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The University of Basel, Switzerland's oldest university (founded in 1460), [11] and the city's centuries-long commitment to humanism, have made Basel a safe haven at times of political unrest in other parts of Europe for such notable people as Erasmus of Rotterdam, [12] the Holbein family, Friedrich Nietzsche, [13] Carl Jung, and in the 20th ...
1969 – Basel Institute for Immunology founded. 1970 Art Basel begins. Population: 212,857 in city; 234,945 in canton. [16] The Israelitische Gemeinde Basel (or IGB) is the first Jewish community in Switzerland to be recognised under public law. [22]
Thomas Platter the Elder (/ ˈ p l ɑː t ər /; German:; 10 February 1499, in Grächen, Valais – 26 January 1582, in Basel) was a Swiss humanist scholar and writer. Biography [ edit ]
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William Shakespeare [a] (c. 23 [b] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [c] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").
The capital of the canton Basel-Stadt is the city of Basel. The present constitution of the canton dates from 1889. The present constitution of the canton dates from 1889. In 1966 Basel-Stadt became the first German-speaking canton to allow women to vote, five years before the right to vote was extended to all Swiss women in 1971.
The Chandos portrait, believed to be Shakespeare, held in the National Portrait Gallery, London. William Shakespeare (1564–1616) [1] was an English poet and playwright. He wrote approximately 39 plays and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems. [note 1]
Portrait miniature of an unknown woman, possibly Emilia Lanier Bassano, c. 1590, by Nicholas Hilliard [1]. The Emilia Lanier theory of Shakespeare authorship contends that the English poet Emilia Lanier (née Aemilia Bassano; 1569–1645) is the actual author of at least part of the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare.