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The famous opening line of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's (anonymous) novel, Paul Clifford, published this year, begins: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the ...
February 3, 1830 – Greece is liberated from the Ottoman forces as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. July 20, 1830 – Greece grants citizenship to Jews. May 7, 1832 – The Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria, is chosen King. Thus begins the history of modern Greece.
Lectures on the History of Literature. London: Ellis and Elvey. Carlyle, Alexander, ed. (1898). Historical Sketches of Notable Persons and Events in the Reigns of James I and Charles I. London: Chapman and Hall Limited. Norton, Charles Eliot, ed. (1898). Two Note Books of Thomas Carlyle. New York: The Grolier Club. Copeland, Charles Townsend ...
By the time Delacroix painted Liberty Leading the People, he was already the acknowledged leader of the Romantic school in French painting. [4] Delacroix, who was born as the Age of Enlightenment was giving way to the ideas and style of romanticism, rejected the emphasis on precise drawing that characterised the academic art of his time, and instead gave a new prominence to freely brushed colour.
Eliab Harvey (1758–1830), admiral, captain of HMS Temeraire, which played a crucial role at the Battle of Trafalgar; Edward Hawke (1705–1781), Admiral of the Fleet, best known as the admiral at the Battle of Quiberon Bay; John Hawkwood (1320–1394), famous medieval mercenary; Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724–1816), mentor of Nelson
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The Collared Thief, 1860. William James Webbe (or Webb) (born 13 July 1830 in Redruth, Cornwall, England – died 1904 in England) was an English Victorian painter and illustrator, known for his rustic, religious, and book paintings.
1830 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1830th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 830th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1830s decade. As of the start of 1830, the ...