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Brewer's: Hundred Days
The days between March 20, 1815, when Napoleon reached the Tuileries, after his escape from Elba, and June 28, the date of the second resioration of Louis XVIII. These hundred days were…Acton, Sir John Francis Edward
(Encyclopedia) Acton, Sir John Francis Edward, 1736?–1811, Neapolitan statesman of British origin, b. Besançon, France. Called upon by Queen Marie Caroline and King Ferdinand IV of Naples (later…Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu
(Encyclopedia) Soult, Nicolas Jean de DieuSoult, Nicolas Jean de Dieunēkôläˈ zhäN də dyö s&oomacr;lt [key], 1769–1851, marshal of France. Having won distinction in the Napoleonic Wars, especially…Barère de Vieuzac, Bertrand
(Encyclopedia) Barère de Vieuzac, BertrandBarère de Vieuzac, BertrandbĕrträNˈ bärĕrˈ də vyözäkˈ [key], 1755–1841, French revolutionary. A member of the Revolutionary National Assembly and of the…Savary, Anne Jean Marie René
(Encyclopedia) Savary, Anne Jean Marie RenéSavary, Anne Jean Marie Renéän zhäN märēˈ rənāˈ sävärēˈ [key], 1774–1833, French general in the Napoleonic Wars. He presided (1804) at the trial of the duc…Gustavus IV
(Encyclopedia) Gustavus IV, 1778–1837, king of Sweden (1792–1809). On the assassination of his father, Gustavus III, he succeeded under the regency of his uncle, later King Charles XIII, a liberal.…grenade
(Encyclopedia) grenadegrenadegrĭnādˈ [key], small bomb either thrown by hand or shot from a modified rifle or a grenade launcher. It may be filled with gas or chemicals but more often holds an…Greuze, Jean-Baptiste
(Encyclopedia) Greuze, Jean-BaptisteGreuze, Jean-BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ gröz [key], 1725–1805, French genre and portrait painter. He studied at the Académie Royale and won recognition in 1755 with his…Nono, Luigi
(Encyclopedia) Nono, LuigiNono, Luigil&oomacr;ēˈjē nôˈnō [key], 1924–90, Italian composer, b. Venice. Nono studied with Hermann Scherchen and Bruno Maderna. He adopted the twelve-tone method of…Mantua
(Encyclopedia) MantuaMantuamănˈch&oomacr;ə, –t&oomacr;ə [key], Ital. Mantova, city (1991 pop. 53,065), capital of Mantova prov., Lombardy, N Italy, bordered on three sides by lakes formed by…Trending
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