Illustration - Puy-de-Dome

Illustration - Puy-de-Dome

FRANCE. AUVERGNE. PUY DE DOME (63) FACADE OF THE BARGOIN MUSEUM BEARING THE NAME OF JEAN BAPTISTE BARGOIN, A WEALTH INDUSTRIAL FROM CLERMONT, WHO BECAME PART OF HIS FORTUNE TO THE CITY OF CLERMONT-FERRAND IN 1885 Photo by Bernard Jaubert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Strasbourg

Illustration Strasbourg

FRANCE, BAS-RHIN (67), STRASBOURG, LA GALLIA (FORMERLY GERMANIA, HISTORIC BUILDING BUILT IN 1885 WHICH HOUSES THE OLDEST SECULAR UNIVERSITY RESTAURANT IN FRANCE) Photo by Jean Isenmann/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Strasbourg

Illustration Strasbourg

FRANCE, BAS-RHIN (67), STRASBOURG, LA GALLIA (FORMERLY GERMANIA, HISTORIC BUILDING BUILT IN 1885 WHICH HOUSES THE OLDEST SECULAR UNIVERSITY RESTAURANT IN FRANCE) Photo by Jean Isenmann/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Bordeaux

Illustration - Bordeaux

FRANCE, GIRONDE (33) MEDOC. VILLAGE OF MARGAUX. DOMAINE DU CHATEAU CANTENAC BROWN. INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED VINEYARD (THIRD GRAND CRU CLASSED 1885) Photo by Jean-Bernard Nadeau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Bordeaux

Illustration - Bordeaux

FRANCE, GIRONDE (33) MEDOC. VILLAGE OF MARGAUX. CELLAR OF DOMAINE DU CHATEAU CANTENAC BROWN. INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED VINEYARD (THIRD GRAND CRU CLASSED 1885) Photo by Jean-Bernard Nadeau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima At The Opening Of The Van Gogh Village Museum

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands opens the renovated Van Gogh Village Museum, 16 May 2023, in Nuenen, The Netherlands. Van Gogh lived between december 1883 and november 1885 in Nuenen and painted there a quarter of his work. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visitors enjoy hanging decorations at poet Hakushu's birthplace

Visitors enjoy hanging decorations at poet Hakushu's birthplace

FUKUOKA, Japan - Visitors enjoy the traditional hanging decorations of Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in a room of the house where Japanese poet Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942) was born, during a festival on Feb. 10, 2014. The festival, featuring colorful decorations at more than 40 locations in Yanagawa, runs through April 3.

Decorations hung at poet Hakushu's birthplace in Fukuoka

Decorations hung at poet Hakushu's birthplace in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Numerous traditional hanging decorations of Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, are placed in a room of the house where Japanese poet Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942) was born, as part of a festival on Feb. 10, 2014. The festival, featuring colorful decorations at more than 40 locations in Yanagawa, runs through April 3. (Photo taken with fisheye lens)

Hirobumi Ito

Hirobumi Ito

Ito became Japan's first prime minister (1885-1888) under its modern cabinet system. Ito, who was the chief architect of Japan's first constitution, later served as the country's fifth (1892-1896), seventh (Jan. 12, 1898-June 30, 1898) and 10th (1900-1901) prime minister. Ito signed the Korean-Japanese Convention of 1905, which awarded Japan full control of Korea's foreign relations. Ito, who became the first Japanese resident general in Korea of 1906, was assassinated on Oct. 26 in 1909 in Harbin, Manchuria by Korean nationalist An Chung Gun. Born Sept. 2, 1841.

Data on Japanese emigrants to Hawaii to be available online

Data on Japanese emigrants to Hawaii to be available online

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - The Museum of Japanese Emigration to Hawaii, located in Oshima, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, will next month launch a research service to allow the emigrants' descendants to obtain information on their ancestors who sailed to the Pacific islands in the late 19th century. The museum will post information online on about 29,000 Japanese who emigrated to Hawaii to work in the sugar industry between 1885 and 1894, under a government-led program during the Meiji Period (1868-1912).

Museum of Japanese emigration to Hawaii opens

Museum of Japanese emigration to Hawaii opens

A museum on the history of Japanese emigration to Hawaii opens in Oshima, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Feb. 8. The museum exhibits panels showing the history of emigration to Hawaii by government contract between 1885 and 1894. It has a collection of 1,200 items, including such things as daily utensils, tools for labor and clothes used by the immigrants.

Goryo Hamaguchi

Goryo Hamaguchi

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Goryo Hamaguchi (1820-1885), a man who saved villagers' lives by setting fire on rice fields to direct them to high ground when tsunami was going to hit a village located in today's Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture in 1854. (Kyodo)

Goryo Hamaguchi

Goryo Hamaguchi

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Goryo Hamaguchi (1820-1885), a man who saved villagers' lives by setting fire on rice fields to direct them to high ground when tsunami was going to hit a village located in today's Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture in 1854. (Kyodo)