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The Field of Mars (Russian: Ма́рсово по́ле, tr. Marsovo Polye) is a large square in the centre of Saint Petersburg. Over its long history it has been alternately a meadow, park, pleasure garden, military parade ground, revolutionary pantheon and public meeting place. The space now covered by the Field of Mars was initially an open ...
Mademoiselle Mars (pseudonym of Anne Françoise Hyppolyte Boutet Salvetat; 9 February 1779 – 20 March 1847), French actress, was born in Paris, the natural daughter of the actor-author named Monvel (Jacques Marie Boutet) (1745–1812) and Jeanne-Marie Salvetat (1748–1838), an actress known as Madame Mars, whose southern accent had made her Paris debut a failure.
Politics portal. v. t. e. The 1911 Revolution, also known as the Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing dynasty, and led to the establishment of the Republic of China. The revolution was the culmination of a decade of agitation, revolts, and uprisings.
World War I [j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Fighting took place throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia.
Champagne Riots. The village of Damery which saw some of the earliest rioting. The Champagne Riots of 1910 and 1911 resulted from a series of problems faced by grape growers in the Champagne area of France. These included four years of disastrous crop losses, the infestation of the phylloxera louse (which destroyed 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) of ...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. / 38.88306°N 77.01639°W / 38.88306; -77.01639. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA; / ˈnæsə /) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
Mars je čtvrtá planeta sluneční soustavy, druhá nejmenší planeta soustavy po Merkuru. Byla pojmenována po římském bohu války Martovi. Jedná se o planetu terestrického typu, tj. s pevným horninovým povrchem pokrytým impaktními krátery, vysokými sopkami, hlubokými kaňony a dalšími útvary. Má dva měsíce nepravidelného ...
