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1525 in science 1525 - Events. January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manz's mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. February 10 - Albert of Prussia committed Prussian Homage. February 24 - Battle of Pavia - Spanish forces under Charles de Lannoy and the Marquis of Pescara defeat the French army and capture Fra ...

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• 1525 - Events
• 1525 - Births
• 1525 - Deaths

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Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah, Kaballah) is an interpretation (exegesis, hermeneutic) key, "soul" of the Torah (Hebrew Bible), or the religious mystical system of Judaism claiming an insight into divine nature. Kabbalah is a doctrine of esoteric knowledge concerning God, God's creation of the universe and the laws of nature, and the path by whic ...

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• Kabbalah - Origin of Jewish mysticism
• Kabbalah - Mystic doctrines in Talmudic times
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the early Middle Ages
• Kabbalah - Lurianic Kabbalah in the Middle Ages
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Sefardim and Mizrahim
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah of the Maharal
• Kabbalah - The failure of Sabbatian mysticism
• Kabbalah - Spread of Kabbalah during the 1700s
• Kabbalah - The modern world
• Kabbalah - Primary texts
• Kabbalah - Theodicy: explanation for the existence of evil
• Kabbalah - Kabbalistic understanding of God
• Kabbalah - Sefirot
• Kabbalah - A Greek Orthodox theological view
• Kabbalah - The human soul in Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Foretelling the future
• Kabbalah - Practical applications
• Kabbalah - Textual antiquity of esoteric mysticism
• Kabbalah - Gnosticism and Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Criticisms
• Kabbalah - Dualism
• Kabbalah - Debate about Kabbalah in Judaism
• Kabbalah - Early critiques
• Kabbalah - Within Conservative and Reform Judaism
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah Centre
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah in non-Jewish society
• Kabbalah - Hermetic Kabbalah
• Kabbalah - Fictional representations
• Kabbalah - Kabbalah personalities
• Kabbalah - Footnotes

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The red and white checkerboard has been a symbol of Croatian kings since at least the 10th century, ranging in size from 3×3 to 8×8, but most commonly 5×5, like the current coat. It was traditionally conjenctured that the colours originally represented two ancient Croat tribes, Red Croats and White Croats, but there is no generally accepted proof for this theory. The oldest source confirming the coat as an official symbol is a genealogy of the Habsburgs, dated from 1 ...

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Coat of Arms of Croatia, Coat of Arms of Croatia - History, Coat of Arms of Croatia - The current design, Coat of Arms of Croatia - Trivia, Coat of Arms of Croatia - External link

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Anabaptists (Greek ana+baptizo "re-baptizers", German: Wiedertäufer) are Christians of the so-called radical wing of the Protestant Reformation. The term was coined by critics, who objected to the practice of performing baptism for adults whose previous baptism, as infants, the Anabaptists claimed was 'not valid'. Various groups at various times have been called Anabaptist, but this article focuses primarily on the Anabaptists of 16th century Europe. Anabaptist - Designation and defini ...

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• Anabaptist - Designation and definition
• Anabaptist - Anabaptist origins
• Anabaptist - Forerunners
• Anabaptist - Views of origins
• Anabaptist - Types of Anabaptists
• Anabaptist - Zwickau prophets and the Peasants' War
• Anabaptist - The Münster Rebellion
• Anabaptist - Miscellany
• Anabaptist - Persecutions and migrations
• Anabaptist - Anabaptists today
• Anabaptist - The Anabaptist heritage
• Anabaptist - Footnotes

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Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco di Luca di Paolo del Migliore, Gualfonda, Florence, 1487 - Florence, 1531) was a painter of the Italian Renaissance. Andrea del Sarto - Early Life and Training. This celebrated painter of the Florentine school was born in either 1486 or 1487 one of four children to Agnolo, a tailor (sarto). Since 1677 some have attributed the surname Vannucchi with little documentation. By 1494 Andrea apprenticed to a goldsmith, and then to a skillful woodcarver and in ...

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• Andrea del Sarto - Early Life and Training
• Andrea del Sarto - Frescoes at SS Anunziata in Florence
• Andrea del Sarto - Visit to France
• Andrea del Sarto - Later Works in Florence
• Andrea del Sarto - Madonna of the Harpies
• Andrea del Sarto - Details of Personal Life
• Andrea del Sarto - Critical Assessment and Legacy
• Andrea del Sarto - Partial Anthology of Works

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Amaretto (Italian for "a little bitter") is a type of alcoholic beverage originating from Italy, namely a liqueur flavored with almonds, or the almond-like kernels from apricots, peaches, etc. Amaretto - Brands. Amaretto - Amaretto Di Saronno. The most popular brand is Amaretto Di Saronno ("from Saronno"), an amber-red liqueur made from apricot stones, with a characteristic bittersweet almond taste, containing 28.0% ethanol (56 proof). It is claimed that whe ...

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• Amaretto - Brands
• Amaretto - Amaretto Di Saronno
• Amaretto - Lazzaroni Amaretto
• Amaretto - Amaretto-based Cocktails

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Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 - April 6, 1528) was a German painter, wood carver, engraver, and mathematician. He is best known for his woodcuts in series, including the Apocalypse (1498), two series on the crucifixion of Christ, the Great Passion (1498-1510) and the Little Passion (1510-11) as well as many of his individual prints, such as Knight, Death, and the Devil (1513) and Melancholia IIncluding:

• Albrecht Dürer - First visit to Italy
• Albrecht Dürer - Return to Nuremberg
• Albrecht Dürer - Second visit to Italy
• Albrecht Dürer - Nuremberg and the masterworks
• Albrecht Dürer - Journey to the Netherlands and beyond
• Albrecht Dürer - Final years in Nuremberg

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The Crown of Charles, Prince of Wales was the crown used by Charles, Prince of Wales at his investiture as Prince of Wales in 1969. Though technically the Prince of Wales crown is a coronet, official state publications usually use the word crown to describe it. Crown of Charles Prince of Wales - Background. When the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom went into exile as the Duke of Windsor in 1936, he took with him the Crown of George, Prince of Wales, a highly controversial -- and i ...

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• Crown of Charles Prince of Wales - Background
• Crown of Charles Prince of Wales - Creation of the new crown
• Crown of Charles Prince of Wales - Design
• Crown of Charles Prince of Wales - Usage
• Crown of Charles Prince of Wales - Princess of Wales
• Crown of Charles Prince of Wales - Future usage
• Crown of Charles Prince of Wales - Footnote

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The Arquebus (sometimes spelled harquebus or hackbut) was a primitive firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries. Like its successor, the musket, it was a smoothbore firearm although somewhat smaller than its predecessors, which made it easier to carry. It was a forerunner of the rifle and other longarm firearms. The arquebus was fired by a matchlock mechanism and had a larger bore than its predecessors. The flared muzzle made it easier to load the weapon and the arquebusier braced the gun's barrel into a pole wit ...

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• Arquebus - External link

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Balthasar Hübmaier (ca. 1480-1528) was an influential German/Moravian Anabaptist leader. He was born in Friedberg, Bavaria (about 5 miles east of Augsburg) circa 1480-1481. Information on his parentage is lacking. In 1524, he married Elizabeth Hügline of Reichenau. He attended Latin School at Augsburg, and entered the University of Freiburg on May 1, 1503. Insufficient funds caused him to leave the university and teach for a time at Schaffhausen. He returned to Freiburg in 1507 and received both a bachelor's and a mast ...

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• Balthasar Hubmaier - Reference

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The Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India. The sultanate was founded in 1347 by the Turkish governor Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, who revolted against the Sultan of Delhi, Muhammad bin Tughluq. His revolt was successful, and he established an independent state on Deccan out of the Delhi Sultanate's southern provinces. The Bahmani capital was Ahsanabad (Gulbarga) between 1347 and about 1425, when it was moved to Muhammadabad (Bidar). The Bahmani contested for control of the Deccan with the Hindu Vijayanagara e ...

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• Bahmani Sultanate - List of Bahmani Sultans

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Bad Mergentheim (Mergentheim until 1926) is a town in the Main-Tauber district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Bad Mergentheim - History. Mergentheim (Mariae domus) is mentioned in chronicles as early as 1058, as the residence of the family of the counts of Hohenlohe, who early in the 13th century assigned the greater part of their estates in and around Mergentheim to the Teutonic order. In 1340 Mergentheim got Town privileges. It rapidly increased in fame, and became the most important of ...

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• Bad Mergentheim - History
• Bad Mergentheim - Villages
• Bad Mergentheim - Sights
• Bad Mergentheim - Transmitter Löffelstelzen
• Bad Mergentheim - Twin Towns
• Bad Mergentheim - Notable residents and natives

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August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. August 22 - Events. 1485 - The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses 1559 - Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy 1642 - Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immi ...

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• August 22 - Events
• August 22 - Births
• August 22 - Deaths
• August 22 - Holidays and observances

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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. See also: 16th century in literature 16th century - Events. 1501: Safavid dynasty rules Iran until 1736. 1503: Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three or four years later. 1509: The Battle of Diu marks the beginning of Portuguese dominance of the Spice trade. 1514: The Battle of Orsha halts Muscovy's expansion into ...

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• 16th century - Events
• 16th century - Significant people
• 16th century - Inventions discoveries introductions
• 16th century - Decades and years

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1600 - Events. 1600 - January. January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Year's Day 1600 - February. February 17 - Giordano Bruno burned at the stake for heresy in Rome 1600 - July. July 2 - Battle of Nieuwpoort: Dutch forces under Maurice of Nassau defeat Spanish forces under Archduke Albert in a battle on the coastal dunes. 1600 - Octo ...

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• 1600 - Events
• 1600 - January
• 1600 - February
• 1600 - July
• 1600 - October
• 1600 - December
• 1600 - Undated
• 1600 - Births
• 1600 - Deaths

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Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli (January 1, 1484 – October 11, 1531) was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland, and founder of the Swiss Reformed Churches. Independent from Luther, who was doctor biblicus, Zwingli arrived at similar conclusions, by studying the Scriptures from the point of view of a humanist scholar. Zwingli was born in Wildhaus, St. Gall, Switzerland to a prominent family of the middle classes. He was the seventh of eight sons. His father Ulrich was the chief magistrate in ...

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• Huldrych Zwingli - Zwingli's contribution to Reformation
• Huldrych Zwingli - Background
• Huldrych Zwingli - Theology: sacraments and covenants Zwingli versus Luther
• Huldrych Zwingli - Music in the Church
• Huldrych Zwingli - Zwingli’s life
• Huldrych Zwingli - Youth
• Huldrych Zwingli - Priesthood
• Huldrych Zwingli - Alienation from the Church
• Huldrych Zwingli - Marriage
• Huldrych Zwingli - The Reformation in Zürich
• Huldrych Zwingli - The political phase
• Huldrych Zwingli - Reaction
• Huldrych Zwingli - Dictator of Zürich
• Huldrych Zwingli - Civil war and Zwingli's death on the battlefield
• Huldrych Zwingli - Zwingli's successor
• Huldrych Zwingli - Other notables in Swiss Reformation
• Huldrych Zwingli - Literary production

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Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה; also transliterated as Halakhah, Halacha, Halachah) is the collective corpus of Jewish rabbinic law, custom and tradition. Like the religious laws in many other cultures, Judaism classically drew no distinction in its laws between religious and non-religious life. Hence, Halakha guides not only religious practices and beliefs, but numerous aspects of day-to-day life. Historically, Halakha served many Jewish communities as an enforceable avenue of civil and religious law. In the mo ...

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• Halakha - Terminology
• Halakha - The scope of Halakha
• Halakha - The laws of the Torah
• Halakha - Categories of law
• Halakha - Sin: violation of Jewish law
• Halakha - Gentiles and Jewish law
• Halakha - The sources and process of Halakha
• Halakha - Eras of history important in Jewish law
• Halakha - The thirteen rules by which Jewish law was derived
• Halakha - How Halakha is viewed today
• Halakha - Flexibility within the Halakha
• Halakha - Codes of Jewish law

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The Republic of Bolivia is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west. Bolivia - History. Main article: History of Bolivia Bolivia - Pre-colonial period. The Andean region probably has been inhabited for some 5,000 years. Beginning about the 2nd century B.C., the Tiwanaku culture developed at the southern end of Lake Titicaca. This culture, center ...

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• Bolivia - History
• Bolivia - Pre-colonial period
• Bolivia - Colonial period
• Bolivia - The Republic and economic instability 1809
• Bolivia - Rise of the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement 1951
• Bolivia - Military governments: García Meza and Siles Zuazo 1978
• Bolivia - Sánchez de Lozada and Banzer: Liberalizing the economy 1993
• Bolivia - Social Crisis and the nationalization of hydrocarbon resources 2000-2005
• Bolivia - Evo Morales Movement toward Socialism
• Bolivia - Politics
• Bolivia - Administrative Division
• Bolivia - Geography
• Bolivia - Economy
• Bolivia - Demographics
• Bolivia - Culture
• Bolivia - Literature
• Bolivia - Footnotes

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This entry contains a timeline of the development of Judaism and the Jewish people. Note that all dates are given according to the Common Era (Christian), not the Jewish calendar. For more detailed information on Jewish history, including links to individual country histories, see Jewish history. Timeline of Jewish history - Biblical history. A separate article exists on the timeline of Biblical characters and the Israelites. See the entry on the history of ancient Israel and Judah. Note, however, that the ...

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• Timeline of Jewish history - Biblical history
• Timeline of Jewish history - Post Biblical-history
• Timeline of Jewish history - 200 BCE to 700 CE
• Timeline of Jewish history - 701 to 1500
• Timeline of Jewish history - 1501 to 1800
• Timeline of Jewish history - 1801 to 1900
• Timeline of Jewish history - 1901 to 1945
• Timeline of Jewish history - 1946 to Today

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Cuauhtémoc (c. 1502 - February 26, 1525) (also Cuauhtemotzin or Guatimozin; also written Cuauhtemoc without the diacritical mark) was the last Aztec ruler (Tlatoani) of Tenochtitlán and the last "Aztec Emperor". The name means "descending eagle", from Nahuatl cuauhtli (eagle) and temoc (descent); by extension it can be interpreted as "setting sun". Cuauhtémoc took power in 1520 as successor of Cuaitláhuac and was a nephew of the emperor Moctezuma II, and his young wife was one of Moctezuma's daug ...

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