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Franz Gruber
Franz Gruber , 1787-1863, Austrian organist. On Christmas Eve in 1818 he composed his one published work, the music for the poem Silent Night by the local curate, Josef Mohr. ... Read more
Frederikshavn
Frederikshavn , city (1992 pop. 24,930), Nordjylland co., N Denmark, a port on the Kattegat; chartered 1818. It is a commercial and industrial center, with ferry services, shipyards, engineering works, and a food processing industry. ... Read more
Aloys Senefelder
Aloys Senefelder , 1771-1834, German lithographer, b. Prague. Senefelder invented lithography in Munich c.1796. In 1818 he published a full account of the nature and the history of his invention. The English translation, A Complete Course of Lithography, appeared in 1819. ... Read more
Morris Birkbeck
Morris Birkbeck 1764-1825, English pioneer in the United States. One of the most advanced agriculturists in England, he had a huge farm in Surrey. In 1817 he emigrated to the United States. He and another English traveler, George Flower, sought to create a settlement in Illinois. The two quarreled,... Read more
Illinois
Illinois State in n central USA, on the e bank of the Mississippi River; the capital is Springfield. Illinois was explored first by the French in 1673. Ceded to the British in 1763, it was occupied by American troops during the American Revolution. Illinois became a state of the Union in 1818. The ... Read more
William Backhouse Astor
William Backhouse Astor 1792-1875, American financier, b. New York City; son of John Jacob Astor (1763-1848). Educated in Germany, he was associated with his father in business after 1818. Later called the landlord of New York, he also inherited money from his uncle Henry Astor and left an immens... Read more
Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou 1771-1852, American clergyman, foremost among expositors of Universalism in the United States, b. Cheshire co., N.H. From 1818 until his death he was pastor of the Second Universalist Society in Boston. One of the founders (1819) of the Universalist Magazine, he was its editor until ... Read more
Beaufort West
Beaufort West , town (1991 pop. 31,726), Western Cape, S South Africa, in the Great Karroo . The town has some light industry and is the trade and distribution center for nearby farms where sheep, grain, and fruit are raised. It is also a resort. Beaufort West was founded in 1818 and in 1837 became... Read more
Bellefontaine
Bellefontaine , city (1990 pop. 12,142), seat of Logan co., W central Ohio; settled 1818, inc. 1835. It is a trade and rail center for a farm area. Manufactures include electrical equipment, small motors, and tools. East of the city is Campbell Hill, the highest point in Ohio (1,550 ft/472 km). ... Read more
Concert of Europe
Concert of Europe term used in the 19th cent. to designate a loose agreement by the major European powers to act together on European questions of common interest. The concert emerged after the Congress of Vienna (1814-15) and included the Quadruple Alliance powers of Great Britain, Austria, Prus... Read more

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Convention of 1818
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History CONVENTION OF 1818 On October 20, 1818, a convention was signed by the United States and Britain which...the eastern boundary had been established by the Convention of 1818, expansionists began to suggest that the Pacific Northwest territories...
Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818) English author commonly known as "Monk" Lewis. He...Shelley. Lewis made another visit to the West Indies in 1818 and died at sea May 14, 1818, while returning home. The books of Lewis are memorable...
Novikov, Nikolai Ivanovich (1744–1818)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...NOVIKOV, NIKOLAI IVANOVICH (1744 – 1818) NOVIKOV, NIKOLAI IVANOVICH (1744 – 1818), for about three decades one of the defining...there in relative obscurity until his death in 1818. But he maintained a very active correspondence...
Hastings, Warren (1732–1818)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World HASTINGS, WARREN (1732 – 1818) HASTINGS, WARREN (1732 – 1818), first governor-general of India. Warren Hastings...1814, and died, a rural recluse, on 22 August 1818. Although Hastings's conduct of affairs tended...
John Keats
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Endymion, a long poem, was published in 1818. Although faulty in structure, it is...Quarterly Review. The critical assaults of 1818 mark a turning point in Keats's life...for Fanny Brawne seems to have begun in 1818. Fanny's letters to Keats's sister...
Alexander II
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Alexander II Born: April 17, 1818 Moscow, Russia Died: March 1, 1881 St...born in Moscow, Russia, on April 17, 1818. Because he would become emperor one day...Van der Kiste, John. The Romanovs, 1818 – 1959: Alexander II of Russia...
Peacock, Thomas Love
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...Melincourt (1817), and Nightmare Abbey (1818), survey the contemporary political and...employing a historical setting. Rhododaphne (1818) is a fine and historically important...Literature’ (a fragment, written 1818) and ‘ The Four Ages of Poetry...
Romilly, Sir Samuel
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Romilly, Sir Samuel (1757–1818). Legal reformer. Born of a Huguenot...Arundel (1812), and Westminster (1818), opposing the Corn Law in 1815 and the...four days after the death of his wife in 1818. Edward Royle
Keats, John
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...A Poetic Romance, was published in May 1818. Keats turned the story of Endymion...Robustness (health and strength)." In early 1818 Keats turned to straightforward narrative...Keats started work on Hyperion in September 1818. An essential part of its purpose was...
Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...seamstress, and author Elizabeth Keckley (c.1818-1907) had a close friendship with First...unknown. Sources place it as early as 1818 and as late as 1840; based on records from the Burwell household, February 1818 seems the most likely date, although other...

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Convention of 1818 with England
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CONVENTION OF 1818 WITH ENGLAND CONVENTION OF 1818 WITH ENGLAND, a treaty signed in London in October and ratified in Washington, D.C., the following January. The convention gave U.S. citizens the right to fish on limited portions of the...
Farrar, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...through the translation of many French works between 1818 and 1829. Published in separate, topical volumes...essays, all of them unsigned: 6 (1817 – 1818), 205 – 224; 8 (1818 – 1819), 157 – 168; 12...
Brianchon, Charles-Julien
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Artillery School of the Royal Guard in 1818. By this time he had published several...la th é orie des transversales (1818), and “ Solution de plusieurs...xE9; om é trie ” (1818). Brianchon ’ s teaching duties...
La Rive, Charles-Gaspard De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...mique on medicine and, especially after 1818, on experimental chemistry. His well...xE9; tat until his resignation on 19 June 1818. He was elected premier syndic in 1817. On 4 November 1818 the Conseil d ’ É tat created...
Joint Occupation
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...JOINT OCCUPATION, a term designating the 1818 U.S.-British agreement regarding the...occupation was one part of the Convention of 1818 with England that Richard Rush and Albert...delegates signed the treaty on 20 October 1818, and it was unanimously ratified by the...
Weber, Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...variety. Wrote Mass in E♭ 1818 and worked on opera Der Freischü...Jugendmesse ) (1802); Mass in E♭ (1818); Mass in G (1819).CHORAL: Der erste...Kantate , SATB soloists, ch., orch. (1818).ORCH.: syms: No.1 in C (1807...
Buckland, William
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...readership (not professorship) in geology in 1818; the motives and politics of this endowment...instrumental in introducing gas lighting in 1818, and became chairman of the Oxford gas...France. Cuvier visited him at Oxford in 1818, and he visited Cuvier at Paris several...
Caventou, Joseph-Bienaimé
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...separation of crotonic acid from croton oil (1818); the examination of carmine, the coloring matter in cochineal (1818); and the isolation of ambrein from ambergris...Pelletier and Caventou isolated strychnine in 1818, brucine and veratrine (independently...
Lawrence, Willam
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...delivered lectures to that body (1816-1818) on comparative anatomy, physiology...standard reference and appeared in French (1818) and Italian (1820) translations. Dedicated...Royal College of Surgeons from 1816 through 1818. In 1814, immediately preceding his presentation...
Petit, Alexis Thérèse
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...t é Philomatique from February 1818 but was never elected to the Academie des...by the first class of the Institute. By 1818, when the prize was awarded to them...paper on the theory of machines written in 1818 BIBLIOGRAPHY I. Original Works. In the...

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VAALCO SIGNS AGREEMENTS WITH 1818 FUND, PARAMOUNT EXPLORATION FOR PROJECTS
Magazine article from: Hart's Petroleum Finance Week; 3/2/1998; 580 words ; Vaalco Energy Inc. {VEIX} sold the 1818 Fund II L.P., a private investment fund managed...shares in exchange for all of the capital stock of 1818 Oil Corp. The principal asset of 1818 Oil, currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of 1818...
Vaalco, 1818 Fund set exchange.
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 2/20/1998; 658 words ; ...Inc. announced this week that is has entered into an agreement with the 1818 Fund II L.P. under which 1818 Fund will, in exchange for all of the capital stock of 1818 Oil Corp., acquire preferred stock of Vaalco currently convertible into...
VAALCO Announces Sale of 1818 Fund II, L.P. Holdings.
PR Newswire; 3/17/2005; 700+ words ; ...VAALCO Energy, Inc. , announced today that the 1818 Fund II, L.P. sold 35,898,695 shares...of the common stock beneficially owned by the 1818 Fund II, L.P. The shares sold by the 1818 Fund II, L.P. represent approximately 63...
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN RAISES $475 MILLION IN COMMITMENTS FOR PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT THROUGH THE 1818 FUND II
PR Newswire; 12/10/1993; 700+ words ; ...announced that as of its Dec. 3 closing, The 1818 Fund II, L.P., had attracted 26 investors...corporations and substantial private investors. The 1818 Fund II, L.P., follows on the success of the 1818 Fund, L.P., which was established in...
Time running out for some residents of 1818 Park.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 5/30/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...ink, lies on the sidewalk in front of 1818 Park Av. S. The yellow ribbons wrapped...Midnight Sunday is the deadline for tenants at 1818 Park to be out of the building in the Phillips...want. So, like many young mothers at 1818 Park, she is stuck. Exploring options...
Music Entries at Stationers' Hall, 1710-1818.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Music Entries at Stationers' Hall 1710-1818. Compiled by Michael Kassler from lists...Music Entries at Stationers' Hall, 1710-1818. Its detailed list of the musical works...and an additional 1,164 from 1811-1818 that are given briefer attention, we have...
Tenant at 1818 Park aims rage at painter on ladder; Renter facing eviction shoves, injures worker.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/10/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...the now infamous apartment building at 1818 Park Av. S. where the homicide occurred...led Lewis to set up his ladder outside 1818 Park. He had met the new owner, Mike...Lewis said, that he offered to paint 1818 Park at a discount. On Tuesday afternoon...
The British and the Suppression of the Rebellion (1817-1818)
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror; 7/23/2009; 700+ words ; ...confiscate his property. By Feb: March 1818 the whole country was against the British...Udunuwaera and Yatinuwera. On 21st February 1818 Martial Law was declared throughout the...although the Colonial Office in April 1818 advised to vacate the Kandyan provinces...
'Racine et Shakespeare' (1818-1825) et autres textes de theorie romantique.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; 'Racine et Shakespeare' (1818-1825) et autres textes de theorie...subjects. As indicated by the dates 1818-1825 in the title, Crouzet presents...circumstances of its production. The date 1818 marks the point at which Stendhal first...
Shades of gray fill this painter's tale; His fall at 1818 Park Av. S. is one in a series of bad breaks.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/14/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...the most notorious address in Minneapolis, 1818 Park Av. S. Lewis said he was doing the work at 1818 at a huge discount as atonement. His estranged...then offered to help Mike Fox, who purchased 1818 just at the point Miss Ann's body was found...