- Ballivián, José by Shane Hicks
1805–52, president of Bolivia (1841–47). An able military commander who had served in the war against Spain, Ballivián was proclaimed president after the breakup of the Peru-Bolivia confederation under Santa Cruz. At Ingavi (1841) he defeated President Gomarra of Peru, who had attempted to seize La Paz. Ballivián thus insured Bolivian autonomy. Promulgating (1841) a new constitution, he ...
- Ives, Chauncey Bradley by Jaden Walton
... 1810–94) sculptor; born in Hamden, Conn. Beginning as a woodcarver, he worked in Boston (1837–c. 1841) and New York City (c. 1841–44), studied in Florence, Italy (1844–51), then settled in Rome. He is known for his classical marble figures, such as Egeria (1876).
- London Conventions on the Straits by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
the Convention of 1841 providing for international regulation of the Black Sea straits was signed on July 1 (13), 1841, in London. The Convention of 1871, revising certain provisions of the Paris Peace Treaty of 1856, was signed on Mar. 1 (13), 1871, in London.
- Champney, Benjamin by Makayla Cox
... 1817–1907) painter; born in New Ipswich, N.H. He worked as a lithographer in Boston, Mass., became a portraitist (1841), traveled to Europe (1841 and 1846–48), and exhibited panoramas in Boston and New York (1848–50). He wintered in Massachusetts, spent summers in North Conway, N.H., and painted landscapes, such as Picnic on Artist's Ledge Overlooking ...
- Ang Duong by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born about 1806; died 1860. King of Cambodia from 1841. He waged war against Vietnam with the support of Siam from 1841 to 1845. In 1845 he reached an agreement with Siam and Vietnam providing for joint Siamese-Vietnamese guarantees for Cambodia. In 1847 he was officially crowned in the presence of representatives of both states. In 1860 he fought unsuccessfully against the Vietnamese over the ...