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8 hours ago · Brittany (/ ˈ b r ɪ t ən i / BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced ⓘ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx]; [1] [dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, pronounced [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.
8 hours ago · Leatherhead is a town in central Surrey, around 17 mi (27 km) south of the centre of London.It lies on the southern edge of the London Basin and the highest point in the parish, at Leatherhead Downs, is 135 m (443 ft) above ordnance datum.
1 day ago · Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol [a] gcYC (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí (/ ˈ d ɑː l i, d ɑː ˈ l iː / DAH-lee, dah-LEE; [1] Catalan: [səlβəˈðo ðəˈli]; Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli]), [b] was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre ...
8 hours ago · English National Opera Orchestra English National Ballet Philharmonic : Milton Court [40] Concert Hall 2013 608 Guildhall School of Music and Drama: Silk Street Building Silk Street Music Hall 196 Lecture Recital Room 80 Royal Academy of Music: Duke's Hall 1911 450 Royal Academy of Music: David Josefowitz Recital Hall 2001 150 Royal Albert Hall ...
8 hours ago · Kent was also the location of the largest number of art schools in the country during the nineteenth century, estimated by the art historian David Haste, to approach two hundred. This is believed to be the result of Kent being a front line county during the Napoleonic Wars. At this time, before the invention of photography, draughtsmen were ...
8 hours ago · The Sheepeater Indian Campaign (Chamberlin Basin Country). Idaho Country Free Press, 1968. Raphael, Ray. A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence. New York: The New Press, 2001. ISBN 0-06-000440-1. Remini, Robert V. Andrew Jackson and his Indian Wars. New York: Viking, 2001. ISBN 0-670 ...
8 hours ago · Taíno genocide Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535–1821) Siege of Havana (1762) Captaincy General of Cuba (1607–1898) Lopez Expedition (1850–1851) Ten Years' War (1868–1878) Little War (1879–1880) Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) Treaty of Paris (1898) US Military Government (1898–1902) Platt Amendment (1901) Republic of Cuba (1902–1959) Cuban Pacification (1906–1909) Negro ...
