Louis Gabriel Suchet
Louis Gabriel Suchet, 1st Duc d'Albufera (2 March 1770 – 3 January 1826) was a Marshal of France and one of Napoleon's most brilliant generals.
He was the son of a silk manufacturer at Lyon, where he was born, originally intended to follow his father's business; but as a volunteer in the cavalry of the national guard at Lyons in 1792 his military ability got him rapid promotion. As "chef de bataillon" he was present at the Siege of Toulon in 1793, where he took General O'Hara prisoner.
Suchet was one of the few senior French officers serving in Spain who managed to preserve their reputation intact.
In the campaigns of 1805 and 1806 he greatly enhanced his reputation at Austerlitz, Saalfeld, Jena, Pułtusk and Ostrolenka. He obtained the title of count on 19 March 1808, married on 16 November of the same year Mlle. Honorine Anthoine de Saint-Joseph (Marseille, 26 February 1790 – Paris, 13 April 1884), a niece of Julie Clary, the wife of Joseph Bonaparte, and soon afterwards was ordered to Spain. He was named commander of the army of Aragon and governor of that region, and in two years brought the area into complete submission. Beaten by the Spanish at Alcañiz, he sprung back and soundly defeated the army of Blake at María on 14 June 1809, and on 22 April 1810 defeated Henry Joseph O'Donnell, Count of La Bisbal at Lleida.
He was made marshal of France (8 July 1811). In 1812 he captured Valencia, for which he was rewarded with the ducal victory title of "duc d'Albufera da Valencia" in 1813.
The restored Bourbon king Louis XVIII made him a peer of France on 4 June, with a seat in the upper house, but, having commanded one of Napoleon's armies on the Alpine frontier during the Hundred Days, he was deprived of his peerage on 24 July 1815. He died near Marseille on 3 January 1826.
He married in 1808 Honorine de Saint-Joseph (1790 – 1884) and had 3 children:
Carême named several dishes after Albufera, including
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wayne Wagoner (August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007) was an American country music singer and songwriter.
Wagoner made 53 studio albums. He had 80 singles, including three number one singles.
Wagoner was part of Grand Ole Opry. He was nicknamed, Mr. Grand Ole Opry.
Wagoner won three Grammy Awards.
He was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002.
On October 28, 2007, Wagoner died of lung cancer in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991) was an American country music and gospel singer and actor.
He served in World War II as a bombardier and flew missions over Japan.
He made 57 studio albums and had 83 singles during the course of his musical career. In 1955 he sang the song "Sixteen Tons". He snapped his fingers on the recording. The song sold over a million copies.
He won a Grammy Award in 1964 for best album.
He hosted a daytime talk/variety show from 1962 to 1965 known as The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (later Hello, Peapickers).
He was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990 and was also elected into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1994.
He died of liver failure on October 17, 1991 in Reston, Virginia.
Vevey
Vevey is a town in Switzerland. Vevey is the site of the world headquarters of Nestlé, founded in 1867. Milk chocolate was invented in Vevey by Daniel Peter in 1857.
Sandy Duncan
Sandra Kay "Sandy" Duncan (born February 20, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She starred in many television programs and movies. She has also been doing stage acting during her career. Sandy starred in the television sitcom "The Hogan Family". She was born in Henderson, Texas.
Steve Cropper
Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941 in Willow Springs, Missouri), also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the guitarist with Booker T. & the M.G.'s who made instrumental music for singers such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor. He sometimes also helped make records by these singers. He also became known as a member of the Blues Brothers band. "Rolling Stone" lists him 36th on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Jesse Carmichael
Jesse Royal Carmichael (born 2 April 1979) is an American musician, guitarist & keyboardist. He is best known as the secondary guitar player and keyboardist for the Grammy Award winning band "Maroon 5". In 1994, he joined with Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and Mickey Madden, current bassist, and formed Kara's Flowers. He recorded the debut album "Songs About Jane" with the rest of the band Levine, Madden, James Valentine, and Ryan Dusick.
Carmichael was born in Boulder, Colorado, United States on April 2, 1979. He went to Five Towns College with the rest of his band mates. While he was in college he began getting interested in playing the piano and keyboards. He then joined Kara's Flowers and released the album "The Fourth World" in 1998. Kara's Flowers then disbanded and re connected years later in 2002 and began recording material with Maroon 5.
As a solo artist, Carmichael uses a stage name 1863. He released his debut EP album "Five Songs" on June 4, 2012 digitally.
Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I of Russia (, Aleksandr I Pavlovich) ( – ), also known as Alexander the Blessed (, Aleksandr Blagoslovennyi) was Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania.
He was born in Saint Petersburg to Grand Duke Paul Petrovich, later Emperor Paul I, and Maria Feodorovna, daughter of the Duke of Württemberg. He succeeded to the throne after his father was murdered, and ruled Russia during the Napoleonic Wars.
His sudden death in Taganrog, under allegedly suspicious circumstances, caused the spread of the rumours that Alexander did not die in 1825, but disappeared to live the rest of his life in anonymity.
On 9 October 1793, Alexander married Louise of Baden, known as Elisabeth Alexeyevna after her conversion to the Orthodox Church. He later told his friend Frederick William III that the marriage, a political match devised by his grandmother, Catherine the Great, regrettably proved to be a misfortune for him and his wife. Their two children of the marriage died young.
Alexander had nine illegitimate children.
With Sophia Vsevolojsky (1775–1848)
With Maria Naryshkina (1779–1854)
With Marguerite-Josephine Weimer (1787–1867)
With Veronica Dzierzanowska
With Princess Barbara Tourkestanova (1775 – 20 March 1819)
With Maria Ivanovna Katatcharova (1796–1824)
Tsar Alexander I became increasingly suspicious of those around him, especially after an attempt was made to kidnap him when he was on his way to the conference in Aachen, Germany.
In the autumn of 1825 the Emperor sailed to the south of Russia due to the increasing illness of his wife. During his trip he caught a cold which developed into typhus from which he died in the southern city of Taganrog on 19 November (O.S.)/ 1 December 1825. His wife died a few months later as the emperor's body was transported to Saint Petersburg for the funeral. He was interred at the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg on 13 March 1826.