Posts Tagged ‘people and personalities’
Artist John Constable 1832 Paints Waterloo Bridge
John Constable and Waterloo Bridge
Read MoreSpencer Perceval 1809
Spencer Perceval 1809
Read MoreMarie Curie 1908 Professor
First ever, female professor at the Sorbonne 1908, two Nobel Prizes, in chemistry and physics
Read MoreMarie Curie 1903
Marie Curie presents her doctoral paper on the discovery of Radium.
Read MoreInternational Council of Women 1904
Women’s Suffrage 1904
Read MoreArch duke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated 28 Jun 1914 the domino effect for WWI
The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand in Sarajevo triggers a series of events that spark what was to lead to world war and a tragic loss of life, surely this would be” the war to end all wars…”
Read MoreDr Samuel Johnson and the Dictionary of English Language 1755
Johnson’s Dictionary of The English Language
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