Negli anni successivi alla morte della zarina Caterina II di Russia, avvenuta il 16 novembre 1796, nacquero svariate leggende. Alle sei di quel mattino la sessantasettenne Caterina, come d’abitudine, si alzò, bevve il suo caffè e dichiarò alla sua dama di compagnia di aver dormito molto bene, così bene come non le capitava ormai da… Read More Indiscrezioni sulla morte di Caterina la Grande
Ekaterina II Alekseevna di Russia, conosciuta come Caterina la Grande, fu imperatrice di Russia dal 9 luglio 1762 (quando con un colpo di stato detronizzò il marito) fino alla sua morte nel 1796 Sedicenne, sposò il futuro Pietro III ma il matrimonio si rivelò presto infelice poiché il marito, violento e incline a ubriacarsi, era… Read More L’ intraprendente Caterina la Grande
Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day, or Freedom Day, is an annual celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States It is observed annually on June 19 and its name is the linguistic blend of two words: June and nineteenth, a combination that is known as portmanteau word. On June 19, 1865, African Americans… Read More Juneteenth
“The Philadelphia spelling book” was written by John Barry in1790. If we do a little bit of research we find out that John Barry (1745 –1803) “was an Irish-American officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy.” This officer was credited as “The Father of the… Read More “The Philadelphia Spelling Book” ⚓ (2. John Barry)
In 1824, the Legislature of Lower Canada enacted the first patent law in British North America and on 8 June 1824 in Quebec City, an inventor named Noah Cushing was the first Canadian to be awarded a patent for a “washing and fulling machine” to clean and strengthen cloth. That machine was described as” having… Read More “Pecunia Non Olet”🧼
William Pitt the Younger (1759 – 1806) was British Prime Minister during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars and helped to define and strengthen the office of the prime minister. He suffered an affliction typical of many people born into wealth and power: he was named after his father, so he was known as “William… Read More Young William Pitt
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” (1) – William Pitt – Today, 28 May, is the anniversary of the birth of William Pitt the Younger, Britain’s youngest ever prime minister, who was born on 28 May 1759. The quotation… Read More William Pitt & Necessity
April 26 was the birth date of both Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (who was born in 121 and died in 180 AD) and Eugène Delacroix, French Romantic artist (who was born in 1798 and died in 1863) In his 1844 painting “The Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius”, Delacroix represented the emperor as an… Read More Marcus Aurelius and Delacroix 🎨
Questa lastra di marmo, che si trova nell’atrio del municipio di Cuneo, e in altri Comuni, fu affissa a fine 1952, pochi mesi la scarcerazione il generale nazista Albert Kesselring, capo delle forze di occupazione tedesche in Italia dal 1943 al 1945. Questi venne condannato a morte per crimini di guerra (Fosse Ardeatine, Marzabotto… Read More “Lapide ad ignominia”
On 15 March 1965 , United States President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had assumed the presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, used the phrase “we shall overcome” in a speech delivered after the violent attacks on Civil Rights demonstrators during the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama, led by Martin Luther… Read More We Shall Overcome
