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  1. 1 day ago · Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone ( c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, [b] was an Italian mystic, poet and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans. He was inspired to lead a Christian life of poverty as a beggar [7] and itinerant preacher.

  2. 1 day ago · Neoclassicism is a revival of the many styles and spirit of classic antiquity inspired directly from the classical period, [7] which coincided and reflected the developments in philosophy and other areas of the Age of Enlightenment, and was initially a reaction against the excesses of the preceding Rococo style. [8]

  3. 1 day ago · Jacques Offenbach ( / ˈɒfənbɑːx /) [n 1] 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly ...

  4. 1 day ago · The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction (and occasionally stage plays) also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary ...

    • English
    • BBC 1
    • 28 October 1964 –, 27 May 1970
  5. 1 day ago · FIFA World Cup. 2018 Russia. *Club domestic league appearances and goals. Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany ( French pronunciation: [vɛ̃sɑ̃ kɔ̃pani]; Dutch pronunciation: [vɪnsɛnt kɔmpani]; born 10 April 1986) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre back. He is the current manager of Premier League ...

    • 10 April 1986 (age 37)
    • 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
    • Vincent Jean Mpoy Kompany
    • Uccle, Belgium
  6. 3 hours ago · De Europese kampioenschappen mountainbike worden gehouden sinds 1989 en staan onder auspiciën van de Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC), de Europese Wielerunie. De wielersportdiscipline kent vier onderdelen: cross-country, downhill, marathon en four-cross. Niet alle onderdelen staan (en stonden) tijdens hetzelfde kampioenschap op het ...

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