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Indian Civil Servant
Lieutenant Governor of Bengal
Barrackpore
British India
Glasgow University
Edinburgh University
Indian Civil Service
North West Frontier Province
Oudh
Central Provinces
Supreme Council
Sir Charles Stevens
Lieutenant Governor of Bengal
The Asiatic Society
Sir Andrew Fraser
Dalhouse Square
Kolkata
Victoria Memeorial
SSKM Hospital

categories: People from North 24 Parganas district,Lieutenant-governors of Bengal,Alumni of the University of Glasgow,Indian Civil Service (British India) officers,Members of the Council of India,1843 births,Administrators in British India,Politicians from Kolkata,1902 deaths,Alumni of the University of Edinburgh,Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India

paragraph: John Woodburn (civil servant)

paragraph: Sir John Woodburn (13 July 1843 – 21 November 1902) was an Indian Civil Servant, who later served as Lieutenant Governor of Bengal from 1898 to 1902.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and education.

paragraph: He was born at Barrackpore in British India to David Woodburn.

paragraph: After early education at Arya Academy in Bengal, he went to England to study at Glasgow University and Edinburgh University.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1863 and arrived in India.

paragraph: He served on various positions in North West Frontier Province, Oudh, Central Province and other posts in Central Government. He served as Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces from 1893 to 1895. In 1892, he was appointed a CSI and was knighted with the KCSI in 1897. He was member of Governor-General's Legislative Council for years 1891 and 1893 and was a member of Supreme Council - 1895-97. In April 1898, he was selected the successor of Sir Charles Stevens to the post of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, which position he retained till his death on 21 November 1902. He served as President of The Asiatic Society for years 1900-01.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: He died after a short illness at Calcutta. He died on 21 November 1902 and was buried at Circular Road Cemetery of Calcutta.

paragraph: He was succeeded by Sir Andrew Fraser as next Governor of Bengal.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Woodbrun's published works include his memoirs "Sir John Woodburn, K.C.S.I., Lieut.-Governor of Bengal from 1898 to 1902: a Biographical Retrospect by Sir John Woodburn (K.C.S.I.), Jessy J. Matheson." published in 1926.

paragraph: Section::::Memorials.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A bronze statue of him was unveiled in 1905, which earlier stood at Dalhouse Square of Kolkata - has now been shifted to Victoria Memeorial.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A street in Kolkata was named after him, as Woodburn Street in Kolkata.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A park is named as Woodburn Park after him and road was earlier known as Woodburn Park Road also at Kolkata.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Woodburn Ward of SSKM Hospital, Kolkata is also named after him, where at present special patients like VVIP, VIP are treated.

description: Indian civil service officer

wikidata_label: John Woodburn

wikipedia_title: John Woodburn (civil servant)


text:
Lutheran
Rudkøbing
Langeland
cleric
Sorø Academy
Nykøbing Falster
University of Rostock
Magister degree
Church of Our Saviour
Christianshavn
Amager
Diocese of Nidaros
Trøndelag
Sweden
Treaty of Roskilde
Swedish king
Trondenes
Troms county
Treaty of Copenhagen

categories: 1672 deaths,Bishops of Nidaros,17th-century Lutheran bishops,1608 births,University of Rostock alumni

paragraph: Erik Bredal

paragraph: Erik Bredal (1608 – 18 May 1672) was a Danish-born, Norwegian Lutheran Bishop.

paragraph: Erik Bredal was born in the town of Rudkøbing, on the island of Langeland in south-central Denmark.

paragraph: Bredal came from a clerical family. His father was a parish priest in Rudkøbing and provost in Nørre Herred. His grandfather was vicar of Vinding Parish, in Tyrsting Herred. After schooling at Sorø Academy, he came to Nykøbing Falster, where he became rector of the Latin school in 1633. From 1637, he was a student at the University of Rostock, earning his Magister degree in 1639.

paragraph: In 1640 he became pastor of Church of Our Saviour ("Vor Frelsers Kirke") at Christianshavn on the island of Amager. The community and church were both in formation at that time. In 1643, he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros ("Trondhjems Stift") which included Trøndelag. His zealous reform efforts led to clashes of interests with local priests on a series of issues, such as the appointment of resident curates, the status of priests' widows, and duties and quality of education.

paragraph: Trøndelag was ceded in 1658 to Sweden under the terms of the Treaty of Roskilde and was ruled by Sweden. Clergy could retain their positions if they swore allegiance to the Swedish king. Bishop Bredal refused to submit to the enemy, and temporally relocated north to Trondenes in Troms county with his family. The Treaty of Copenhagen in 1660 restored Trøndelag to Norwegian control and placed Erik Bredal back as Bishop of Trøndelag where he served until his death in 1672.

description: Norwegian bishop

wikidata_label: Erik Bredal

wikipedia_title: Erik Bredal


text:
Gunpowder Plot
Protestant
James I of England
Catholic
Norbrook
Warwickshire
Thomas Wintour
Robert Catesby
House of Lords
Midlands
Princess Elizabeth
Guy Fawkes
undercroft
Warwick Castle
Hewell Grange
Holbeche House
high treason
hanged, drawn and quartered
Snitterfield
Warwickshire
Thomas Wintour
Antonia Fraser
Latin
Essex Rebellion
Elizabeth I
Gunpowder Plot
James I
Robert Catesby
House of Lords
Robert Wintour
Christopher Wright
Oxford
English Midlands
Warwick
Stratford
war horse
Warwick Castle
plague
Princess Elizabeth
Dunchurch
Everard Digby
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle
Dunchurch
Lord Chief Justice
Thomas Bates
caliver
Alcester
Huddington
Lord Windsor
Hewell Grange
Holbeche House
Staffordshire
Sheriff of Worcester
Worcester
Tower of London
high treason
hanged, drawn and quartered
Gatehouse Prison
St.Paul's Cathedral
Old Palace Yard

categories: 17th-century English people,English criminals,17th-century Roman Catholics,People from Stratford-on-Avon District,16th-century English people,Executed English people,1606 deaths,16th-century Roman Catholics,1570s births,Executed Gunpowder Plotters,English Roman Catholics,People of the Tudor period

paragraph: John Grant (Gunpowder Plot)

paragraph: John Grant (c. 1570 – 30 January 1606) was a member of the failed Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to replace the Protestant King James I of England with a Catholic monarch. Grant was born around 1570, and lived at Norbrook in Warwickshire. He married the sister of another plotter, Thomas Wintour. Grant was enlisted by Robert Catesby, a religious zealot who had grown so impatient with James's lack of toleration for Catholics that he planned to kill him, by blowing up the House of Lords with gunpowder. Grant's role in the conspiracy was to provide supplies for a planned Midlands uprising, during which James's daughter, Princess Elizabeth, would be captured. However, on the eve of the planned explosion, Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding the explosives the plotters had positioned in the undercroft beneath the House of Lords, and arrested.

paragraph: As the government searched for Fawkes's accomplices, Grant and the others engaged in a futile mission for support for the uprising. They stole horses from Warwick Castle, and further supplies from Hewell Grange, before stopping at Holbeche House. The plotters laid in front of the fire some of the gunpowder they had collected, to dry out, but a stray spark ignited the powder, and in the resultant conflagration Grant was blinded. Government forces besieged the house, and he was captured and taken to London.

paragraph: At his arraignment in January 1606 Grant pleaded not guilty to high treason, but he was nevertheless sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered, and was executed three days later, on 30 January.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Born some time around 1570, John Grant lived at Norbrook, near Snitterfield in Warwickshire. He was married to Thomas Wintour's sister, Dorothy, with a son, Wintour Grant. He is described by author Antonia Fraser as a melancholy individual, but also an intellectual who studied Latin and other languages. He was a resolute character, as the poursuivants who searched his home for Catholic priests were no doubt aware; he was so unwelcoming to them that they eventually shied away from Norbrook. Grant was also involved in the Essex Rebellion against Elizabeth I, as were several of the men with whom he became better acquainted through what became known as the Gunpowder Plot.

paragraph: Section::::Plot.

paragraph: English Catholics hoped that the years of persecution they had suffered during Elizabeth's reign would end when James I came to the throne, as his attitude appeared moderate, even tolerant towards Catholics. In Robert Catesby's view however, James had reneged on his promises, and he quickly lost patience with the new dynasty. He therefore planned to kill James by blowing up the House of Lords with gunpowder, and inciting a popular revolt during which a Catholic monarch would be restored to the throne.

paragraph: Catesby enlisted the help of six fellow Catholics, and by 25 March 1605 he had recruited three others: Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, and Grant. Grant had received a letter from Catesby inviting him to a meeting that took place in Oxford at the Catherine Wheel inn, where he and Robert Wintour swore an oath after which they were told of the plan. Grant's role in the uprising centred on his house at Norbrook, ideally located in the English Midlands close to Warwick and Stratford, and to Catesby's childhood home at Lapworth (then owned by John Wright). In summer 1605 Grant likely stored weapons and ammunition at Norbrook, but he was also to take charge of the provision of rare war horses from the nearby Warwick Castle.

paragraph: Concern over the plague had delayed Parliament's opening from February, to October 1605, and the government later claimed that by December 1604 the plotters were busily digging a tunnel beneath Parliament. No evidence exists to substantiate this claim, and no trace of a tunnel was ever found, but perhaps because of the change of dates Grant seems not to have been involved in the endeavour, which was stopped when the tenancy to the undercroft beneath the House of Lords became available. By 20 July the explosives were in position, but the opening of Parliament was again prorogued, this time until 5 November 1605. As Catesby added three more to the conspiracy, the last few details were worked out; Fawkes was to light the fuse that would set off the explosion, and then escape to the continent, while the others would incite the Midlands uprising, and capture James's daughter, Princess Elizabeth. Thus, as the plot moved closer to fruition, on Monday 4 November Grant and a friend were to be found in Dunchurch at the Red Lion inn, with the newly recruited Everard Digby and his "hunting party". The group attended a Mass the next morning, before moving on.

paragraph: Section::::Failure.

paragraph: Tipped off by an anonymous letter to William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, late on Monday night the authorities had made a search of Parliament. There they had discovered Fawkes guarding the gunpowder the plotters had placed in the undercroft beneath the House of Lords. Catesby and the others, "en route" to the Midlands, had been alerted to his arrest by those conspirators who had since fled London, and together had rode to Dunchurch to meet Digby and his party.

paragraph: By Wednesday 6 November the government was busy searching for Fawkes' accomplices, and towards the end of the day Grant's name appeared on the list of suspects drawn up by the Lord Chief Justice. However, confirmation of his status as a fugitive would not arrive until the next day, when provoked by their raid for supplies on Warwick Castle, the government issued a public proclamation naming Percy, Catesby, Rookwood, Thomas Wintour and both Wright brothers as wanted men. On the same proclamation Grant was misidentified as Edward Grant, and Catesby's servant, Thomas Bates, was probably also misnamed as Robert Ashfield. From Warwick they rode to Grant's home at Norbrook, collecting muskets, calivers and ammunition that he had stored there. Then they continued west through Snitterfield toward Alcester, before stopping at Huddington at about 2:00 pm that afternoon. Early the next morning they attended a Mass conducted by Father Nicholas Hart, who also heard their confessions—a sign that in Fraser's opinion demonstrates that none of them thought they had long to live.

paragraph: Riding through pouring rain, the fugitives helped themselves to arms, ammunition and money from the vacant home of Lord Windsor at Hewell Grange. Any hopes they harboured of a larger uprising were dashed by the locals, who on hearing that the party stood for "God and Country", replied that they were for "King James as well as God and Country". The group finally reached Holbeche House, on the border of Staffordshire, at about 10:00 pm. Tired and desperate they spread in front of the fire some of the now-soaked gunpowder taken from Hewell Grange, to dry out. An ember from the fire landed on the powder, and the resultant flames engulfed Catesby, Rookwood, Grant and another man.

paragraph: Grant was blinded by the conflagration, his eyes "burnt out". Some of the plotters disappeared into the night, but Grant stayed with Catesby, Thomas Wintour, Rookwood, the Wright brothers and Percy. With the arrival of the Sheriff of Worcester and his company early on 8 November, the house was besieged. Catesby and Percy were killed, as were both Wright brothers. Wintour and Rookwood were each wounded and were easily captured, as was Grant.

paragraph: Section::::Trial and execution.

paragraph: Grant and the survivors were taken first to Worcester in the custody of the Sheriff, and then to the Tower of London. At their arraignment on 27 January 1606 all except Digby pleaded "Not Guilty", but the outcome was never in doubt; they were all found guilty of high treason, and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered.

paragraph: The first executions were scheduled for Thursday 30 January 1606. Along with Digby and Robert Wintour (Bates was brought separately, from the Gatehouse Prison), Grant was strapped to a wattled hurdle and dragged through the streets of London to St Paul's churchyard, by St.Paul's Cathedral. Digby was the first to ascend the scaffold, and before he was executed gave a short speech. Wintour followed, saying little. Grant was next. At his trial, when asked why a death sentence should not be pronounced against him, he had replied that he was "guilty of a conspiracy intended, but never effected." Similarly, when faced with the executioner's halter he refused to confess—the only one of the condemned to do so. He was led quietly up the ladder and crossed himself, before being hanged and then subjected to the latter part of his sentence. The other four plotters were executed the following day, in Old Palace Yard.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Footnotes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bibliography

description: member of the failed Gunpowder Plot

wikidata_label: John Grant

wikipedia_title: John Grant (Gunpowder Plot)


text:
Bellville, Texas
American football
tight end
Texas A&M–Kingsville
Texas A&M
Lone Star Conference
offensive tackle
Southwest Conference
All-American
GTE
Minnesota Vikings
tight end
Miami Dolphins
Atlanta
"USA Today" All-Joe
Snickers
Austin, Texas
Jimmy Johnson
Merril Hoge
ESPN
Habitat For Humanity
Cystic Fibrosis
Miami
Special Olympics
cerebral palsy
tuna
Oldham Goodwin Group, LLC
College Station, Texas
Fox Sports Southwest
TexAgs
Brazos Valley

categories: Texas A&M Aggies football players,Minnesota Vikings players,1972 births,American football tight ends,People from Bellville, Texas,Living people

paragraph: Hunter Goodwin

paragraph: Hunter Goodwin (born October 10, 1972 in Bellville, Texas), is a former professional American football tight end.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Goodwin transferred from Texas A&M–Kingsville to Texas A&M in 1993. While in Kingsville, he was a Lone Star Conference award recipient as a tight end. He walked on to the Texas A&M football team and soon received a full scholarship. He played as an offensive tackle for the Aggies for two years where he was an All-Southwest Conference pick, second team All-American, and GTE Scholar Athlete. Throughout his college career, he received All-Conference honors at two different schools at two different positions. Goodwin graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in agricultural economics.

paragraph: Section::::NFL.

paragraph: Goodwin was the 97th pick of the 1996 draft to the Minnesota Vikings as a tight end. He played as a tight end in the NFL for nine years: five with Minnesota, and three with the Miami Dolphins. Although he signed with Atlanta in March 2004, he was forced to retire four months later due to a hip injury. While in the NFL, he served as Team Captain in the 1999 and 2000 seasons. He was also an NFL Players Representative for three years, a 2002 "USA Today" All-Joe pick, and a spokesman for several commercials, including a nationally televised Snickers commercial. Goodwin was also a draft day commentator for various Austin, Texas media outlets.

paragraph: While Goodwin logged only 37 catches and two touchdowns throughout his pro career, he was known more for his blocking abilities. Goodwin was picked up by the Miami Dolphins in 1999 while he was a restricted free agent by then head coach, Jimmy Johnson. Johnson paid for him to come in and improve their running game, and Goodwin did. A high point in his career came in 2000 when Merril Hoge dubbed Goodwin as "the best blocking tight end in the league" in one of his ESPN commentaries. Many believe that 2000 was Goodwin's best year. Hoge went on to say that Goodwin can easily handle any defensive end with no help drastically improving the offensive line. When Goodwin was awarded the "All Joe" pick, his teammates were quoted as saying that he is the sixth offensive lineman.

paragraph: Section::::Personal.

paragraph: Goodwin's charity and volunteer work have included Habitat For Humanity, numerous visits to the children's hospitals in the Metropolitan area, the Cystic Fibrosis foundation in Miami, and Special Olympics. He has a first cousin who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and Goodwin has been quoted as saying, "if only all kids could be as smart and well adjusted as he is"). Goodwin participated each year in the Miami Dolphins Fishing Tournament in which the proceeds are used to help the Cystic Fibrosis foundation. Goodwin, an avid outdoorsman, caught the largest tuna in the 1999 tournament.

paragraph: Goodwin currently works as a real estate developer and vice president of Oldham Goodwin Group, LLC. He resides in College Station, Texas with his wife, Amber (also Texas A&M University Class of 1997), and daughter Ella Grace. He appeared in "Fox Sports Southwest" as a commentator during the 2005 Texas A&M Football season. Locals may hear his voice before Texas A&M Football games on fan website TexAgs' radio show on Thursdays at 9:00 AM for "The Hunter Goodwin Hour." Goodwin is active with the City of College Station Design Review Board, Scotty's House, and other boards and charities around the Brazos Valley.

description: Player of American football

wikidata_label: Hunter Goodwin

wikipedia_title: Hunter Goodwin


text:
Genoese
Savona
Ferdinand Magellan
Moluccas
River Plate
Navigatori class destroyer

categories: 1538 deaths,People from Savona,Year of birth uncertain,Italian explorers

paragraph: Leon Pancaldo

paragraph: Leon Pancaldo, also called Leone Pancaldo (1488 or 1490 – 1538) was a Genoese explorer.

paragraph: Pancaldo was born in Savona in 1488 or 1490. He participated in the first circumnavigation of the globe led by Ferdinand Magellan. He was captured by the Portuguese in the Moluccas and was held prisoner for a long time.

paragraph: In 1534 he attempted another voyage, but in 1538 he died at the River Plate in South America, possibly following conflicts with indigenous people.

paragraph: Section::::Commemoration.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The main tower in Savona and a street there are named after him.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The World War 2 Italian Navigatori class destroyer "Leone Pancaldo" was named in his honour.

description: Genoese explorer

wikidata_label: Leon Pancaldo

wikipedia_title: Leon Pancaldo


text: Japanese national team

text: 2008 Beijing Olympics

text: 2009 World Baseball Classic

text: Moe Oshikiri

text: Matsudo

text: Chiba Prefecture

text: softball

text: elementary school

text: baseball

text: junior high

text: Yokohama

text: alma mater

text: Boston Red Sox

text: pitcher

text: Daisuke Matsuzaka

text: pros

text: high school

text: Chiba Lotte Marines

text: left-hander

text: Yoshihisa Naruse

text: year

text: eleventh grade

text: tournament

text: finals

text: relief

text: runs

text: inning

text: Yomiuri Giants

text: Kentaro Nishimura

text: national tournament

text: senior year

text: Koshien Stadium

text: strikeout

text: complete game

text: win

text: Hōtoku Gakuen High School

text: shutout

text: extra innings

text: Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

text: fastball

text: hits

text: earned

text: second baseman

text: hit for the cycle

text: National Sports Festival

text: fall

text: loss

text: NPB

text: amateur draft

text: Seibu Lions

text: uniform number

text: slider

text: league

text: season

text: rookie

text: Yakult Swallows

text: record

text: ERA

text: innings

text: Orix Buffaloes

text: Ginjiro Sumitani

text: catcher

text: Tadanori Ishii

text: Motonobu Tanishige

text: Yokohama Taiyo Whales

text: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

text: Pacific League

text: Most Valuable Player

text: All-Star Game

text: manager

text: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

text: Central

text: Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

text: Yu Darvish

text: 2007 Asian Baseball Championship

text: 2008 Beijing Olympics

text: Philippines

text: mercy rule

text: Chinese Taipei

text: group stage

text: China

text: WHIP

text: Climax Series

text: playoffs

text: baserunner

text: Japan Series

text: Japan Series

text: off-season

text: Kazuhisa Ishii

text: Yakult Swallows

text: World Baseball Classic

text: middle reliever

text: going the distance

text: right-handed

text: three-quarters

text: plate

text: four-seamer

text: slider

text: cutter

text: curveball

text: splitter

text: changeup

text: shuuto

text: walks per nine innings

text: NPB

categories: Chiba Lotte Marines players,Baseball players from Chiba Prefecture,Japanese baseball players,Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics,Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers,1986 births,People from Matsudo,Living people,Saitama Seibu Lions players,Olympic baseball players of Japan,Seibu Lions players,Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture,2009 World Baseball Classic players

paragraph: Hideaki Wakui

paragraph: Wakui pitched for the Japanese national team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2009 World Baseball Classic.

paragraph: His wife is a Japanese model Moe Oshikiri.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and high school career.:Early life.

paragraph: Wakui was born in Matsudo, a large city in Chiba Prefecture. He played softball in elementary school and began playing baseball in junior high for Matsudo Senior.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and high school career.:2002 to 2003.

paragraph: Wakui went on to Yokohama Senior High School, the alma mater of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka and a baseball powerhouse that had sent more players to the pros than any other high school in Japan except PL Gakuen Senior High. There, he played in the 75th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in alongside then-ace and current Chiba Lotte Marines left-hander Yoshihisa Naruse (who was a year older than Wakui) in the spring of his second year (the equivalent of eleventh grade in the United States). Wakui was chosen to start in the tournament finals despite having pitched only in relief up until then, but gave up six runs in just 3 innings to Koryo High School, who, led by current Yomiuri Giants pitcher Kentaro Nishimura, won in a 15–3 rout.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and high school career.:Summer 2004.

paragraph: In , Wakui led his team to another berth in a national tournament in his senior year, this time the 86th National High School Baseball Championship held in the summer at Koshien Stadium. He pitched a 10-strikeout complete game win in Yokohama Senior High's first-round match against Hōtoku Gakuen High School; an 11-inning, 14-strikeout complete game shutout in a thrilling 1–0 win in extra innings over Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School (an affiliate school of Kyoto University of Foreign Studies) in the second round; and a 12-strikeout complete game win over Meitoku Gijuku Senior High School in the third round, clocking speeds as high as with his fastball. However, he was no match for Komazawa University Tomakomai High School in the quarter-finals, giving up 14 hits and six runs (five earned) and allowing second baseman Yuya Hayashi to hit for the cycle en route to a 6–1 loss.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and high school career.:Fall 2004.

paragraph: In the Sainokuni Magokoro National Sports Festival held that fall, the last national tournament of his high school career, Wakui avenged his earlier loss against Tomakomai High by pitching a 14-strikeout complete game win in the first round. Yokohama Senior High went on to become the tournament champions.

paragraph: Wakui was picked in the first round of the NPB amateur draft by the Seibu Lions and later given the uniform number 16. His repertoire at the time included a fastball and a hard slider.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2005 to 2006.

paragraph: Wakui was named to the Lions' "ichigun" (Japanese equivalent of "major league") roster for their season opener in his rookie season (), earning the first win of his professional career on June 18 in the last interleague game of the season against the Yakult Swallows. However, he finished the year with just a 1–6 record and a 7.32 ERA, giving up 11 home runs in 55 innings.

paragraph: On March 26, , his first start of the season, Wakui earned a win against the Orix Buffaloes with Ginjiro Sumitani behind the plate (an 18-year-old rookie catcher straight out of high school), marking the first time a pitcher and catcher both in their teens had won a game in Japanese professional baseball since Tadanori Ishii (now Takuro Ishii) and Motonobu Tanishige accomplished the feat for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales in . The two combined for another win on April 23 against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the first complete game win as well as the first shutout of Wakui's career.

paragraph: Wakui finished his sophomore season with a respectable 12–8 record, 3.24 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 178 innings pitched. He went 3–1 in June, earning Pacific League Most Valuable Player honors for that month, and made his first All-Star Game appearance via manager selection.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2007.

paragraph: On April 3, , in the fifth inning of a regular season game against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, Wakui became just the 12th pitcher in NPB history to accomplish the unusual feat of striking out four batters in one inning.

paragraph: He finished the season with a 17–10 record, leading the league in wins for the first time. He also led both Pacific and Central leagues in innings pitched (213) and hits allowed (199) and came second to only Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace Yu Darvish in complete games (11).

paragraph: That year, Wakui was named to the Japanese national team to play in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship (which also functioned as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2008 Beijing Olympics). He and fellow 21-year-old Darvish, who had both been chosen to the national team for the first time, were the youngest members of the team. Wakui started in the Japan's first game against the Philippines and held them to just one hit over six shutout innings (Japan won the game 10–0 in seven innings as per the mercy rule).

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2008.

paragraph: In , Wakui was named the starter for the Lions' season opener for the first time in his career. He took the mound in their season opener against the Buffaloes on March 20, but incurred the loss despite throwing 140 pitches and holding the Buffaloes to two runs over eight innings.

paragraph: Wakui was selected to the national team to play in the Olympics, starting in the game against Chinese Taipei in the group stage on August 14 and holding them to one run over six innings in earning the win. He followed up the effort with a two-hit, complete game (seven innings due to mercy rule) shutout against China on August 19. However, he had a down year overall, going just 10–11 in the regular season and posting an ERA (3.90) and WHIP (1.29) that were both worse than that of his 2007 season.

paragraph: Nevertheless, Wakui took the hill in Game 1 and Game 5 of the Pacific League Climax Series (playoffs) against the Fighters, winning both starts and giving up just one run over 15 combined innings. In particular, he did not allow a single baserunner until two outs in the seventh inning in the latter game, finishing with a three-hit, complete game shutout and clinching a berth in the Japan Series for the Lions. He was named the Pacific League Climax Series MVP. He pitched in three games in the Japan Series, starting Game 1 and Game 5 and even coming on in relief in Game 7 on two days' rest to a key role in the Lions' championship (though he gave up six runs in 16 innings).

paragraph: Wakui accepted the team's offer to change his uniform number from 16 to 18 during the off-season, a number that denotes the team's ace pitcher in Japan. The last player to wear the number for the Lions was Matsuzaka, who pitched for the team between and 2006.The number change also allowed teammate Kazuhisa Ishii to change from #61(which he wore in 2008) to the #16 he wore for his entire career with the Yakult Swallows.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:2009.

paragraph: Wakui was named to the national team to play in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He pitched in three games as a middle reliever, going 1–0 with a 2.70 ERA and contributing to Japan's second consecutive tournament title. He carried over his performance into the regular season, going 3–1 with a 2.10 ERA in the month of April. In particular, he held the Marines to one run while going the distance in a 12-strikeout, complete game win on April 24, striking out every batter in the Marines' lineup at least once and recording at least one strikeout in every inning (the first time in "league history" that a pitcher had accomplished the two feats in the same game). He allowed just four hits en route to his first complete game shutout in two years on May 15 against the Marines.

paragraph: Section::::Pitching style.

paragraph: Wakui is a 185 cm (6 ft 1 in), right-handed pitcher with a three-quarters delivery. While his mechanics are well-balanced and mostly conventional, one unique trait in his delivery is how he completely straightens his left leg in a diagonal direction after raising it (and before dropping and driving towards the plate).

paragraph: Wakui throws an only average fastball, a mostly four-seamer that usually sits in and tops out at . However, he complements it with a wide assortment of secondary pitches, including a slider, cutter, curveball, splitter, changeup, and a solid shuuto (two-seamer/sinker). He also has decent command, posting a BB/9 (walks per nine innings rate) of 2.7 in his NPB career.

paragraph: Section::::Career statistics.

paragraph: "Bold indicates league leader; statistics current as of December 15, 2013"

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- NPB

description: Japanese baseball player

wikidata_label: Hideaki Wakui

wikipedia_title: Hideaki Wakui


text:
American football
linebacker
Tennessee Titans
2012 NFL Draft
college football
Rice
New York Jets
Zach Sudfeld
Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio
Tennessee Titans bio
Rice Owls bio

categories: Cleveland Browns players,1988 births,American football defensive ends,Tampa Bay Buccaneers players,Sportspeople from San Antonio,Tennessee Titans players,American football linebackers,New York Jets players,Rice Owls football players,Living people

paragraph: Scott Solomon

paragraph: Scott Solomon (born November 5, 1988) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was selected in the seventh round, 211th overall, by the Tennessee Titans in the 2012 NFL Draft. He played college football at Rice.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Tennessee Titans.

paragraph: Solomon was selected in the seventh round, 211th overall, by the Tennessee Titans in the 2012 NFL Draft. He was released by the Titans on August 31, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New York Jets.

paragraph: Solomon was claimed off waivers by the New York Jets on September 1, 2013. He was released on September 10, 2013. He was re-signed six days later. He was released on October 4, 2013 after the Jets claimed tight end Zach Sudfeld off waivers.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

paragraph: Solomon signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on December 26, 2013. He was released by the Buccaneers on September 9, 2014 and re-signed by the team on September 12, 2014. He was released by the Buccaneers on October 21, 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Cleveland Browns.

paragraph: Solomon was signed to the Cleveland Browns' practice squad on November 18, 2014. He was promoted to the active roster on December 20, 2014.

paragraph: On October 14, 2015, Solomon was placed on injured reserve.

paragraph: On April 4, Solomon signed with the Cleveland Browns as a restricted free agent.

paragraph: On May 2, 2016, Solomon was released.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tennessee Titans bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rice Owls bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Scott Solomon

wikipedia_title: Scott Solomon


text:
Miraflores District
Biblioteca Nacional del Perú
José Carlos Mariátegui
Jorge Basadre Grohmann
Augusto Leguía
waltz
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Jesús Vásquez
tondero
José María Arguedas
UNESCO
Todos vuelven

categories: Peruvian people of Catalan descent,1999 deaths,Peruvian musicians,People from Lima Province,1907 births

paragraph: César Miró

paragraph: César Alfredo Miró Quesada Bahamonde (1907–1999), more commonly known as César Miró, was a Peruvian writer and composer. He wrote novels, stories, manuscripts, essays, and poetry.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: César Miró was born on 7 June 1907, in the Miraflores District in Lima, Peru. He studied in the San Agustín and La Inmaculada schools. He used to escape from his college classes to go visit the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú (the National Library of Peru) and submerge himself in books. At the age of 15, he published the school newspaper “Lightning” and later published his first poems in the magazine “Amauta”. He was friends with José Carlos Mariátegui, but they only discussed art and literature, since they had disagreeing political views.

paragraph: In May 1927, he was arrested with Jorge Basadre Grohmann by an accusation of a forming a conspiracy against the president Augusto Leguía. He was taken as a prisoner to San Lorenzo Island, where he passed his birthday and within a month was deported to Montevideo, like Basadre. Basadre later stated that no such plot of conspiracy had ever existed.

paragraph: In 1932, with Calonge y Castillo, he helped form the trio “Sudamericano”, but it quickly disintegrated after a tour in Chile.

paragraph: In 1936, Miró wrote the waltz “Se va la Paloma” (“The Dove Goes”) which with the music of Filomeno Ormeño paid homage the traditional Procession of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel from the High Neighborhoods of Lima.

paragraph: Later in Los Angeles, California, he received permission to film a movie showing the feelings of the Latin-Americans that lived in the USA on their returned native land. The movie was called “Gitanos en Hollywood” (“Gypsies in Hollywood”) and César Miró had taken the load of work upon himself as the leader. However, when he had started to work on the film, the manager that was financing the movie was discouraged from carrying it out. However, César had already written the first verses to a song for the movie, and upon his return to Lima he finished his poesy.

paragraph: In 1941, Jesús Vásquez performed this song for the first time, and it was called “Todos Vuelven” (“Everybody Returns”), and as he started to sing the first verses of the song, he knew that Miró had written a glorious new page as a native song… “Todos vuelven a la tierra en que nacieron, / al embrujo incomparable de su sol, / todos vuelven al rincón donde vivieron, / donde acaso floreció más de un amor…” (“Everyone returns to the land where they were born, / to a bewitching incomparable of its sun, / everyone returns to the corner where they lived, / where perhaps more than one love had flourished…”).

paragraph: His tondero “Malabrigo” had similar luck to “Todos Vuelven,” and when José María Arguedas wanted to film a movie about the lives of fishermen, he searched for an adequate port and arrived at the port of Malabrigo. This movie, however, also could not filmed, but the song had already been composed, and like with Todos vuelven, with the music of Alcides Carreño it became very popular.

paragraph: For the rest of his life, César Miró worked with newspapers, radios, and televisión, showing his many outstanding qualities, and he was also the president for life of APDAYC and was an ambassador for Peru in UNESCO, a special organization with a goal to contribute to world peace and to security. He died on 8 November 1999, at the age of 92 in Lima, Peru.

paragraph: Section::::Awards.

paragraph: BULLET::::- National Cultural Award (Peru)

paragraph: Section::::Songs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Todos Vuelven

paragraph: BULLET::::- Malabrigo

paragraph: BULLET::::- Se va la Paloma

paragraph: Section::::Books.

paragraph: BULLET::::- La Masacre de los Coroneles (The Massacre of the Colonels)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cielo y Tierra de Santa Rosa (Sky and Land of Santa Rosa)

paragraph: BULLET::::- La Mariscala (The Marshall’s Wife)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Los íntimos de La Victoria (The Secrets of La Victoria)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ricardo Palma

paragraph: BULLET::::- El Patriarca de las Tradiciones (The Patriarch of Traditions)

paragraph: BULLET::::- La Ciudad del Río Hablador (The City of Río Hablador)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mariátegui, el tiempo y los hombres (Mariátegui, the Time and the Men)

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Cesar Miro has had one child, by the name of Cesar Gabriell Miro Quesada. His grandson, Cesar David Miro Quesada now lives in Maui and is the father of Cesar Valentin Miro Quesada, now 17.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Todos vuelven Vals

paragraph: BULLET::::- This article draws heavily from the in the .

description: Peruvian musician

wikidata_label: César Miró

wikipedia_title: César Miró


text:
Belgian revolution
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Belgian
Orangist
Brussels
provisional government
Ath
lieutenant colonel
National Congress of Belgium
Louis-Philippe
Orangist
Gobbelschroy
Liège
John Cockerill
Bruges
Emmanuel d‘Hoogvorst
Goblet
Alexandre Gendebien
Willem II of the Netherlands
Aalst
Dendermonde
Leopold I
gaol
History of the carabineers (nl)
Political crimes (nl)

paragraph: Colonel Borremans

paragraph: Colonel Borremans (also known as Van den Elsken) founded a unit of volunteers, known as Les Chasseurs de Bruxelles (the Hunters of Brussels), at the time of the 1830 Belgian revolution, a coup that led to the separation of the provinces of the South from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and therefore to the birth of the present Belgian state. Borremans participated in the attempts of the Orangist party to put an end to the acts of the usurpers.

paragraph: Section::::The "Hunters of Brussels".

paragraph: Borremans, a brewer's son, aged 26, who originated from the area around the Old Grain Market Square in the centre of Brussels, had gathered a group of more or less 200 ‘Hunters of Brussels’ volunteers around him between the riots that took place in the month of August 1830 and the fights of 24 September. The Hunters found shelter in the barracks of the fire brigade situated in the district of the Old Grain Market Square. After his group had participated in the fights of the 22 and 23 September and in the fight for the public park of Brussels, where the army of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands had set up camp, they were recognised as "regular" troops on 27 September by the provisional government established by the rebels. The ‘Hunters of Brussels’ were the first infantry unit to be incorporated into the new army. On the same day this unit was expanded to include 200 volunteers from the region of Ath. Borremans rose quickly through the ranks to head this corps; advancing in rank to become a major on 28 September and by 5 October had become a lieutenant colonel. Meanwhile, the corps had officially acquired the title "Hunters of Brussels"; numbering some 450 men grouped in six companies and a staff. The Hunters wore an authorised uniform that consisted of a blue tunic, a lumbar ribbon, and a black police hat with a tricolor rosette. On 1 November, the provisional government issued a decree establishing the 1st Regiment of Hunters on foot, of which Borremans' Hunters of Brussels constituted the core. The decree was confirmed by the National Congress of Belgium, the temporary legislative institution tasked with the development of a new constitution which was ratified by the first assembly on 10 November. It is only on 25 February 1831 that Borremans, then colonel, effectively got command over this huddle, grouped in two battalions that had grown to some 950 agitators. Brussels became for these poor wretched soldiers the main seat, where they had to secure the city and maintain order.

paragraph: Section::::Resistance by the Orangists.

paragraph: When it became obvious that the provisional government and the National Congress, established by the southern rebels after having overthrown the legitimate regime in this part of the Kingdom, were incapable of generating any credibility either with the press or with the intimidatory French schemers who were dedicated to agitating loudly in the public gallery during gatherings of the Congress occupied with drafting the new constitution and with the candidacy to the Belgian throne of the Duke of Nemours, son of the new king of France, Louis-Philippe, the Orangist faction in the southern part of the Netherlands was able to easily increase its public support. The Orangists created a network that was able to re-establish the legitimate regime, a network in which were represented, among others, the former Minister Gobbelschroy, an industrialist from Liège John Cockerill, the commander of the troops of the provisional government in Bruges Ernest Grégoire, the chief of the home guard Baron Emmanuel d‘Hoogvorst and his brother Joseph, Charles Morel and the Generals Goblet and Van der Smissen. Faced with the ineffectiveness of the new administration, Colonel Borremans decided to join this network of resistants.

paragraph: For the Orangists, the decision to revolt was caused when Minister Alexandre Gendebien founded, on 23 March 1831, the day of his resignation, the National Association - a clique orientated towards France that, if it did not succeed in spite of all its scheming in getting Belgium annexed by France, strived all the same to reduce the Southern Netherlands to a satellite state of the Kingdom of Louis-Philippe. The Association decided to organise a meeting on 24 March at the Vauxhall in Brussels’ public park. As one of the measures to liberate the country, the Orangist's network decided to send Colonel Borremans, Chief of the Hunters and Brussels born, to the public houses to recruit partisans to disrupt the meeting of the Association. The Colonel was regarded as imprudent when he pleaded openly for the return of the Prince of Orange, the future Willem II of the Netherlands, and proved to be incapable of warding off the empty but impressive rhetoric of the leaders of the Association. As his persuasive strength had eluded him, he and is adherents had to leave the meeting without having achieved any success.

paragraph: As the military intervention had not yet taken place, Colonel Borremans had to find some sympathisers in his district of the Old Grain Market Square the next evening to support the insurrection. The Colonel was in a state of despair after the failure of the previous day which made him surrender to the police of the new government, which of course was a disaster for the Orangist party. The English Envoy, Lord Ponsonby, then recommended that the Orangists cancel their counter coup. Most members of the resistance were able to escape, but Colonel Borremans was summoned before a Military Court and convicted. On 31 May 1831, he was stripped of his military ranks by a superior Military Court due to "the non denunciation of a plot against the security of the Belgian state". His conviction led to anti-Orangist riots. The regiment itself had been transferred to Aalst - Dendermonde. Borremans, having always denied the accusations, was pardoned on the occasion of the marriage of Leopold I, who meanwhile had accepted the throne of the Belgian Kingdom. Borremans was freed from gaol only in September 1832.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of the carabineers (nl)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Political crimes (nl)

paragraph: BULLET::::- K. van Overmeire, "Het verloren vaderland", Brussel : Egmont, 2005 (nl)

description: Belgian politician

wikidata_label: Colonel Borremans

wikipedia_title: Colonel Borremans


text: German

text: Cardinal

text: Roman Catholic Church

text: Secretary

text: cardinalate

text: Ingolstadt

text: seminary

text: Eichstätt

text: Pontifical Gregorian University

text: Rome

text: ordained

text: priesthood

text: pastoral

text: vicar general

text: Bishop of Eichstätt

text: Pope Pius XII

text: episcopal consecration

text: Joseph Otto Kolb

text: Joseph Wendel

text: Arthur Landgraf

text: co-consecrators

text: Second Vatican Council

text: Roman Curia

text: Secretary

text: dicastery

text: Giuseppe Pizzardo

text: Gabriel-Marie Garrone

text: Titular Archbishop

text: "Mysterium Ecclesia"

text: liberal

text: theologian

text: Hans Küng

text: papal infallibility

text: Pope Paul VI

text: Cardinal Deacon

text: S. Saba

text: consistory

text: cardinal electors

text: conclaves

text: August

text: October 1978

text: Popes John Paul I

text: John Paul II

text: papal

text: jubilee

text: Cologne Cathedral

text: Nuremberg

text: Eichstätt Cathedral

text: Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

text: Catholic-Hierarchy

categories: 1903 births,German cardinals,Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany,Members of the Congregation for Catholic Education,Participants in the Second Vatican Council,1983 deaths

paragraph: Joseph Schröffer

paragraph: Joseph Schröffer (February 20, 1903 – September 7, 1983) was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities from 1967 to 1976, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1976.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Born in Ingolstadt, Joseph Schröffer studied at the seminary in Eichstätt and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome before being ordained to the priesthood on October 28, 1928. He then furthered his studies in Rome until 1931, when he undertook his pastoral ministry among German exiles until 1933. Before serving as vicar general of Eichstätt from 1941 to 1948, he taught at the Superior School of Philosophy and Theology there.

paragraph: On July 23, 1948, Schröffer was appointed Bishop of Eichstätt by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 21 from Archbishop Joseph Otto Kolb, with Bishops Joseph Wendel and Arthur Landgraf serving as co-consecrators. Schröffer attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and entered the Roman Curia upon being named Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities on May 17, 1967. As Secretary, he was the second-highest official of that dicastery, successively under Cardinals Giuseppe Pizzardo and Gabriel-Marie Garrone. Schröffer was later advanced to Titular Archbishop of "Volturnum" on January 2, 1968. In 1973, following the release of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's document "Mysterium Ecclesia", the Archbishop attacked the liberal theologian Hans Küng for his opposition to papal infallibility.

paragraph: Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal Deacon of "S. Saba" in the consistory of May 24, 1976. On that same date, Schröffer resigned as Secretary of Seminaries and Universities, after nine years of service. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively. The Cardinal served as a special papal representative to the jubilee celebration of the Cologne Cathedral on August 15, 1980.

paragraph: Schröffer died in Nuremberg at age 80, and is buried in Eichstätt Cathedral.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic-Hierarchy

description: Catholic cardinal

wikidata_label: Joseph Schröffer

wikipedia_title: Joseph Schröffer


text: empresario

text: Spanish

text: Patricia de la Garza

text: De León's Colony

text: Victoria

text: Guadalupe River

text: Guadalupe Victoria

text: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

text: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

text: Burgos, Tamaulipas

text: Mexico

text: Burgos

text: Spain

text: Patricia de la Garza

text: Cruillas

text: San Patricio County, Texas

text: Spain

text: empresario

text: Mexico

text: Spain

text: Guadalupe

text: Lavaca

text: Guadalupe Victoria

text: General Colonization Law

text: Patricia de la Garza

text: Louisiana

text: Stephen F. Austin

text: James W. Robinson

text: Siege of Béxar

text: Martín Perfecto de Cos

text: Coahuila y Tejas

text: Antonio López de Santa Anna

text: Rafael Manchola

text: José María Jesús Carbajal

text: guerrilla

text: Plácido Benavides

text: Tejano

text: Battle of Goliad

text: Stephen F. Austin

text: Paul Revere

text: San Patricio

text: Goliad

text: cholera

text: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

text: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

categories: People of Spanish Texas,1833 deaths,1765 births,19th-century Mexican people,Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks,People of Mexican Texas

paragraph: Martín De León

paragraph: Martín De León (1765–1833) was a rancher and wealthy Mexican empresario in Texas who was descended from Spanish aristocracy. He was the patriarch of one of the prominent founding families of early Texas. De León and his wife Patricia de la Garza established De León's Colony, the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas. They founded the town of "Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Victoria Nombre de Jesús" (now known as Victoria) on the Guadalupe River. The name referred both to the river and to Mexico's president Guadalupe Victoria.

paragraph: De León was a merchant who originally supplied basic necessities to mine workers at Real de San Nicolás. In 1790 he joined the Fieles de Burgos regiment, where he was promoted to Captain. The De León E–J (Espíritu de Jesús) cattle brand became the first registered brand in what was to become Texas. The extended De León family included politicians and freedom fighters who helped alter the course of history both in Texas and in Mexico. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 6542, placed at Evergreen Cemetery in 1936, acknowledges Don Martin de León's contribution to Texas. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 6543, placed at Church and Bridge Streets in 1936, denotes Don Martin de León's home in Victoria.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Martín De León was born in 1765 in Burgos, Tamaulipas, Mexico to Bernardo and María Galván De León from Burgos, Spain who were wealthy and well-connected aristocratic immigrants. He first worked as a supplier of basic necessities to Real de San Nicolás mine workers. He joined the Fieles de Burgos regiment in 1790, being promoted to Captain.

paragraph: Section::::De Leon's colony.

paragraph: De León and his wife Patricia de la Garza began ranching in Cruillas following their marriage.

paragraph: In 1799, De León moved northward and established Rancho Chiltipiquin, a cattle ranch in the vicinity of San Patricio County, Texas. Their cattle brand, with a connected E and J (standing for "Espíritu de Jesús"), became the first registered cattle brand in what was to become Texas. The brand had been modeled after one used by the Jesuits, and brought from Spain when the De León family emigrated. Martín officially registered it in Texas under the family name in 1807.

paragraph: De León's 1807 and 1809 petitions to act as an empresario for colonization in Texas were denied by the Spanish government. After Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, colonization possibilities looked more favorable. The provisional Mexican government approved a contract on April 13, 1824 for De León to settle forty-one Mexican families on the lower Guadalupe and Lavaca rivers, in the vicinity of Coleto, Garcitas, Arenosa, and Zorillo (Placido) creeks. The settlement's original name was "Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Victoria Nombre de Jesús", for both the river and Mexico's president Guadalupe Victoria. It is now known as Victoria.

paragraph: This was the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas, where the eastern areas were settled primarily by immigrants from the United States. The Mexico legislature passed the General Colonization Law on August 18, and enacted on March 25, 1825, allowing foreigners to gain title to land that was not within 20 leagues of the border of another country or within 10 leagues of the coast.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: In 1795, Martín De León married Patricia de la Garza. Her financial inheritance contributed to the foundation of De León's Colony. Upon her husband's death, de la Garza assumed the role of head of the De León family. She kept the family together during exile in Louisiana. After their return to Victoria, she became a leading figure who helped shape and nurture the community. Their extended family colonized Texas, and included politicians whose deeds affected the course of history both in Texas and in Mexico.

paragraph: The couple had four sons: Fernando, Silvestre, Félix and Agapito. Fernando helped trade livestock for munitions to help Stephen F. Austin, and later became aide-de-camp to provisional Texas governor James W. Robinson. Silvestre fought beside his brother-in-law Plácido at the 1835 Siege of Béxar to drive Martín Perfecto de Cos out of Texas.

paragraph: The couple also had six daughters, who were overshadowed by the men they married. Candelaria married José Miguel Aldrete, who was 1835 state land commissioner of Coahuila y Tejas. Aldrete joined several Texas insurgent groups to resist President Antonio López de Santa Anna.

paragraph: Guadalupe married Desiderio García, of whom nothing is known. María married politician Rafael Manchola, who was elected to the state legislature in 1830. Refúgio married Mexican freedom fighter José María Jesús Carbajal, who waged guerrilla warfare in Mexico against López de Santa Anna's political machine. Agustina married Plácido Benavides, who opposed Santa Anna's dictatorship, but believed that Texas should remain part of Mexico. Benavides led a unit of Tejano fighters at the Battle of Goliad. He was recruited by Stephen F. Austin for the Battle of Bexar. Benavides became known as the "Texas Paul Revere" for his 1836 journey from San Patricio to Goliad to Victoria, warning residents of the approaching Mexican army. Francisca married Vicente Dosal, of whom nothing is known.

paragraph: Section::::Death and legacy.

paragraph: Martín De León died of cholera in 1833, a year of epidemics that swept North America along its waterways. His estate was worth $500,000. De León is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Victoria, Texas.

paragraph: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 6542 placed at Evergreen Cemetery in 1936 acknowledges Don Martin de León's contribution to Texas. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 6543 placed at Church and Bridge Streets in 1936 denotes Don Martin de León's home in Victoria.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of the Mexican-Americans in Texas

description: rancher and wealthy Mexican empresario

wikidata_label: Martín De León

wikipedia_title: Martín De León


text: Turin

text: Pollone

text: Italian

text: opera

text: soprano

text: Giacomo Puccini

text: La bohème

text: Manon Lescaut

text: verismo

text: Verdi

text: Gounod

text: Wagner

text: Debussy

text: Antonietta Fricci

text: Bizet

text: Carmen

text: Teatro Regio di Torino

text: Verdi

text: Rigoletto

text: Gounod

text: Faust

text: Catania

text: Genoa

text: Venice

text: Teatro Carlo Felice

text: Verdi

text: Simon Boccanegra

text: Catalani

text: Loreley

text: Arturo Toscanini

text: Puccini

text: Manon Lescaut

text: Teatro Regio di Torino

text: Giuseppe Cremonini

text: La Scala

text: Alberto Franchetti

text: Il fior d'Alpe

text: Teatro Colón

text: Buenos Aires

text: L'amico Fritz

text: Opéra de Monte-Carlo

text: Giacomo Orefice

text: Consuelo

text: Teatro Comunale di Bologna

text: Cairo

text: Lisbon

text: Mascagni

text: Le maschere

text: Pelléas et Mélisande

text: Toscanini

text: Roméo et Juliette

text: Sapho

text: Werther

text: Simon Boccanegra

text: Tannhäuser

text: Lohengrin

text: Die Meistersinger

text: Madama Butterfly

text: Time Magazine

text: "Return Engagement"

text: Biography of Cesira Ferrani

text: Mi chiamano Mimi

categories: 1943 deaths,People from Turin,19th-century Italian opera singers,Italian operatic sopranos,1863 births

paragraph: Cesira Ferrani

paragraph: Cesira Ferrani (May 8, 1863 in Turin – May 4, 1943 in Pollone) was an Italian operatic soprano who is best known for debuting two of the most iconic roles in opera history, Mimì in the original 1896 production of Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème" and the title role in Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" in its 1893 world premiere. Ferrani sang a wide repertoire that encompassed not only verismo opera but the works of composers like Verdi, Gounod, Wagner, and Debussy.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Born Cesira Zanazzio, Ferrani studied with Antonietta Fricci in Turin before making her professional opera début in 1887 as Micaëla in Bizet's "Carmen" at the Teatro Regio di Torino. That same year she sang Gilda from Verdi's "Rigoletto" and Marguerite in Gounod's "Faust" at the same theater. Over the next four years she appeared in numerous productions in Catania, Genoa, and Venice. She also sang in several productions in France. In 1892 she appeared at the Teatro Carlo Felice as Amelia into Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" and as the title role in Catalani's "Loreley" under Arturo Toscanini.

paragraph: On 1 February 1893, Ferrani sang the title role in the world premiere of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" at the Teatro Regio di Torino. It was the first time of many that she would sing opposite Giuseppe Cremonini, who originated the role of Chevalier des Grieux. In 1894 Ferrani and Cremonini reprised their roles in "Manon Lescaut"'s La Scala premiere and sang opposite each other in the world premiere of Alberto Franchetti's "Il fior d'Alpe" as Maria and Paolo. Ferrani later reprised the role of Manon in productions at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and cities throughout Italy.

paragraph: In 1895 Ferrani sang the role of Suzel in "L'amico Fritz" at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo and created the title role in the world premiere of Giacomo Orefice's "Consuelo" at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. The following year she portrayed the role of Mimì in the original production of Puccini's "La bohème" in Turin (1896). The day after the successful premiere of "La bohème", with the cast receiving 15 curtain calls, Puccini gave Ferrani his photograph with the dedication: "To my true and splendid Mimì, signorina Cesira Ferrani, with gratitude, G. Puccini"

paragraph: Following the success of "La bohème", Ferrani embarked on performance tours of Russia and Spain, and appeared in productions in Cairo and Lisbon in addition to continuing to perform throughout Italy. In 1901 Ferrani sang in the world premiere of Mascagni's "Le maschere" at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.

paragraph: At La Scala she sang Mélisande in the first Milan performance of "Pelléas et Mélisande" with Toscanini in 1908. Her other roles included Juliette from "Roméo et Juliette", Fanny in "Sapho", Charlotte from "Werther", Amelia from "Simon Boccanegra", Elisabeth in "Tannhäuser", and both Elsa in "Lohengrin" and Eva in "Die Meistersinger" among others. Her final appearance was in 1909 as Mélisande.

paragraph: In 1928 when the first recording of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" was made, the Grammophone Company invited her out of retirement to sing Kate Pinkerton's handful of lines in Act 3.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Franchi, Susanna, "Manon Lescaut e Bohème: Tornano due storici debutti", "Sistema Musica", February 2006 (in Italian). Accessed 18 November 2008.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Time Magazine", "Return Engagement", February 11, 1946. Accessed 18 November 2008.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography of Cesira Ferrani on Operissimo.com (in German). Accessed 18 November 2008.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Audio: Mi chiamano Mimi from "La bohème" sung by Cesira Ferrani (recorded 1903). Library and Archives Canada.

description: singer

wikidata_label: Cesira Ferrani

wikipedia_title: Cesira Ferrani


text: Foreign Office

text: Malabar Hill

text: Bombay

text: Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet

text: Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet

text: Eton

text: King's College, Cambridge

text: first-class cricket

text: Cambridge University

text: Yorkshire

text: Fenner's

text: Arthur Dolphin

text: Wilfred Rhodes

text: John Frederick Ireland

text: David Collins

text: Alonzo Drake

text: R.W. Macan

text: Sir Christopher Adam, 3rd Baronet

text: Paris Peace Conference

text: London Conference of 1920

text: San Remo Conference

text: Lausanne Conference

text: Istanbul

text: Haydarpaşa Cemetery

text: ADAM, Eric Graham Forbes

categories: People educated at Eton College,Alumni of King's College, Cambridge,Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George,English cricketers,1888 births,Cambridge University cricketers,1925 deaths

paragraph: Eric Forbes Adam

paragraph: Eric Graham Forbes Adam (3 October 1888 – 7 July 1925) was a British diplomat and First Secretary to the Foreign Office.

paragraph: Adam was born in Malabar Hill, Bombay, India, the second son of Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet. His older brother was General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge.

paragraph: While at Cambridge, Adam played one first-class cricket match for Cambridge University against Yorkshire on 1–3 June 1911 at Fenner's. He batted at number 6 in Cambridge's first innings, scoring 10 before being caught by Arthur Dolphin off the bowling of Wilfred Rhodes. During Yorkshire's first innings he gained some measure of revenge on Rhodes by catching him for 1 off the bowling of John Frederick Ireland – the only catch of his first-class career. In Cambridge's second innings he opened the batting with David Collins, scoring 17 before being bowled by Alonzo Drake. Cambridge won the match by 69 runs.

paragraph: Adam married Agatha Perrin, daughter of R.W. Macan in 1918; their son was Sir Christopher Adam, 3rd Baronet (1920–2009).

paragraph: Adam served as 3rd Secretary in the British Peace Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; the London Conference of 1920 and the San Remo Conference. He was First Secretary in the British Delegation to the Lausanne Conference of 1922–1923.

paragraph: Adam was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1923.

paragraph: Adam died in Istanbul in 1925, aged 36, and is buried in Haydarpaşa Cemetery in Istanbul.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- ADAM, Eric Graham Forbes, "Who Was Who", A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 28 Dec 2012

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Times", Thursday, 9 Jul 1925; pg. 13; Issue 44009; col E Mr. E. Forbes Adam. Death In Constantinople. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

description: British diplomat

wikidata_label: Eric Forbes Adam

wikipedia_title: Eric Forbes Adam


text: jurist

text: Ohio Supreme Court

text: John Kasich

text: Evelyn Lundberg Stratton

text: Ohio State University

text: Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals

text: Ohio State University

text: Ohio State University College of Law

text: Steelcase

text: Grand Rapids, Michigan

text: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

text: Ohio Attorney General

text: Betty Montgomery

text: United States Supreme Court

text: Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

text: Cleveland, Ohio

text: Bob Taft

text: Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals

text: Michael H. Watson

text: Ohio Supreme Court

text: Evelyn Lundberg Stratton

text: Ohio Governor

text: John Kasich

text: Republican

text: Grandview Heights, Ohio

text: Sebring, Ohio

text: Franklin County

categories: People from Mahoning County, Ohio,Judges of the Ohio District Courts of Appeals,Ohio Supreme Court justices,Ohio State University alumni,American women judges,People from Grandview Heights, Ohio,Ohio Republicans,Ohio State University Moritz College of Law alumni,1962 births,Living people

paragraph: Judith L. French

paragraph: Judith L. French (born August 22, 1962) is an American jurist. She was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court by Governor John Kasich, to replace Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, who resigned. A graduate of The Ohio State University, she previously served as a judge of the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals.

paragraph: Section::::Education.

paragraph: Judith L. French graduated from Ohio State University in 1984 with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. In 1988 she earned a Master's Degree in History (Military History & Strategic Studies) from the same university, and Juris Doctor, cum laude, from The Ohio State University College of Law, now known as the Moritz College of Law.

paragraph: Section::::Legal career.

paragraph: BULLET::::- French was an Associate for Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur from 1988 to 1992 and was Associate Counsel to Steelcase in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1992 to 1993.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1993 French became Deputy Director for Legal Affairs at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. She managed a 25-attorney office.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1997 French became Section Chief, and later Chief Counsel for Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery. She argued the state's case before the United States Supreme Court in "Whitman v. American Trucking Associations, Inc." (2001), and "Zelman v. Simmons-Harris" (2002), a landmark case, where the court upheld the constitutionality of a school voucher system in Cleveland, Ohio by 5-4.

paragraph: BULLET::::- From 2002 to 2004, French was Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Bob Taft.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In late September, 2004, Taft appointed French to a seat on the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals vacated when Michael H. Watson was appointed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. She won election to a six year terms in November, 2004, and again in November 2010.

paragraph: Section::::Supreme Court.

paragraph: In May, 2012, Ohio Supreme Court Associate Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton announced she would retire at the end of 2012. On December 20, 2012, Ohio Governor John Kasich appointed French to Stratton's unexpired term, which ran through January 1, 2015, effective January 1, 2013. No replacement was announced that day for French on the appeals court. French ran for election in 2014. During a campaign rally, French stated that she would serve as a "backstop" to the decisions of GOP officeholders. French later defended her remarks, arguing that they did not violate the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct, which states that judicial candidates have a special obligation to ensure that the judicial system is viewed as nonpartisan.

paragraph: Section::::Personal.

paragraph: Judith L. French is a Republican, and 50 years old at the time of her appointment. She is a resident of Grandview Heights, Ohio, and is a native of Sebring, Ohio. She is married to Franklin County Common Pleas Magistrate Ed Skeens, and has two children.

description: Ohio Jurist

wikidata_label: Judith L. French

wikipedia_title: Judith L. French


text:
contortionist
"Australia's Got Talent"
contortion
Australian television in Adelaide
cabaret
Personal Web Site
Contortionists Unite

categories: Contortion,Place of birth missing (living people),Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Christine Danton

paragraph: Christine Danton (Shillaker), professionally billed as "The Amazing Cristina" is an Australian contortionist who is still performing her contortion act at the age of 67. Now celebrating over 50 years as a professional performer,

paragraph: Christine has been featured on several TV Shows, including "Just for the Record" and "Australia's Got Talent", and has worked internationally in theatre, film and circus. In the early 1960s while performing in Europe, Christine was asked to pose for the medical journal "Hypermobility of Joints", and it was those b&w images that were used in early (and possibly later) editions of that publication. Christine performs her contortion act on a regular basis and is also in great demand as an "After Dinner Speaker".

paragraph: Christine started her professional career as a dancer/contortionist in the early days of Australian television in Adelaide and went on to tour internationally as a featured cabaret artist.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Personal Web Site

paragraph: BULLET::::- Contortionists Unite

description: Australian contortionist

wikidata_label: Christine Danton

wikipedia_title: Christine Danton


text:
Castelnaudary
Third Estate
Estates-General of 1789
Toulouse
law
Mounier
signed the oath
Estates-General
Louis XVI
Reign of Terror

categories: People from Castelnaudary,1801 deaths,1741 births

paragraph: Joseph Martin-Dauch

paragraph: Joseph Martin-Dauch, (26 May 1741 – 5 July 1801) was a French politician who represented Castelnaudary as a member of the Third Estate in the Estates-General of 1789. He is remembered as the only member not to vote in favor of the Tennis Court Oath on the grounds that he could not faithfully execute any decisions that were not sanctioned by the king.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Joseph Martin-Dauch was born in Castelnaudary, the son of Antoine Martin Dauch, a counselor to the king, who owned a vineyard, and Marie Barbe Latour. He was educated at Toulouse, where he graduated with a degree in law in 1762.

paragraph: Section::::Tennis Court Oath.

paragraph: After finding themselves locked out of their assembly room, the representatives of the Third Estate gathered in a nearby tennis court. The representative Mounier proposed that the members present make a solemn oath never to separate, and to meet wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established and strengthened on solid foundations. Each representative signed the oath, in turn, until the pen was passed to Martin-Dauch; he declared that his constituents did not send him to insult the monarchy, and that he would protest against the oath. The other representatives immediately protested, but Martin-Dauch stood up and affirmed that he could not execute any decisions not sanctioned by the king. The president of the assembly tried to convince Martin-Dauch that members had the right to refrain, but not to object to the wishes of the overall congregation. In spite of all of this, Martin-Dauch stood firm and wrote "opponent" in front of his name. Shouts of indignation rose up throughout the hall, including cries of "Death!", but a bailiff named Guillot took him out the back door and into the street.

paragraph: Section::::Life after the Tennis Court Oath.

paragraph: His signature is visible on the original oath, but it is very choppy and virtually illegible, a sign of how hurriedly it was signed. Jean Sylvain Bailly would later push for Martin-Dauch to be withdrawn, and when this didn't work simply warned Martin-Dauch not to attend any further meetings. Martin-Dauch ignored these threats, however, and continued to take his place among his colleagues. He continued to sit and participate in discussions until the end of the Estates-General.

paragraph: On the day Louis XVI went to the meeting to give his approval of the constitution, the other representatives remained seated, but Martin-Dauch true to his resolution and independence, rose and acknowledged the king. After the Estates-General ended, Martin-Dauch retired to Toulouse. He was thrown in prison during the Reign of Terror, but was afterwards released. He was saved from the guillotine when he gave a false name to revolutionary authorities. He survived at least one assassination attempt.

description: French politician

wikidata_label: Joseph Martin-Dauch

wikipedia_title: Joseph Martin-Dauch


text:
statesman
imperial China
Song Dynasty
Southern Han
Southern Tang
Northern Han
Khitan
Liao Dynasty
Yang Ye
one of his daughters
House of Zhao
antagonist
Generals of the Yang Family
Shijiazhuang
Hebei
Daming
Later Han
Later Zhou
Chai Rong
Kaifeng
emperor
Northern Han
Gaoping
Later Shu
Zhao Kuangyin
Song Dynasty
Yuan Yan
Li Chongjin
Huainan
Yangzhou
Qin'an County
Gansu
militia
Tanzhou
Changsha
Hunan
Southern Han
Southern Han
Guiyang
Jianghua
Fuchuan
Hezhou
Pingle County
Guilin
Lianzhou
prefecture
Xi River
Shaoguan
li
Guangzhou
capital
torch
Southern Han
Liu Chang
Guangzhou
Lingnan
prefect
Guangzhou
Jiangling
Southern Tang
Cao Bin
Qinhuai
Yangtze River
Emperor Taizong of Song
Sixteen Prefectures
Liao Dynasty
Yang Ye
Cao Bin
Yang Yanzhao
Taizong emperor

paragraph: Pan Mei

paragraph: Pan Mei (潘美) ( 925 – 20 July 991) was a military general and statesman in the early years of imperial China's Song Dynasty. In the 970s, he was the main commander in Song's conquest of Southern Han and also played pivotal roles in the conquest of Southern Tang and Northern Han. Afterwards he fought the Khitan-ruled Liao Dynasty on Song's northern border.

paragraph: In 986 he was demoted by 3 ranks for contributing to the death of fellow Song general Yang Ye during battles against Liao. At this time one of his daughters had married into the imperial House of Zhao. The antagonist Pan Renmei (潘仁美, also known as Pan Hong 潘洪) in the largely fictional "Generals of the Yang Family" legends is based on Pan Mei from this episode.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Pan Mei's father Pan Lin (潘璘) was a local militia captain (軍校) in Changshan (常山, around modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei). In his 20s, Pan Mei worked as an usher (典謁) at his hometown of Daming (in modern Hebei) during the Later Han (947–951), and often told his close friend Wang Mi (王密) about his ambitions in taking advantage of the turbulent times for fame and riches.

paragraph: Section::::Career under Later Zhou.

paragraph: After the establishment of Later Zhou in 951, Pan Mei served Chai Rong, the prefect (府尹) of Kaifeng. When Chai became the emperor in 954, Pan was named a court official. He followed Chai on campaigns against the Northern Han kingdom, and after playing a part in the victory at Gaoping, served in the palace commissions. Later he became the military inspector of an expeditionary army preparing to invade the Later Shu kingdom.

paragraph: Section::::Pacifying Yuan Yan.

paragraph: In 960, general Zhao Kuangyin overthrew Later Zhou to found the Song Dynasty. As a former friend, Pan was given important tasks by the new emperor and he did not disappoint. First, Pan persuaded military governor Yuan Yan to submit to Song, then supervised the armies in quelling Li Chongjin's revolt in Huainan. Staying behind in Yangzhou after the victory, he was later sent to Qinzhou (秦州, in today's Qin'an County, Gansu) where he became the imperial commissioner of the local militia.

paragraph: Section::::Conquest of Southern Han.

paragraph: In 963, Pan Mei was named the imperial defense commissioner of Tanzhou (today's Changsha) and sent to Hunan to help control the newly conquered province, which borders the Southern Han kingdom to the south. During the next 7 years, Pan pacified rebellious tribes in the southern half of the province and fought off Southern Han incursions in Guiyang and Jianghua.

paragraph: In 970, Pan was named the commander of the expeditionary force to invade Southern Han. In Fuchuan, he defeated the 10,000-men strong Southern Han army and subsequently took Hezhou. Quickly the Song army conquered Zhaozhou (昭州, in today's Pingle County), Guizhou (桂州, today's Guilin) and Lianzhou, resulting in the surrender of other prefecture leaders along the Xi River.

paragraph: Pan Mei's forces killed more than 10,000 enemy soldiers in Shaozhou (韶州, today's Shaoguan) to advance to 120 "li" north of Guangzhou, Southern Han's capital. Around 150,000 Southern Han soldiers were stationed on a hill for a last battle. Pan Mei rested his soldiers and mentioned to his subordinate generals that the enemy's bamboo fences could best be attacked by fire. On a windy night, he dispatched a few thousand brave men to the enemy's gate, each with 2 torches in hands. Soon great flames engulfed the camps, and as the Song forces attacked from both sides, tens of thousands of Southern Han soldiers perished. The Southern Han ruler Liu Chang was captured in Guangzhou, and the invasion ended 5 months after it began.

paragraph: Pan would remain to pacify the Lingnan territory for three years as the joint prefect of Guangzhou and commissioner of foreign trade.

paragraph: Section::::Conquest of Southern Tang.

paragraph: In 974, Pan Mei led his troops north to Jiangling during the fresh campaign against the Southern Tang kingdom. One month later, he was named the military inspector of the troops under the overall command of Cao Bin and ordered to advance to Qinhuai. Reaching the Yangtze River, Pan Mei did not want to wait for boats to be built. Instead he motivated his troops by saying, "His majesty gave me tens of thousands of brave men, expecting victories. Are we going to let this narrow water deter us?" His men swam across the river and destroyed the enemy.

paragraph: After this victory, Pan Mei was rewarded and became a commissioner of palace attendants (宣徽北院使).

paragraph: Section::::Death of Yang Ye.

paragraph: In 986, Emperor Taizong of Song ordered a new invasion to retake the Sixteen Prefectures from Liao Dynasty. The campaign was known as "Yongxi Campaign" under the era name of Taizong. Three armies participate the campaign, led by Pan Mei, Yang Ye and Cao Bin. Pan Mei command one of the three armies sent northward. During the first few advance, major victories over Liao forces were scored.

paragraph: However, from time to time, miscommunications, misunderstanding between the generals and the failure of Cao Bin had led Pan Mei and Yang Ye into disastrous situations. In a failed attempt to thwart an attack from Liao troops, without reinforcement from Pan Mei (who was attacked earlier and are unable to send reinforcement), Yang Ye was surrounded. His sons died one by one but his sixth son, Yang Yanzhao. As a result, Yang Ye was captured and died three days later.

paragraph: Following the death of Yang Ye, advantages now fell into Liao's hand. Song forces were pursued all the way to Bianjing, only with firm defenses held by Taizong emperor.

paragraph: Angered and furious by the death of Yang Ye, a few of Song's military officials were executed, others being thrown into exile. Pan Mei on his own was relegated and demoted to three ranks.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Primary sources

paragraph: BULLET::::- Secondary source

description: Song Dynasty general

wikidata_label: Pan Mei

wikipedia_title: Pan Mei


text:
Moravský Krumlov
Prague
Bohemia
Hofmeister
Bohemia
William II of Pernstein
John III
Pardubice Castle
Vladislav II of Bohemia and Hungary
Lanškroun
Hluboká Castle
Bohemian Chamber
Chlumec nad Cidlinou
Utraquists
Louis II
Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
Kunětice Mountain Castle
Opatovice
Hussite wars
Frederick II of Legnica
Zdeňek Lev of Rožmitál
Wittelsbach
Louis X
Habsburg
Ferdinand I
Landeshauptmann
Náchod
Nové Město nad Metují
Kolín
Sarcophagus
widow seat
Genealogy of Pernstein

categories: 1490 births,Bohemian nobility,1534 deaths

paragraph: Vojtěch I of Pernstein

paragraph: Vojtěch I of Pernstein (also known as "Adalbert I of Pernstein", ; 4 April 1490 at Moravský Krumlov Castle – 17 March 1534 in Prague) was a Bohemian nobleman. He was High Hofmeister of Bohemia from 1514 to 1523 and from 1526, he was governor of Bohemia. He was considered one of the richest magnates in Bohemia.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: His parents were William II of Pernstein and Johanna of Liblitz (). Little is known about his childhood. In 1497, at the age of seven, he and his elder brother John III were knighted at Pardubice Castle by Ling Vladislav II of Bohemia and Hungary, who was on his way from Prague to Hungary.

paragraph: In 1507, he married Margaret of Kostka of Postupic. His brother John III married Margaret's sister Anna later that year. Vojtěch and Margaret initially resided at Lanškroun Castle.

paragraph: His father held the office of High Hofmeister of Bohemia until 1514, when it was transferred to Vojtěch, with permission of the King. However, the Estates objected, pointing out that Vojtěch was only 24 years old and did not have any relevant experience. William, Vojtěch's father argued that he had received the office for life in 1490, so that the transfer only meant that Vojtěch would inherit the office when William died. William felt that Lanškroun Castle was unsuitable for Hluboká, now that he held high office and therefore gave him Hluboká Castle, which he had purchased in 1490 from the Bohemian Chamber. Consequently, Vojtěch styled himself after 1515, or in German "Adalbert von Perstein and Frauenberg".

paragraph: When his father died in 1521, Vojtěch inherited his Bohemian possessions, while his brother John III inherited the Moravian possessions. Vojtěch moved to Pardubice Castle, which he rebuilt in Renaissance style, and began styling himself "Vojtěch of Pernštejn and Pardubice" (). In the same year, he inherited Chlumec nad Cidlinou from William Kostka of Postupic, the father of his first wife, even though he had since remarried. He also rebuilt the castle in Chlumec nad Cidlinou in Renaissance style.

paragraph: Shortly after his father's death, Vojtěch and his brother John sided with the Utraquists. This may have been the reason why he lost the post of High Hofmeister, which King Louis II of Bohemia and Hungary temporarily gave to Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels. Nevertheless, the King confirmed Vojtěch later that year as pledge holder of several possessions in eastern Bohemia, including Kunětice Mountain Castle, and assured him he would only lose those possessions if the original owners redeemed their loans. In this case, the original owner had been Opatovice Monastery, which had been destroyed during the Hussite wars, this confirmation virtually assured that Vojtěch would be allowed to keep these possessions.

paragraph: Although Vojtěch had lost he post of High Hofmeister, he still exterted considerable influence until King Louis II died in 1526. Vojtěch was considered a candidate to succeed him, along with Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels, Frederick II of Legnica and Zdeňek Lev of Rožmitál. Among the foreign candidates, Vojtěch supported the Wittelsbach candidate, Louis X. When the Habsburg candidate, Ferdinand I was elected, Vojtěch changed sides and supported him. Ferdinand then appointed Vojtěch Landeshauptmann of Bohemia.

paragraph: In 1527, Vojtěch acquired more possessions in eastern Bohemia, including Náchod and Nové Město nad Metují, where a beautiful Renaissance castle built by Vojtěch still stands. In 1531, he acquired the pledge over Kolín, also in eastern Bohemia. Vojtěch was a notable art lover. He built castles in Renaissance style and furnished them and decorated them with precious wall paintings.

paragraph: He died in 1534 in Prague and was buried in a marble Sarcophagus in the St. Bartholomew's Church in Pardubice. Since he had no male heir, his brother John III inherited his entire estate, except for a small share for Vojtěch's daughters. Vojtěch's widow, Johanna of Wartenberg, received Nové Město nad Metují as her widow seat, however, she died two years later.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages and issue.

paragraph: Vojtěch married Margaret Kostka of Postupic in 1507; she died in 1515. They had one son:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Louis (after 1508 – 1526)

paragraph: Vojtěch then remarried to Johanna of Wartenberg (; d. 1536). This marriage produced three daughters:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bohunka (b. , married Andreas Ungnad of Sonneck

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anna (b. , married in 1540 to William of Sternberg (

paragraph: BULLET::::- Veronica (d. 1529)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Petr Vorel: "Páni z Pernštejna. Vzestup a pád rodu zubří hlavy v dějinách Čech a Moravy",

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Genealogy of Pernstein

description: Czech hofmeister and nobleman

wikidata_label: Vojtěch I of Pernstein

wikipedia_title: Vojtěch I of Pernstein


text:
Potsdam
German
race walker
2012 Summer Olympics
London
2017 World Championships

categories: World Championships in Athletics athletes for Germany,German male racewalkers,Olympic athletes of Germany,Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics,Sportspeople from Potsdam,1988 births,Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics,Living people

paragraph: Christopher Linke

paragraph: Christopher Linke (born 24 October 1988 in Potsdam) is a German race walker. He competed in the 50 km event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in 24th place. In the 20 km event at the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 5th place. He also finished in 5th at the 2017 World Championships in that event.

description: German racewalker

wikidata_label: Christopher Linke

wikipedia_title: Christopher Linke


text:
Jerusalem
Otto I, Count of Salm
anti-king
Hermann of Salm
Gertrude of Northeim
Dirk VI, Count of Holland
Egmond
Rijnsburg
Santiago de Compostella
Teutonic Knights
Floris III
Antioch
Count of Bentheim
Provost
Bishop of Utrecht
Pavia
abbess
Rijnsburg Abbey
Biography

categories: Salm family,12th-century births,Burials in Israel,1176 deaths,Year of birth unknown,German countesses,12th-century women of the Holy Roman Empire,Countesses of Holland

paragraph: Sophia of Rheineck

paragraph: Sophia of Rheineck, also known as "Sophie of Salm, Countess of Bentheim" ( – 26 September 1176 in Jerusalem) was a German noblewoman.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Sophia was the daughter of Otto I, Count of Salm, the son of the German anti-king Hermann of Salm, and Gertrude of Northeim. She was married to Dirk VI, Count of Holland.

paragraph: Sophia built new churches in the abbeys of Egmond and Rijnsburg. In 1138, she made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem with her husband. During their return journey, they visited the pope in Rome.

paragraph: After her husband's death, Sophia made a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella and two more pilgrimages to Jerusalem in 1173 and 1176. During the latter visit, she died in the St. Mary's hospital of the Teutonic Knights in Jerusalem. She was buried in Jerusalem.

paragraph: Section::::Issue.

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Dirk, known as "the Pilgrim" () ( – 1151), buried in Egmond

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Floris III ( – 1 August 1190 at Antioch), who succeeded his father as Count of Holland in 1157

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Otto ( – 1208 or later), who inherited his mother's possessions and became Count of Bentheim

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Baldwin ( – 30 April 1196), who was Provost at St. Maria in Utrecht and later Bishop of Utrecht from 1178 until his death

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Dirk ( – 28 August 1197 in Pavia), who also became Bishop of Utrecht, in 1197, but died the same year

paragraph: BULLET::::6. Sophia, who became abbess of Rijnsburg Abbey in 1186

paragraph: BULLET::::7. Hedwig (d. 28 August 1167), who was a nun at Rijnsburg

paragraph: BULLET::::8. Gertrud, died in infancy

paragraph: BULLET::::9. Petronilla

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Biography

description: German noble

wikidata_label: Sophia of Rheineck

wikipedia_title: Sophia of Rheineck


text: VC

text: Scottish

text: Victoria Cross

text: British

text: Commonwealth

text: private

text: British Army

text: Indian Mutiny

text: Lucknow

text: India

text: corporal

text: Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum

text: Winchester

text: Monuments to Courage

text: The Register of the Victoria Cross

text: Scotland's Forgotten Valour

categories: British recipients of the Victoria Cross,1859 deaths,Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross,Year of birth unknown,People from Prestonpans,British Army personnel of the Crimean War,Burials at sea,British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross,Rifle Brigade soldiers

paragraph: Same Shaw

paragraph: Same (John) Shaw VC (Unknown – 27 December 1859) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

paragraph: Section::::Details.

paragraph: Shaw was a private in the 3rd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 13 June 1858 at Lucknow, India for which he was awarded the VC:

paragraph: He later achieved the rank of corporal.

paragraph: Section::::The medal.

paragraph: His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum, Winchester, England.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995)

description: Recipient of the Victoria Cross

wikidata_label: Same Shaw

wikipedia_title: Same Shaw