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Johann Voldemar Jannsen was an Estonian journalist. He was one of the earliest figures of the Estonian national awakening, which he promoted through his newspaper, the Eesti Postim…
Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (born 1819)
Gottfried Keller was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel Green Henry and his cycle of novellas called Seldwyla Folks, he became one of the most p…
Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet and playwright (born 1819)
Ulm Minster is a Gothic style Evangelical church located in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the second tallest church in the world, with a steeple measuring 161.53 metres (5…
The Ulm Minster, the world's tallest church building, is completed in Ulm, Germany
Ulm Minster is a Gothic church of the Evangelical Church in Germany located in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg. It is the second-tallest church building in the world, with a steeple measuri…
Ulm Minster, the world's tallest church building, was completed in Ulm, Germany
Lydia Ernestine Becker was a leader in the early British suffrage movement, as well as an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. She established Manchester as a…
Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (born 1827)
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created …
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1853)
Cavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same …
The opera Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, premieres at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome, beginning the verismo perio
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
Rudyard Kipling's poem Mandalay was published