series of misfortunes
61Rutebeuf — ▪ French poet also spelled Rutebuef , or Rustebeuf flourished 1245–85 French poet and jongleur whose pungent commentaries on the orders of society are considered the first expression of popular opinion in French literature. The… …
62Silva, José Asunción — ▪ Colombian poet born Nov. 27, 1865, Bogotá, Colom. died May 23, 1896, Bogotá Colombian poet whose metrical experimentation and romantic reminiscences introduced a melancholy lyricism new to Spanish American poetry. His highly personal… …
63Thebes (Achaia Secunda) — Thebes † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Thebes (THEBAE) A metropolitan titular see of Achaia Secunda. The city was founded by the Phoenician Cadmus in the sixteenth century B.C., afterwards made illustrious by the legends of Laius,… …
64DAMPIER, William (1651-1715) — voyager was born at East Coker, near Yeovil, Somerset, England, on 5 September 1651, the son of George Dampier, a farmer, and his wife Ann. The year of birth is usually given as 1652, but Clennell Wilkinson in his biography gives what appear to… …
65Double (association football) — This article is about The Double in football. For other uses, see Double. The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country s top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season. It can also mean… …
66Norse funeral — Ship burial of a Varangian Chieftain Heinrich Semiradzki (1883) Burial customs of Viking Age Norsemen (early medieval Scandinavians) are known both from archaeology and from historical accounts such as the Icelandic sagas, Old… …
67Operation Umeed-e-Nuh — Part of Piracy in Somalia, Operation Ocean Shield, and Somali Pirates attacks on merchant ships …
68Guy, Alice — (1873 1968) Director and screenwriter. Alice Guy was born to Émile and Mariette Guy, the youngest of four daughters. Although the family lived in Chile, Guy was raised by her maternal grandmother in Switzerland and then sent to a Paris… …
69Guy, Alice — (1873 1968) Director and screenwriter. Alice Guy was born to Émile and Mariette Guy, the youngest of four daughters. Although the family lived in Chile, Guy was raised by her maternal grandmother in Switzerland and then sent to a Paris… …
70misfortune — mis|for|tune [ mıs fɔrtʃən ] noun * bad luck: The family was plagued by misfortune. have the misfortune to do something/of doing something: He s the most irritating man I ve ever had the misfortune to meet. a. count something harmful or… …
