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Encyclopedia - 1620: Encyclopedia - 1620
1620 - Events. September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austrian Nobility: Encyclopedia - Austrian Nobility
As most of modern Austria used to be part of the Holy Roman Empire, a very similar system of nobility applied as in what is today Germany...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austrian Crown Jewels: Encyclopedia - Austrian Crown Jewels
The collective term Austrian Crown Jewels or insignia (de: Insignien und Kleinodien) denotes the regalia and vestments worn by the Holy R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Cecora: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Cecora
Battle of Cecora (also known as Battle of Ţuţora) was a battle between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (assisted by Moldavian troops...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of White Mountain: Encyclopedia - Battle Of White Mountain
The Battle of White Mountain, November 8, 1620 (Bílá hora is the name of White Mountain in Czech) was an early battle in the Thirty Yea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Axel Oxenstierna: Encyclopedia - Axel Oxenstierna
Count Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna ▶ (help·info) (June 16, 1583 – August 28, 1654), Lord High Chancellor of Sweden, was born at Fån�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 28: Encyclopedia - August 28
August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. August 28 - Events. 4...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baden: Encyclopedia - Baden
Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany. It came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and subse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basque Country: Encyclopedia - Basque Country
The Basque Country (Euskal Herria in Basque) is a cultural region that straddles the western Pyrenees mountains that define the border be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 15: Encyclopedia - August 15
August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. August 15 - Events. 77...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Air De Cour: Encyclopedia - Air De Cour
The Air de cour was a popular type of secular vocal music in France in the very late Renaissance and early Baroque period, from about 157...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scientific Method: Encyclopedia - Scientific Method
The scientific method or scientific process is fundamental to scientific investigation and to the acquisition of new knowledge based upon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian
The Rosicrucian Order is a legendary and secretive Order dating from the 15th or 17th century. It generally is associated with the symbol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prague: Encyclopedia - Prague
Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in centra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alasdair Maccolla: Encyclopedia - Alasdair Maccolla
Alasdair MacColla (circa 1620 to 1647) was a Scottish-Irish soldier. His full name in Scottish Gaelic was Alasdair MacColla Ciotach MacDo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Van Dyck: Encyclopedia - Anthony Van Dyck
Sir Anthony (Anton) van Dyck (22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish painter — mainly of portraits — who became the leading...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Submarine: Encyclopedia - Submarine
A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. Most major navies use submarines. Submarines are also used for marin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augsburg: Encyclopedia - Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. It is the capital of the Swabia administrative region of Bavaria, and is located at the conf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artemisia Gentileschi: Encyclopedia - Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi (July 8, 1593 - 1653) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early Baroque painters in the generation inf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 29: Encyclopedia - April 29
April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). There are 246 days remaining. April 29 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 18: Encyclopedia - April 18
April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). There are 257 days remaining. April 18 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 18: Encyclopedia - August 18
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining. August 18 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baybayin: Encyclopedia - Baybayin
Baybayin (sometimes called Alibata) is a pre-Hispanic Tagalog writing system that originated from the Javanese script Kavi. The writing s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wampanoag: Encyclopedia - Wampanoag
The Wampanoag (Wôpanâak in current orthography) are a Native American people. In 1600 they lived in what is now southeastern Massachuse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Lithuania
Lithuanian nation rose in 7th – 9th centuries AC from Baltic nations group. Balts, the ancestors of Lithuanians and Latvians, had arriv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cornelius Drebbel: Encyclopedia - Cornelius Drebbel
Cornelius Jacobszoon Drebbel (Alkmaar, 1572 - London, November 7, 1633) was a Dutch inventor of first navigable submarine in 1620. Drebbe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Welsh Bible: Encyclopedia - Welsh Bible
The first translation of the Bible into Welsh was the New Testament translation of William Salesbury in 1567, closely followed by William...   » 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 - Culture Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Culture Of The United Kingdom
The culture of the United Kingdom is rich and varied, and has been influential on culture on a worldwide scale. It is a European country,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unity Of The Brethren: Encyclopedia - Unity Of The Brethren
The Unity of the Brethren (Czech: Jednota bratrská, Latin: Unitas Fratrum) is a Christian denomination whose roots are in the pre-reform...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danish Colonial Empire: Encyclopedia - Danish Colonial Empire
In various forms, Denmark has had colonial possessions since the beginning of the 13th century, when it obtained possessions in Estonia. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium: Encyclopedia - De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (English: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, Polish: O obrotach sfer niebieskich) is the sem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dahomey: Encyclopedia - Dahomey
Dahomey was a kingdom in Africa, situated in what is now the nation of Benin. The kingdom was founded in the seventeenth century and surv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Church Of Christ: Encyclopedia - United Church Of Christ
The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States, generally considered within the R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious History Of The United States: Encyclopedia - Religious History Of The United States
See also Religion in the United States The religious history of the United States is a complex narrative that begins more than a centu...   » 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 - List Of Cities And Towns In Finland: Encyclopedia - List Of Cities And Towns In Finland
List of cities and towns in Finland - Towns founded. Alajärvi (1986) Alavus (Alavo in Swedish) (1977) Anjalankoski (1977) Espoo (Esbo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohemia: Encyclopedia - Bohemia
Bohemia (Czech: Čechy; German: Böhmen, Russian: Bogemiya) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Ballymote: Encyclopedia - Book Of Ballymote
The Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta, RIA MS 23 P 12, 275 foll.), named for the parish of Ballymote, County Sligo, was written...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bohdan Khmelnytsky: Encyclopedia - Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmel'nyts'kyi (Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький in Ukrainian, commo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Encyclopedia - Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598, Naples – November 28, 1680, Rome) was a towering baroque artist in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benguet: Encyclopedia - Benguet
Benguet is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is La Trinidad and bord...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bremen City: Encyclopedia - Bremen City
Bremen [ˈbreːmən] is a city in northern Germany (official name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen1 (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen), referring to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zwolle: Encyclopedia - Zwolle
Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 50 miles northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Churu: Encyclopedia - Churu
Churu (चूरु) is a town in the desert region of Rajasthan, India. Churu is administrative district of the state of Rajasthan. It l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles De Luynes: Encyclopedia - Charles De Luynes
Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (1578 - December 15, 1621), was constable of France and the first duke of Luynes. He was the first son of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Drelincourt: Encyclopedia - Charles Drelincourt
Image:Drelincourt.jpegCharles Drelincourt (July 10th 1595, Sedan-November 3rd 1669) was a French Protestant divine. In 1618 he undertook ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaco Culture National Historical Park: Encyclopedia - Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park and World Heritage Site which contains the densest and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Famine: Encyclopedia - Famine
A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are so undernourished that death by starvat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hayyim Ben Joseph Vital: Encyclopedia - Hayyim Ben Joseph Vital
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1543 in Safed-6 May 1620 in Damascus) was one of the most famous exponents of Kabbalah. As a young boy, Vital wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1642: Encyclopedia - 1642
1642 - Events. January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. Beginning of Eng...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1630s: Encyclopedia - 1630s
1600s 1610s 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 1630s - Events and Trends. Thirty Year...   » 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 - 1667: Encyclopedia - 1667
1667 - Births. April 29 - John Arbuthnot, English physician and writer (d. 1735) May 26 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (d. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1668: Encyclopedia - 1668
1668 - Births. April 20 - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739) May 8 - Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747) June 23...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1620s: Encyclopedia - 1620s
1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 1620s - Events and Trends. Permanent D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1587: Encyclopedia - 1587
1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. 1587 -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1564: Encyclopedia - 1564
1564 - Events. March 8 — Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 — Fort Caroline, the first French attemp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1563: Encyclopedia - 1563
1563 - Events. February 1 - Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia February 18 - The Duke of Guise is assassina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1567: Encyclopedia - 1567
1567 - Events. The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. He replaces Margaret of Parma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1579: Encyclopedia - 1579
1579 - Events. January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1582: Encyclopedia - 1582
1582 - Events. January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calend...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1682: Encyclopedia - 1682
1682 - Events. March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versail...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1683: Encyclopedia - 1683
1683 - Events. June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the world's first university museum. June 12 - The Rye House Plot to assassinate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - December 21: Encyclopedia - December 21
December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 10 days remaining. December 21 - Eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - October 31: Encyclopedia - October 31
October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of Octo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Don Juan: Encyclopedia - Don Juan
Don Juan is a legendary fictional libertine, whose story has been told many times by different authors. The name is sometimes used figura...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - November 8: Encyclopedia - November 8
November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. November 8 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ribbon: Encyclopedia - Ribbon
A ribbon is a thin band of flexible material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thirty Years' War: Encyclopedia - Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, but also in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - October 1: Encyclopedia - October 1
October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). There are 91 days remaining. October 1 - Events. 331 BC - Alexander the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1688: Encyclopedia - 1688
1688 - Births. January 18 - Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) January 29 - Emanuel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1691: Encyclopedia - 1691
1691 - Events. March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 20 - Leis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1704: Encyclopedia - 1704
1704 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1706: Encyclopedia - 1706
1706 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1555: Encyclopedia - 1555
1555 - Events. Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jakob Böhme: Encyclopedia - Jakob Böhme
Jakob Böhme (1575–1624) was a Christian mystic born in central Germany, near Görlitz. He grew up as a Lutheran, and worked as a shoem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1547: Encyclopedia - 1547
1547 - Events. January 16 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia. January 28 - Edward VI succeeds his father...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 12: Encyclopedia - September 12
September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). There are 110 days remaining. September 12 - Events. 490 BC - Athens ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1543: Encyclopedia - 1543
1543 - Science. Andreas Vesalius publishes De Humanis Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body), revolutionising the science ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moldavian Magnate Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Moldavian Magnate Wars - The Magnate Wars 1593-1617
Moldavian Magnate Wars - Causes. Jan Zamoyski, Polish grand crown chancellor (kanclerz) and military commander (grand crown hetman), kn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Gloucestershire: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Gloucestershire - Military Significance
Gloucestershire formed part of Harold's earldom at the time of the Norman invasion, but it offered slight resistance to the Conqueror. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Denmark: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Denmark - Middle Ages
History of Denmark - Earliest literary sources. Widsith and Beowulf and by later Scandinavian writers, notably Saxo Grammaticus (c. 120...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melchisédech Thévenot: Encyclopedia Ii - Melchisédech Thévenot - Scientific Studies
Thévenot studied astronomy, physics, medicine, and magnetism, and demonstrated in the 1660's the possibility that atmospheric pulsations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moravians Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Moravians Religion - Origins And Early History: The Czech Background
The establishment of the Moravian church as a Christian church occurred as a reaction against certain alleged errors within the Roman Cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Nottinghamshire: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Nottinghamshire - Historical Setting
History of Nottinghamshire - English control. The earliest Teutonic settlers in the district which is now Nottinghamshire were an Angli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Switzerland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Switzerland - Early History
Main article: Early history of Switzerland. Archeological evidence suggests that hunter-gatherers settled in the lowlands north of the Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massachusetts Bay Colony: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts Bay Colony - Previous Nearby Settlements
Given the overlapping land patents that various colonial groups obtained from English kings and companies, and later consolidation of ter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Amsterdam: Encyclopedia Ii - New Amsterdam - History
New Amsterdam - Early Settlement 1609–1625. The first recorded exploration by the Dutch of the area around what is now called New Yor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Međimurje County: Encyclopedia Ii - Međimurje County - Physical Characteristics
The county covers the plains between the rivers of Mura and Drava, (Mur and Drau in German), both of which occasionally flood and frequen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Manchester: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Manchester - Medieval Growth
Manchester was an unimportant market town during the Middle Ages, it was originally part of the Hundred of Salford. In 1223 Manchester ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Bermuda: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Bermuda - Initial Discovery And Settlement
Bermuda was discovered in the early 1500s, probably in 1503, although the evidence for the exact year, and the identity of the discoverer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Habitation At Port-royal: Encyclopedia Ii - Habitation At Port-royal - Port-royal Settlement
Dugua and Champlain decided to move their settlement to the north shore of present-day Annapolis Basin, a sheltered bay on the south shor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nova Scotia: Encyclopedia Ii - Nova Scotia - History
See also individual articles on Nova Scotia History. Paleo-Indians camped at locations in present-day Nova Scotia approximately 11,000 ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glynn: Encyclopedia Ii - Glynn - History
The Church of Gluaire is supposed to have been founded by St Patrick in 435 A.D. The ruins of an old stone church still stand within the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Submarine: Encyclopedia Ii - Submarine - History Of Submarines
Submarine - Early history of submarines and the first submersibles. A far ancestor for a submarine is probably a 17th century Ukrainian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norwich: Encyclopedia Ii - Norwich - History
Norwich - Roman. The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is now at modern day Caistor S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nevis: Encyclopedia Ii - Nevis - History
The most famous Nevis resident was Alexander Hamilton, a famed statesman and founding father of the United States—both the Thirteen Col...   » 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 - Newfoundland: Encyclopedia Ii - Newfoundland - Discovery Colonization And Settlement
Newfoundland is the site of the only authenticated Norse settlement in North America, discovered by Norwegian explorer Dr. Helge Ingstad ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hälsingland: Encyclopedia Ii - Hälsingland - History
The earliest mention of the people of Hälsingland may be in the Old English poem Widsith, from the 9th - 10th century, where a people ca...   » Read the article