Events Harrying of the North- King William of England (William the Conqueror) reacts to rebellions made by his people against him. He rides through the north of England with his army and burns houses, crops, cattle and land from York to Durham. Results in the deaths of over 100,000 people, mainly from starvation and winter cold. William the Conqueror founds the Norman Selby Abbey Abbad III al-Mutamid succeeds his father to the throne of Sevilla. Queen Margaret of Scotland holds a conference at M ...

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The following is a list of the Kings of Babylon, a major city of ancient Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq. List of kings of Babylon - First Dynasty of Babylon. This uses the traditional Middle Chronology, although there is now reason to believe it may be too early by as much as a century. Sumu-abum 1894-1881 BC Sumu-la-El 1880-1845 BC Sabium 1844-1831 BC Apil-Sîn 1830-1813 BC Sin-muballit 1812-1793 BC Hammurabi 1792-1750 BC Samsu-I ...

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• List of kings of Babylon - First Dynasty of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Early Kassite Monarchs
• List of kings of Babylon - Sealand Dynasty Dynasty II of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Kassite Dynasty Third Dynasty of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IV of Babylon from Isin
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty V of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VI of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VII of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty VIII of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IX of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty IX of Babylon
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty X of Babylon Assyrians and Chaldeans
• List of kings of Babylon - Dynasty XI of Babylon Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean

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Berengar of Tours (c. 999 – January 6, 1088) was an 11th century Christian theologian in France, a scholar whose leadership of the cathedral school at Chartres set an example of intellectual inquiry through the revived tools of dialectic that was soon followed at cathedral schools of Laon and Paris, and who disputed with the Church leadership over the doctrine of transubstantiation in the Eucharist. Berengar of Tours - Early Life. Berengar of Tours was born perhaps at Tours, probably in the early years of ...

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• Berengar of Tours - Berengar Submits at Rome
• Berengar of Tours - Reasserts his Views in France
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York Castle is an area of York near the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and the Foss. The Castle was later dismantled, but the site is of Clifford's Tower, a quatrefoil keep built atop a Norman motte, the courts, Yorkshire Museum and former prisons. It was the site of a massacre of Jews in 1190. York Castle - History. York was a strategic importance being the location of a crossing of the River Ouse, and the confluence of Rivers Ouse and Fosse. The Romans established a garrison there. After the ...

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York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. In the 2001 UK census the city had a population of 181,094 [1], of which 137,505 lived on the York urban area. Its geographic coordinates are 53°57′N 1°05′W. York is the traditional county town of Yorkshire, to which it lends its name. However, it did not form part of any of the three ridings of Yorkshire. The modern City of York, created on April 1, 1996, is a unitary authority. As well as York itself, it includes a number of neighb ...

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• York - York and Quakers
• York - Places of interest City Centre
• York - Districts towns villages
• York - Notable People from York
• York - Individuals
• York - Groups

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. It is led by the Archbishop of Milan who serves as metropolitan to the dioceses of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia and Vigevano. The Church in Milan was first established in the 1st century as a small diocese. It was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese in the 4th century. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan - Bishops and Archbishops. St. Barnabas (ca.50-5 ...

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York Minster is an imposing Anglican Gothic cathedral in York, northern England. It is the seat of the Archbishop of York, and cathedral for the Diocese of York. It has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic choir and east end, and Early English north and south transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and the Great East Window (finished in 1408) over the Lady Chapel in the east end. In the north transept is the Five Sisters Window, each lancet being over 16 metres h ...

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The Abbadids comprised a Muslim dynasty which arose in Al-Andalus (present-day Spain) on the downfall of the Caliphate of Cordoba (756–1031). Abbadid rule lasted from about 1023 until 1091, but during the short period of its existence it exhibited singular energy and typified its time. The name of the dynasty should not be confused with that of the Abbasids of Baghdad. Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (1023-1042), the cadi of Seville, founded the house in 1023. He functioned as the chief of an Arab family settled in the ...

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The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu (Bka' rgyud), the largest of the lineages that make up the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 1st Karmapa, Düsum Khyenpa (Dus gsum Mkhyen pa) (1110-1193), was a disciple of the Tibetan master Gampopa. A gifted child who studied dharma (Buddhist teachings) with his father from an early age and who sought out great teachers in his twenties and thirties, he is said to have attained enlightenment at the age of fifty while practicing dream yoga. He was hen ...

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• Karmapa - List of previous Karmapas
• Karmapa - Controversy over the current Karmapa

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Tilopa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Talika, 988 - 1069) was an Indian tantric practitioner, mahasiddha, regarded as the human founder of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Tilopa was born into a brahmin (priestly) caste - according to some sources a royal family -, but he abandoned the monastic life upon receiving orders from a dakini (spirit) who told him to assume a wandering existence. Tilopa settled in Bengal and produced oil out of sesame seed. During a meditation he received a vision of Buddha Vajradhara and according t ...

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A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor. Even if actual lineage patterns are unknown, clan members nonetheless recognize a founding member or apical ancestor. As kinship based bonds can be merely symbolical in nature some clans share a "stipulated" common ancestor, which is a symbol of the clan's unity. When this ancestor is not human, this is referred to as animallian totem. Generally speaking, kinship differs from biological relation, as it also involves ...

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• Clan - China
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• Clan - Korea
• Clan - Among Serbs
• Clan - Scandinavia
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Note that the early dates are traditional and of uncertain accuracy Kings of the Fairhair dynasty: Harald Fairhair Harald Hårfagre : c. 890-c. 930 Eirik Bloodaxe Eirik Blodøks : c. 930-934 Håkon the Good Håkon den Gode : 934-961 Harald Gråfell : 961-976 Haakon Jarl² Håkon Jarl : 976-995 Olaf Tryggvason¹ : 995-1000 Svein Forkbeard Svein Tjugeskjegg : 999-1015 Olaf Haraldsson, S ...

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List of Norwegian monarchs, List of Norwegian monarchs - The Norwegian Kingdom ca 890-1319, List of Norwegian monarchs - The Union of Sweden and Norway 1319-1343, List of Norwegian monarchs - The Union of Denmark and Norway 1380-1396, List of Norwegian monarchs - The Kalmar Union 1397-1536, List of Norwegian monarchs - The Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll 1814, List of Norwegian monarchs - The Union of Sweden and Norway 1814-1905, List of Norwegian monarchs - The Kingdom of Norway 1905 to present, List of Norwegian monarchs - Notes, List of Norwegian monarchs - Succession to the Norwegian Throne

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First mentioned by Ptolemy (Geography 2.8.8), the Roman city Vindinium was the capital of the Aulerci, a client tribe of the Aedui. Their city lay in the territory of the province of Gallia Lugdunensis. An amphitheatre built in the 3rd century CE is still visible. Gregory of Tours mentions a Frankish sub-king Rigomer, who was killed by Clovis in his campaign to unite the Frankish territories. As the principal city of Maine, Le Mans was the stage for struggles in the 11th century between the counts of Anjou and the ...

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Le Mans, Le Mans - History, Le Mans - Sights, Le Mans - Demographics, Le Mans - Miscellaneous, Le Mans - Motorsports, Le Mans - Births, Le Mans - Others, Le Mans - External link

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The Japanese calendars prior to 1873 were derived from the Chinese. Japan adopted the Chinese calendar in 645. To convert a Japanese year to a Western year, find the first year of the nengō (=era name, see list below). When found, subtract 1, and add the number of the Japanese year. For example, the 23rd year of the Showa Era (Showa 23) would be 1948 ... 1926 − 1 = 1925, then 1925 + 23 = 1948. 645 大化 Taika 650 白雉 Hakuchi (era) 686 朱鳥 Shuchō 701 ...

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Japanese era name, Japanese era name - Overview, Japanese era name - Historical nengō, Japanese era name - Nengō in Modern Japan, Japanese era name - Conversion table from nengō to Gregorian calendar years, Japanese era name - Unofficial nengō system 私年号

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The Archaic period includes the Early Dynastic Period, when Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt were ruled as separate kingdoms, and the First and Second Dynasties List of pharaohs - Early dynastic: Lower Egypt. Lower Egypt, known as the Black Land, consisted of the northern Nile and the Nile Delta. The following list may not be complete: List of pharaohs - Early dynastic: Upper Egypt. Upper Egypt, known as the Red Land, consisted of the southern Nile and the deserts. The following list may not be complete (there are many more of uncertain existence): ...

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List of pharaohs, List of pharaohs - Archaic period, List of pharaohs - Early dynastic: Lower Egypt, List of pharaohs - Early dynastic: Upper Egypt, List of pharaohs - First Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Second Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Old Kingdom, List of pharaohs - Third Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Fourth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Fifth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Sixth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - First intermediate period, List of pharaohs - Seventh and Eighth Dynasties combined, List of pharaohs - Ninth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Tenth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Eleventh Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Middle Kingdom, List of pharaohs - Twelfth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Second intermediate period, List of pharaohs - Thirteenth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Fourteenth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Fifteenth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Sixteenth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Seventeenth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - New Kingdom, List of pharaohs - Eighteenth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Nineteenth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Twentieth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - High Priests of Amun at Thebes, List of pharaohs - Twenty-first Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Third intermediate period, List of pharaohs - Twenty-second Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Twenty-third Dynasty, List of pharaohs - The Libu, List of pharaohs - Twenty-fourth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Late period, List of pharaohs - Twenty-fifth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Twenty-sixth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Twenty-seventh Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Twenty-eighth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Twenty-ninth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Thirtieth Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Thirty-first Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Argead Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Ptolemaic Dynasty, List of pharaohs - Rome

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"Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, King of Leinster, of the foreigners of Ath-cliath, and of Leath-Mogha-Nuadhat, was slain and beheaded in the battle of Odhbha, on Tuesday, the seventh of the Ides of February, the battle having been gained over him by Conchobhar O'Maeleachlainn, King of Meath. There were also slain many hundreds of the foreigners and Leinstermen, along with Diarmaid, in that battle. In it was killed Gil ...

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Diarmait mac Mail na mBo, Diarmait mac Mail na mBo - Leinster the Norse and the Dal gCais, Diarmait mac Mail na mBo - Capture of Wexford, Diarmait mac Mail na mBo - Niall mac Eochada, Diarmait mac Mail na mBo - The Man Who Would Be High King, Diarmait mac Mail na mBo - The Sons of Harald II, Diarmait mac Mail na mBo - Death of Murchad and Diarmait, Diarmait mac Mail na mBo - Diarmait's Death in the Annals of the Four Masters, Diarmait mac Mail na mBo - Source

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About the end of the year 1059 Peter was sent as legate to Milan by Pope Nicholas II. So bad was the state of things at Milan, that benefices were openly bought and sold and the clergy publicly married the women they lived with. But the resistance to the reform of Ariald the Deacon and Anselm, Bishop of Lucca rendered a contest so bitter that an appeal was made to the Holy See. Nicholas II sent Damian and the Bishop of Lucca as his legates. But now the party of the irregular clerics took alarm and raised the cry that Rome had no authority ov ...

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Pietro Damiani, Pietro Damiani - Early life, Pietro Damiani - Religious life, Pietro Damiani - Reformer, Pietro Damiani - Liber Gomorrhianus and Hildebrand's reforms, Pietro Damiani - Papal envoy and Cardinal, Pietro Damiani - Milan, Pietro Damiani - Writings

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Much of the historical wealth of the town is based upon its position upon the banks of the tidal River Ouse. It has had in the past a shipbuilding industry, as well as a strong mining industry in the area. That has all now disappeared and the main income for the area is derived from arable farming and the travel-to-work areas of Leeds, Wakefield, York and Goole. Mining in Selby deserves special mention as it was for a time the leading mine complex in the UK and featured some of the most advanced mining technology in Europe. It was the ...

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Selby, Selby - History, Selby - Industry & economy, Selby - Floods, Selby - Selby rail crash, Selby - Hobson murders

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York has had a Christian presence from the 300s. The first church on the site was a wooden structure built hurriedly in 627 to provide a place to baptise Edwin, King of Northumbria. Moves toward a more substantial building began in the 630s. A stone structure was completed in 637 by Oswald and was dedicated to Saint Peter. The church soon fell into disrepair and was dilapidated by 670 when Saint Wilfred ascended to the see of York; he put in place efforts to repair and renew the structure. The attached school and library were established and by the 8th century were some of ...

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York Minster, York Minster - History, York Minster - The Towers and Bells, York Minster - External link

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Because he was not of Fujiwara descent, the Kampaku, Fujiwara no Yorimichi neglected him, but Emperor Go-Suzaku decreed that upon his elder brother Chikahito's enthronement (as Emperor Go-Reizei), that Takahito would become the heir (kōtaitei). As Go-Reizei had no children of his own, upon his death, Takahito became emperor. Yorimichi's younger brother Norimichi became kampaku, but Go-Sanjō was determined to rule personally. In 1069 he issued the Enkyū Shōen Regulation Decree (Enkyū being the name of the era in whic ...

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Emperor Go-Sanjo, Emperor Go-Sanjo - Consorts and empresses, Emperor Go-Sanjo - Genealogy, Emperor Go-Sanjo - Life, Emperor Go-Sanjo - Eras of his reign

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