Dies Collection (page 2)

CARLO ALBERTO DIES
Shortly after the crushing defeat of the Piedmontese at Novara, Carlo Alberto dies and is succeeded by Vittorio Emanuele. Date: March 1849

PARABLE OF RICH MAN
Jesus tells of a rich man who stores up huge quantities of goods - but dies before he can enjoy them. Date: 1st century

MOSES SEES AND DIES
God permits Moses to view the Promised Land from the heights of Pisgah, but he doesn't get a chance to set foot there, but dies. Date: BCE

SIEGE OF JULICH
When the ruler of Julich dies his lands are contested by Dutch and Empire. Imperial forces seize the town but they are besieged and ousted by the Dutch and their allies. Date: 1610

CAMEL (BEWICK)
Camelus bactrianus : you can drink its milk, ride it, use it to transport your merchan- -dise - and when it dies you can eat it and weave its hair into clothing or furnishings. Date: 1790

MARY QOS LEAVES FRANCE
When her husband, Francois II, dies, Mary reluctantly leaves France via Calais, and returns to Scotland where she is unwelcomed by most on account of her Catholicism. Date: 1561

PLEASANCE SMITH (nee Reeve) wife of sir James E Smith, botanist, depicted when she was aged 24, with another 80 years before her (she will be 104 when she dies !) Date: 1773 - 1877

DAVY CROCKETT DIES
DAVY CROCKETT Davy Crockett dies at the Alamo. Date: 1786 - 1836

FRANCOIS DE PARIS DIES
FRANCOIS DE PARIS on his deathbed : shortly after this, miracles will take place at his tomb in the cemetery of Saint-Medard, Paris. Date: 1690 - 1727

LUTHER'S DAUGHTER DIES
MARTIN LUTHER at the deathbed of his daughter Magdalene. Date: 1542

Daphnis - Alcimadura
DAPHNIS AND ALCIMADURA Daphnis dies of love for the beautiful but haughty Alcimadura, but she stills disdains him Date: circa 1870

IDDESLEIGH DIES
STAFFORD HENRY NORTHCOTE first earl IDDESLEIGH he dies at the Prime Minister's residence in Downing Street Date: 1818 - 1887

SAMUEL LAMAN BLANCHARD English journalist and author, much liked and respected ; tragically, when his wife dies of illness, he will take his own life in a fit of delirium. Date: 1804 - 1845

Funeral Augustine 354 430 Saint Bishop Hippo
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QUEEN CAROLINE DIES
CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK on her deathbed. Date: 1768 - 1821

Washington MT Vernon
Washington acquired Mount Vernon in 1752 and will still be living there when he dies; the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union will purchase it in 1858. acquired 1752

Hydeyoshi Power Events Japan 1580s Prince Hideyoshi
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CLARE OF ASSISI DIES
When Clare dies, her bedroom is filled with bishops and priests who have come to pay their respects. Date: 1194? - 1253?

HOCHE DIES AT WETZLAR
LOUIS LAZARE HOCHE, French general, dies of a pulmonary infection at Wetzlar, while campaigning. He is aged only 29 and is a severe loss to the French military. Date: 1797

BONCHAMP DIES 1793
Bonchamp (or Bonchamps), Royalist Vendeean leader, dies at Cholet. Date: 1793

ORGANIST & CHOIRBOY 1904
A choirboy rushes in to Monsieur Achille, the organist, who is playing the wrong kind of music: "Stop, it's not a funeral, it's a wedding!" Date: 1904

WILLIAM III'S FATAL FALL
William III, king of England, falls off a horse while riding at Hampton Court, and dies of his injuries. Date: 20 February 1702

FRENCH TRAMP DIES
On a freezing January morning, a French chemineau (tramp) is found dead of the cold. Date: 1914

RANAVALONA III After the French conquest of her island, she becomes the focus of nationalist feelings and the French send her into exile where she dies. Date: 1862 - 1917

Edward I Dies Events Britain 1307 Weak Ride Borne
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LORNA DOONE/BLACKMORE
John Ridd and Lorna are called before Ensor Doone, who says Fools you are - be fools for ever, before he dies later. Date: First published: 1869

TIGHTROPE ACCIDENT
Acrobat Giacomo Gullotti dies when his tightrope wobbles violently while performing the stunt over the Piazza Nicastro. Date: 1930

DEAD FIANCE DANCES
The spirit of an engaged girl who died before marriage dances at night until her fiance dies

OFFENBACH/HOFFMANN/TAICH
(The Tales of Hoffmann) The evil Dr Miracle encourages Antonia to sing though it is bad for her health : unable to resist him, she sings till she dies exhausted. Date: first performed 1881

MUSSORGSKY/KHOVANSCCHINA
Costume for Martha, a widow, mystic, former mistress of Andrei Khovanski, son of Ivan K : she escapes being drowned, dies throwing herself into a fire

MASSENET/THAIS/SANDERSON
Sybil Sanderson takes the title role in this story of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

MASSENET/THAIS/CARD
She is an Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit, rejecting the sensual love offered by Athanael. Date: first performed 1894

Mary Garden (1874 - 1967), in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

MASSENET/THAIS/CAVALIERI
Lina Cavalieri in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit. Date: first performed 1894

GOLDMARK/SABA LIEBIG 6
Act 4 final scene : Assad finds Shulamith in the desert, but, exhausted, dies in her arms after they sing of their future bliss in heaven : the chorus share their raptures. Date: first performed 1875

TRAVIATA - LIEBIG - 6
Act three, final scene : Violetta dies, and even Alfredo's father is filled with remorse... Date: first performed 1853

SWITCHBACK FATALITY
Antoine Friley is flung from a switchback car at Saint-Cloud, on the outskirts of Paris : the poor fellow dies instantaneously 1891

JEANNE-MARIE ROLAND French revolutionary who, having the misfortune to be the wrong kind of revolutionary, dies by the guillotine Date: 1754 - 1793

OLIVE MACLEOD IN AFRICA
When her fiance dies exploring Central Africa, she travels there, lays flowers on his grave, then she too explores, discovers the source of the Mao-Kabi river Date: 1911-1912

DIE SINKING ROOM AT MINT
The coinage and medal dies are formed under this press by forcing a punch, on which is the required design, into specially prepared blanks. Date: circa 1910

DEATH OF GENL. KICKI
Polish general Louis Kicki (born 1770) dies on the battlefield of Ostrolenka where the Poles defeat the Russians Date: 1831

DEATH OF PLINY
GAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS He dies, a martyr to science, while observing the eruption of Veusvius Date: 23 - 79 AD

MALTESE ITALIAN SHOT
Malta : an Italian resident is accused of plotting, so the British authorities shoot him - he dies shouting Viva l'Italia ! which rather suggests he was guilty Date: December 1942

HENRY V AND CATHERINE
At the Treaty of Troyes, known to the French as the shameful treaty) Catherine de Valois, daughter of Charles VI, is betrothed to Henry V but he dies 2 years later Date: 1387 - 1422

MARIE ANTOINETTE
Queen of Louis XVI, in 1778, with her three children - Louis le Dauphin, who will die in 1789, Louis XVII who will die in prison (1795), and Marie-Therese who dies 1851 1755 - 1793

EGERIA MOURNS
Egeria, wife of Numa, second king of Rome, is so sad when he dies that she turns into a fountain, the Egerian Spring

HYACINTH FATAL ACCIDENT
Hyacinth is playing a game with his lover Apollo, when Zephyr, jealous, directs Apollo's arrow at him : he dies, and from his blood springs a hyacinth flower

NARCISSUS INTO FLOWER
Enchanted by his own reflection, he dies of love for himself, and is changed into a flower

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