Encyclopedia - 1650: Encyclopedia - 1650
1650 - Ongoing events. Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653) 1650 - Births. February 2 - Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cahir Castle: Encyclopedia - Cahir Castle
One of the biggest castles in Ireland, Cahir Castle was built in 1142 by Conor O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, on an island in the river Suir...   » 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 - Charles Ii Of England: Encyclopedia - Charles Ii Of England
Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 30 January 1649 (retrospectiv...   » 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 - 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 - Bernardino Of Siena: Encyclopedia - Bernardino Of Siena
Saint Bernardino of Siena (sometimes Bernardine) (September 8, 1380 – May 20, 1444) was an Italian preacher, Franciscan missionary and ...   » 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 - Breda: Encyclopedia - Breda
Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The rivers Mark and Aa come together here. The municipality ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles University Of Prague: Encyclopedia - Charles University Of Prague
The Charles University of Prague (also simply University of Prague; Czech: Univerzita Karlova; Latin: Universitas Carolina) is the oldest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caen: Encyclopedia - Caen
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 - Caesar Duc De Choiseul: Encyclopedia - Caesar Duc De Choiseul
Caesar, duc de Choiseul (1602 - December 23, 1675), French marshal and diplomatist, generally known for the best part of his life as the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Youghal: Encyclopedia - Youghal
Youghal (pronounced [jɔːl] or [ˈjɒhəl]; Irish Eochaill [ˈɔxəʎ]) is a seaport in County Cork, Ireland. Youghal is located on the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coffea: Encyclopedia - Coffea
Coffea arabica - Arabica Coffee Coffea benghalensis - Bengal coffee Coffea canephora - Robusta coffee Coffea congensis - Congo coffee Cof...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Name: Encyclopedia - William Name
William is a popular proper name of old Germanic origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman Conquest of 1066...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Connecticut: Encyclopedia - Connecticut
Joe Lieberman (D) Connecticut (pronounced /kəˈnɛtɪkət/; the second C is silent) is a state of the United States, part of the New Eng...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cornelius Vanderbilt: Encyclopedia - Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877) was a U.S. entrepreneur who built his wealth in shipping and railroads and was th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corporation: Encyclopedia - Corporation
A corporation is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a natural person. Civil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Ii Prince Of Orange: Encyclopedia - William Ii Prince Of Orange
William II, Prince of Orange (May 27, 1626 - November 6, 1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (March 14, 1647 - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Iii Of England: Encyclopedia - William Iii Of England
William III of England (14 November 1650 – 8 March 1702; also known as William II of Scotland and William III of Orange) was a Dutch ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christina Of Sweden: Encyclopedia - Christina Of Sweden
Christina (Kristina) (December 8, 1626 – April 19, 1689), later known as Maria Christina Alexandra and sometimes Count Dohna, was Queen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xiamen: Encyclopedia - Xiamen
Xiamen (Simplified: 厦门; Traditional: 廈門; Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàmén; Wade-Giles: Hsiamen) is a coastal sub-provincial city in southea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christoph Scheiner: Encyclopedia - Christoph Scheiner
Christoph Scheiner (July 25, 1573 or 1575 – June 18, 1650) was a German astronomer and Jesuit. He was one of the first to observe sunsp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tobacco Smoking: Encyclopedia - Tobacco Smoking
Tobacco smoking is the act of smoking tobacco products, especially cigarettes and cigars. The practice of smoking tobacco originated amon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visit Of King George Iv To Scotland: Encyclopedia - Visit Of King George Iv To Scotland
The 1822 visit of King George IV to Scotland was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland since 1650. Government ministers had p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witte Corneliszoon De With: Encyclopedia - Witte Corneliszoon De With
Witte Corneliszoon de With (28 March 1599-8 November 1658) was a Dutch naval officer of 17th century. He was born in Brielle like Maarten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bogomilism: Encyclopedia - Bogomilism
Bogomilism is the Gnostic dualistic sect, the synthesis of Armenian Paulicianism and local Slavonic Church reform movement in Bulgaria be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ambrosians: Encyclopedia - Ambrosians
Ambrosians are members of either one of the Roman Catholic religious brotherhoods which at various times since the 14th century have spru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alhambra: Encyclopedia - Alhambra
The Alhambra (Red Castle) (in Arabic الحمراء) is an ancient palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of Granada, in sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Native Americans In The United States: Encyclopedia - Native Americans In The United States
Native Americans in the United States (also Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aborigina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 11: Encyclopedia - April 11
April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). There are 264 days remaining. April 11 - 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 - April 13: Encyclopedia - April 13
13 April is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). There are 262 days remaining. It is also the Ides...   » 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 - Adolf Fredrikskyrkan: Encyclopedia - Adolf Fredrikskyrkan
Adolf Fredrikskyrkan ("The Church of Adolf Frederick") is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden. Its cemetery is where Rene Descartes was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Percentage: Encyclopedia - Percentage
A percentage is a way of expressing a proportion, a ratio or a fraction as a whole number, by using 100 as the denominator. A number such...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tobacco: Encyclopedia - Tobacco
N. acuminata N. alata N. attenuata N. clevelandii N. excelsior N. forgetiana N. glauca N. glutinosa N. langsdorffii N. longiflora N. obtu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1600: Encyclopedia - 1600
1600 - Events. 1600 - January. January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Year's Day 1600 - February. February 17 - Gi...   » 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 - Admiral Of The Fleet Royal Navy: Encyclopedia - Admiral Of The Fleet Royal Navy
Admiral of the Fleet is a rank of the British Royal Navy and other navies, the equivalent of Fleet Admiral in the United States Navy. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium: Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium
(1st millennium – 2nd millennium – 3rd millennium – other millennia) 2nd millennium - Events. European crusades in Middle East Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Santorini: Encyclopedia - Santorini
Santorini (Greek Σαντορίνη) is a small, circular group of volcanic islands located in the Aegean Sea, about 200 km south-east fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tea: Encyclopedia - Tea
Tea is a product made from the leaves or buds of the tea bush Camellia sinensis. It is commonly consumed in the form of a beverage made b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metrical Psalter: Encyclopedia - Metrical Psalter
A metrical psalter is a kind of Bible translation: a paraphrase of all or part of the Book of Psalms in vernacular poetry, meant to be su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas: Encyclopedia - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas
The scope of this indigenous peoples of the Americas article encompasses the definitions of indigenous peoples and the Americas as establ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 25: Encyclopedia - August 25
August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. August 25 - Events. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melaka: Encyclopedia - Melaka
Malacca (Jawi: ملاك; Malay: Melaka) (Malaysian state code : MK), (transport code : M), is the second smallest state in Mala...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Easter Island: Encyclopedia - Easter Island
Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui ("navel of the world"); Polynesian: Te Pito o te Henúa ("Navel of the World") or Mata-ki-te-Rangi ("Ey...   » 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 - 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 - Courtesan: Encyclopedia - Courtesan
A courtesan is a person paid and/or supported for the giving of social companionship and intimate liaisons to one or more partners. The w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 20: Encyclopedia - April 20
April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). There are 255 days remaining. April 20 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religious Society Of Friends: Encyclopedia - Religious Society Of Friends
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 27: Encyclopedia - April 27
April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. April 27 - Events. 112...   » 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 - Potato: Encyclopedia - Potato
The potato (plural form: potatoes) (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, grown for its starc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thou: Encyclopedia - Thou
Thou is a second person singular pronoun of the English language. Thou is the nominative case; the oblique/objective (functioning as both...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Milan: Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Milan
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. It is led by the Archbishop of Mila...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1707: Encyclopedia - 1707
1707 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1708: Encyclopedia - 1708
1708 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1718: Encyclopedia - 1718
1718 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1702: Encyclopedia - 1702
1702 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - June 16: Encyclopedia - June 16
June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. June 16 - Events. 1487 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1687: Encyclopedia - 1687
1687 - Events. March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississip...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 16: Encyclopedia - August 16
August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 137 days remaining. August 16 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1721: Encyclopedia - 1721
1721 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1722: Encyclopedia - 1722
1722 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covenanter: Encyclopedia - Covenanter
The Covenanters are a radical Presbyterian movement that played an important part in the history of Scotland, and to a lesser extent in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holy Living And Holy Dying: Encyclopedia - Holy Living And Holy Dying
Holy Living and Holy Dying is the collective title of two books of Christian devotion by Jeremy Taylor. They were originally published as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avicenna: Encyclopedia - Avicenna
Avicenna (Ibn Sina also known as al-Shaykh al-Rais (meaning the Leader among the wise men), in Persian and Arabic: شيخ الرئيس، ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Al-fida: Encyclopedia - Abu Al-fida
Abu al-Fida (fully Abu Al-fida' Isma'il Ibn 'ali Al-malik Al-mu'ayyad 'imad Ad-din, also transliterated Abulfeda, Abu Alfida, and other w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1723: Encyclopedia - 1723
1723 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 3: Encyclopedia - September 3
September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). There are 119 days remaining. September 3 - Events. 36 BC - In the bat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1680: Encyclopedia - 1680
1680 - Events. July 8 - The first documented tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts. August 21 - Pueblo Indian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1650s: Encyclopedia - 1650s
1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1650s - Significant Events and Trends. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1575: Encyclopedia - 1575
1575 - Events. February 13 - Henry III of France is crowned at Reims February 14 - Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1578: Encyclopedia - 1578
1578 - Events. January 31 - Battle of Gemblours - Spanish forces under Don John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch. Don...   » 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 - 1574: Encyclopedia - 1574
1574 in literature 1574 - Events. April 14 - Battle of Mookerheyde. Spanish forces under Sancho de Avila defeat the rebel forces of Lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1573: Encyclopedia - 1573
1573 - Events. January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. July 6 - Córdoba, Argentin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cromwellian Conquest Of Ireland: Encyclopedia - Cromwellian Conquest Of Ireland
Oliver Cromwell landed in Ireland with his New Model Army on behalf of the English Parliament in 1649. Since the Irish Rebellion of 1641,...   » 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 - 1593: Encyclopedia - 1593
1593 - Events. May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. July 25 - Kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1595: Encyclopedia - 1595
1595 - Events. January 30 - William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. William Shakespeare writes A Midsu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1626: Encyclopedia - 1626
1626 - Events. September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1640s: Encyclopedia - 1640s
1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1640s - Events and Trends. The persona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1612: Encyclopedia - 1612
1612 - Events. January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Antonius Magirus's Koock-boeck ofte Familieren kevken-boeck is publish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1607: Encyclopedia - 1607
1607 - Events. January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. (Possibly tsunami) April 25 - Battle of G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1596: Encyclopedia - 1596
1596 - Events. February 5 - 26 catholics crucified in Nagasaki, Japan. April 9 - Spanish troops capture Calais July 14 - King Dominicu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1602: Encyclopedia - 1602
1602 - Events. 3 January - Battle of Kinsale - the battle happened on 3 January 1602 according to the Gregorian Calendar used by the I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - René Descartes: Encyclopedia - René Descartes
René Descartes (IPA: /deˈkaʁt/, March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Cartesius, was a noted French philosopher, mathem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1709: Encyclopedia - 1709
1709 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cusco: Encyclopedia - Cusco
Cusco is a city in southeastern Peru sierra del sur, near the Huatanay Valley (Sacred Valley), of the Andes mountain range. It is the cap...   » 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 - Crossbow: Encyclopedia - Crossbow
A crossbow is a weapon that fires projectiles called crossbow bolts or quarrels. Likely invented in China, the crossbow played a signific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Churchill 1st Duke Of Marlborough: Encyclopedia Ii - John Churchill 1st Duke Of Marlborough - Military Service On The Continent
John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough - The War of Spanish Succession begins. He returned to the forefront with events leading up to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Netherlands: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Netherlands - Struggle For Independence And The Golden Age
History of the Netherlands - Eighty Years' War. For details, see the main Eighty Years' War article. Through inheritance and conquest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Owen Theologian: Encyclopedia Ii - John Owen Theologian - Political Life
Besides his academic and literary concerns, Owen was continually involved in affairs of state. In 1651, on October 24 (after Worcester), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Birmingham - 19th Century
In 1802, Nelson and the Hamiltons visited Birmingham. Nelson was fêted, and visited Matthew Boulton on his sick-bed at Soho House, befor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kazimierz Siemienowicz: Encyclopedia Ii - Kazimierz Siemienowicz - Fundamental Work
"Artis Magnae Artilleriae pars prima" ("Great Art of Artillery, the First Part". also known as "The Complete Art of Artillery"), first pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jubilee Christian: Encyclopedia Ii - Jubilee Christian - Pre-history Of The Christian Jubilee
The year of Jubilee in both the Jewish and Christian traditions is a time of joy, the year of remission or universal pardon. In Mosiac la...   » Read the article