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Adelina Abranches
Adelina Abranches (15 August 1866 – 21 November 1945) was a Portuguese stage actress born in Lisbon. She was considered a child prodigy, performing roles on stage at the age of four. She is notable for her acting career in Rio de Janeiro. Overview She was born in Lisbon, Portugal. A theatrical child prodigy, she first performed at just four years of age in the piece ''Meninos Grandes'' ("Big Kids") at the National Theatre D. Maria II in Lisbon. She became known as "the Spanish girl" because of the dress she wore in her first role. She then began a brilliant career in Rio de Janeiro, playing, in spite of her small stature, drag roles, soubrettes, and ladies of the night. She made an impact in plays such as ''Os Velhos'' ("The Old Ones"), ''Avô'' ("Grandfather"), ''Pranto de Maria Parda'' ("Maria Parda's Tears"), and ''The Lady of the Camellias'' in which she had widespread success. Silent films In 1930 she played Aunt Aurélia in the Portuguese silent film, ''Maria do Mar'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Order Of Saint James Of The Sword
The Military Order of Saint James of the Sword ( pt, Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada) is a Portuguese order of chivalry. Its full name is the Ancient, Most Noble and Enlightened Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, of the Scientific, Literary and Artistic Merit (Portuguese: ''Antiga, NobilÃssima e Esclarecida Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada, do Mérito CientÃfico, Literário e ArtÃstico''). History The Order of Saint James was founded in the Kingdom of León ''circa'' 1170, probably as an order of Augustinian canons regular to escort pilgrims to the shrine of St. James the Greater in Santiago de Compostela. But King Ferdinand II of León soon set it to garrison the southern frontiers of León against the Almohads of al-Andalus. In 1170, Ferdinand II granted the new order the castles of Cáceres and Monfragüe, which had been confiscated from Gerald the Fearless in 1169, and would make further donations thereafter. The new Leonese order was soon operatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estêvão Amarante
Estêvão is a Portuguese male given name, derived from Greek ΣτÎφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. It may refer to: * Estevão Martins de Leomil (fl. 13th century), Portuguese nobleman, Lord of Couto de Leomil * Estêvão da Gama (15th century) (1430–1497), Portuguese knight and father of Vasco da Gama * Estêvão da Gama (c. 1470), Portuguese navigator and explorer * Estêvão Gomes (1483-1538), Portuguese cartographer and explorer * Estêvão da Gama (16th century) (1505–1576), Portuguese governor of Portuguese Gold Coast and Portuguese India * Estêvão Pires de Alpoim (1520-1570s), Portuguese nobleman * Estêvão de Brito (1570–1641), Portuguese composer * Estêvão Lopes Morago (1575-1630), Spanish composer * Estêvão Cacella (1585–1630), Portuguese Jesuit missionary * Estêvão Gonçalves Neto (died 1627), Portuguese priest and artist * Estevão Molnar (1915-unknown), Brazilian fencer * Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar (1917 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officers Of The Order Of Saint James Of The Sword
An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," from Latin ''officium'' "a service, a duty" the late Latin from ''officiarius'', meaning "official." Examples Ceremonial and other contexts *Officer, and/or Grand Officer, are both a grade, class, or rank of within certain chivalric orders and orders of merit, e.g. Legion of Honour (France), Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Holy See), Order of the British Empire ( UK), Order of Leopold (Belgium) *Great Officer of State *Merchant marine officer or licensed mariner *Officer of arms *Officer in The Salvation Army, and other state decorations Corporations *Bank officer *Corporate officer, a corporate title **Chief executive officer (CEO) **Chief financial officer (CFO) **Chief operating officer (COO) *Executive officer Education *Chief academic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Portuguese Actresses
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Deaths
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with supporters of Maronite leader Youssef Bey Karam, at St. Doumit in Lebanon; the Ottomans are defeated. * January 12 ** The ''Royal Aeronautical Society'' is formed as ''The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain'' in London, the world's oldest such society. ** British auxiliary steamer sinks in a storm in the Bay of Biscay, on passage from the Thames to Australia, with the loss of 244 people, and only 19 survivors. * January 18 – Wesley College, Melbourne, is established. * January 26 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins. * February 7 – Battle of Abtao: A Spanish naval squadron fights a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet, at the island of Abtao, in the Chiloé Archipelago of southern Chile. * February 13 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PRT Order Of Saint James Of The Sword - Officer BAR
PRT may refer to: Music *Poor Righteous Teachers, a hip hop group *PRT Records, a record label Organizations *Prison Reform Trust, UK campaigning charity *Provincial Reconstruction Team of the US government *Puerto Rico Telephone Company *Pittsburgh Regional Transit, public transportation provider in the US *PRT Company Limited, formerly Prime Media Group, a former Australian media company Politics *''Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores'', political parties in Argentina, Nicaragua and Peru: **Workers' Revolutionary Party (Argentina) **Workers' Revolutionary Party (Nicaragua) **Workers' Revolutionary Party (Peru) *''Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores'', a political party in Portugal * ''Partido Revolucionario de los y las Trabajadores'', a political party in Mexico Other *Personal rapid transit, a type of transit system *Pivotal response therapy for autism *Platinum resistance thermometer *Portugal, the three letter ISO 3166-1 code for Portugal *Prerequisite Tree, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura Abranches
Aura most commonly refers to: * Aura (paranormal), a field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object * Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure Aura may also refer to: Places Extraterrestrial * 1488 Aura, a main-belt asteroid Terrestrial * Aura (woreda), administrative division in Ethiopia * Aura, Finland, a municipality in Finland * Aura, Michigan, a community in the United States * Aura, New Jersey, a community in the United States * Aura an der Saale, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany * Aura Erbil, a mixed use city center in Iraqi Kurdistan * Aura im Sinngrund, a community in Bavaria, Germany Rivers * Aura River (Finland), a river in southwestern Finland * Aura (Norway), a river in Nesset Municipality, Norway * Aura (Sinn), a river in Bavaria, Germany * Aurá River, a river in Maranhão state, Brazil Structures * Aura (Toronto), a high-rise condominium building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Aura Abbey, Benedictine monastery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eunice Muñoz
Eunice Muñoz, Order of St. James of the Sword, OSE, Order of Infante D. Henrique, GCIH (30 July 1928 – 15 April 2022) was a Portuguese actress, considered one of the best Portuguese actresses ever. She was born in Amareleja, Portugal. She studied at the Portuguese National Conservatory, nowadays the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema). Muñoz was awarded the title of Honorary degree, honoris causa by the University of Évora in 2009. She died in Carnaxide on 15 April 2022, at the age of 93. Selected filmography * ''Camões (1946 film), Camões'' (1946) * ''Um Homem do Ribatejo (1946 film), Um Homem do Rib ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amélia Rey Colaço
Amélia Lafourcade Schmidt Rey Colaço de Robles Monteiro (2 March 1898–8 July 1990) was one of the leading Portuguese actors of the first half of the 20th century. She was also an important impresario. Early years Amélia Rey Colaço was born on 2 March 1898 in Lisbon, Portugal, the youngest of four sisters. She came from a privileged, artistic and multinational background. Her father, Alexandre Rey Colaço, born in Tangier in 1854, had a Portuguese mother and a French father. Orphaned at a young age, his training as a pianist started at the Madrid Royal Conservatory and was continued in Paris and Berlin, as a result of the patronage of the Count of Daupiás. As a pianist and composer, he became music teacher to Prince LuÃs Filipe of Portugal and his brother, the future King Manuel II. Amélia Rey Colaço’s mother, Alice Lafourcade Schmidt, was born in Chile, had a French mother and a German father and taught her daughters several languages. She grew up in Berlin with her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
