Felice Beato was a British and Italian photographer. He was one of the first photographers to take pictures in East Asia and one of the first war photographers. He is also noted for his genre works, portraits, and views and panoramas of the architecture and landscapes of Asia and the Mediterranean region. Beato's travels to many lands gave him the opportunity to create powerful and lasting images of countries, people and events that were unfamiliar and remote to most people in Europe and North America. To this day his work provides the key images of such events as the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Second Opium War and his photographs represent the first substantial oeuvre of what came to be called photojournalism. He had a significant impact on other photographers, and Beato's influence in Japan, where he worked with and taught numerous other photographers and artists, was particularly deep and lasting.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1384: Jadwiga was crowned "King of Poland", although she was a woman. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Poland)

1532: Sapa Inca Atahualpa was captured by Francisco Pizarro in the Battle of Cajamarca. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atahualpa)

1885: Louis Riel, Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", was executed for high treason. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Riel)

1979: The first line of the Bucharest Metro was opened in Bucharest, Romania. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest_Metro)

2002: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was first recorded in Guangdong, China. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_Acute_Respiratory_Syndrome)

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