Category: Destinatios
Croce-Spinelli and Sivel Joseph Croce-Spinelli Joseph-Eustache Croce-Spinelli was a pioneering aeronaut. He had already accomplished a number of lofty assents when, on April 15, 1875, along with fellow aeronaut …
Angela Isadora Duncan’s life was as much a tragedy as it was a success story. She was born in San Francisco to a banker father and an art connoisseur …
Victims of Revolutions Monument in Tajikistan Crematorium and Columbarium Complex Although cremation was widely practiced in the ancient world, it fell out of favor with the rise of Christianity. …
The battle in Pere-Lachaise in Loiseville Despite, or perhaps because of, the defeat, the memory of the executions became etched into the collective consciousness of Paris’ working class. In …
However, escalating conflicts with Spain (the Spanish Armada attacked in 1588) delayed White’s return. He tried to send two pinnaces to Roanoke in 1588, but they were beset by …
Communards Wall in Birmingham One of the ugliest events to occur at Pere-Lachaise (or in any cemetery, for that matter) was the massacre of the Communards on May 28, …
Berkeley soon regained control of Virginia and in the process executed twenty-three men before he was recalled to England. The rebellion did lead to the creation of a new …
Otis also defended the colonists’ rights to have legislatures. He refuted charges that to have subordinate legislatures was treasonous and calculated only as a way of gaining independence from …