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Emelina Peyrellade Zaldívar
Emelina Peyrellade Zaldívar or Emelina Peyrellade (Camagüey, 1842–1877) was a Cuban writer and translator. Biography She was born in Camagüey in 1842. She was the daughter of the French publicist Emilio Peyrellade. According to Domitila García de Coronado, she received a good education with an important artistic and literary background. From her youth, she devoted herself to the culture of writing and became associated with the literary milieu and Cuban writers of Camagüey, specialising in translating from Italian and French into Spanish. Her translations have appeared in various publications such as ''El Fanal'', ''El Oriente'' and ''El Popular''. Of particular note is William Tell William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albr ..., which appeared in ''El Fanal'' on 26 Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emelina Peyrellade
Emelin or Yemelin (Russian: Емелин) is a Russian masculine surname; its feminine counterpart is Emelina or Yemelina. It may refer to: *Alexei Emelin (born 1986), Russian ice hockey defenceman *Aleksey Yemelin (born 1968), Soviet high jumper *Anatoly Emelin (born 1964), Russian ice hockey player *Andrei Emelin (born 1967), Russian scouting official *Sergei Yemelin (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player *Vasily Yemelin (born 1976), Russian chess player Other uses *Emelin Theatre, in Mamaroneck, New York, U.S. *The Spanish language equivalent of the given name ''Emily'' See also *Emeline (other) Emeline may refer to: People * Emeline Afeaki-Mafile'o, New Zealand activist * Emeline S. Burlingame (1836–1923), American editor, evangelist and suffragist * Laura Emeline Eames Chase (1856–1917), American dentist * Emeline Horton Cleveland ... {{disambiguation, surname Russian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camagüey
Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 321,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province. It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by Spanish colonists on the northern coast and moved inland in 1528, to the site of a Taino village named Camagüey. It was one of the seven original settlements (''villas'') founded in Cuba by the Spanish. After Henry Morgan burned the city in the 17th century, it was redesigned like a maze so attackers would find it hard to move around inside the city. The symbol of the city of Camagüey is the clayen pot or ''tinajón'', used to capture rain water and keep it fresh. Camagüey is also the birthplace of Ignacio Agramonte (1841), an important figure of the Ten Years' War against Spain. A monument by Italian sculptor Salvatore Buemi, erected in the center of the area to Ignacio Agramonte, was unveiled by his wife in 1912. It is composed of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domitila García De Coronado
Domitila García Doménico de Coronado (7 May 1847 – 1938) was a Cuban writer, journalist, editor, and professor, considered to be the first women to practice journalism in her country. Biography Domitila García Doménico de Coronado was born on 7 May 1847 in Camagüey, Cuba. On 17 May 1891 she founded the Academy of Women Typographers. She founded and edited various publications, including the journals ''La Antorcha'' and ''El Céfiro'' together with Sofía Estevez (1848–1901). Besides these, she was editor of ''La Mujer'', together with Aída Peláez de Villa Urrutia and Isabel Margarita Ordetx. She also published the first anthology of Cuban women writers in 1868, titled ''Álbum poético fotográfico de escritoras cubanas'' (''Poetic photo album of Cuban women writers''), which included the biography of Emelina Peyrellade Zaldívar Emelina Peyrellade Zaldívar or Emelina Peyrellade (Camagüey, 1842–1877) was a Cuban writer and translator. Biography She was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tell
William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albrecht Gessler, a tyrannical reeve of the Austrian dukes of the House of Habsburg positioned in Altdorf, in the canton of Uri. Tell's defiance and tyrannicide encouraged the population to Burgenbruch, open rebellion and a Rütlischwur, pact against the foreign rulers with neighbouring Schwyz and Unterwalden, marking the foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy, foundation of the Swiss Confederacy. Tell was considered the father of the Swiss Confederacy. Set in the early 14th century (traditional date 1307, during the rule of Albert I of Germany, Albert of Habsburg), the first written records of the legend date to the latter part of the 15th century, when the Old Swiss Confederacy, Swiss Confederacy was gaining military and political influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1842 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 184 ( CLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Eggius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 937 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 184 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place China * The Yellow Turban Rebellion and Liang Province Rebellion break out in China. * The Disasters of the Partisan Prohibitions ends. * Zhang Jue leads the peasant revolt against Emperor Ling of Han of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Heading for the capital of Luoyang, his massive and undisciplined army (360,000 men), burns and destroys government offices and outposts. * June – Ling of Han places his brother-in-law, He Jin, in command of the imperial army and sends them to attack the Yellow Turban rebels. * Winter – Zha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1877 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sioux War of 1876 – Battle of Wolf Mountain: Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana. * January 20 – The Conference of Constantinople ends, with Ottoman Turkey rejecting proposals of internal reform and Balkan provisions. * January 29 – The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of disaffected samurai in Japan, breaks out against the new imperial government; it lasts until September, when it is crushed by a professionally led army of draftees. * February 17 – Major General Charles George Gordon of the British Army is appointed Governor-General of the Sudan. * March – ''The Nineteenth Century'' magazine is founded in London. * March 2 – Compromise of 1877: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
