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More DetailsThe First Capture of Chusan by British forces in China occurred on 5–6 July 1840 during the First Opium War. The British captured Chusan, the largest island of an archipelago of that name. Background. The Kangxi Emperor established an administration in the Chusan archipelago after the wars agai ...
Read MoreMajor-General Sir Hugh McCalmont was an Anglo-Irish soldier, politician, and horseman. He was elected as an Irish Unionist Member of Parliament for North Antrim in 1895, resigning in 1899 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead. Early life and education. Hugh McCalmont was born in Dublin, ...
Read MoreThe FA's Charter Standard Award recognises and rewards high quality of levels of provision in club, league and schools football. There are three levels of FA Charter Standard Award for organisations to recognise the different standards. The entry level is an 'FA Charter Standard Club', the next is a ...
Read MorePeter Chapman may refer to: * Peter Chapman (politician), Scottish Conservative politician * Peter Chapman (murderer), English convicted murderer * Peter Chapman (cartoonist), Australian comic book writer and illustrator * Coins (composer), Canadian music producer and composer ...
Read MoreGeorge Ivar Louis Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven , styled Earl of Medina before 1970, is a British hereditary peer and businessman. Biography. Family. Born on 6 June 1961, Lord Milford Haven is the elder son of the 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and Janet Mercedes Bryce, the older b ...
Read MorePhosphine is a colorless, flammable, highly toxic compound with the chemical formula, classed as a pnictogen hydride. Pure phosphine is odorless, but technical grade samples have a highly unpleasant odor like rotting fish, due to the presence of substituted phosphine and diphosphane. With traces o ...
Read More* Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vorgeschichte * Doppler global velocimetry ...
Read MoreSanjay Chandra is the former Managing Director of Unitech Ltd, India's second-largest real estate investment company. Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra had undergone two and a half years of incarceration in the case, having a maximum punishment of 7 years. After 7 years of punishment, he was given b ...
Read MoreCBV-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts the programming of Radio-Canada's Première network in Quebec City. The station broadcasts at 106.3 FM from Mount Bélair. The station was first launched in 1934 as AM 950 CRCK , Quebec City's second-oldest radio station. It was an affiliate of ...
Read MoreOberstdorf is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns. At the center of Oberstdorf is a church whose tall spire serves as a landmark for navigating around tow ...
Read MoreBadminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" and "doubles". Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; professional games are p ...
Read MoreThe Middle East is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, the Levant, and Turkey. The term came into widespread usage by Western European nations in the early 20th century as a replacement of the term Near East. The term "Middle East" has led to some confusion ...
Read MoreThe Digital Champions are appointed by each European Union Member State to help them and the European Commission promote the benefits of an inclusive digital society. The Digital Champions act locally. They work with citizens, communities, businesses, governments, and academia. They do so by helpi ...
Read MoreLudwig Mies van der Rohe was a German and American architect, academic, and interior designer. He was commonly referred to as Mies , his surname. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture. In the 1930s, Mies was the last director of the Bauhaus, a ground-breaking school of mode ...
Read MoreChinuri is a white wine grape variety of high acidity. It is associated with Georgian wine, and is grown in Kartli, reaching full maturity by late October. Chinuri is commonly used for both still and sparkling wines by blending with Goruli Mtsvane and Aligote. It exhibits good resistance to fungal ...
Read MoreVincent Lingiari was an Australian Aboriginal rights activist of the Gurindji people. In his early life he started as a stockman at Wave Hill Station, where the Aboriginal workers were given beef, bread, and tobacco as their wages of $6. After the owners of the station refused to improve pay and w ...
Read MoreSığacık is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Seferihisar, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 3,913. Its distance to Seferihisar centre is less than. It is situated on a small peninsula, facing north. The harbor is in the east side of and the beaches are in the west sid ...
Read MoreThe 4th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises part of northwest Brown County, and much of southern Oconto County, including the cities of Oconto and Oconto Falls, and the villages of Howard and ...
Read MoreThe 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League, themed with the slogan "Believe in Now." Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, 2009, with the 2008 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh ...
Read MoreKhamdong-Singtam Assembly constituency is one of the 32 assembly constituencies of Sikkim, a north east state of India. This constituency falls under Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency. ...
Read MoreHMS Lucifer was a of the British Royal Navy. The Laforey class was a class of destroyers ordered under the Royal Navy's 1912–1913 construction programme, which were armed with three guns and four torpedo tubes and were required to reach speeds of. Lucifer was built by the engineering firm ...
Read MoreJoel Swift is a water polo player of Australia. He was part of the Australian team at the 2013 Water Polo World Aquatic Championships 2015 World Aquatics Championships, as well as being part of the team which went to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Swift is an indigenous Australian. ...
Read MoreThe Buckinghams are an American pop band from Chicago. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top-selling acts of 1967, charting their only five top 40 hits in the U.S. that year. The band dissolved in 1970, but re-formed in 1980 and as of 2022 they continue to tour throughout the Un ...
Read MoreDaisy Maria Florence Senanayake was the first female Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka. Daisy Maria Florence Mendis was born on 19 June 1903 into a family of eight children in Rawatawatta, Moratuwa. Her father, K. E. Mendis, was a planter. She was educated at the Princess of Wales' College, Colomb ...
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