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Saldanha (other)
Saldanha may refer to: Places South Africa * Saldanha Bay, a bay in Western Cape * Saldanha, Western Cape, a town on the bay * Saldanha Bay Local Municipality, the unit of government that administers the Saldanha Bay region Other countries * Saldanha (Lisbon Metro), a railway station in Lisbon, Portugal * Saldanha, a civil parish in Mogadouro, Portugal * Saldaña de Burgos, Castile and León, Spain People * Saldanha (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian football right-back * Saldanha (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian football forward * Saldanha da Gama (1846–1895), Brazilian admiral * António de Saldanha (fl. 16th century), Castilian-Portuguese explorer for whom the South African bay is named * Carlos Saldanha (born 1965), Brazilian film director * Jacintha Saldanha (1966–2012), Indian nurse in London who committed suicide after a prank call * João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha (1790–1876), Portuguese marshal and statesman * João Saldanha (1917†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saldanha Bay
Saldanha Bay () is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, Western Cape, Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality in 2000. The current population of the municipality is estimated at 72,000. The place is mentioned in the first edition of John Locke's ''Two Treatises of Government'' as an example of the state of nature.''Second Treatise'', sec. 14. Locke replaced the reference to "Soldania" with a story told by Garcilaso de la Vega (chronicler), Garcilaso de la Vega about a desert island in subsequent editions (Peter Laslett, ed., ''Two Treatises of Government'', by John Locke, student edition [New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988], 277n). Saldanha Bay's location makes it a paradise for the watersport enthusiast, and its local economy being strongly dependent on fishing, mussels, seafood processing, the steel industry and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disillusion (band)
Disillusion is a German progressive metal band from Leipzig. History Beginnings without record deal Disillusion was founded in 1994 by Andy Schmidt, Tobias Spier, Alex Motz, Markus Espenhain and Jan Stölzel. The band played thrash metal. Despite the departure of bassist Markus Espenhain in early 1996, the first demo ''Subspace Insanity'' was recorded in March the same year. ''Red'' followed in 1997 as the band developed their own style. The second demo was mixed and mastered by Andy Schmidt and Alex Tscholakov at TAM Recording in Zwickau. Despite growing local success and the prospect of the band becoming more serious, Disillusion was put on hold because of lack of time of some band members. With the recruitment of guitarist Rajk Barthel and drummer Jens Maluschka in 1999 and 2000 Disillusion started again. They played some concerts and recorded their third demo ''Three Neuron Kings'' in summer 2001 (again with Alex Tscholakov at TAM Recording). The record received positive re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Saldanha
Duke of Saldanha (in Portuguese ''Duque de Saldanha'') is a Portuguese title granted by royal decree of Queen Maria II of Portugal, dated November 4, 1846, to João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha, João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun (1790-1876), also known as Marshal Saldanha, leader of the liberal armies, during the Liberal Wars in Portugal. Queen Maria II of Portugal had successively upgraded the Marshal Saldanha title from Count (1833), to Marquis (1834) and, finally, to Duke of Saldanha (1846). List of dukes of Saldanha #João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha, D. João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun (1790-1876) #D. João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun (1825-1880) #D. João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun (1889-1954) #D. José Augusto de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun (1894-1970) #D. José Augusto de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun (1921-2011) #D. João Carlos Duarte de Saldanha e Daun (1947-) Other titles The Duke of Saldanha al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
