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Hace 1 día · Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [OS 7 September] – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.
- 13 December 1784 (aged 75), London, England
- Pembroke College, Oxford
- English, Latin
- Tory
23 de abr. de 2024 · Samuel Johnson (born September 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England—died December 13, 1784, London) was an English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters.
- Robert Folkenflik
Hace 1 día · The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire.
- 9 July 1701 – 6 February 1715, (13 years, 6 months and 4 weeks)
Hace 4 días · Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) [a] was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union on 1 May 1707, which merged the kingdoms of Scotland and England. Before this, she was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702. Anne was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II.
- 8 March 1702 – 1 August 1714
- Anne Hyde
30 de abr. de 2024 · Bartolomeo Cristofori (born May 4, 1655, Padua, Republic of Venice [Italy]—died January 27, 1732, Florence) was an Italian harpsichord maker generally credited with the invention of the piano, called in his time gravicembalo col piano e forte, or “harpsichord that plays soft and loud.”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 2 días · Resten av den karolinska armén tvingades att kapitulera inför den ryska övermakten vid byn Perevolotjna den 1 juli 1709. Slaget vid Poltava, liksom den påföljande kapitulationen, slutade i en avgörande seger för Ryssland och blev den största militära katastrofen i Sveriges historia.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Joseph Addison (born May 1, 1672, Milston, Wiltshire, England—died June 17, 1719, London) was an English essayist, poet, and dramatist, who, with Richard Steele, was a leading contributor to and guiding spirit of the periodicals The Tatler and The Spectator.
