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3 days ago · Joséphine (born June 23, 1763, Trois-Îlets, Martinique—died May 29, 1814, Malmaison, France) was the consort of Napoleon Bonaparte and empress of the French. Joséphine, the eldest daughter of Joseph Tascher de La Pagerie, an impoverished aristocrat who had a commission in the navy, lived the first 15 years of her life on the island of ...
5 days ago · In Acts 16:9, a heavenly vision came to Paul, in which a man said, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”. So Paul made his way to Philippi, which was a Roman colony in Greece. This is the first time the gospel made it to Europe. The first person Paul encountered in Philippi was a woman named Lydia. She was “a seller of purple fabrics ...
3 days ago · 9 Thermidor [27 July 1794] After the reading of correspondence, about eight o'clock in the evening, the crowd being very large and the galleries filled with citizens and citizenesses from all quarters of the city, someone asked that a member of the Convention report on its meeting that day.
2 days ago · Voltaire (born November 21, 1694, Paris, France—died May 30, 1778, Paris) was one of the greatest of all French writers. Although only a few of his works are still read, he continues to be held in worldwide repute as a courageous crusader against tyranny, bigotry, and cruelty. Through its critical capacity, wit, and satire, Voltaire’s work ...
5 days ago · Marie Antoinette already had an uphill struggle when she became Queen of France, given that she was from nearby rivals Austria. But she didn’t help her own cause with the French people the way ...
5 days ago · Re: Importing a JPEG into DaVinci. Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:11 pm. Jim Simon wrote: Go to the Media page. In the Media Storage panel (top left), navigate to the folder with the image file. If it appears there, Resolve can use it. If it doesn't, Resolve can't use the file. If it shows, right click and Add into Media Pool.
3 days ago · From Ancient Rome to the 20th century, the murder of a sovereign or heir to a throne was the ultimate act of rebellion and political upheaval. It flew in the face of long-standing notions of the divine right of kings and the majesty of royalty. In the medieval era in Europe, regicide was considered a sacrilegious and treasonous act – an ...
