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Eugène-Melchior, comte de Vogüé (February 25, 1848 - March 29, 1910) was a French author. February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ...
1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...
The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ...
He was born at Nice. He served in the campaign of 1870, and on the conclusion of the war entered the diplomatic service, being appointed successively attache to the legations at Constantinople and Cairo and secretary at Saint Petersburg. He resigned in 1882, and from 1893 to 1898 was deputy for Ardèche. This article is about the city. ...
Battle of Gravelotte Main article: Battle of Gravelotte Battle of Sedan Main article: Battle of Sedan The French were soundly defeated in several battles owing to the military superiority of the Prussian forces and their commanders. ...
Map of Constantinople. ...
View of the modern citys skyline. ...
Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland...
1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Events January 1 - Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 - Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 - The UK has its first meeting. ...
1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Ardèche is a département in south-central France named after the Ardèche River. ...
His connection with the Revue des deux mondes began in 1873 with his Voyage en Syrie et en Palestine, and subsequently he was a frequent contributor. He did much to awaken French interest in the intellectual life of other countries, especially of Russia, his sympathy with which was strengthened by his marriage in 1878 with a Russian lady, the sister of General Annenkov. De Vogüé was practically the first to draw French attention to Dostoyevsky and his successors. He became a member of the French Academy in 1888. The Revue des Deux Mondes is a monthly French language magazine. ...
1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. ...
Events January - April January – Cleopatras Needle arrives in London January 9 - Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 23 – Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 - The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. ...
Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...
The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ...
1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
Works include - Histoires orientates (1879)
- Portraits du siècle (1883)
- Le Fils de Pierre le Grand (1884)
- Histoires d'hiver (1885)
- Le Roman russe (1886)
- Regards historiques et littéraires (1892)
- Cœurs russes (1894)
- Devant le siècle (1896)
- Jean d'Agrève (1898)
- Le Rappel des ombres (1900)
- Le maître de la mer (1903)
- Maxime Gorky (1905)
- Les Routes (1910)
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...
The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica ( 1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...
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