Frankie Miller. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Francis John Miller (born 2 November 1949) is a Scottish rock singer-songwriter. Miller wrote for and performed with many recording artists and is best known for his album Full House, the single “Darlin’” and his duet with Phil Lynott on the Thin…
Florence Nightingale died peacefully in her sleep in her room at 10 South Street, Mayfair, London, on 13 August 1910, at the age of 90. Florence was raised at Lea Hurst where she received classical education which included German, Italian and French. By the time she reached 16, Florence, who…
A group of young nationalists hatched a plot to kill the archduke during his visit to Sarajevo, and after some missteps, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip was able to shoot the royal couple at point-blank range, while they traveled in their official procession, killing both almost instantly. Franz Ferdinand Biography. Duke (1863–1914)…
Nightingale had a number of male admirers, and during her life received at least two proposals of marriage. However, she believed God had chosen her for her work, and she never married or had children. Who was Florence Nightingale in love with? Her most persistent suitor was the politician and…
Writer of the novels The Trial, The Castle, The Missing and the famous MetamorphosisKafka never won the Nobel Prize for LiteratureNobel Prize for LiteratureThe Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who…
A. No. There is no such thing as a ’coat of arms for a surname’. Many people of the same surname will often be entitled to completely different coats of arms, and many of that surname will be entitled to no coat of arms. Except for a few individual exceptions…
Under the feudal contract, the lord had the duty to provide the fief for his vassal, to protect him, and to do him justice in his court. In return, the lord had the right to demand the services attached to the fief (military, judicial, administrative) and a right to various…
Knievel was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999. He died of pulmonary disease in Clearwater, Florida, in 2007, aged 69. Did Evel Knievel die when he jumped the Grand Canyon? Officials said Knievel travelled 68.4 metres (228ft), beating the record he set in the early 1990s by…
Ezio Auditore da Firenze (1459 – 1524) was a Florentine nobleman during the Renaissance, and, unbeknownst to most historians and philosophers, the Mentor of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins, a title which he held from 1503 to 1513. He is also an ancestor to William and Desmond Miles, as well…
1- A Girl. 2- A Pact. 3- A Virginal. 4- Alba. 5- An Immorality. 6- Ancient Music. 7- And the Days Are Not Full Enough. 8- Ballad for Gloom. Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, and a major…