Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-1685; Dutch artist Adriana Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), 1851-after 1883; daughter of Jan Aertsen Adriana Schafrat-Van Eerd, 1853-1930; wife of the sexton Johannes Schafrat in Nuenen Adriana Christina Provily-de Klerck, no dates; wife of Jan Provily who ran the...
George Michael, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in London on June 25, 1963, was a British singer, songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! His distinctively soulful voice and flair for pop melody made him one of the world's best-selling music...
George Michael, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in London on June 25, 1963, was a British singer, songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! His distinctively soulful voice and flair for pop melody made him one of the world's best-selling music...
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Sonata No. 1 in G Minor Johann Sebastian Bach was not widely known or fully appreciated during his own lifetime. The man we revere as one of the greatest German Baroque composers was a member of a large musical family. Although orphaned at ten years ...
Henry Reynolds: Accused of Murder in Philadelphia, in 1685 Posted on October 6, 2019 Murder in Quaker utopia? What happened? Continue reading → Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Henry Reynolds, murder, philadelphia, quakers | Leave a reply William Clayton and Prudence Lankford Posted on Septemb...
Johann Sebastian Bach was born into a musical family in1685 inEisenach,Germany.Bach had an unhappy childhood.At the age of nine,he lost his mother,and the next year his father died.When young,he went to school on ascholarship and graduated in 1702.And then in 1703,he became a violinist...
Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585) wrote books in our garden. Louis XIV(1638 - 1715) who lived at our house as a young boy left a lot of magic attracting more fascinating people. Nicolas V de Villeroy(1598 - 1685), his tutor invited a lot of people like ...
Bill Paxton, an American actor and film director, etched an indelible impression in the hearts of moviegoers with his compelling performances. Born on May 17, 1955, in Fort Worth, Texas, his journey into the realm of acting began with a minor role in the 1975 film Crazy Mama, which was...
Duncan I. Steel FRAS (born 11 June 1955) is a British scientist born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset. Currently he lives in Wellington, New Zealand, but holds visiting positions as a Professor of astrobiology at the University of Buckingham in England; as a space scientist at NASA-Ames Research...
The world that we live in today has been significantly shaped by the unpaid labor of these Africans and their African-American descendants. This unique book examines the history of slavery and its role in the making of the modern world. Like the institution of slavery itself, the book ...