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2 days ago · Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917.
4 days ago · The first typewriter to be commercially successful was patented in 1868 by Americans Christopher Latham Sholes, Frank Haven Hall, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, although Sholes soon disowned the machine and refused to use or even recommend it.
5 days ago · The history of film chronicles the development of a visual art form created using film technologies that began in the late 19th century. The advent of film as an artistic medium is not clearly defined. There were earlier cinematographic screenings by others, however, the commercial, public screening of ten Lumière brothers ' short films in ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Maxim Gorky (born March 16 [March 28, New Style], 1868, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia—died June 14, 1936) was a Russian short-story writer and novelist who first attracted attention with his naturalistic and sympathetic stories of tramps and social outcasts and later wrote other stories, novels, and plays, including his famous The Lower Depths.
May 31, 2024 · Milan I Obrenović (Marašešti, 22. avgust 1854 — Beč, 29. januar/11. februar 1901), pre krunisanja za kralja Milan Obrenović IV, bio je knez Srbije (1868—1882), prvi novovekovni kralj Srbije (1882—1889) i komandant aktivne vojske Srbije (1897—1900).
Jun 19, 2024 · Tokugawa period (1603–1867), the final period of traditional Japan, a time of peace, stability, and growth under the shogunate founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu achieved hegemony over the entire country by balancing the power of potentially hostile domains with strategically placed allies and collateral houses.
Jun 18, 2024 · Firstborn is a 1984 American drama film featuring a star-studded cast including Teri Garr, Peter Weller, and Robert Downey Jr. The story follows sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston navigating his family dynamics after his mother's new partner, Sam, introduces chaos and danger into their lives.
