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Detail of the 1616 banquet, featuring Captain Nicolaes Woutersz van der Meer whose large figure fills up the table. The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616 refers to the first of several large schutterstukken painted by the Dutch painter Frans Hals for the St. George (or St. Joris) civic guard of Haarlem, and today is considered one of the main attractions of the ...
The following day, Liu Bang brought about 100 men with him to meet Xiang Yu at Swan Goose Gate (鴻門), where Xiang Yu had prepared a banquet. Liu Bang explained that he had managed to enter Guanzhong first because of sheer luck, and apologised to Xiang Yu for robbing him of his glory while extolling Xiang Yu's valour in battle.
Foods at a Scandinavian Julebord banquet. This is a list of historic and contemporary dining events, which includes banquets, feasts, dinners and dinner parties.Such gatherings involving dining sometimes consist of elaborate affairs with full course dinners and various beverages, while others are simpler in nature.
A banquet (/ ˈ b æ ŋ k w ɪ t /; French:) is a formal large meal [1] where a number of people consume food together. Banquets are traditionally held to enhance the prestige of a host, or reinforce social bonds among joint contributors.
2.4 Homosexuality. 2.5 First patents. 3 ... [4] The Banquet of the Learned, [2] ... It also describes in detail the meal and festivities at the wedding feast of ...
The Feast of Saint Bartholomew, also known as Saint Bartholomew's Day, is a Christian liturgical celebration of Bartholomew the Apostle which occurs yearly on August 24 of the liturgical calendars of the Catholic Church and the Church of England. [1] The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar commemorates James on June 11.
[15] [full citation needed] By tradition, these toasts are proposed immediately after the loyal toast, on the relevant day of the week. The Navy makes the loyal toast seated. This was a special dispensation granted by William IV , who had narrowly missed cracking his head several times on low deckheads when serving in the Royal Navy.
The men featured are, from left to right: Ensign Adriaen Matham, Ensign Loth Schout, Colonel Willem Claesz Voogt, Fiscaal Johan Damius, Captain Johan Schatter (seated in front), Captain Gilles de Wildt (seated behind the table with knife in hand), Servant Willem Ruychaver (standing behind him holding a pitcher), Captain Willem Warmont (seated ...