What is the name of Camille Pissarro's first painting exhibited at the Salon in 1859?
According to this Italian website it was a Montmorency landscape: "Sempre nel 1859 partecipa per la prima volta al Salon con un paesaggio di Montmorency." I found it; it's this one:
Can anyone tell me what disaster happened in Scotland around 1851?
There was a mining explosion disaster in Nitshill colliery in Glasgow in 1851, 61 people died... it was the first major scottish mining disaster. Thats all i can think of...
why was there no full moon on february 1865?
This is a fallacy. There was, in fact, a full moon in February, 1865. It occurred on 1865 February 10 at 16:27 UTC. The specific chart is the USNO 1865 Moon Phases document. This is not to say, however, that it is impossible for February to miss the ...