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3 unusual facts about Melchior


Cavalcade of Magi

The Magi (of which tradition holds there were three: Melchior, Gaspar, and Baltasar) ride through the streets, as their page boys throw candies to children.

Fishermen's Chapel

Nearby is seen the head of one of the Magi, with the name " Melchior " above it, and close by another of the Wise Men bearing the inscription "les Mages".

Melchior-Alphonse de Salaberry

Melchior-Alphonse de Salaberry married Marie-Émilie Guy, the daughter of Louis Guy, in 1846.


Alfred Wills

The ascent of the Wetterhorn by Wills and his party during 1854, which Wills mistakenly believed was the first (it was actually first climbed by the Grindelwald guides Melchior Bannholzer and Hans Jaun on 31 August 1844) is considered the beginning of the so-called golden age of alpinism.

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, born Aloys Joseph Johannes Nepomuk Melchior (born Vienna, 14 May 1759 – died Vienna, 24 March 1805) was the Prince of Liechtenstein from 1781 until his death.

Angry Red Planet

The Angry Red Planet, a 1959 science fiction film directed by Ib Melchior and produced by Sidney W. Pink.

Christoph Schwarz

According to the RKD, he died in 1592 and was the student of Johann Melchior Bocksberger, with whom he painted frescoes in Augsburg and Wasserburg.

Einen Jux will er sich machen

A film entitled Einen Jux will er sich machen was made for television in 1956, directed by Alfred Stöger, with Josef Meinrad as Weinberl, Inge Konradi as Christopherl, Hans Thimig as Kraps, Richard Eybner as Zangerl, Ferdinand Mayerhofer as Melchior, and Gusti Wolf as Marie.

George Charles Dyhern

His father was Baron Melchior Frederick de Dyhern, a wealthy Lord, who owned considerable land in Lubusz Voivodeship, and his mother was the Countess Helen de Nimptsch.

Jacques-Melchior Villefranche

Jacques-Melchior Villefranche (b. at Couzon-sur-Saône, 17 December 1829; d. at Bourg, 10 May 1904) was a French editor, writer, and publicist working for Roman Catholic causes.

Jean Malouel

also sometimes associated with Melchior Broederlam, and a damaged Entombment of Christ in Troyes.

Josep Melcior Prat i Colom

Josep Melcior Prat i Colom, or in Spanish Joseph Melchior de Prat, (Els Prats de Rei, Anoia, 1780 - San Sebastian, 1855) was a Catalan nationalist politician, writer, and in 1835 governor of Barcelona, and 1855 civil governor of Guipuzcoa.

Licher Privatbrauerei

Starting in 1858, Christoph Jakob Melchior ran "Zum goldenen Stern" ("The Golden Star") guesthouse in Butzbach with his self-brewed beer provided to the guests.

Marie Melchior Joseph Théodore de Lagrené

Marie Melchior Joseph Théodore de Lagrené, (14 March 1800, in Amiens – 26 January 1862, in Paris), was a French legislator and diplomat, who hailed from an old family from Picardie.

Melchior de Gualbes

In 1413 Ferdinand rewarded Melchior for his service with the castellany of Castellví de Rosanes and the procuratorship of Martorell.

Bernat de Gualbes sat on the council which decided the Compromise of Caspe and Melchior was the messenger who, in a rapid journey of seven hours, brought the news of the Compromise to the Parliament convened at Tortosa.

Melchior Hittorp

Melchior Hittorp (born about 1525, at Cologne; died there in 1584) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and liturgical writer.

Melchior Lotter

Melchior, the younger, is best known for printing Martin Luther's Bible, Das Neue Testament (1522), and the impressions of 1523 and 1524 of the Old Testament, which was transferred afterward to Hans Lufft.

Melchior Lussy

Melchior Lussy (1529–1606) was a Swiss Catholic statesman who represented the Catholic cantons of Switzerland in the Council of Trent.

Melchior von Diepenbrock

Melchior, Freiherr von Diepenbrock (b. 6 January 1798, at Bocholt in Westphalia; d. at the castle of Johannesberg in Jauernig, 20 January 1853) was a German Catholic Prince-Bishop of Breslau and Cardinal.

Melchior von Meckau

Melchior von Meckau was born in Meissen in 1440, the son of Gaspar von Meckau, who later became a counselor of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.

Melchior Vulpius

Melchior Vulpius (ca. 1570, Wasungen – 7 August 1615) was a German singer and composer of church music.

Münster Rebellion

In August 1536 the leaders of Anabaptist groups influenced by Melchior Hoffman met in Bocholt in an attempt to maintain unity.

Ploug House

He spend his last year at Melchior's country house Rolighed in Østerbro where he died on 4 August 1875.

Polish Center for Holocaust Research

Head of the Center: dr hab. Barbara Engelking-Boni, prof. IFiS PAN; Members: Jan Grabowski, Jacek Leociak, Dariusz Libionka, Małgorzata Melchior, Marta Janczewska, Jakub Petelewicz, Agnieszka Haska, Alina Skibińska, Andrzej Żbikowski.

Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois

Born at the Château de Kerscamp, Hennebont, Morbihan, France, as Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior de Polignac, he was the fourth son and youngest child of Count Maxence Melchior Edouard Marie Louis de Polignac (1857–1936) and his Mexico-born wife whom he wed in Paris in 1881, Susana Mariana Estefanía Francisca de Paula del Corazón de la Torre y Mier (1858–1913).

Tuttlingen

A key event was the "Battle of Tuttlingen" on 24 November 1643 in which the entire French army was defeated by the United Imperial-Bavarian troupes under Melchior Graf von Hatzfeldt, Franz von Mercy and Johann von Werth.


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