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Há 2 dias · In 1807, the house was acquired by Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who had gained fame and fortune as the Governor-General of India. However, it was his younger brother, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who would leave the most indelible mark on Apsley House and transform it into a center of political and social influence.
Há 2 dias · Following the Second Anglo-Maratha War in 1806, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington drafted a treaty granting independence to the Sikh clans east of the Sutlej River in exchange for their allegiance to the British General Gerard Lake acting on his dispatch.
Há 4 dias · By 1930, Arthur Ruppin estimated that Ashkenazi Jews accounted for nearly 92% of world Jewry. These factors are sheer demography showing the migration patterns of Jews from Southern and Western Europe to Central and Eastern Europe. In 1740, a family from Lithuania became the first Ashkenazi Jews to settle in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem.
Há 5 dias · Apsley House is acquired by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington from his brother. Percival Norton Johnson sets up as a gold assayer, origin of the Johnson Matthey business. The Wimbledon Windmill is built. 1818 11 May: The Old Vic is founded as the Royal Coburg Theatre in South London by James King, Daniel Dunn and John T. Serres.
Há 2 dias · It was at the Colonial Office, at that time "No. 14, Downing Street," in a small waiting-room on the right hand upon entering, that the two heroes—the former then plain Sir Arthur Wellesley—both wanting an interview with the Secretary of State—were accidentally brought into each other's presence.
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Há 1 dia · Waterloo: 50 Years Later. by Bryan O'Nolan · May 27, 2024. I believe that, as a rule, the vast majority of pop music listeners are, and best, only half listening. This is a feature, not a bug. In fact it lead to one of the greatest pranks of all time, Adriano Celentano’s 1972 hit single “Prisencolinensinainciusol,” which was written on ...
