🌅 #Today in History# 1785.04.26 美国画家、博物学家,法裔美国人约翰·詹姆斯·奥杜邦(John James Audubon, 1785.04.26 - 1851.01.27)出生 奥杜邦出生于海地,是一位法国船长和他的法国情妇的私生子,幼年的...
🌅 #Today in History#1833.07.05法国发明家、现存最早照片拍摄者——约瑟夫·尼塞福尔·涅普斯(Joseph Nicéphore Nièpce, 1765.03.07 - 1833.07.05)逝世约瑟夫·尼塞福尔·涅普斯是法国发明家,现存最早的照片也是由他在1826年拍摄的。但是现在全世界公认的摄影术的发明者却是法国的路易·达盖尔。
Today in History - Feb. 17--Today in History for Feb. 17:On this date:In 1673, French playwright Moliere died after collapsing during a performance of his play, "The Imaginary Invalid."In 1781, Dr. Rene Laennec, inventor of the stethoscope, was born in France. He died in 1826.In ...
Today in Masonic history William B. Bate passes away in 1905. William B. Bate was an American Solider and Politician from the state of Tennessee. William B. Bate was born on October 7th, 1826. Bate began his military career in Louisiana. Working on the steamboat Saladin, which traveled up...
. 1826 ~ John Thomas, Welsh composer and harpist . 1904 ~ Glenn Miller, American trombonist and bandleader. Some of his memorable songs included In the Mood, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Tuxedo Junction, Moonlight Serenade and Pennsylvania 6-5000. The Glenn Miller Orchestra sound was a mix between...
August 13, 1826- Rene T.H. Laennec, Breton inventor of the stethoscope, died- Read More August 13, 1826- Explorer Alexander Gordon Laing became the first Christian to reach Timbuctu, Africa.- Read More August 13, 1819- Birth of Sir George Gabriel Stokes, mathematician and physicist, in Sk...
George Washington was known to serve his own version to guests at Mount Vernon and the drink once sparked a riot at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1826, when campus staff intervened after cadets, possibly including a young Jefferson Davis, served eggnog at a boisterous Ch...
Introduced in 1968, TOTO boasts the distinction of being Singapore Pools' inaugural lottery game. The name 'TOTO' derives from a fusion of 'Totalisator' and 'Lotto,' reflecting its unique origins. Throughout its history, the game has undergone numerous improvements. In 1981, the snowballing ...
With the advent of the Romantic movement in the nineteenth century Richelieu was relentlessly vilified by poets and dramatists. Alfred de Vigny in his novel,Cinq-Mars(1826), suggested that all the ills of France stemmed from Richelieu’s attack on the nobility. In the preface, Vigny draws a...
In 1826, Joseph Jackson Lister, an English wine merchant and scientist was able to develop an achromatic lens thereby eradicating the chromatic effect (spherical aberration). Here, Lister used several weak lenses together at given distances resulting in great magnification without blurring images. This...