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Brewer's: O. P. Riot
(Old Price Riot). When the new Covent Garden theatre was opened in 1809, the charges of admission were increased, but night after night for three months a throng crowded the pit, shouting…Frank P. Bibas Biography
Frank P. Bibasradio, television, and film producerBorn: ?Birthplace: New York City During his career he produced some 3,000 commercials on television and radio for products ranging from Ajax cleanser…Walewska, Countess Maria
(Encyclopedia) Walewska, Countess MariaWalewska, Countess Mariamärēˈä välĕfˈskä [key], 1789–1817, Polish noblewoman. She became (1807) the mistress of Emperor Napoleon I and bore (1810) him a son,…Peter III, king of Portugal
(Encyclopedia) Peter III, 1717–86, king of Portugal (1777–86), younger brother of Joseph. He married his niece Maria I and was joint ruler with her, though she generally was the dominant figure.Santa María, volcano, Guatemala
(Encyclopedia) Santa MaríaSanta Maríasänˈtä märēˈä [key], active volcano, 12,375 ft (3,772 m) high, SW Guatemala, in the Sierra Madre near the city of Quetzaltenango. Its eruption in 1902 was one of…Williams, John, American clergyman
(Encyclopedia) Williams, John, 1664–1729, American clergyman, b. Roxbury, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1683. In 1686 he became the first minister at Deerfield, Mass. During the great Native American…Merian, Maria Sibylla
(Encyclopedia) Merian, Maria SibyllaMerian, Maria Sibyllamärēˈä zĭbüˈlä māˈrēän [key], 1647–1717, German naturalist, entomologist, and painter of insects and flowers, b. Frankfurt; daughter of…Maria Wörth
(Encyclopedia) Maria WörthMaria Wörthmärēˈä vört [key], village, Carinthia prov., S Austria. It is a popular resort on the south shore of the Wörther See, a small lake. It is also a place of…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 4, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 3, 1806August 5, 1806August 4, 1806 Monday August 4th 1806. Set out at 4 A.M. this morning. permited Willard and Sergt. Ordway to exchange…Hayes, Rutherford Birchard
(Encyclopedia) Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822–93, 19th President of the United States (1877–81), b. Delaware, Ohio, grad. Kenyon College, 1843, and Harvard law school, 1845. He became a moderately…Trending
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