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Adela Milčinović
Adela Milčinović (; 14 January 1878 – 18 July 1968) was a Croatian feminist author, playwright, journalist, and suffragette. Life Adela Kamenić was born in Sisak, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Croatia) on 14 January 1878, her mother Ludmilla's illegitimate daughter. She received her teacher's qualification from the Sisters of Charity convent in Zagreb in 1896. She then studied art history in Hamburg and Leipzig. In 1899, she married Andrija Milčinović, a teacher and student at the University of Zagreb. Afterward, the couple moved to Zdenci where Andrija had gained employment as a teacher. Between 1902 and 1904, they lived in Germany, then returned to Zagreb in 1904, where her husband finished his degree and became an employee of the Museum of Arts and Crafts. They had two daughters and divorced around 1915. Milčinović spent World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-largest in the European Union with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, eighth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. At the southern tip of the Jutland Peninsula, Hamburg stands on the branching River Elbe at the head of a estuary to the North Sea, on the mouth of the Alster and Bille (Elbe), Bille. Hamburg is one of Germany's three city-states alongside Berlin and Bremen (state), Bremen, and is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The Port of Hamburg is Germany's largest and Europe's List of busiest ports in Europe, third-largest, after Port of Rotterdam, Rotterda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Deaths
Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being 1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, elected leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Australian Senate, Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 Births
Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Philippopolis – Russian troops defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 23 – Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. * January 24 – Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, Governor of Saint Petersburg. * January 28 – In the United States: ** The world's First Telephone Exchange begins commercial operation in New Haven, Connecticut. ** '' The Yale News'' becomes the first daily college newspaper in the U.S. * January 31 – Turkey agrees to an armistice at Adrianople. February * February 2 – Greece declares war on the Ottoman Empire. * February 7 – Pope Pius IX dies, after a 31½ year pontificate (the longest definitely confirmed). * February 8 & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Academy Of Sciences And Arts
The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (; , HAZU) is the national academy of Croatia. HAZU was founded under the patronage of the Croatian bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer under the name Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (, JAZU) since its founder wanted to make it the central scientific and artistic institution of all South Slavs. Today, its main goals are encouraging and organizing scientific work, applying the achieved results, developing of artistic and cultural activities, carrying about the Croatian cultural heritage and its affirmation in the world, publishing the results of scientific research and artistic creativity and giving suggestions and opinions for the advancement of science and art in areas of particular importance to Croatia. The academy is divided into nine classes; social sciences, mathematical, physical and chemical sciences, natural sciences, medical sciences, philological sciences, Literature, Fine Arts, Musical Arts and Musicology, technical sciences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Split, Croatia
Split (, ), historically known as Spalato (; ; see #Name, other names), is the List of cities and towns in Croatia, second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast. The Split metropolitan area is home to about 330,000 people. It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and is spread over a central peninsula and its surroundings. An intraregional transport hub and popular tourist destination, the city is linked to the List of islands in the Adriatic, Adriatic islands and the Apennine Peninsula. More than 1 million tourists visit it each year. The city was founded as the Greek colonisation, Greek colony of Aspálathos () in the 3rd or 2nd century BCE on the coast of the Illyrians, Illyrian Dalmatae, and in 305 CE, it became the site of Diocletian's Palace, the Palace of the Roman emperor Diocletian. It became a prominent settlement around 650 when it succeeded the ancient capital of the Roman Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Women's Alliance Of The Kingdom Of Serbs, Croats, And Slovenes
Yugoslav Women's Alliance () also called National Women's Alliance (NWA; / ) was a Yugoslavian organisation for women's rights, founded in September 1919 and abolished in 1961. It was originally named National Women's Alliance of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (), but changed name in 1929. When Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia united to create Yugoslavia, the women's organizations of these countries united in the umbrella organization Yugoslav Women's Alliance. The organization was the leading force of the women's movement in pre-Communist Yugoslavia during the interwar period, and campaigned in favor of women's suffrage and other reforms in gender equality until its dissolution in 1961. History After the end of the First World War in 1918, Serbia, and State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (parts under the Austro-Hungarian rule) united to form the new Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Each part of the new Kingdom previously had their own separate women's movement. The predecessors a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrader Nachrichten
The ''Belgrader Nachrichten'' (, ), was the official occupation periodical of the Austro-Hungarian Military Governorate in Serbia during the First World War. As the main propaganda organ, the focus of the newspaper was to portray the occupation and its government as benevolent and working in the interest of the Serb population. It was published daily, in German, Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian from 1915 to 1918, during the occupation of Serbia. History In 1916, the new Austro-Hungarian military governor of Serbia instituted a system of military law that allowed only one newspaper, the Army's Belgrader Nachrichten, to be printed. During the occupation the use of Serbian Cyrillic script was forbidden in public life, Serbian language was re-cast as "Serbo-Croatian". Printed materials for the population of Serbia were exclusively in Latin script, Ijekavian dialect with Croatian lexis. The Belgrader Nachrichten was distributed in Austro-Hungarian occupied territories in German, Hungarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Arts And Crafts, Zagreb
The Museum of Arts and Crafts () in Zagreb, Croatia, was established in 1880, by the initiative of the Arts Society and its former President Izidor Kršnjavi. Drawing on the theoretical precepts of England's Arts and Crafts movement and the intellectual postulates of Gottfried Semper, the museum was devised with the aim of creating a collection of models for master craftsmen and artist to reinvigorate the production of everyday use items. The strategy of the museum's activity was focused on preservation of traditional crafts, as well as creation of a new middle class aesthetic culture. Therefore, in 1882 the Crafts School (today Applied Art and Design School) was founded along the museum. The building, constructed in 1888 by Hermann Bollé, is one of the first purpose-built edifices devised to merge the functions of the museum and the school. Stylistically, the building is a grand historicist palace in the spirit of the German Renaissance. The initial holdings had been founded sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Empire
The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich; . from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the German revolution of 1918–1919, November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a Weimar Republic, republic. The German Empire consisted of States of the German Empire, 25 states, each with its own nobility: four constituent Monarchy, kingdoms, six Grand duchy, grand duchies, five Duchy, duchies (six before 1876), seven Principality, principalities, three Free imperial city, free Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City-state, cities, and Alsace–Lorraine, one imperial territory. While Prussia was one of four kingdoms in the realm, it contained about two-thirds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdenci
Zdenci is a village and municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County. In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 1,904, in the following settlements: * Bankovci, population 124 * Donje Predrijevo, population 106 * Duga Međa, population 196 * Grudnjak, population 13 * Kutovi, population 176 * Obradovci, population 56 * Slavonske Bare, population 170 * Zdenci, population 930 * Zokov Gaj, population 133 In the 2001 census, 88% of the population were Croats. Politics Minority councils Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia The Serbs of Croatia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Срби у Хрватској, Srbi u Hrvatsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
