1812
Overview page. Subjects: Music.
Concert overture, op. 49 (1880), by Tchaikovsky; written for the Moscow Exhibition, it commemorates Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812 and incorporates La Marseillaise and the Tsarist...
Martin, John (1812–1875), Young Irelander and politician
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Ethnic Politics; UK Politics. 1401 words.
Martin, John (1812–1875), Young Irelander and politician, was born at Loughorne, in the parish of Donaghmore, near Newry, co. Down, on 8 September 1812. He was the second of nine children...
