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Joseph II vol 2: Against the World, 1780 – 1790 ( 2009 )
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On this passage the theologian Joseph Barber Lightfoot ( Apostolic Fathers, 1885, II, p. 84 ) noted: " Clement may possibly be referring to some known, but hardly accessible land, lying without the pillars of Hercules.
* 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope John Paul II.
After the financial collapse of the Italian opera company in 1777 due to financial mis-management, Joseph II decided to end the performance of Italian opera, French spoken drama, and ballet.
The re-launched theaters would promote German language plays and musical productions that reflected Austrian ( or as Joseph II would have said ) German values, traditions and outlook.
However, in 1778 Gluck turned down an offer to compose the inaugural opera for La Scala in Milan ; upon the suggestion of Joseph II and with the approval of Gluck, Salieri was offered the commission, which he gratefully accepted.
Joseph II granted Salieri permission to take a year long leave of absence ( later extended ) thus enabling him to write for La Scala and to undertake a tour of Italy.
Shortly after this success Joseph II had Mozart and Salieri each contribute a one-act opera and / or singspiel for production at a banquet in 1786.
The success of his opera Tarare was such that it was soon translated into Italian at Joseph II behest by Lorenzo Da Ponte as Axur, Re d ' Ormus ( Axur, King of Hormuz ) and staged at the royal wedding of Franz II in 1788.
Just as his apogee of fame was being reached abroad, his influence in Vienna would begin to diminish with the death of Joseph II in 1789.
His fellow Knights of the Garter created in 1867 were Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland, Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Franz Joseph I of Austria and Alexander II of Russia.
After the re-shoots were completed, Joseph LoDuca, who composed the music for The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II, returned to score the the film.
The premiere could not be arranged in time, however, so the opera The Marriage of Figaro was substituted on the express orders of the bride's uncle, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II.
In the conferences during World War II, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin openly requested the concession of Soviet military bases on the Straits, even though Turkey was not involved in the war.
Napoleon's son Napoleon François Charles Joseph ( 1811 – 1832 ) was created king of Rome ( 1811 – 1814 ) and was later styled Napoleon II by loyalists of the dynasty, though he only ruled for two weeks after his father's abdication.
#* Napoléon ( II ) François Joseph Charles Bonaparte ( 1811 – 1832 ) Napoléon II, son of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria of the Habsburg dynasty
#* Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte ( 1822 – 1891 ), called Plon-Plon married Princess Marie Clothilde of Savoy daughter of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
General Joseph Stilwell, an American military adviser to Chiang during World War II, strongly criticized Chiang and his generals for what he saw as their incompetence and corruption.
In 1950, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church was granted autocephaly by Pope Joseph II of Alexandria, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
This promotion was completed when Joseph II consecrated the first Ethiopian-born Archbishop, Abuna Basilios, as head of the Ethiopian Church on 14 January 1951.
The music was written by Joseph Haydn in 1797 as an anthem for the birthday of the Austrian Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire.
Louis XVI had made secret requests to Emperor Joseph II of Austria, Marie-Antoinette's brother, to restore him to his throne.
Joseph and vol
Joseph II vol 1: In the shadow of Maria Theresa, 1741-1780 ( 1987 ); Joseph II: Volume 2, Against the World, 1780-1790 ( 2009 )
* Joseph Bain, ed., Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scotland and Mary Queen of Scots 1547 – 1603, vol.
* Joseph A. Bauer, A Surgeon's View: Alien Autopsy's Overwhelming Lack of Credibility, Skeptical Inquirer, vol 20, # 1, Jan. 1996, 23 – 24.
* Bennett, Joseph, of Robert Graves ' The White Goddess: a Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth, Hudson Review, vol. 2 ( 1949 ), 133-138
A technical biography is Anthony T. Grafton, Joseph Scaliger: A Study in the History of Classical Scholarship, 2 vol.
The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771, Public Library of New South Wales / Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1962, vol.
This is valuable for its notices of contemporary authors such as Ben Jonson, whom he praises as the greatest English poet ; this manuscript was reprinted in Joseph Haslewood's Ancient Critical Essays ( vol.
* Joseph L. Sax, " Historic Preservation as a Public Duty: The Abbe Gregoire and the Origin of an Idea ", Michigan Law Review, vol.
Adversus cucullatum minotaurum wittenbergensem: De sacramentorum gratia iterum, ( 1523 ), Joseph Schweizer, ed., Munster in Westfalen, ( 1920 ), Corpus Catholicorum, vol.
* Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland, edited by Joseph Bain, Edinburgh, 1881-8, vol. 2, p. 215-6.
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