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The terms anno Domini ( AD) and before Christ ( BC) [a] are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" [1] but is often presented using "our Lord" instead of "the Lord", [2] [3] taken from the full original phrase " anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi ...
The Great Comet of 1811, [4] formally designated C/1811 F1, is a comet that was visible to the naked eye for around 260 days, the longest recorded period of visibility until the appearance of Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997. In October 1811, at its brightest, and when it was 1.2 AU from Earth, it displayed an apparent magnitude of 0, [5] [6] with an ...
19th century. Notable leaders. v. t. e. The 1811 German Coast uprising was a revolt of slaves in parts of the Territory of Orleans on January 8–10, 1811. The uprising occurred on the east bank of the Mississippi River in what is now St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and Jefferson Parishes, Louisiana. [1] The slave insurgency was the largest ...
January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana. January 22 – The Casas Revolt begins in San Antonio, Texas. March 4 – The charter of the First Bank of the United States expires. March 22 – The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 for Manhattan is presented.
Ad Astra is a 2019 American psychological science fiction film produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray.Starring Brad Pitt (who also produced), Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland, it follows an astronaut who ventures into space in search of his lost father, whose obsessive quest to discover intelligent alien life at all costs threatens the Solar System and ...
Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos.Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films, it is a live-action/CGI remake of Disney's 1991 animated feature film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's 1756 version of the fairy tale.
Radius is a 2017 Canadian science fiction thriller film directed and written by Caroline Labrèche and Steeve Léonard. It stars Diego Klattenhoff , Charlotte Sullivan , and Brett Donahue. Klattenhoff and Sullivan play two survivors of a car accident who discover that one causes the death of anyone who comes within a certain radius of him, and ...
