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Kęstutis seal from 1379 Litas commemorative coin dedicated to Kęstutis. Kęstutis (Latin: Kinstut, Lithuanian pronunciation: [kæːsˈtutɪs]; c. 1297 – 3 or 15 August 1382) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Vytautas (vardas). Vytautas Didysis (~ 1350 m. – 1430 m. spalio 27 d.) – Lietuvos didysis kunigaikštis nuo 1392 m. iki mirties. [1] Formaliai Lenkija jį pripažino 1401 m. 1421–1423 m. husitai paskelbė Vytautą Bohemijos (Čekijos) karaliumi. Pasikrikštijo kaip Vygandas (1383 m.) ir Aleksandras (1386 m.).
Other articles where Vytautas Finadar Beliajus is discussed: folk dance: The International Folk Dance movement: …from the settlement movement was Vytautas Finadar (Vyts) Beliajus, a Lithuanian who immigrated to the United States as a teenager. His family joined relatives in the Lithuanian community in Chicago. He organized the Lithuanian Youth Society, where he taught folk dancing; the group ...
Vytautas V. Landsbergis. Vytautas V. Landsbergis (born 25 May 1962 in Vilnius): Lithuanian writer, journalist, director of films and theater, children's book writer, son of Vytautas Landsbergis and father of Gabrielius Landsbergis . [1]
Barkauskas was one of the most active avant-garde composers in Lithuania in the 1960s, [3] influenced by Krzysztof Penderecki, Witold Lutosławski and György Ligeti. [1] He moved later towards more intuitively arranged sounds, and writing more chamber music. [3] ". I do not restrict myself to any single, defined compositional system, but am ...
Photo includes 18-volume third edition of 1797 plus two-volume supplement dated 1803. The Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition (1797) is an 18-volume reference work, an edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed during the encyclopedia's earliest period as a two-man operation initiated by Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell, in ...
A detailed 1886 map of the British Empire, shown in pink—the traditional color used on maps to represent British dominions. Pax Britannica, which means 'British Peace' in Latin (inspired by Pax Romana ), refers to a time when the major world powers had mostly peaceful relations. During this era, the British Empire rose as the leading global ...
