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H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, commonly known by its brand name H&M, is a Swedish multinational fashion retailer headquartered in Stockholm. Known for its fast fashion business model, H&M sells clothing, accessories, and homeware. The company has a significant global presence, operating thousands of stores across 75 geographical markets and ...
Belgium, [a] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [b] is a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe.Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west.
Brussels was captured by France in 1746, during the War of the Austrian Succession, [71] but was handed back to Austria three years later. It remained with Austria until 1795, when the Southern Netherlands were captured and annexed by France, and the city became the chef-lieu of the department of the Dyle.
In France, 72% of HLM (95% since 2000) are houses or small buildings of 20 apartments. [1] An habitation à loyer modéré (HLM, pronounced [aʃ ɛl ɛm], lit. ' housing at moderate rent '), is a form of low-income housing in France, Algeria, Senegal, and Quebec. It may be public or private, with rent subsidies.
Jean Paul Louis Pelseneer (Brussels, 26 June 1863 – Brussels, [citation needed] 5 May 1945) [1] was a Belgian malacologist, morphologist, ethologist and phylogenist. [1]In 1880, at the age of seventeen, Pelseneer became a member of the Belgian Malacological Society.
HMS Earl of Peterborough was a First World War Royal Navy Lord Clive-class monitor, named after Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, a British general of the War of the Spanish Succession who fought in Spain.
His Master's Voice is a painting and trademark by Francis Barraud that depicts a dog named Nipper listening to a wind-up disc gramophone whilst tilting his head, created in 1899.
Baudouin [a] (US: / b oʊ ˈ d w æ̃ /; [1] [2] 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993) was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, before it became independent in 1960 and became the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known from 1971 to 1997 as Zaire).