Month: August 2012

Theatre Directors

• Ackerman, Robert Allan (1944-2022) • Andrews, Julie (1935) • Arias, Ernesto (1968) • Barrault, Jean-Louis (1910-1994) • Beck, Julian (1925-1985) • Belmondo, Jean-Paul (1933-2021) • Bene, Carmelo (1937-2002) • Berkoff, Steven (1937) • Blanchett, Cate (1969) • Bolognini, Mauro (1922-2001) • Branciaroli, Franco…

1101

Events: • Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontevraud founded in Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, France.

Martin Van Buren

(1782–1862) 8th President of the United States (1837–1841) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States

1782

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Chapelle, Madeleine (1782-1849) • Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) Architecture: • Santa Maria del Carmine completed in Firenze, Italia. Art: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Teseo sul Minotauro (1782) • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a…

1189

Rulers: • Henry II, King of England (1154-1189) • Richard I, King of England (1189-1199) • Philippe II Auguste, King of France (1180-1223) Deaths: • Henry II, King of England (1133-1189)

Andrew Jackson

(1767–1845) 7th President of the United States (1829–1837) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States

John Quincy Adams

(1767–1848) 6th President of the United States (1825–1829) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States

1767

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) • Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Music: • Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Alceste (1767) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Les Hasards heureux de l’escarpolette (c.1767-68) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Portrait d’un homme en…