Pierre Gaspard Chaumette

Pierre Gaspard Chaumette was a French politician of the Revolutionary period who served as the president of the Paris Commune and played a leading role in the establishment of the Reign of Terror. He was one of the ultra-radical enragés of the revolution, an ardent critic of Christianity who was one of the leaders of the dechristianization of France. His radical positions resulted in his alienation from Maximilien Robespierre, and he was arrested on charges of being a counterrevolutionary and executed.

Baldassarre Capra

Baldassarre Capra was an Italian scientist who disputed Galileo Galilei's claim to priority of the discovery of Kepler's Supernova and also claimed to have invented the proportional compass, accusing Galileo of plagiarism

Conventions of La Marsa

The Conventions of La Marsa supplementing the Treaty of Bardo were signed by the Bey of Tunis Ali III ibn al-Husayn and the French Resident General Paul Cambon on 8 June 1883. They provided for France to repay Tunisia's international debt so it could

Thomyris, Queen of Scythia

Thomyris, Queen of Scythia was a pasticcio opera based on a libretto by Peter Anthony Motteux. It was produced by John James Heidegger at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in April 1707. Motteux’s prologue directly referenced Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d'Argental

Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d'Argental, was a French lawyer and diplomat, particularly remembered as a lifelong friend of Voltaire

Claude-Antoine-Auguste Blad

Claude-Antoine-Auguste Blad, was a politician of the French revolutionary era

Anastasio de Filiis

Anastasio de Filiis, together with Prince Federico Cesi, the Dutch physician Johannes van Heeck and Francesco Stelluti, was one of the four founding members of the Accademia dei Lincei. He wrote a number of works on natural science and tables of

Martyrdom of Saint Denis of the Nativity

The Martyrdom of Saint Denis of the Nativity is the subject of a 1926 painting by Adrien-Gabriel Voisard-Margerie (1867-1954). It hangs in the church of St Catherine in Honfleur, Normandy. It is not known whether the painting was commissioned by the

Spanish assault on Djerba (1520)

The Spanish assault on Djerba was a 1520 Spanish military expedition against the island of Djerba in Tunisia. Led by Hugo of Moncada, it ended with the capitulation of the island's sheikh, who became a tributary of Emperor Charles V

Giovanni Pippan

Giovanni Pippan was an Italian labor leader and socialist, active in Italy, Croatia and the United States of America

Andrei Simonov

Andrei Dmitrievich Simonov was a Russian Armed Forces major general serving as Chief of the Electronic Warfare Troops of the 2nd Army of the Western Military District