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Carl Franz Van Der Velde
Carl Franz van der Velde (27 September 1779 – 6 April 1824) was a German author of historical novels. He was born in Breslau, Silesia (now Wrocław, Poland) into a Huguenot family. His father was the ''Stempelrendant'' (stamp accountant) Johann van der Velde and his mother was Beata Rosina van der Velde (née Gartschok). He worked as a municipal judge and published his novels serially in the newspaper '' Dresdner Abendzeitung''. Most of them were historical, but ''Das Liebhaber-Theater'' (1823) began a vogue for humoresques. He was married to Philippine Wilhelmine Elisabeth Schleyer (d. 1856), and they had one daughter, Bertha (1809–1834), and two sons, Arnold (1806–1882) and Otto (d. 1841). His collected works were published in 25 volumes from 1819 to 1827. He died at the age of 44 and his last two works were published posthumously. Several were translated into English by Nathaniel Greene, as well as George Soane George Soane (1790–1860) was an English writer and dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silesia
Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split into two main subregions, Lower Silesia in the west and Upper Silesia in the east. Silesia has a diverse culture, including architecture, costumes, cuisine, traditions, and the Silesian language (minority in Upper Silesia). Silesia is along the Oder River, with the Sudeten Mountains extending across the southern border. The region contains many historical landmarks and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is also rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. The largest city and Lower Silesia's capital is Wrocław; the historic capital of Upper Silesia is Opole. The biggest metropolitan area is the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, the centre of which is Katowice. Parts of the Czech city of Ostrav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huguenot
The Huguenots ( , also , ) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Bezanson Hugues (1491–1532?), was in common use by the mid-16th century. ''Huguenot'' was frequently used in reference to those of the Reformed Church of France from the time of the Protestant Reformation. By contrast, the Protestant populations of eastern France, in Alsace, Moselle, and Montbéliard, were mainly Lutherans. In his ''Encyclopedia of Protestantism'', Hans Hillerbrand wrote that on the eve of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572, the Huguenot community made up as much as 10% of the French population. By 1600, it had declined to 7–8%, and was reduced further late in the century after the return of persecution under Louis XIV, who instituted the '' dragonnades'' to forcibly convert Protestants, and then finally revoke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresdner Abendzeitung
Dresdner Bank AG was a German bank and was based in Frankfurt. It was one of Germany's largest banking corporations and was acquired by competitor Commerzbank in May 2009. History 19th century The Dresdner Bank was established on 12 November 1872 through the conversion of the private banks Michael Kaskel and Bernhard Gutmann. The Dresdner Bank founding consortium consisted of Allgemeine Deutsche Creditanstalt (Leipzig), Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft (Berlin), Deutsche Vereinsbank (Frankfurt am Main), Deutsche Effecten- und Wechselbank (Frankfurt am Main) and Anglo-Deutsche Bank (Hamburg) with an initial capital of 8 million Thalers (24 million Marks) and 30 employees in Wilsdruffer Strasse in Dresden. From 1872 until his retirement in 1920, (1840-1925) was chairman of the board. In the 1870s, the Dresdner Bank acquired smaller regional institutes and several banks. The new branch in Berlin quickly exceeded the office in Dresden; therefore, the registered office moved to Berl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humoresque
Humoresque (or Humoreske) is a genre of Romantic music characterized by pieces with fanciful humor in the sense of mood rather than wit. History The name refers to the German term ''Humoreske'', which was given from the 1800s (decade) onward to humorous tales.R. Grimm. "Begriff und Gattung Humoreske". ''Jahrbuch der Jean Paul Gesellschaft'', 1968. Many humoresques can be compared to a gigue in their dance-like qualities, and many were used as dance music from the 1700s onwards. Notable examples Notable examples of the humoresque style are: *Schumann's '' Humoreske'' in B-flat major ( Op. 20, 1839) *Noel Rawsthorne's Hornpipe Humoresque (for organ, based on the Sailor's Hornpipe and including parts of "Rule Britannia" and the Widor Toccata) * Dvořák's set of eight ''Humoresques'' (Op. 101, 1894), of which No. 7 in G-flat major is well known. *Rachmaninoff's Humoresque in G Major G major (or the key of G) is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Greene (journalist)
Nathaniel Greene (1797–1877) was an American journalist. Biography Nathaniel Greene was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire on May 20, 1797. He became an apprentice in the office of the '' New Hampshire Patriot'' in 1809 and in 1812 edited the Concord ''Gazette''. In 1814 moved to Portsmouth, where he had charge of the ''New Hampshire Gazette''. After this he settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and for two years managed the ''Haverhill Gazette''. In May, 1817, he founded and edited the ''Essex Patriot'', with which journal he remained connected until 1821, when he was invited to Boston and there founded the ''Statesman'', a prominent Democratic organ. He was for 15 years postmaster of Boston. He published several translations: * Sforzosi's ''History of Italy'' (1836) * ''Tales from the German'' (1837) * ''Tales from the German, Italian, and French'' (1843) * ''Improvisations and Translations'' (1852) From 1849 until 1861, he resided in Paris, and on his return settled in Bost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Soane
George Soane (1790–1860) was an English writer and dramatist. Life The younger son of John Soane, he was born in London. He graduated B.A. from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1811. Shortly afterwards he married Agnes Boaden, against his parents' wishes. His writing career was not enough to earn a living. Soane fell into debt, and was imprisoned. In 1814 he was editing the ''Theatrical Inquisitor'', but also served time for fraud. He gave evidence on the King's Bench Prison, from his experience of it, to a committee of enquiry in 1815. In ''The Champion'' during September 1815 Soane attacked his father's reputation as an architect, in two anonymous articles. His mother died shortly afterwards. These pieces led to a family rupture, and indirectly to the foundation of Sir John Soane's Museum. Soane attempted to block the private Act of Parliament of 1833 that set up the museum's endowment. The matter was debated in the House of Commons for an hour, with William Cobbett putting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Zytogorski
Adolf Żytogórski (or Adolph Zytogorski, , later known as John Hanstein) ( – 28 February 1882) was a Polish-British chess master and translator. Biography Details of Zytogorski's early life are sparse. He is usually said to have been born in 1806 or 1807 based on his obituary in the ''British Chess Magazine'', but according to chess historian Tim Harding, around 1811 or 1812 is most likely, based on his census records and death certificate. Despite being Polish, he gave his place of birth on census records as Transylvania, which was part of the Austrian Empire at the time, leading Harding to speculate that he may have had one Polish and one Austrian parent. Following the collapse of the Polish–Russian War in 1830–31 (November Uprising), Zytogorski became a political refugee, and emigrated to England. His role in the uprising is unknown, but in 1837 he joined both the Union of Polish Emigration, and the Polish Democratic Society. During Nicholas I of Russia's 1844 visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Augustus Feiling
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Goetze
Edmund Goetze (26 September 1843, Dresden – 18 June 1920, Dresden) was a German literary historian and philologist. He studied philology and archaeology at the University of Leipzig (1864–1868), where his instructors were Georg Curtius, Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl, Johannes Overbeck and Friedrich Zarncke. He spent most of his career at the ''Kadettenhaus'' in the Wackerbarth-Palais in Dresden, serving as a professor (1871–1895) and as a director (1895–1909). He was editor of various works composed by the 16th century meistersinger, Hans Sachs. After the death of Göttingen professor, Karl Goedeke, he edited "''Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung aus den Quellen''" (Outline on the history of German literature from its sources). Selected bibliography * Hans Sachs: "''Werke''", edited by Adelbert von Keller, 26 volumes, Laupp, Tübingen (Drucker) 1870–1908. ** Volume 13 (1880) and 14 (1882), edited by Keller and Goetze. ** Volume 15 (1885) to 26 (1908), edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1779 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – British troops surrender to the Marathas in Wadgaon, India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since 1773. * January 11 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur. * January 22 – American Revolutionary War – Claudius Smith is hanged at Goshen, Orange County, New York for supposed acts of terrorism upon the people of the surrounding communities. * January 29 – After a second petition for partition from its residents, the North Carolina General Assembly abolishes Bute County, North Carolina (established 1764) by dividing it and naming the northern portion Warren County (for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren), the southern portion Franklin County (for Benjamin Franklin). The General Assembly also establishes Warrenton (also named for Joseph Warren) to be the seat of Warren County, and Louisburg (named for Louis XVI of France) to be the seat of Franklin County. * February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1824 Deaths
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