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1601 - Events. February 8 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed February 25 - Robert Devereux beheaded Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China Bad harvest in Russia due to rainy summer Dutch troops drive Portuguese from Málaga Start of Siege of Kinsale, Ireland -- the siege started in the Autumn of 1601 and ended in the Battle of Kinsale, which happened on 3 January 1602 according to the G ...

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Galileo was born in Europe Pisa, in the Tuscan region of Italy, the son of Vincenzo Galilei, a mathematician and musician born in Florence in 1520, and Giulia Ammannati, born in Pescia and married in 1563. Galileo was their first child. Although a devout Catholic, Galileo fathered three children out of wedlock. All were the children of Galileo and Marina Gamba. Because of their illegitimate birth, both girls were sent to the convent of San Matteo in Arcetri at early ages. Virginia (1600-1634) who took the name Maria Celeste upon ...

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This article is about the Mughal Emperor. For the comic-book character, see Life in Hell. For the Star Wars character, see Admiral Ackbar. Jodhabai (?) Mariam-uz-Zamani Ruqayya Sultan Begum Sakina Banu Begum Salima Sultan Begum Jahangir, son Shah Murad, son Danyal, son Shahzada Khanim, daughter Shakarunnisa Begum, daughter Aram Banu Begum, ...

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Alchemy is an early protoscientific and philosophical discipline combining the elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, and art. Alchemy has been practiced in ancient Egypt, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in the Islamic Empire, and then in Europe up to the 19th century — in a complex network of schools and philosophical systems spanning at least 2500 years. The alchemists did not follow what is now known as the scientific method, and much of the "knowledge" they p ...

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