Les Mémoires de Avril

Sunset

Thursday, 3rd April 2012

Crocus in Snow

Monday, 9nd April 2012

The Morning Sun
Thursday, 19th April 2012

Sunset

Thursday, 19th April 2012

Daffodil

Saturday, 21st April 2012

Anemone Nemorosa

Sunday, 29th April 2012

Finding beauty in Nature in April, with Hvitveis or Anemone Nemorosa in Latin from the Soleie Family.

Timeline of Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess Consort of Hesse and by Rhine.

Timeline of Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess Consort of Hesse and by Rhine

1843 April 25th Birth of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom at Buckingham Palace, in London, England

1843 June 3rd Baptised in the Private Chapel, at Buckingham Palace, London

1844 August 6th Birth of Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom (1844-1900)

1846 May 25th Birth of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846-1923)

1848 Birth of Princess Louise of the United Kingdom (1848-1939)

1850 May 1st Birth of Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom (1850-1942)

1853 April 7th Birth of Prince Leopold of the United Kingdom (1853-1884) at Buckingham Palace, in London, England

1856 Birth of Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1856-1944)

1858 Victoria of the United Kingdom, Princess Royal (1840-1901) married Friedrich III, German Emperor and King of Prussia

1859 Painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873)

 

  1861 March 16th Death of Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn (1786-1861)

1861 December 14th Death of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861)

1862 July 1st Married Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-1892) at Osborne House

1863 March 10th Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910) married Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) at St. George's Chapel, Windsor

1863 April 5th Gave Birth to Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863-1950)

1863 Summer Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) attended by John Brown

1864 November 1st Gave Birth to Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864-1918)

1866 July 5th Princess Helena of the United Kingdom married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1831-1917) in the Private Chapel, at Windsor Castle

1866 July 11th Gave Birth to Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866-1953)

1868 November 25th Gave Birth to Prince Ernest of Hesse and by Rhine (1868-1937)

1870 October 7th Gave Birth to Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (1870-1873)

1871 March 21st Princess Louise of the United Kingdom married John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

1872 June 6th Gave Birth to Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (1872-1918)

1873 May 29th Death of Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine

1874 January 23rd Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha married Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia (1853-1920) at the Winter Palace, in St. Petersburg

1874 May 24th Gave Birth to Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874-1878)

1877 March 20th Death of Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine (1809-1877)

1877 June Death of Ludwig III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1806-1877)

1877 June Became Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

1878 November 16th Death of Marie of Hesse and by Rhine

1878 December 14th Death of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

19th Cent. Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess Consort of Hesse and by Rhine (25 April 1843 - 14 December 1878)

Timeline of Jayne Mansfield

Timeline of Jayne Mansfield

1933 April 19th Birth of Vera Jayne Palmer in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA

1936 Death of Herbert William Palmer (1904-1936)

1939 Vera Jeffrey Palmer (1903-2000) met Harry Peers

1939 Moved to Dallas, Texas

1940 Attended the Highland Park High School, in Dallas

1950 May Married Paul Mansfield in Fort Worth, Texas

1950 June Graduated from Highland Park High School

1950 November 8th Gave Birth to Jayne Marie

1951 Attended Drama Classes at the Universety of Texas, in Austin

1952 Paul Mansfield joined the army for the Korean War

1954 Family moved to California

1954 Studied acting at UCLA

1954 Paul Mansfield returned to Texas

1955 Compared to Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)

1955 February Playboy Playmate of the Month

1955 Appeared in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter on Broadway

1955 Starred in Pete Kelly's Blues

1955 Starred in Female Jungle

1955 Starred in Illegal

1956 Starred in The Girl Can't Help It 

1957 Starred in The Wayward Bus

1957 Starred in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? 

1957 Starred in Kiss Them for Me

1957 Won a Golden Globe as Most Promising Female Newcomer

1958 January 8th Divorced Paul Mansfield

1958 January 13th Married Mickey Hargitay at the Wayfarer's Chapel, in Palos Verdes, California

1958 Starred in The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

1958 December 21st Gave Birth to Mickey Jr.

1960 Starred in Too Hot to Handle

1960 Starred in The Challenge

1960 Starred in The Love of Hercules

1960 August 1st Gave Birth to Zoltan

1961 Starred in The George Raft Story

1962 Starred in It Happened in Athens

1962 Death of Marilyn Monroe

1963 Published autobiography, Jayne Mansfield's Wild, Wild World

1963 Starred in Promises! Promises!

1964 January 24th Gave Birth to Mariska

1964 August 26th Divorced Hargitay

1964 September 24th Married Matt Cimber

1964 Starred in Primitive Love

1964 Starred in Panic Button

1964 Starred in Dog Eat Dog

1965 October 18th Gave Birth to Antonio

1966 July Divorced Cimber

1966 Starred in The Las Vegas Hillbillys

1966 Starred in The Fat Spy

1967 Starred in A Guide for the Married Man

1967 June 29th Death of Jayne Mansfield in a car accident on U.S. Highway 90, near Slidell, in Louisiana, USA

20th Cent. Jayne Mansfield (19 April 1933 - 29 June 1967)

Timeline of Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara.

Timeline of Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara

1480 April 18th Birth of Lucrezia Borgia

1491 April 30th Married Don Gasparo

1492 Death of Pope Innocent VIII

1492 August 11th Alexander VI (1431-1503) elected Pope

1492 Marriage to Don Gasparo annulled

1493 June 12th Married by proxy Giovanni Sforza (1466-1510)

1494 Married Giovanni Sforza in the Vatican City

1494 Stayed in Pesaro

1495 Returned to Rome

1497 February Giovanni Sforza went on Military Campaign

1497 June Death of Juan Borgia (1474-1497)

1497 December 20th Giovanni Sforza forced to Sign annulment of Marriage

1498 Gave Birth to Giovanni Borgia (1498-1548) acknowledged by Pedro Calderon

1498 February Murder of Pedro Calderon

1498 July 21st Married Alfonso of Aragon

1499 November 1st Gave Birth to Rodrigo Borgia of Aragon (1499-1512)

1500 Murder of Alfonso of Aragon

1501 December 30th Married Alfonso d'Este, Prince of Ferrara (1476-1534)

1503 August 18th Death of Pope Alexander VI

1505 Death of Ercole d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

1505 Became Duchess Consort of Ferrara

1508 April 5th Gave Birth to Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1508-1559)

1509 August 25th Gave Birth to Ippolito II d'Este, Archbishop of Milan (1509-1572)

1510 July 27th Death of Giovanni Sforza

1512 August Death of Rodrigo Borgia of Aragon

1514 Gave Birth to Alessandro d'Este (1514-1516)

1515 July 3rd Gave Birth to Leonora d'Este (1515-1575)

1516 Death of Alessandro d'Este

1516 November 1st Gave Birth to Francesco d'Este, Marchese di Massalombarda (1516-1578)

1519 June 14th Gave Birth to Isabella Maria d'Este (1519-1519)

1519 June 14th Death of Isabella Maria d'Este

1519 June 24th Death of Lucrezia Borgia in Ferrara

15-16th Cent. Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (18 April 1480 - 24 June 1519)

Timeline of Marie-Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Timeline of Marie-Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun

  1755 April 16th Birth of Marie-Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun in Paris, France

1760 Attended the Couvent de la Trinite

1767 Returned to Paris

1767 May 9th Death of Father

1768 Mother married Jacques-Francois Le Sèvre

1768 Family moved to the Rue Saint-Honoré, close to the Palais Royal

1774 October 25th Became a Member of the Academie de Saint Luc

1775 Family moved to the Lubert Mansion, in the Rue de Cléry

1776 January 11th Married Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun

1779 Painted Marie Antoinette, Queen Consort of France and Navarre (1755-1793)

1780 February 12th Gave Birth to Jeanne Julie Louise Le Brun (1780-1819) in Paris

1780 Painted Peace Bringing Abundance

1781 Painted Marie-Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-1792)

1781 Painted Marie Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (1743-1793)

1782 Painted Marie Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry

1782 Painted Marie Joséphine Louise of Sardinia, Countess of Provence (1753-1810)

  1782 Painted Self Portrait in a Straw Hat

1783 May 31st Became a Member of France's Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture

1783 Painted Yolande Martine Gabrielle, Duchesse de Polignac (1749-1793) with Notes in Hand before her Harpsichord

1784 Painted Aglaé de Polignac, Duchesse de Guise (1768-1803)

1784  Painted Jules de Polignac, Prince de Polignac (1780-1847)

1786 Painted Portrait of Caroline Lalive de La Briche

1786 Painted Marie Sophie Hélène Béatrix de France (1786-1787)
1786 Painted  Self Portrait in a Turban with Her Child

1787 Painted Marie Antoinette, Queen Consort of France and Navarre with her Children, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, Duchesse d'Angoulême (1778-1851), Louis, Dauphin de France (1781-1789) and Louis XVII, King of France and Navarre (1785-1795)

  1787 Painted Yolande Martine Gabrielle, Duchess de Polignac

ca 1788 Painted Camille de Polignac, Comte de Polignac (1781-1855)

1789 Painted Yolande Martine Gabrielle, Duchess de Polignac

1789 Painted Self Portrait with her daughter, Julie Le Brun

1789 July 14th Storming of Bastille

1789 October 6th Royal Family Forced to Paris

1789 Painted Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchesse de Orléans (1753-1821)

1789 Fled France with Julie Le Brun

1789-1790 Stayed in Rome

1790 Painted Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen Consort of Naples and Sicily (1752-1814)
1790 Painted Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815) as Ariadne

1791 September 14th Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre (1754-1793) Signed the New Constitution

1792 to 1795 April Stayed in Wien

1793 January 21st Execution of LouisXVI, King of France and Navarre

1793 October 16th Execution of Marie Antoinette, Queen Consort of France and Navarre

1794 May 10th Execution of Élisabeth de France (1764-1794)

1794 Painted Aglaé de Polignac, Duchesse de Guise 
1795 Traveled to Prague

1795 July 25th Entered St. Petersburg, in Russia

1795 Introduced to Catherine II the Great, Empress of Russia (1729-1796)

1795 Painted Elizabeth Alexeievna, Empress Consort of all the Russias (1779-1826)

1795-1797 Painted Alexandra Pavlovna (1783-1801) and Elena Pavlovna (1784-1803)

1795s Became a Member of the Academy of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg

1800 Julie Le Brun married Gaetan-Bernard Nigris

1801 Left Russia

1801 Visited Berlin

1801 Visited Dresden

1801 Painted Friederike Dorothea Luise, Princess of Prussia (1770-1836)

1802 Permitted to Return to France

1802 April 15th Departed for London

1804 Julie Le Brun returned with Gaetan-Bernard Nigris to Paris

1805 Returned to Paris

ca 1805 Met Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan (1752-1822)

1807 Traveled to Switzerland

1807 Became a Member of the Société pour l'Avancement des Beaux-Arts of Geneva

1808 Julie Le Brun divorced Gaetan-Bernard Nigris

1813 Death of Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun

1814 Louis XVIII, King of France and Navarre (1755-1824) ascended the Throne

1819 Sibyl bought by Charles Ferdinand, Duc de Berry (1778-1820)

1819 December 8th Death of Jeanne Julie Louise Le Brun in the Rue de Sevres

1824 Charles X, King of France and Navarre (1757-1836) ascended the Throne

1824 Painted Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870)

1835 Published Memoirs of Madame Vigée Le Brun

1842 March 30th Death of Marie-Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun in Paris, France

18-19th Cent. Marie-Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun ( 16 April 1755 - 30 March 1842)

Source: Memoirs of Madame Vigée Le Brun by Marie-Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun.

Timeline of Ballerina Marie de Camargo

Timeline of Ballerina Marie de Camargo

1710 April 15th Birth of Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo in Brussels

1720 Francoise Prevost became her Dance Teacher

1726 May 5th Debut in Les Caracteres de la Danse, at the Paris Opera Ballet, in Paris

1730 Painted by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743)

1736 to 1741 Mistress of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Clermont

1751 Mademoiselle Camargo or La Camargo Retired

1770 April 20th Death of Marie de Camargo in Paris, France

18th Cent. Marie de Camargo (15 April 1710 - 20 April 1770)

Timeline of Catherine I, Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias.

Timeline of Catherine I, Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias

1684 April 15th Birth of Martha Elena Scowronska in Ringen, Livonia

1702 Married Johan Cruse

1702 Russian Forces captured Marienburg

1702 Traveled to Moscow

1702 Worked for Field Marshal Sheremetev

1703 Worked for Prince Aleksandr Menshikov

1703 Met Peter I the Great, Emperor of Russia (1672-1725)

1703 Became the Mistress of Peter I the Great, Emperor of Russia

1705 Converted to Orthodoxy

1705 Changed Name to Yekaterina Alexeyevna

1707 Married Secretly Peter I the Great, Emperor of Russia

1708 January 27th Gave Birth to Anna Petrovna (1708-1728)

1709 December 29th Gave Birth to Elizabeth Petrovna (1709-1762)

1711 Accompanied Peter I the Great on the Pruth Campaign

1712 February 9th Married officially Peter I the Great, Emperor of Russia at Saint Isaac's Cathedral, in St. Petersburg, Russia

1712 The Order of Saint Catherine was Instituted by Peter I the Great, Emperor of Russia

1713 March 20th Gave Birth to Natalia Petrovna (1713-1715)

1714 Gave Birth to Margarita Petrovna (1714-1715)

1715 May 27th Death of Natalia Petrovna

1715 Gave Birth to Pyotr Petrovich (1715-1719)

1716 Pyotr Petrovich as Cupid Painted by Louis Caravaque

1717 Painted by Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766)

  1717 Gave Birth to Pavel Petrovich (1717-1717)

1718 August 31st Gave Birth to Natalia Petrovna (1718-1725)

1722 Natalia Petrovna Painted by Louis Caravaque

1723 Gave Birth to Pyotr Petrovich (1723-1723)

1724 Peter I the Great elevated the Russian Tsardom to Empire

1724 Became Empress Consort of Russia 

1725 Painted by Heinrich Buchholz

1725 January 28th Death of Peter I the Great, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias 

1725 January 28th Proclaimed Empress of Russia

1725 March 15th Death of Natalia Petrovna

1727 May 17th Death of Catherine I, Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias in St. Petersburg, Russia

17-18th Cent. Catherine I, Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias (15 April 1684 - 17 May 1727)