Annette was born in New York City and, like the brothers, is Italian. In "The Venice Menace", the Venice pizza man briefly mentions Annette Funicello, along with several other celebrities of Italian descent. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry[edit]...
However, Mayer Amschel attained absolute influence over his successor, Elector Wilhelm I, who, like Mayer Amschel, had also been born in 1743. It was said that they were like two shoes, so well did they go together. It was a pleasant change from Mayer Amschel’s relationship with the f...
Born in New York City and raised in Leonia, New Jersey, Anthony Bourdain was an influential figure known for his compelling storytelling and love of global cuisine. A graduate of the renowned Culinary Institute of America, Bourdain spent several years honing his culinary skills in various...
Lots of names other than Wilbourns are in this post about probate and marriages. Continue reading → Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Welborns, Wilbourns, Wilbourns of Princess Anne County Virginia, Wilburns | Leave a reply Early Wilbourns of Prince Edward County, Virginia Posted on September...
The Ottomans launched two great sieges of Vienna (1529 and 1683), but both failed and the Turks were repelled to southeastern Europe. With the death of Charles VI in 1740, his daughter Maria Theresa (r. 1740-1780) became ruler, although she had to fight off rivals to the throne. ...
3.People aren't walking any more---if they can figure out a way to avoid it. I felt superior about this matter until the other day I took my car to mail a small parcel.The journey is a matter of 281steps.But I used the car.And I wasn't in ay hurry.e
In the past,and occasional ly today,private col lections often form the basis of new museums.The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford,opened in 1683, is the oldest museum in Britain. It wasoriginal ly acol lection of ‘rarities’amassed by royal gardeners,John Tradescant and his son,when they were ...
In 1683 he led a relief army to a Vienna besieged by the Turks and, as supreme commander of the allied forces, won a resounding victory that marked the beginning of Turkish withdrawal from Europe. The Commonwealth, however, did not share in the subsequent victorious Austrian campaigns. Poland...
Ottoman power began to decline in the late 16th century. Ottoman forces repeatedly besieged Vienna. After their final effort at taking the Austrian capital failed (1683), that and subsequent losses led them to relinquish Hungary in 1699. Corruption and decadence gradually undermined the government. ...
Kino arrived in Mexico City in the spring of 1681. After an abortive mission to Baja California in 1683, he began his longtime mission to the Pima Indians in Pimeria Alta, a district comprising present-day southern Arizona and the northern portion of Sonora State in Mexico. ...