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1 day ago · Franz Joseph I on the invention of the phonograph. Recorded 1900. Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of ...
1 day ago · v. t. e. Thelema ( / θəˈliːmə /) is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy, [1] as well as a new religious movement that was founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. [2] Central to Thelema is the idea of discovering and following one's ...
1 day ago · Lille OSC. For the women's team, see Lille OSC (women). Lille Olympique Sporting Club ( French pronunciation: [lil ɔlɛ̃pik spɔʁtɪŋ klœb] ), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top division of French football.
7 hours ago · Early life and career Photograph of Lumumba, c. 1950s Patrice Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925 as Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa to Julienne Wamato Lomendja and her husband, François Tolenga Otetshima, a farmer, in Onalua, in the Katakokombe region of the Kasai province of the Belgian Congo. He was a member of the Tetela ethnic group and was born with the name Élias Okit'Asombo. His original surname ...
1 day ago · Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn [a] [b] (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) [6] [7] was a Russian writer and prominent Soviet dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. Solzhenitsyn was born into a family that defied the Soviet anti ...
1 day ago · Hippolyte Roque de Saint-Pregnan 1815: 1819: Charles de Camis-Lezan 1819: 1820: Louis Duplessis de Pouzilhac 1820: 1826: Charles Soullier 1826: 1830: Louis Pertuis de Montfaucon 1830: 1832: François Jillian 1832: 1833: Balthazar Delorme 1834: 1837: Hippolyte Roque de Saint-Pregnan 1837: 1841: Dominique Geoffroy 1841: 1843: Albert d'Olivier de ...
7 hours ago · Martinique is the 3rd largest island in The Lesser Antilles after Trinidad and Guadeloupe. It stretches 70 km (43 mi) in length and 30 km (19 mi) in width. The highest point is the volcano of Mount Pelée at 1,397 m (4,583 ft) above sea level. There are numerous small islands, particularly off the east coast.
