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"Zhang Guangfu",
"occupation",
"politician"
] | Zhang Guangfu (張光輔) (died August 24, 689) was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, serving as chancellor during the first reign of Emperor Ruizong.
It is not known when Zhang Guangfu was born, but it is known that he was from the Tang capital Chang'an. He was said to be intelligent and... | 2 |
[
"Zhang Guangfu",
"sex or gender",
"male"
] | Zhang Guangfu (張光輔) (died August 24, 689) was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, serving as chancellor during the first reign of Emperor Ruizong.
It is not known when Zhang Guangfu was born, but it is known that he was from the Tang capital Chang'an. He was said to be intelligent and... | 3 |
[
"Zhang Guangfu",
"family name",
"Zhang"
] | Zhang Guangfu (張光輔) (died August 24, 689) was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, serving as chancellor during the first reign of Emperor Ruizong.
It is not known when Zhang Guangfu was born, but it is known that he was from the Tang capital Chang'an. He was said to be intelligent and... | 4 |
[
"Zhang Guangfu",
"position held",
"Chancellor of the Tang dynasty"
] | Zhang Guangfu (張光輔) (died August 24, 689) was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, serving as chancellor during the first reign of Emperor Ruizong.
It is not known when Zhang Guangfu was born, but it is known that he was from the Tang capital Chang'an. He was said to be intelligent and... | 5 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the implementation o... | 0 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"languages spoken, written or signed",
"German"
] | Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the implementation o... | 2 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"field of work",
"Nazism"
] | Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the implementation o... | 5 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"place of burial",
"Mediterranean Sea"
] | Long live Germany. Long live Argentina. Long live Austria. These are the three countries with which I have been most connected and which I will not forget. I greet my wife, my family and my friends. I am ready. We'll meet again soon, as is the fate of all men. I die believing in God.
Rafi Eitan, who accompanied Eichman... | 8 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"conflict",
"World War II"
] | Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the implementation o... | 9 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"military rank",
"Obersturmbannführer"
] | Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the implementation o... | 16 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"cause of death",
"hanging"
] | Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the implementation o... | 18 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"given name",
"Adolf"
] | Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the implementation o... | 22 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"significant event",
"Adolf Eichmann trial"
] | Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the implementation o... | 24 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"given name",
"Otto"
] | Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the implementation o... | 35 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"sex or gender",
"male"
] | Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən, German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʔaːdɔlf ˈʔaɪçman]; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the implementation o... | 38 |
[
"Adolf Eichmann",
"employer",
"Reich Main Security Office"
] | World War II
Policy transition from emigration to deportation
Within weeks of the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, Nazi policy toward the Jews changed from voluntary emigration to forced deportation. After discussions with Hitler in the preceding weeks, on 21 September SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, hea... | 40 |
[
"Hua Tuo",
"described by source",
"Records of the Three Kingdoms"
] | Hua Tuo (c. 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. The historical texts Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as the first person in China to use anaesthesia during surgery. He used a general anaesthetic combining wine wit... | 3 |
[
"Hua Tuo",
"described by source",
"Book of the Later Han"
] | Hua Tuo (c. 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. The historical texts Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as the first person in China to use anaesthesia during surgery. He used a general anaesthetic combining wine wit... | 4 |
[
"Hua Tuo",
"family name",
"Hua"
] | Hua Tuo (c. 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. The historical texts Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as the first person in China to use anaesthesia during surgery. He used a general anaesthetic combining wine wit... | 5 |
[
"Hua Tuo",
"sex or gender",
"male"
] | Hua Tuo (c. 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. The historical texts Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as the first person in China to use anaesthesia during surgery. He used a general anaesthetic combining wine wit... | 11 |
[
"Engratia",
"given name",
"Engrácia"
] | Engratia (Portuguese: Santa Engrácia, Spanish: Santa Engracia) is venerated as a virgin martyr and saint. Tradition states that she was martyred with eighteen companions in 303 AD. | 11 |
[
"Francesco Calcagno",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Francesco Calcagno (1528–1550) was a young Franciscan friar executed for blasphemy and sodomy by the Venetian Inquisition. | 0 |
[
"Francesco Calcagno",
"manner of death",
"capital punishment"
] | Francesco Calcagno (1528–1550) was a young Franciscan friar executed for blasphemy and sodomy by the Venetian Inquisition.Calcagno and the Venetian Inquisition
Initially laicized and expelled from the order of Franciscans for his rebellious attitude and beliefs, Calcagno nevertheless continued to parody the Catholic Ch... | 5 |
[
"Francesco Calcagno",
"occupation",
"Catholic priest"
] | Francesco Calcagno (1528–1550) was a young Franciscan friar executed for blasphemy and sodomy by the Venetian Inquisition. | 6 |
[
"Francesco Calcagno",
"given name",
"Francesco"
] | Francesco Calcagno (1528–1550) was a young Franciscan friar executed for blasphemy and sodomy by the Venetian Inquisition.Calcagno and the Venetian Inquisition
Initially laicized and expelled from the order of Franciscans for his rebellious attitude and beliefs, Calcagno nevertheless continued to parody the Catholic Ch... | 8 |
[
"Francesco Calcagno",
"religious order",
"Franciscans"
] | Francesco Calcagno (1528–1550) was a young Franciscan friar executed for blasphemy and sodomy by the Venetian Inquisition.Calcagno and the Venetian Inquisition
Initially laicized and expelled from the order of Franciscans for his rebellious attitude and beliefs, Calcagno nevertheless continued to parody the Catholic Ch... | 9 |
[
"Francesco Calcagno",
"family name",
"Calcagno"
] | Francesco Calcagno (1528–1550) was a young Franciscan friar executed for blasphemy and sodomy by the Venetian Inquisition.Calcagno and the Venetian Inquisition
Initially laicized and expelled from the order of Franciscans for his rebellious attitude and beliefs, Calcagno nevertheless continued to parody the Catholic Ch... | 10 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Accounts
Peter was a Jewish fisherman in Bethsaida (John 1:44). He was named Simon, the son of a man named Jonah or John. The three Synoptic Gospels recount how Peter's mother-in-law was healed by Jesus at their home in Capernaum (Matthew 8:14–17, Mark 1:29–31, Luke 4:38); this passage clearly depicts Peter as being ma... | 0 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"work location",
"Rome"
] | Saint Peter (died between AD 64 and 68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas (lit. 'rock'), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels as well as the... | 2 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"instance of",
"apostle"
] | Iconography
The earliest portrait of Peter dates back to the 4th century and was located in 2010. In traditional iconography, Peter has been shown very consistently since early Christian art as an oldish, thick-set man with a "slightly combative" face and a short beard, and usually white hair, sometimes balding. He thu... | 5 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"religion or worldview",
"Jewish Christian"
] | Accounts
Peter was a Jewish fisherman in Bethsaida (John 1:44). He was named Simon, the son of a man named Jonah or John. The three Synoptic Gospels recount how Peter's mother-in-law was healed by Jesus at their home in Capernaum (Matthew 8:14–17, Mark 1:29–31, Luke 4:38); this passage clearly depicts Peter as being ma... | 7 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"place of death",
"Rome"
] | Saint Peter (died between AD 64 and 68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas (lit. 'rock'), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels as well as the... | 8 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"occupation",
"fisher"
] | Accounts
Peter was a Jewish fisherman in Bethsaida (John 1:44). He was named Simon, the son of a man named Jonah or John. The three Synoptic Gospels recount how Peter's mother-in-law was healed by Jesus at their home in Capernaum (Matthew 8:14–17, Mark 1:29–31, Luke 4:38); this passage clearly depicts Peter as being ma... | 10 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"manner of death",
"capital punishment"
] | Saint Peter (died between AD 64 and 68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas (lit. 'rock'), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels as well as the... | 13 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"present in work",
"Gospel of John"
] | In the Synoptic Gospels, Peter (then Simon) was a fisherman along with his brother, Andrew, and the sons of Zebedee,
James and
John. The Gospel of John also depicts Peter fishing, even after the resurrection of Jesus, in the story of the Catch of 153 fish. In Matthew and Mark, Jesus called Simon and his brother Andre... | 15 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"place of birth",
"Bethsaida"
] | Accounts
Peter was a Jewish fisherman in Bethsaida (John 1:44). He was named Simon, the son of a man named Jonah or John. The three Synoptic Gospels recount how Peter's mother-in-law was healed by Jesus at their home in Capernaum (Matthew 8:14–17, Mark 1:29–31, Luke 4:38); this passage clearly depicts Peter as being ma... | 16 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"present in work",
"Gospel of Luke"
] | In the Synoptic Gospels, Peter (then Simon) was a fisherman along with his brother, Andrew, and the sons of Zebedee,
James and
John. The Gospel of John also depicts Peter fishing, even after the resurrection of Jesus, in the story of the Catch of 153 fish. In Matthew and Mark, Jesus called Simon and his brother Andre... | 18 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"present in work",
"Gospel of Matthew"
] | In the Synoptic Gospels, Peter (then Simon) was a fisherman along with his brother, Andrew, and the sons of Zebedee,
James and
John. The Gospel of John also depicts Peter fishing, even after the resurrection of Jesus, in the story of the Catch of 153 fish. In Matthew and Mark, Jesus called Simon and his brother Andre... | 19 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"present in work",
"Gospel of Mark"
] | Saint Peter (died between AD 64 and 68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas (lit. 'rock'), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels as well as the... | 20 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"present in work",
"Acts of the Apostles"
] | Saint Peter (died between AD 64 and 68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas (lit. 'rock'), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels as well as the... | 21 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"place of burial",
"Vatican Necropolis"
] | Death and burial
Crucifixion at Rome
In the epilogue of the Gospel of John, Jesus hints at the death by which Peter would glorify God, saying: "when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go." This is interpreted by some as a reference to Peter's c... | 36 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"has quality",
"Keys of Heaven"
] | Andean traditional medicine
San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi) has a long history of being used in Andean traditional medicine. The common name "San Pedro cactus" – Saint Peter cactus, is attributed to the belief that as St Peter holds the keys to heaven, the effects of the cactus allow users "to reach heaven while... | 37 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"cause of death",
"crucifixion"
] | Saint Peter (died between AD 64 and 68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas (lit. 'rock'), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels as well as the... | 50 |
[
"Saint Peter",
"given name",
"Simon"
] | the New Testament writings, such as the Pauline Epistles (where Paul the Apostle calls him "Cephas" and "Peter"), the Petrine Epistles (traditionally attributed to him, but their authorship is disputed), the Canonical Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles;
the New Testament apocrypha attributed to him, such as the Gospe... | 52 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"place of birth",
"Saint Petersburg"
] | Russian Army
Pyotr Krasnov was born on 22 September 1869 (old style: 10 September) in Saint Petersburg, son to lieutenant-general Nikolay Krasnov and grandson to general Ivan Krasnov. In 1888 Krasnov graduated from Pavlovsk Military School; he later served in the Ataman regiment of the Life Guards of the Imperial Russi... | 0 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"conflict",
"World War II"
] | Repatriation and execution
On 28 May 1945, Pyotr Krasnov was "repatriated" to the Soviets by the British authorities during Operation Keelhaul. The broken British promise to not hand Krasnov over to the Soviet authorities was influenced by the-then undetected Soviet spy at MI6, Kim Philby, who knew about Krasnov's brok... | 5 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"father",
"Nikolay Krasnov"
] | Russian Army
Pyotr Krasnov was born on 22 September 1869 (old style: 10 September) in Saint Petersburg, son to lieutenant-general Nikolay Krasnov and grandson to general Ivan Krasnov. In 1888 Krasnov graduated from Pavlovsk Military School; he later served in the Ataman regiment of the Life Guards of the Imperial Russi... | 13 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"occupation",
"historian"
] | Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Краснов; 22 September (old style: 10 September) 1869 – 17 January 1947), sometimes referred to in English as Peter Krasnov, was a Don Cossack historian and officer, promoted to Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army when the revolution broke out in 1917, one... | 24 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"given name",
"Petr"
] | Russian Army
Pyotr Krasnov was born on 22 September 1869 (old style: 10 September) in Saint Petersburg, son to lieutenant-general Nikolay Krasnov and grandson to general Ivan Krasnov. In 1888 Krasnov graduated from Pavlovsk Military School; he later served in the Ataman regiment of the Life Guards of the Imperial Russi... | 25 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"educated at",
"Pavel Military School"
] | Russian Army
Pyotr Krasnov was born on 22 September 1869 (old style: 10 September) in Saint Petersburg, son to lieutenant-general Nikolay Krasnov and grandson to general Ivan Krasnov. In 1888 Krasnov graduated from Pavlovsk Military School; he later served in the Ataman regiment of the Life Guards of the Imperial Russi... | 27 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"award received",
"Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class"
] | Honours and awards
Cross of St. George 4th class
Order of St Vladimir, 4th class
Order of St Vladimir, 3rd class
Order of St. Anne 3rd class
Order of St. Anne 2nd class
Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd class
Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd class
Golden Sword of St George
Order of the Star of Ethiopia (Ethiopian Empire) | 41 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"conflict",
"Russian Civil War"
] | Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Краснов; 22 September (old style: 10 September) 1869 – 17 January 1947), sometimes referred to in English as Peter Krasnov, was a Don Cossack historian and officer, promoted to Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army when the revolution broke out in 1917, one... | 44 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"family name",
"Krasnov"
] | Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Краснов; 22 September (old style: 10 September) 1869 – 17 January 1947), sometimes referred to in English as Peter Krasnov, was a Don Cossack historian and officer, promoted to Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army when the revolution broke out in 1917, one... | 47 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"award received",
"Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class"
] | Honours and awards
Cross of St. George 4th class
Order of St Vladimir, 4th class
Order of St Vladimir, 3rd class
Order of St. Anne 3rd class
Order of St. Anne 2nd class
Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd class
Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd class
Golden Sword of St George
Order of the Star of Ethiopia (Ethiopian Empire) | 49 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"award received",
"Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class"
] | Honours and awards
Cross of St. George 4th class
Order of St Vladimir, 4th class
Order of St Vladimir, 3rd class
Order of St. Anne 3rd class
Order of St. Anne 2nd class
Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd class
Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd class
Golden Sword of St George
Order of the Star of Ethiopia (Ethiopian Empire) | 50 |
[
"Pyotr Krasnov",
"award received",
"Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class"
] | Honours and awards
Cross of St. George 4th class
Order of St Vladimir, 4th class
Order of St Vladimir, 3rd class
Order of St. Anne 3rd class
Order of St. Anne 2nd class
Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd class
Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd class
Golden Sword of St George
Order of the Star of Ethiopia (Ethiopian Empire) | 51 |
[
"Giordano Bruno",
"place of death",
"Rome"
] | Giordano Bruno (; Italian: [dʒorˈdaːno ˈbruːno]; Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended to include the then no... | 1 |
[
"Giordano Bruno",
"work location",
"Lutherstadt Wittenberg"
] | In Germany he failed to obtain a teaching position at Marburg, but was granted permission to teach at Wittenberg, where he lectured on Aristotle for two years. However, with a change of intellectual climate there, he was no longer welcome, and went in 1588 to Prague, where he obtained 300 taler from Rudolf II, but no t... | 15 |
[
"Giordano Bruno",
"country of citizenship",
"Kingdom of Naples"
] | Life
Early years, 1548–1576
Born Filippo Bruno in Nola (a comune in the modern-day province of Naples, in the Southern Italian region of Campania, then part of the Kingdom of Naples) in 1548, he was the son of Giovanni Bruno, a soldier, and Fraulissa Savolino. In his youth he was sent to Naples to be educated. He was ... | 28 |
[
"Giordano Bruno",
"manner of death",
"capital punishment"
] | Giordano Bruno (; Italian: [dʒorˈdaːno ˈbruːno]; Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended to include the then no... | 31 |
[
"Giordano Bruno",
"cause of death",
"death by burning"
] | Giordano Bruno (; Italian: [dʒorˈdaːno ˈbruːno]; Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended to include the then no... | 45 |
[
"Giovanni di Giovanni",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Giovanni di Giovanni (c. 1350 – 7 May 1365?) was one of the youngest victims of the campaign against sodomy waged in 14th-century Florence.
The prosecution came on the heels of the Black Death, the bubonic plague epidemic which had ravaged the city two years earlier. Some of the most influential people of the religio... | 0 |
[
"Giovanni di Giovanni",
"cause of death",
"torture"
] | Giovanni di Giovanni (c. 1350 – 7 May 1365?) was one of the youngest victims of the campaign against sodomy waged in 14th-century Florence.
The prosecution came on the heels of the Black Death, the bubonic plague epidemic which had ravaged the city two years earlier. Some of the most influential people of the religio... | 5 |
[
"Antoine Lavoisier",
"place of birth",
"Paris"
] | Biography
Early life and education
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier was born to a wealthy family of the nobility in Paris on 26 August 1743. The son of an attorney at the Parlement of Paris, he inherited a large fortune at the age of five upon the death of his mother. Lavoisier began his schooling at the Collège des Quatre-Na... | 4 |
[
"Antoine Lavoisier",
"award received",
"gold medal"
] | Awards and honours
During his lifetime, Lavoisier was awarded a gold medal by the King of France for his work on urban street lighting (1766), and was appointed to the French Academy of Sciences (1768). He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1775.Lavoisier's work was recognized as an Intern... | 20 |
[
"Antoine Lavoisier",
"country of citizenship",
"French First Republic"
] | Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (UK: lav-WUZ-ee-ay, US: lə-VWAH-zee-ay; French: [ɑ̃twan lɔʁɑ̃ də lavwazje]; 26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794), also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the... | 22 |
[
"Antoine Lavoisier",
"country of citizenship",
"Kingdom of France"
] | Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (UK: lav-WUZ-ee-ay, US: lə-VWAH-zee-ay; French: [ɑ̃twan lɔʁɑ̃ də lavwazje]; 26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794), also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the... | 23 |
[
"Antoine Lavoisier",
"member of",
"French Academy of Sciences"
] | Awards and honours
During his lifetime, Lavoisier was awarded a gold medal by the King of France for his work on urban street lighting (1766), and was appointed to the French Academy of Sciences (1768). He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1775.Lavoisier's work was recognized as an Intern... | 24 |
[
"Antoine Lavoisier",
"member of",
"American Philosophical Society"
] | Awards and honours
During his lifetime, Lavoisier was awarded a gold medal by the King of France for his work on urban street lighting (1766), and was appointed to the French Academy of Sciences (1768). He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1775.Lavoisier's work was recognized as an Intern... | 29 |
[
"Antoine Lavoisier",
"notable work",
"Méthode de nomenclature chimique"
] | Chemical nomenclature
Lavoisier, together with Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Claude-Louis Berthollet, and Antoine François de Fourcroy, submitted a new program for the reforms of chemical nomenclature to the Academy in 1787, for there was virtually no rational system of chemical nomenclature at this time. This work,... | 45 |
[
"Antoine Lavoisier",
"employer",
"Ferme générale"
] | Ferme générale and marriage
At the age of 26, around the time he was elected to the Academy of Sciences, Lavoisier bought a share in the Ferme générale, a tax farming financial company which advanced the estimated tax revenue to the royal government in return for the right to collect the taxes. On behalf of the Ferme g... | 55 |
[
"Antoine Lavoisier",
"notable work",
"Traité Élémentaire de Chimie"
] | Elementary Treatise of Chemistry
Lavoisier employed the new nomenclature in his Traité élémentaire de chimie (Elementary Treatise on Chemistry), published in 1789. This work represents the synthesis of Lavoisier's contribution to chemistry and can be considered the first modern textbook on the subject. The core of the ... | 56 |
[
"Antoine Lavoisier",
"notable work",
"conservation of mass"
] | Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (UK: lav-WUZ-ee-ay, US: lə-VWAH-zee-ay; French: [ɑ̃twan lɔʁɑ̃ də lavwazje]; 26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794), also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the... | 64 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"place of death",
"Paris"
] | Soldiers, when I give the command to fire, fire straight at my heart. Wait for the order. It will be my last to you. I protest against my condemnation. I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!
Ney's execution deeply divided the French public. It was an example intended for... | 2 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"allegiance",
"France"
] | Michel Ney, 1st Duke of Elchingen, 1st Prince of the Moskva (pronounced [miʃɛl nɛ]; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815) was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
The son of a cooper from Saarlouis, Ney worked as a civil servant until 17... | 3 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"country of citizenship",
"France"
] | Russia to Fontainebleau
Ney was given command of the III Corps of the Grande Armée during the invasion of Russia in 1812. At Smolensk, Ney was wounded in the neck but recovered enough to later fight in the central sector at Borodino. During the retreat from Moscow, Ney commanded the rearguard (and was accidentally know... | 4 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"place of burial",
"Père Lachaise Cemetery"
] | Soldiers, when I give the command to fire, fire straight at my heart. Wait for the order. It will be my last to you. I protest against my condemnation. I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!
Ney's execution deeply divided the French public. It was an example intended for... | 10 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"award received",
"Marshal of France"
] | Hundred Days
When he heard of Napoleon's return to France, Ney, determined to keep France at peace and to show his loyalty to Louis XVIII, organized a force to stop Napoleon's march on Paris. Ney also pledged to bring Napoleon back alive in an iron cage. Napoleon, aware of Ney's plans, sent him a letter which said, in ... | 21 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"military branch",
"cavalry"
] | Military career
French Revolutionary Wars
Life as a civil servant did not suit Ney, and he enlisted in the Colonel-General Hussar Regiment in 1787. Under the Bourbon monarchy, entry to the officer corps of the French Army was restricted to those with four quarterings of nobility (i.e., two generations of aristocratic b... | 22 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"mother",
"Margarethe Grevelinger"
] | Early life
Ney was born in the town of Sarrelouis, in the French province of Lorraine, along the French–German border. He was the second son of Pierre Ney (1738–1826), a master cooper and veteran of the Seven Years' War, and his wife Marguerite Greiveldinger. He was the paternal grandson of Matthias Ney (1700–1780) and... | 25 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"father",
"Pierre Ney"
] | Early life
Ney was born in the town of Sarrelouis, in the French province of Lorraine, along the French–German border. He was the second son of Pierre Ney (1738–1826), a master cooper and veteran of the Seven Years' War, and his wife Marguerite Greiveldinger. He was the paternal grandson of Matthias Ney (1700–1780) and... | 30 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"place of birth",
"Saarlouis"
] | Michel Ney, 1st Duke of Elchingen, 1st Prince of the Moskva (pronounced [miʃɛl nɛ]; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815) was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
The son of a cooper from Saarlouis, Ney worked as a civil servant until 17... | 31 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"child",
"Michel Louis Félix Ney"
] | Family
Ney married Aglaé Louise (Paris, 24 March 1782 – Paris, 1 July 1854), daughter of Pierre César Auguié (1738–1815) and Adélaïde Henriette Genet (1758–1794, sister of Henriette Campan and Citizen Genêt), at Thiverval-Grignon on 5 August 1802. they had four sons:
Joseph Napoléon, 2nd Prince de la Moskowa (Paris, 8 ... | 43 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"noble title",
"duke"
] | Michel Ney, 1st Duke of Elchingen, 1st Prince of the Moskva (pronounced [miʃɛl nɛ]; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815) was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
The son of a cooper from Saarlouis, Ney worked as a civil servant until 17... | 48 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"occupation",
"military personnel"
] | Military career
French Revolutionary Wars
Life as a civil servant did not suit Ney, and he enlisted in the Colonel-General Hussar Regiment in 1787. Under the Bourbon monarchy, entry to the officer corps of the French Army was restricted to those with four quarterings of nobility (i.e., two generations of aristocratic b... | 49 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"family name",
"Ney"
] | Alleged survival
Records in Charleston, South Carolina, indicate the arrival of a "Peter Stewart Ney" the year following Ney's execution. Ney's father was named Peter, and his mother's maiden name was Stewart. "Peter Ney" served as a school teacher in Rowan County, North Carolina until his death on 15 November 1846. Su... | 51 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"occupation",
"military officer"
] | Military career
French Revolutionary Wars
Life as a civil servant did not suit Ney, and he enlisted in the Colonel-General Hussar Regiment in 1787. Under the Bourbon monarchy, entry to the officer corps of the French Army was restricted to those with four quarterings of nobility (i.e., two generations of aristocratic b... | 52 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"spouse",
"Aglaé Auguié"
] | Family
Ney married Aglaé Louise (Paris, 24 March 1782 – Paris, 1 July 1854), daughter of Pierre César Auguié (1738–1815) and Adélaïde Henriette Genet (1758–1794, sister of Henriette Campan and Citizen Genêt), at Thiverval-Grignon on 5 August 1802. they had four sons:
Joseph Napoléon, 2nd Prince de la Moskowa (Paris, 8 ... | 53 |
[
"Michel Ney",
"award received",
"Duc d'Elchingen"
] | Napoleonic Wars
On 19 May 1804, Ney received his marshal's baton, emblematic of his status as a Marshal of the Empire, the Napoleonic era's equivalent of Marshal of France. In the 1805 campaign, Ney took command of the VI Corps of the Grande Armée and was praised for his conduct at Elchingen. In November 1805, Ney inva... | 54 |
[
"Thomas More",
"writing language",
"Latin"
] | Scholarly and literary work
History of King Richard III
Between 1512 and 1519 More worked on a History of King Richard III, which he never finished but which was published after his death. The History is a Renaissance biography, remarkable more for its literary skill and adherence to classical precepts than for its his... | 2 |
[
"Thomas More",
"work location",
"London"
] | Early political career
In 1504 More was elected to Parliament to represent Great Yarmouth, and in 1510 began representing London.From 1510, More served as one of the two undersheriffs of the City of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he earned a reputation as an honest and effective public serva... | 3 |
[
"Thomas More",
"writing language",
"English"
] | Scholarly and literary work
History of King Richard III
Between 1512 and 1519 More worked on a History of King Richard III, which he never finished but which was published after his death. The History is a Renaissance biography, remarkable more for its literary skill and adherence to classical precepts than for its his... | 11 |
[
"Thomas More",
"educated at",
"Lincoln's Inn"
] | Early life
Born on Milk Street in the City of London, on 7 February 1478, Thomas More was the son of Sir John More, a successful lawyer and later a judge, and his wife Agnes (née Graunger). He was the second of six children. More was educated at St. Anthony's School, then considered one of London's best schools. From 1... | 26 |
[
"Thomas More",
"notable work",
"Utopia"
] | Utopia
More's best known and most controversial work, Utopia, is a frame narrative written in Latin. More completed and theologian Erasmus published the book in Leuven in 1516, but it was only translated into English and published in his native land in 1551 (16 years after his execution), and the 1684 translation becam... | 33 |
[
"Thomas More",
"place of death",
"Tower Hill"
] | The jury took only fifteen minutes, however, to find More guilty.
After the jury's verdict was delivered and before his sentencing, More spoke freely of his belief that "no temporal man may be the head of the spirituality" (take over the role of the Pope). According to William Roper's account, More was pleading that th... | 36 |
[
"Thomas More",
"position held",
"Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster"
] | Early political career
In 1504 More was elected to Parliament to represent Great Yarmouth, and in 1510 began representing London.From 1510, More served as one of the two undersheriffs of the City of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he earned a reputation as an honest and effective public serva... | 46 |
[
"Thomas More",
"child",
"Margaret Clement"
] | Family life
More married Jane Colt in 1505. In that year he leased a portion of a house known as the Old Barge (originally there had been a wharf nearby serving the Walbrook river) on Bucklersbury, St Stephen Walbrook parish, London. Eight years later he took over the rest of the house and in total he lived there for a... | 60 |
[
"Thomas More",
"place of burial",
"Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower Hamlets"
] | Relics
Another comment he is believed to have made to the executioner is that his beard was completely innocent of any crime, and did not deserve the axe; he then positioned his beard so that it would not be harmed. More asked that his foster/adopted daughter Margaret Clement (née Giggs) be given his headless corpse to... | 61 |
[
"Thomas More",
"position held",
"Member of the 1523 Parliament"
] | Early political career
In 1504 More was elected to Parliament to represent Great Yarmouth, and in 1510 began representing London.From 1510, More served as one of the two undersheriffs of the City of London, a position of considerable responsibility in which he earned a reputation as an honest and effective public serva... | 70 |
[
"Thomas More",
"mother",
"Agnes Graunger"
] | Early life
Born on Milk Street in the City of London, on 7 February 1478, Thomas More was the son of Sir John More, a successful lawyer and later a judge, and his wife Agnes (née Graunger). He was the second of six children. More was educated at St. Anthony's School, then considered one of London's best schools. From 1... | 71 |
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