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Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska)

23 May 1842 - 8 Oct 1910

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Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska)

23 May 1842 - 8 Oct 1910

Maria Konopnicka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarʲa kɔnɔpˈɲit͡ska] (listen)), née Wasiłowska (23 May 1842 – 8 October 1910), was a Polish poet, novelist, children's writer, translator, journalist, critic, and activist for women's rights and for Polish independence. She used pseudonyms, inclu

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Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska)

Born: 23 May 1842

Died: 8 Oct 1910

Львів (Lwów), Cmentarz Łyczakowski

33 Mechnykova Street

Lviv, , Lviv

Ukraine

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Maria Konopnicka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarʲa kɔnɔpˈɲit͡ska] (listen)), née Wasiłowska (23 May 1842 – 8 October 1910), was a Polish poet, novelist, children's writer, translator, journalist, critic, and activist for women's rights and for Polish independence. She used pseudonyms, including Jan Sawa. She was one of the most important poets of Poland's Positivist period.

"Maria Konopnicka" Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 22 July 2004. Web. 10 Aug. 2004., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Konopnicka

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Львів (Lwów), Cmentarz Łyczakowski

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33 Mechnykova Street
Lviv,Lviv
Ukraine

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Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska) was born on 23 May 1842

Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska) was 18 years old when Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species. Charles Robert Darwin, was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors and, in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.

Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska) was 19 years old when American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces. The American Civil War was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. As a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery, war broke out in April 1861, when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. The nationalists of the Union proclaimed loyalty to the U.S. Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States, who advocated for states' rights to expand slavery.

Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska) was 36 years old when Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska) was 39 years old when The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States. A telephone call is a connection over a telephone network between the called party and the calling party.

Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska) was 57 years old when Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. American acquisition of Spain's Pacific possessions led to its involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately in the Philippine–American War.

Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska) was 63 years old when Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity. Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.

Maria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska) died on 8 Oct 1910 at the age of 68

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