Rulers: • Fernando III, St., King of Castile (1217-1252) • Fernando III, St., King of León and Galicia (1230-1252) • Louis IX, St., King of France (1226-1270) Deaths: • Fernando III de Castilla y León, St. (1201?-1252)
Month: June 2012
Winchester (England)
Births: • Bowker, Judi (1954) Deaths: • Austen, Jane (1775-1817) See also: • Cities | England | UK
Steventon (England)
Jane Austen‘s birthplace. Births: • Austen, Jane (1775-1817) See also: • Cities | England | UK
Jane Austen
(1775–1817) Works: • Complete Works (English) • Emma (1815) • Lady Susan (1794) • Letters of Jane Austen (English) • Love and Freindship (1790) • Mansfield Park (1814) • Northanger Abbey (1803) • Persuasion (1818) ◊ Persuasion (French) • Pride and…
1955
Rulers: • Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961) • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) Events: • Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown) opened to the public. • William Faulkner (1897-1962): National Book Award (1951, 1955). • William Faulkner (1897-1962): Pulitzer Prize for Fiction…
Fernand Léger
(1881–1955) Joseph Fernand Henri Léger The artist’s works: Nus dans la forêt 1909–1911 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Essai pour trois portraits 1910–1911 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee La fumée 1912 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo L’escalier, deuxième état 1914 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Nature morte à…
1431
Rulers: • Juan II, King of Castile and León (1406-1454) Births: • Borgia, Rodrigo (1431-1503), Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503) • Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Art: • Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455): Porta del Paradiso (1425-52) • Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475): Santa Monica e due fanciulli…
1506
Rulers: • Fernando II, King of Aragón, Majorca, Sardinia and Valencia (1479-1516) • Fernando II, King of Naples (1504-1516) • Fernando II, King of Sicily (1468-1516) • Fernando II, Count of Barcelona (1479-1516) • Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino…
Andrea Mantegna
(c.1431–1506) The artist’s works: L’Adorazione dei pastori shortly after 1450 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Polittico di San Luca 1453–1455 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Madonna col Bambino tra serafini e cherubini c.1454 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Presentazione al Tempio…
1507
Rulers: • Fernando II, King of Aragón, Majorca, Sardinia and Valencia (1479-1516) • Fernando II, King of Naples (1504-1516) • Fernando II, King of Sicily (1468-1516) • Fernando II, Count of Barcelona (1479-1516) • Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino…