Duchess of Richmond's ball

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:attendedBy gptkb:Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington
gptkb:William_Ponsonby
gptkb:Henry_Paget,_2nd_Earl_of_Uxbridge
gptkb:Thomas_Picton
numerous British officers
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:art
gptkb:literature
gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:date 15 June 1815
gptkbp:depictedIn Lord Byron's poem 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'
Georgette Heyer's 'An Infamous Army'
William Makepeace Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair'
gptkbp:hostedBy Charlotte, Duchess of Richmond
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Duchess of Richmond's ball
gptkbp:location gptkb:Brussels
gptkbp:notableFor officers receiving orders to march during the ball
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Waterloo
gptkb:Battle_of_Quatre_Bras
gptkbp:purpose social gathering before Battle of Quatre Bras
gptkbp:significance symbol of the sudden transition from peace to war
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lady_Georgiana_Lennox
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7