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Aleksandr Bodisko
Alexander de Bodisco (sometimes Alexander Bodisco) (October 30, 1786 – January 23, 1853) was the Russian Minister to the United States from 1837 to 1853. In 1840, at the age of 53, he married the 16-year old Harriet Beall Williams, which was a popular subject of gossip in Washington, D.C. at the time. Early life Alexander de Bodisco was born on October 30, 1786, in Moscow, Russia. He was born as a Wallachian noble. Career His career started in the Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1814, de Bodisco went to Paris and then attended the Congress of Vienna with Count Jan Pieter van Suchtelen. Afterward, Count Suchtelen was appointed the Russian Envoy and de Bodisco became Secretary of Legation at Stockholm. After Count Suchtelen died, he became the charge d'affaires at Stockholm. de Bodisco served as Russian ambassador to the United States from 1837 until his death. He was succeeded by Eduard de Stoeckl. Personal life de Bodisco married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard De Stoeckl
Eduard Andreevich Stoeckl (russian: Эдуард Андреевич Стекль) (1804 in Constantinople – January 26, 1892 in Paris) was a Russian diplomat best known today for having negotiated the American purchase of Alaska on behalf of the Russian government. Personal life He was son of Andreas von Stoeckl, Austrian diplomat in Constantinople, and Maria Pisani, daughter of Nicolas Pisani, Russian dragoman in Constantinople. Career In 1850 he became ''chargé d'affaires'' of the Russian embassy in Washington, and in 1854 held the post of minister, vacant after death of Aleksandr Bodisko. Like his predecessor, Stoeckl married an American woman, Elisa Howard. Stoeckl established close friendly relations with many American officials and politicians, including the senator and the future Secretary of State William H. Seward, with whom he would later negotiate the Alaska purchase. Stoeckl advocated the sale of Alaska (then known as Russian America) to the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politicians From Moscow
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a politician can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in a government. Identity Politicians are people who are politically active, especially in party politics. Political positions range from local governments to state governments to federal governments to international governments. All ''government leaders'' are considered politicians. Media and rhetoric Politicians are known for their rhetoric, as in speeches or campaign advertisements. They are especially known for using common themes that allow them to develop their political positions in terms familiar to the voters. Politicians of necessity become expert users of the media. Politicians in the 19th century made heavy use of newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1854 Deaths
Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teutonia Männerchor in Pittsburgh, U.S.A. is founded to promote German culture. * January 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly in the United States charters the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, to run from Goldsboro through New Bern, to the newly created seaport of Morehead City, near Beaufort. * January 21 – The iron clipper runs aground off the east coast of Ireland, on her maiden voyage out of Liverpool, bound for Australia, with the loss of at least 300 out of 650 on board. * February 11 – Major streets are lit by coal gas for the first time by the San Francisco Gas Company; 86 such lamps are turned on this evening in San Francisco, California. * February 13 – Mexican troops force William Walker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1786 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed, between the United States and the Choctaw. * January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of England in a storm, with only 74 of more than 240 on board surviving. * February 2 – In a speech before The Asiatic Society in Calcutta, Sir William Jones notes the formal resemblances between Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, laying the foundation for comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies. * March 1 – The Ohio Company of Associates is organized by five businessmen at a meeting at the Bunch-of-Grapes Tavern in Boston, to purchase land from the United States government to form settlements in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. * March 13 – Construction begins in Dublin on the Four Courts Building, with the first stone laid down by the United Kingdom's Viceroy for Ireland, the Duke of Rutland. April–June * Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crestwood (Washington, D
Crestwood may refer to: Places Australia * Crestwood, Queanbeyan, New South Wales *Crestwood, Sydney, New South Wales * Crestwood Estate, Thornlie, Western Australia Canada * Crestwood (Edmonton), a neighborhood in the City of Edmonton, Alberta United States (by state) * Crestwood Hills, Los Angeles, California * Crestwood (Valdosta, Georgia), listed on the NRHP in Georgia *Crestwood, Illinois *Crestwood, Kentucky *Crestwood, Missouri * Crestwood Historic District, Kansas City, MO, listed on the NRHP in Missouri *Crestwood Village, New Jersey *Crestwood (Yonkers), a neighborhood of Yonkers, New York *Crestwood, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood of Portland, Oregon * Crestwood/Glen Cove, Houston, a neighborhood of Houston, Texas *Crestwood (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Other uses *Crestwood Community School, in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England *Crestwood Preparatory College, a high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada *Crestwood Publications, a comic book publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
