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7,000 (2019) [1] Website. www.pella.com. The Pella Corporation is a privately held window and door manufacturing company headquartered in Pella, Iowa, and with manufacturing and sales operations in a number of locations in the United States . The company was founded in 1925 when Peter Kuyper and his wife Lucille invested $5,000 to buy the ...
Early life Lineage and childhood Archaeological site of Pella, Greece, Alexander's birthplace. Alexander III was born in Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedon, on the sixth day of the ancient Greek month of Hekatombaion, which probably corresponds to 20 July 356 BC (although the exact date is uncertain).
However, Alexander's untimely death in 323 BC triggered a series of civil wars and regents for his young son Alexander IV, ultimately leading to the Argead dynasty's demise. Cassander, the ostensible regent of Macedonia, murdered Alexander IV in 310 and installed the Antipatrids as the ruling house. His dynasty was short-lived, however, as his ...
Pella ( Greek: Πέλλα) is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It served as the capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon . Pella was probably founded at the beginning of the 4th century BC by Archelaus I as the new capital of Macedon, supplanting Aigai. The city was the birthplace of Philip II in 382 BC, and of ...
Antipater ( / ænˈtɪpətər /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος, romanized : Antipatros, lit. 'like the father'; c. 400 BC [2] – 319 BC) was a Macedonian general and statesman under the successive kingships of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great. In the wake of the collapse of the Argead house, his son Cassander would ...
Aegae (Macedonia) Coinage of Aegae towards the end of the reign of Amyntas I, under Achaemenid Macedonia, circa 510–480 BC. Goat kneeling right, head reverted; pellet above and before / Quadripartite incuse square. Aegae or Aigai ( Ancient Greek: Αἰγαί ), also Aegeae or Aigeai (Αἰγέαι) was the original capital of the Macedonians ...
Archon ( Ancient Greek: Ἄρχων; died 321 BC) was a Pellaeon, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. [1] He is probably the same as the son of Cleinias mentioned in the Indian expedition of Alexander. [2] He perished in 321 BC in a fight against Dokimos. [3]
Catalina Pella (born 1993), Argentine female tennis player, sister of Guido. Giuseppe Pella (18 April 1902 – 31 May 1981), Prime Minister of Italy, 1953-4. Guido Pella (born 1990), Argentine male tennis player, brother of Catalina. Vespasian Pella (4/17 January 1897 – 24 August 1960), Romanian jurist.