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François Descostes
François Descostes (21 March 1846 – 24 August 1908) was a Savoyard writer, lawyer, and politician. Biography François Descostes, son of Joseph Descostes and Hortense de Livet, was born in Rumilly in 1846. In 1866, after finishing law school, he settled as a lawyer in Chambéry, the capital of the Duchy of Savoy. Descostes was elected in 1873 to the Academy of Savoy, where he became president (from 1886 to 1887 and then from 1900 to 1908). He was a recognized authority on Joseph de Maistre.Sorrel, Christian (2002). ''Les Catholiques Savoyards: Histoire du diocèse de Chambéry (1890-1940).'' Le Bovet: La Fontaine de Siloé, pp. 127–130. He was also winner of the Académie française's Thérouane prize. Works * ''Trois jours en Savoie'' (1877) * ''La Petite France et la Grande France'' (1886) * ''Joseph de Maistre avant la Révolution: Souvenirs de la Société d'autrefois, 1753-1793'' (2 vol., 1893) * ''Joseph de Maistre Orateur'' (1896) * ''La Révolution Française vue de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumilly, Haute-Savoie
Rumilly () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in south-eastern France. In 2020, the Communes of France, commune had a population of 15,944. Geography The Chéran forms part of the commune's eastern border, crosses the village, flows north-northwestward through the northern part of the commune, then flows into the Fier (river), Fier, which forms part of its northern border. Rumilly forms an urban unit with the adjacent, smaller commune Sales, Haute-Savoie, Sales. Climate Rumilly has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification, Köppen ''Cfb'') in spite of its relatively far inland position. Influenced by its elevation, summers are rather moderate on average, although they can be highly variable with extreme heat spikes. Winters see occasional freezing temperatures, but most often stays in the single-digits during daytime with frequent cold rain. Air frosts are normal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hathi Trust
HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries. Its holdings include content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries. Etymology ''Hathi'' (), derived from the Sanskrit , is the Hindi word for 'elephant', an animal famed for its long-term memory. History HathiTrust was founded in October 2008 by the twelve universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the eleven libraries of the University of California. As of 2024, members include more than 219 research libraries across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and is based on a shared governance structure. Costs are shared by the participating libraries and library consortia. The repository is administered by the University of Michigan. The executive director of HathiTrust is Mike Furlough, who succeeded founding director John Wilkin after Wilkin stepped down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century French Writers
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It 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, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, 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 Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems and confirm ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From The Kingdom Of Sardinia
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 Deaths
This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January 1 – The British Nimrod Expedition, ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod (1867 ship), Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A Solar eclipse of January 3, 1908, total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean and is the 46th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130. * January 13 – A fire breaks out at the Rhoads Opera House fire, Rhoads Opera House in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killing 171 people. * January 15 – Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first race inclusive sorority is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. * January 24 – Robert Baden-Powell's ''Scouting for Boys'' begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1846 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom. * January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway's bridge, over the Venetian Lagoon between Mestre and Venice in Italy, opens, the world's longest since 1151. * January 23 – Ahmad I ibn Mustafa, Bey of Tunis, declares the legal abolition of slavery in Tunisia. * February 4 – Led by Brigham Young, many Mormons in the U.S. begin their migration west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake in what becomes Utah. * February 10 – First Anglo-Sikh war: Battle of Sobraon – British forces in India defeat the Sikhs. * February 18 – The Galician Peasant Uprising of 1846 begins in Austria. * February 19 – Texas annexation: United States president James K. Polk's annexation of the Republic of Texas is finalized by Texas president Anson Jones in a formal ceremony of transfer of sovereignty. The newly formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Sardinia, also referred to as the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica among other names, was a State (polity), country in Southern Europe from the late 13th until the mid-19th century, and from 1297 to 1768 for the Corsican part of this kingdom. The kingdom was a member of the Council of Aragon and initially consisted of the islands of Corsica and Sardinia, sovereignty over both of which was claimed by the papacy, which granted them as a fief, the (Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica), to King James II of Aragon in 1297. Beginning in 1324, James and his successors Aragonese conquest of Sardinia, conquered the island of Sardinia and established ''de facto'' their ''de jure'' authority. In 1420, after the Sardinian–Aragonese war, the last competing claim to the island was bought out. After the union of the crowns of Aragon and Crown of Castile, Castile, Sardinia became a part of the burgeoning Spanish Empire. In 1720, the island and its kingdom were ceded by the House o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Daudet
Louis-Marie Ernest Daudet (; 31 May 1837 – 21 August 1921) was a French journalist, novelist and historian. Prolific in several genres, Daudet began his career writing for magazines and provincial newspapers all over France. His younger brother was Alphonse Daudet. Biography Ernest Daudet was born in Nîmes, an old Roman city of Languedoc, France. His father, Vincent Daudet, was a silk merchant whose lack of business sense eventually involved him in bankruptcy. His mother, Adeleine Reynaud, was descended from a respected Provençal family. In 1857 he went to Paris with his brother in order to gain a livelihood through literary pursuits. For a time he managed the ''Journaux Officiels'' and the ''Petit Moniteur''. He was also the secretary-editor of the Legislative Corps and chief of the Cabinet of the Senate. He died in Petites-Dalles in 1921, aged 84. Publications Fiction * ''Thérèse'' (1859). * ''Les Duperies de l’Amour'' (1865). * ''Les Douze Danseuses du Château de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Albert Costa De Beauregard
Charles-Albert-Marie Costa, Marquis de Beauregard (24 May 1835 – 15 February 1909) was a French historian and politician. He also fought in the Franco-Prussian War. His works include a trilogy on Charles Albert of Sardinia. Early life Costa de Beauregard was born at La Motte-Servolex on 24 May 1835. He was the eldest son of Louis Marie Pantaleon Costa, Marquis de Beauregard (1806–1864) and the former Marthe Augustine de Saint-Georges de Vérac, who married in 1834. His brother was Gabriel-Marie-Paul, Count Costa de Beauregard (who married their cousin Marie-Pauline Herminie de Rougé). His paternal grandparents were Victor Costa de Beauregard and Elisabeth de Quinson. His maternal grandparents were Olivier de Saint-Georges de Vérac, Marquis de Vérac (a ''maréchal de camp'' and Governor of the Château de Versailles) and Euphémie de Noailles (a daughter of Louis Marc Antoine de Noailles, Viscount of Noailles). He was a great-grandson of Joseph Henry Costa de Beaure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
