Heinrich August Ottokar Reichard (1751-1828) was a German author and theatre director. He was born in Gotha. [1]
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Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg was an Austrian historian.
Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm von Sigwart was a German philosopher and logician. He was the father of Christoph von Sigwart, who also was a philosopher and logician.
ArchduchessMaria Elisabeth of Austria, was the governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1725 and 1741.
Maria Magdalena, Archduchess of Austria was a governor of Tyrol and daughter of Emperor Leopold I and his third wife Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate. She died unmarried.
Franz Woepcke was a German historian, Orientalist and mathematician. He is remembered for publishing editions and translations of medieval Arabic mathematical manuscripts and for his research on the propagation of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in the medieval era.
Hermann Friedhold Plüddemann was a German history painter and illustrator.
Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès was a French geographer, author and translator, best remembered in the English speaking world for his translation of German ghost stories Fantasmagoriana, published anonymously in 1812, which inspired Mary Shelley and John William Polidori to write Frankenstein and The Vampyre respectively. He was one of the founding members of the Société de Géographie, a member of the Société Asiatique, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, American Philosophical Society, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the Legion of Honour, and has a street named after him in Le Havre and a mountain near Humboldt Bay in California.
The Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great on Unter den Linden avenue in Berlin's Mitte district commemorates King Frederick II. of Prussia. Created from 1839 to 1851 by Christian Daniel Rauch, it is a masterpiece of the Berlin school of sculpture, marking the transition from neoclassicism to realism. The bronze statue shows "The Old Fritz" dressed in military uniform, ermine coat and tricorne hat on horseback above the leading generals, statesmen, artists and scientist of his time. Walled in during World War II, it was disassembled by East Germany in 1950, reassembled in Sanssouci Park in 1963, and returned to its original location in 1980.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Caen, France.
Julius Ludwig Ideler was a German philologist and naturalist. He was the son of astronomer Christian Ludwig Ideler.
Johann Günther Gensler was a German etcher, illustrator and painter; primarily of portraits. His known work consists of over 120 oil paintings and drawings.
Events from the year 1818 in Germany.
Events from the year 1817 in Germany.
Events from the year 1816 in Germany.
Events from the year 1812 in Germany.
Johann Jacob Gensler was a German etcher and painter; specializing in genre scenes and landscapes.