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Encyclopedia - 1601: Encyclopedia - 1601
1601 - Events. February 8 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed Febr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akbar: Encyclopedia - Akbar
This article is about the Mughal Emperor. For the comic-book character, see Life in Hell. For the Star Wars character, see Admiral Ackb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ain: Encyclopedia - Ain
Ain is a département named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France bordering Switzerland. Ain - History. The département wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Costanzo Porta: Encyclopedia Ii - Costanzo Porta - Style
Most of Porta's output is sacred music, especially motets. He published at least eight books of motets, one of which is lost, as well as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 20: Encyclopedia - August 20
August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 133 days remaining. August 20 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 17: Encyclopedia - August 17
August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 136 days remaining. August 17 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athanasius Kircher: Encyclopedia - Athanasius Kircher
Athanasius Kircher (sometimes spelt Kirchner) (May 2, 1601?–27 November 1680) was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar who published ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 22: Encyclopedia - August 22
August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. August 22 - Events. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banganapalle: Encyclopedia - Banganapalle
Banganapalle (also Banagana Palli) is a town in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It lies in Kurnool district, 70 km south of the town ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bollandist: Encyclopedia - Bollandist
The Bollandists are an association of Jesuit scholars publishing the Acta Sanctorum (the Lives of the Saints). They are named after the F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Ussher: Encyclopedia - James Ussher
James Ussher (also spelled Usher) (January 4, 1581–March 21, 1656) was AnglicanArchbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bidar: Encyclopedia - Bidar
Bidar is a city in Karnataka state, India. It is the administrative seat of Bidar District. Bidar was the capital of the Bahmani Sultanat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Lake Bishop Of Bath And Wells: Encyclopedia - Arthur Lake Bishop Of Bath And Wells
Arthur Lake (September 1569-4 May 1626) was Bishop of Bath and Wells and a translator of the King James Version of The Bible. Arthur Lake...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (December 14, 1546 – October 24, 1601), was a Danish nobleman astrologer and astronomer as well as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (baptised April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright. Shakespeare is considered by many to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Twain: Encyclopedia - Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular Americ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habsburg: Encyclopedia - Habsburg
Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. Their principal roles w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon: Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English astrologer, philosopher, statesman, spy, free...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 17th Century: Encyclopedia - 17th Century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar. 17t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - December 6: Encyclopedia - December 6
December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining. December 6 - Event...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anne Of Austria: Encyclopedia - Anne Of Austria
Anne of Austria (September 22, 1601 - January 20, 1666) was Queen Consort of France and Regent for her son, Louis XIV of France. During h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All's Well That Ends Well: Encyclopedia - All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well is a comedy by William Shakespeare, and is often considered one of his problem plays, so-called because they ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alba Iulia: Encyclopedia - Alba Iulia
- at 2002 - Density 63.4 inh/km² Alba Iulia (-Romanian, Hungarian: Gyulafehérvár, German: Karlsburg / Weißenburg) is a city in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallon: Encyclopedia - Gallon
The gallon (abbr. gal) is an English unit of volume used for measuring liquids (as well as dry matter), with varying definitions between ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daegu: Encyclopedia - Daegu
Daegu or Taegu is the 3rd largest city in South Korea (after Seoul and Busan). It is officially called Daegu Metropolitan City. The city...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armillary Sphere: Encyclopedia - Armillary Sphere
An armillary sphere (also known as a spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a model of the celestial sphere, invented by Eratosthenes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bushel: Encyclopedia - Bushel
A bushel is a unit of volume, used (with somewhat different definitions) in the systems of Imperial units and U.S. customary units. It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Adams: Encyclopedia - William Adams
William Adams (September 24, 1564–May 16, 1620), also known in Japanese as Anjin-sama (按針様: anjin, "pilot"; sama, a Japanese soci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Ix Of Sweden: Encyclopedia - Charles Ix Of Sweden
Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 – October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of Gus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles De L'Écluse: Encyclopedia - Charles De L'Écluse
Charles de l'Écluse, L'Escluse, or Carolus Clusius (Arras, February 19, 1526 - Leiden April 4, 1609), seigneur de Watènes, was the Flem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Morgan Bible Translator: Encyclopedia - William Morgan Bible Translator
William Morgan (1545 – September 10, 1604), was the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh. Morgan was born in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Philosopher: Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Philosopher
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English astrologer, philosopher, statesman, spy, free...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circumnavigation: Encyclopedia - Circumnavigation
To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. More recentl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Poisonings: Encyclopedia - List Of Poisonings
This is a List of poisonings in alphabetical order of victim. It also includes confirmed attempted and fictional poisonings. Many of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bugey: Encyclopedia - Bugey
The Bugey (French: le Bugey) is a historical region in the département of Ain, France. It is located in a loop of the Rhône River in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Literature: Encyclopedia - British Literature
British literature is literature from the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The largest part of this literature is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bresse: Encyclopedia - Bresse
Bresse is a area of France, in the eastern part of the country, and a former province. It is located in the Rhône-Alpes région between ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Laud: Encyclopedia - William Laud
William Laud (October 7, 1573–January 10, 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury and a fervent supporter of King Charles I of England, whom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fengshen Yanyi: Encyclopedia - Fengshen Yanyi
Fengshen Yanyi (Traditional Chinese: 封神演義; Simplified Chinese: 封神演义) (translated as The Investiture of the Gods or The Cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Craiova: Encyclopedia - Craiova
- at 2002 - Density  inh/km² Craiova (/kra'jo.va/, formerly spelled Krajova) is a Romanian city, the capital of the county of Dol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venetian School: Encyclopedia - Venetian School
In music history, the Venetian School is a term used to describe the composers working in Venice from about 1550 to around 1610; it also ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Coptic Popes: Encyclopedia - List Of Coptic Popes
The Coptic Orthodox Church is a member of the Oriental Orthodox churches, not to be mistaken with the Eastern Orthodox group of churches....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Costanzo Porta: Encyclopedia - Costanzo Porta
Constanzo Porta (1528 or 1529 – May 19, 1601) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance, and a representative of what is known today a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bourg-en-bresse: Encyclopedia - Bourg-en-bresse
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military perso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 10: Encyclopedia - April 10
April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). There are 265 days remaining. April 10 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1665: Encyclopedia - 1665
1665 - Events. March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. March 6 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society begins publica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1660: Encyclopedia - 1660
1660 - Events. Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. January 1 - colonel George Monck w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1658: Encyclopedia - 1658
1658 - Events. January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1655: Encyclopedia - 1655
1655 - Events. May 10 - English troops land on Jamaica March 25 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1669: Encyclopedia - 1669
1669 - Births. February 2 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (d. 1732) May 26 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1678: Encyclopedia - 1678
1678 - Events. August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. September 6 - Titus Oates begins to present allegations of the "Popi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola: Encyclopedia - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (February 24, 1463 – November 17, 1494) was an Italian Renaissance humanist philosopher and scholar. Most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poverty: Encyclopedia - Poverty
Poverty is the state of being without the necessities of daily living, often associated with need, hardship and lack of resources across ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmandir Sahib: Encyclopedia - Harmandir Sahib
Harmandir Sahib or Hari Mandir (Punjabi: ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ) is the most sacred gurdwara in all of Sikhism, located in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - October 17: Encyclopedia - October 17
October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining. Octo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1643: Encyclopedia - 1643
1643 - Events. January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. May 19 - Battle of Rocroi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1600s: Encyclopedia - 1600s
1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1600s - Events and Trends. November 5,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1535: Encyclopedia - 1535
1535 - Events. January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1534: Encyclopedia - 1534
1534 - Events. February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it "The New Little Jerusalem" - they begin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1530: Encyclopedia - 1530
1530 - Events. June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. August 12 - Florence is captured by Spanish ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1528: Encyclopedia - 1528
1528 - Events. June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. Pol is decisively defeated. November 6 - Spani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1545: Encyclopedia - 1545
1545 - Events. February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1546: Encyclopedia - 1546
1546 - Science. 1546 - Architecture. Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica. 1546 - Births. Jan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1570: Encyclopedia - 1570
1570 - Events. January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1566: Encyclopedia - 1566
1566 - Events. January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1562: Encyclopedia - 1562
1562 - Events. Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. The expedition goes between Guinea and the West Indies Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1549: Encyclopedia - 1549
1549 - Events. July - Kett's Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. Salvador established, first capital of Brazil Petrus Canisius ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poor Law: Encyclopedia - Poor Law
The Poor Law was the system for the provision of social security in operation in England and the United Kingdom from the 16th century unt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1666: Encyclopedia - 1666
1666 - Events. August 5 - English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel de Ruyter September 2 - Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johannes Kepler: Encyclopedia Ii - Johannes Kepler - Work
Kepler lived in an era when there was no clear distinction between astronomy and astrology, while there was a strong division between ast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jesuit China Missions: Encyclopedia Ii - Jesuit China Missions - Matteo Ricci
(see main article at Matteo Ricci) Matteo Ricci (born in Macerata, Italy, October 6, 1552 - died Beijing, May 11, 1610) was an Italian Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transylvania - History
Transylvania - Ancient History: Transylvania as the heartland of the Dacian state. Herodotus gives an account of the Agathyrsi, who liv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tower Of London: Encyclopedia Ii - Tower Of London - History
The first known fortification on the site was a Roman fortress that Claudius built to protect the city of Londinium. In 1078 William the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tycho Brahe - Early Years
Tycho Brahe was born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (de Knudstrup), adopting the Latinised form Tycho at around age fifteen (sometimes written Tÿcho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johannes Valentinus Andreae: Encyclopedia Ii - Johannes Valentinus Andreae - Life
Andreae was the son of Johannes Andreae (1554-1601), the superintendent of Herrenberg and later the abbot of Königsbrunn. His mother Mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Le Havre: Encyclopedia Ii - Le Havre - History
The city was founded in 1517, when it was named Franciscopolis after Francis I of France, and subsequently named Le Havre-de-Grâce (henc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knights Hospitaller: Encyclopedia Ii - Knights Hospitaller - History
Knights Hospitaller - Foundation and early history. In 600, Abbot Probus was commissioned by Pope Gregory the Great to build a hospital...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julian Day: Encyclopedia Ii - Julian Day - History
The Julian day number is based on the Julian Period proposed by Joseph Scaliger in 1583, at the time of the Gregorian calendar reform, bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Tomkins: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Tomkins - Life
He was born in St Davids in Pembrokeshire. His father was also a musician, "vicar choral" of the cathedral of St Davids and organist ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tartu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tartu - History
Tartu - Beginnings. Archaeological evidence of first permanent settlement on the site of modern Tartu dates to as early as the 5th cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sendai Miyagi: Encyclopedia Ii - Sendai Miyagi - Culture
Sendai Miyagi - Festivals. The most famous festival in Sendai is the Sendai Tanabata Festival, which attracts more than 2 million visit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reformation In Switzerland: Encyclopedia Ii - Reformation In Switzerland - Development Of Protestantism
As part of their struggle for independence, the Swiss cantons had already in the 15th century sought to limit the influence of the Church...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Ii Play: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Ii Play - Synopsis
As the title suggests, Richard II is the main character of the play. The first Act begins with King Richard sitting majestically on his t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Speculations About Shakespeare
William Shakespeare - Identity. Main articles: Shakespearean authorship, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Life - Early Life
William Shakespeare (also spelled Shakspere, Shaksper, and Shake-speare, due to the fact that Elizabethan spelling was very erratic[1]) w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sutton Hoo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sutton Hoo - Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo is on a high bluff on the left bank of the River Deben about 7 miles from the sea. Burial mounds have been discovered here, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solovetsky Monastery: Encyclopedia Ii - Solovetsky Monastery - History
Solovetsky Monastery was founded in the late 1420s by monks Zosima and Savvatiy of Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. In the 15th and 16th cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Plays: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Plays - Canonical Plays
Shakespeare's plays - Comedies. Main articles: Shakespearean comedies, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hispanics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hispanics - Artists
List of Hispanics - Architects. Luis Barragán (1902–1988), 1980 Pritzker Prize Laureate. Ricardo Bofill (b. 1939), one of the mai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Spaniards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Spaniards - Artists
List of Spaniards - Architects. See also: Category:Spanish architects. Ricardo Bofill (b. 1939), one of the main representatives of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nine Years War Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Nine Years War Ireland - Causes
The Nine Years War was caused by the collision between the ambition of the Gaelic Irish chieftain Hugh O’Neill and the advance of the E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern World: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern World - Characteristics
The concept of the modern world as distinct from an ancient world of historical and outmoded artifacts rests on a sense that the modern w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ruthin: Encyclopedia Ii - Ruthin - History
Little is known of the history of the town prior to the construction of the castle started in 1277. Construction was begun by Dafydd, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maximilien De Béthune Duc De Sully: Encyclopedia Ii - Maximilien De Béthune Duc De Sully - Biography
He was born at the chateau of Rosny near Mantes-la-Jolie of a noble family of Flemish descent and was brought up in the Reformed faith, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Iv Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Iv Of Spain - Family
Philip IV of Spain - Siblings. Anne of Austria (1601 - 1666), who became Queen of France; Ferdinand, who became Governor of the Habsbu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Joan: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Joan - The Legend
The story of Pope Joan is known mainly from the 13th century Polish chronicler Martin of Opava (Martin von Trappau to Germans, also known...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola: Encyclopedia Ii - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola - Biography
He belonged to a family that had long dwelt in the Castle of Mirandola (Duchy of Modena). To devote himself wholly to study, he left his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Twain: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Twain - Later Life And Friendship With Henry H. Rogers
Twain's fortunes then began to decline; in his later life, Twain was a very depressed man, but still capable. Following the erroneous pub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marshal Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Marshal Of France - Bourbons
Marshal of France - Eleven Marshals created by Henry IV between 1592 and 1602. 1592 Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Philosopher: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Philosopher - Career
In the fragment De Interpretatione Naturae Prooemium (written probably about 1603) Bacon analyses his own mental character and establishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Real People Appearing In Fictional Context: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Real People Appearing In Fictional Context - World Leaders & Politicians
List of real people appearing in fictional context - King Arthur. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Arthur, King of Time and...   » Read the article