingdom of Bavaria and the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt - to the west and practically throughout its whole length by the river Rhine, which separated it from the Bavarian Palatinate and the Alsace; to the south by Switzerland, and to the east by the kingdom of Württemberg and partly by Bavaria. After WW II, in 1945/46 the French military government created the land Baden with Freiburg im Breisgau as capital out.
Phelsuma - isakae Phelsuma mutabilis Phelsuma nigristriata Phelsuma ocellata Phelsuma ornata (Mauritius ornate day gecko) Phelsuma parkeri (Pemba Island day gecko) Phelsuma pronki Phelsuma pusilla Phelsuma pusilla pusilla Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni Phelsuma quadriocellata Phelsuma quadriocellata quadriocellata (Four spot day gecko) Phelsuma quadriocellata bimaculata Phelsuma quadriocellata lepida Phelsuma quadriocellata parva Phelsuma robertmertensi (Robert Merten's day gecko) Phelsuma seippi (Seipp‘s day gecko) Phelsuma serraticauda (Flat-tailed day gecko) Phelsuma standingi (Standing's day gecko) Phelsuma sundbergi Phelsuma sundbergi sundbergi (Seychelles giant day gecko) Phelsuma sundbergi ladiguensis (La Digue day gecko) Phelsuma sundbergi longinsulae (Mahé day gecko) Phelsuma trilineata Phelsuma v-nigra Phelsuma v-nigra pasteuri (Pasteur's day gecko) Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra Phelsuma v-nigra anjouanensis Phelsuma v-nigra comoraegrandensis (Grand Comoro day gecko) Explanation of the Latin names of Phelsuma species abbotti: after Mr. W.L. Abbott agalagae: from Agalega (island) andamanensis:.
Mary, Princess Royal - the sixth holder of that title.1 Her Royal Highness The Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, GBE, CI, GCStJ, GCVO was born at York Cottage, Sandringham, to the then Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary). Born during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, she was named after her paternal great grandmother, her paternal grandmother, the then Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra), and her maternal grandmother, Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck. She was always known by the last of Christian names, Mary. Princess Mary was educated by governesses, but shared some of lessons with her brothers, Prince Edward (later Edward VIII), Prince Albert (later George VI), and Prince Henry (later Duke of Gloucester). She became fluent in German and French and developed a life-long interest in horses.
List of dignitaries of mystical organizations - 1 Rosicrucian Organisations 1.1 Rosicrucian Order, AMORC 1.2 Confraternity of the Rose Cross 1.3 Fraternitas Rosae Crucis 2 Freemasonry 2.4 Grand Lodge of Greece A.F. & A.M. 2.5 United Grand Lodge of England 2.6 Supreme Council, 33rd Degree So. J. USA 2.7 Supreme Council, 33rd Degree No. J. USA 2.8 Antient and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraim 3 Federations 3.9 FUDOSI 3.10 FUDOFSI 4 Hermetic movements 4.11 Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn 5 Other movements 5.12 Servants of the Light 6 See also Rosicrucian Organisations Rosicrucianism is a major subject of Esotericism and there are many groups and orders everywhere in the world that use this designation. Rosicrucian Order, AMORC Rosicrucian Order, AMORC is a major Rosicrucian order with lodges all over the world. Imperators: The highest chief of AMORC is.
Esprit Fléchier - a great reputation. He subsequently became tutor to Louis Urbain Lefèvre de Caumartin, afterwards intendant of finances and counsellor of state, whom he accompanied to Clermont-Ferrand, where the king had ordered the Grands Jours to be held (1665), and where Caumartin was sent as representative of the sovereign. There Fléchier wrote his curious Mémoires sur les Grand jours tenus a Clermont, in which he relates, in a half romantic, half historical form, the proceedings of this extraordinary court of justice. In 1668 the duke of Montausier procured for him the post of lecteur to the dauphin. The sermons of Fléchier increased his, reputation, which was afterwards raised to the highest pitch by his funeral orations. The most important are those on Madame de Montausier (1672), which gained him the membership of.
Abbreviation - particular collocations of letters represented by somewhat arbitrary symbols. The commonest form of abbreviation is the substitution for a word of its initial letter; but, with a view to prevent ambiguity, one or more of the other letters are frequently added. In some languages, letters are often doubled to indicate a plural or a superlative. In modern English there are several conventions in use for abbreviations and it may not be clear which one is best. Publishers sometimes express their preferences in a style guide. Some of the questions which may arise: Upper or lower case letters? If the original word was capitalised, then the first letter of its abbreviation will also be capital, e.g., U.S. for United States. But when abbreviating lower case letters, there is no clear guide. Usage.
Grand duke - Grand duke The title of grand duke (Latin, magnus dux; German, Großherzog) was used in Slavic, Baltic and Germanic countries, is ranked in honour below kings but higher than sovereign princes ("Fürst"). The feminine form is grand duchess. The nation or territory ruled by a grand duke is called a grand duchy. The title of grand duke has been used by the male sovereigns of Luxemburg since 1815. The term probably originated in Germany, where it was used to refer to the rulers of medieval Russian states. Grand Duke is the traditional translation of the title, velikii kniaz, which from the 11th century was the title of first the leading Russian prince (in Kiev), then of several Russian princes. From 1328 the velikii kniaz of Muscovy.
Grand old Duke of York - Grand old Duke of York This rhyme called Grand old Duke of York came from the brief invasion of Flanders by Frederick Augustus, Duke of York—the second son of King George III— and Commander-in-Chief of the British army during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1793 a painstakingly-prepared attack on the northern conquests of the French Republic was led by the Duke himself. He won a small cavalry victory at Beaumont (April 1794) only to be heavily defeated at Turcoing in May 1794 and recalled to England (hence "He marched them up to the top of a hill, and he marched them down again") The 'Grand Old Duke' was appointed Field Marshal in 1795 and Commander in Chief in 1798. Despite a disastrous attack on the Dutch island.
Grand Duchess Olga of Russia - Grand Duchess Olga of Russia Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna of Russia, (Olga Nicolaievna Romanova), also known as Olishka (November 15, 1895 - July 17, 1918) was the eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, Olga was extremely intelligent and a difficult child. Before the First World War, there was some discussion of a marriage between her and Prince Carol of Romania (and also a Prince of Wales was a suitor), but Olga did not like him and the plans were, in any event, put on hold upon the outbreak of war. The Russian parliament, before Nicholas' abdication, hoped for her to be regent for her brother Aleksey. She was twenty-two when she was murdered with her family in the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg in 1918, after a.
Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia - Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova) (June 18, 1901 - July 17, 1918) was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra. She carried the name of the Empress Anastasia Romanova that married Tsar Ivan the Terrible. She was said to have been sometimes cruelly good at impersonations and to possess a sharp sarcastic wit. She also suffered from the medical condition hallux valgus, which affected the joints of her two big toes. She was assassinated along with the rest of her family in the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg on July 17, 1918. Although rumors of her survival had persisted for several decades, DNA testing in 1994 on the bodies executed in Ekaterinburg have established.
Grote Markt / Grand-Place - Grote Markt / Grand-Place The central market square of Brussels is called the Grote Markt in Dutch and the Grand Place in French. It is surrounded by guild houses, the town hall and the King's House (Dutch: Broodhuis, French: Maison du Roi). The market square is the most important tourist destination in Brussels. The town hall was constructed between 1402 and 1455. The original architect was probably Jacob Van Thienen. The gothic tower was designed by architect Jan Van Ruysbroeck. At the top of the tower there's a statue of St. Michael, the patron of Brussels. The King's House was in the 13th century a wooden building were the bakers sold their bread. It was replaced in the 15th century by a stone building for the administration of.
Grand Duchy - Grand Duchy A grand duchy is a country which has a Grand Duke or a Grand Duchess as head of state. Between the Napoleonic Wars and World War I there were eight grand duchies in Europe: Baden, Finland, Hesse-Darmstadt, Luxembourg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oldenburg, and Saxe-Weimar. Today Luxembourg is the only remaining grand duchy. It has been a grand duchy since 1815, when the Netherlands became an independent kingdom and Luxembourg was handed over to the King of the Netherlands, William I. Luxembourg remained a Dutch dominion until 1890, when King William III of the Netherlands, who was also Grand Duke Guillaume III of Luxembourg, died without leaving a male heir to the Luxembourgian Grand Duchy. The throne then passed to his cousin, Duke Adolf of Nassau.
