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9 hours ago · This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/ daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs /; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness ...
9 hours ago · This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a list of notable people who owned other people as slaves, where there is a consensus of historical evidence of slave ownership, in alphabetical order by last name. Part of a series on Forced labour and slavery Contemporary ...
9 hours ago · Rutherford Birchard Hayes (/ ˈrʌðərfərd /; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. As an attorney in Ohio, Hayes served as Cincinnati 's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861. He was a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings. [1]
9 hours ago · t. e. A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. [1][2] The concept of Knighthood may have been inspired by the ancient Greek hippeis (ἱππεῖς) and Roman equites. [3]
9 hours ago · First openly transgender female lawyer, Substitute Senator (2014–2017) in Uruguay [50] Sam Bettens: b. 1972 Belgian he/him Musician, K's Choice's lead singer [51] Georgina Beyer: 1957–2023 New Zealander she/her Politician [52] Alexandra Billings: b. 1962 American she/her Actress, singer, educator [53] Jackson Bird: b. 1990 American he/him
1 day ago · Alexander von Humboldt was born in Berlin in Prussia on 14 September 1769. 17 He was baptized as a baby in the Lutheran faith, with the Duke of Brunswick serving as godfather. 18. His father, Alexander Georg von Humboldt (1720-1779), belonged to a prominent German noble family from Pomerania.
9 hours ago · Military band. A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments. The conductor of a band commonly bears the title of bandmaster or music director.
