List of Protestant missionaries in China — Beginning in 1807, with the arrival of Robert Morrison of the London Missionary Society and ending in 1953 with the departure of Arthur and Wilda Mathews of the China Inland Mission, foreign Protestant missionaries lived and worked in China. The… … Wikipedia
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1775 in literature — Events* October 19 Samuel Johnson, Henry Thrale and Hester Thrale, visiting Paris, dine with King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette.New books* Hester Chapone Miscellanies * Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer (Thomas… … Wikipedia
1779 in literature — Events* Spain wages war against the United Kingdom. * The beginning of the Epsom Derby. * The victory of John Paul Jones in the American Revolutionary War. * William Blake enrolls at the Royal Academy * Iphigenie auf Tauris by Johann Wolfgang… … Wikipedia
Ruabon — ( cy. Rhiwabon) is a village and community in the county borough of Wrexham in Wales. Early history There is evidence that a settlement existed in Ruabon in the Bronze Age. In 1898 building works in the centre of Ruabon exposed a cist or stone… … Wikipedia
Mary Wells (actress) — Mary Wells, afterwards Mrs. Sumbel (fl. 1781–1812), was an English actress. Mary Wells as Lavinia in Titus Andronicus, 1785 engraving by John Thornthwaite, after William Hamilton. Contents 1 … Wikipedia
Downer — This is a good example of a type of toponymic surname found particularly in the southern English counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Kent, Essex and Sussex, where the suffix er was added to some topographical feature, in this instance a down or low… … Surnames reference
Belisarius — Flavius Belisarius ( el. Βελισάριος) (505(?) – 565) was one of the greatest generals of the Byzantine Empire and one of the most acclaimed generals in history. He was instrumental to Emperor Justinian I s ambitious project of reconquering much of … Wikipedia
Belisario — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Este artículo trata sobre el general bizantino. Para el nombre propio, véase Belisario (nombre) … Wikipedia Español
Conquista del Cabo de Buena Esperanza (1806) — Conquista del Cabo de Buena Esperanza Parte de Guerras Napoleónicas Fecha Enero de 1806 … Wikipedia Español
