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Encyclopedia - 1661: Encyclopedia - 1661
1661 - Events. January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. George Monck's regiment defeats ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coronet: Encyclopedia Ii - Coronet - Commonwealth Usage
The main use is now actually not on the head (indeed, many people entitled to a coronet never have one made; the same even applies to som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Of Argyll: Encyclopedia - Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Of Argyll
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll and 8th Earl of Argyll (1607 - 27 May 1661) was the de facto head of government in Scotland du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 16: Encyclopedia - April 16
April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). There are 259 days remaining. April 16 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 23: Encyclopedia - April 23
April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). There are 252 days remaining. April 23 - Events. ...   » 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 - April 4: Encyclopedia - April 4
April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). There are 271 days remaining. April 4 - Events. 15...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 7: Encyclopedia - April 7
April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). There are 268 days remaining. April 7 - Events. 52...   » 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 - Sikhism: Encyclopedia - Sikhism
Sikhism (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖੀ) is a religion based on the teachings of ten Gurus who lived primarily in 16th and 17th century India. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uji Kyoto: Encyclopedia - Uji Kyoto
Uji (Japanese: 宇治市; -shi) is a city on the southern outskirts of the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The city sits on th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jiangsu: Encyclopedia - Jiangsu
Jiangsu (Simplified: 江苏; Traditional: 江蘇; Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāngsū; Wade-Giles: Chiang-su; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsu) is a pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haiku: Encyclopedia - Haiku
Haiku is one of the most important modes of Japanese poetry, a late 19th century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku (発句), t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballet: Encyclopedia - Ballet
Ballet is the name given to a specific dance form and technique. Works of dance choreographed using this technique are called ballets, an...   » 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 - Academia: Encyclopedia - Academia
Academia is a collective term for the scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. The w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ariccia: Encyclopedia - Ariccia
Ariccia is a commune in the province of Rome, in the Province of Rome of the Lazio (Latium) region. It is part of the suburb of Rome and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Maine: Encyclopedia - Alfred Maine
Alfred is a town located in York County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,497. It is the county seat of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Alexander Vii: Encyclopedia - Pope Alexander Vii
Alexander VII, né Fabio Chigi (February 13, 1599 – May 22, 1667) was pope from April 7, 1655 until his death in 1667. Born in Siena, a...   » 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 - Apollonius Of Perga: Encyclopedia - Apollonius Of Perga
Apollonius of Perga [Pergaeus] (c. 262 BC–c. 190 BC) was a Greek geometer and astronomer, of the Alexandrian school, noted for his writ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 7: Encyclopedia - August 7
August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. There are 94 days in Nort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clermont-ferrand: Encyclopedia - Clermont-ferrand
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 - Westminster Abbey: Encyclopedia - Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence Against Gays Lesbians Bisexuals And The Transgendered: Encyclopedia - Violence Against Gays Lesbians Bisexuals And The Transgendered
Violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgendered (LGBT), sometimes called hate crimes can occur either at the hands of indiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christopher Polhem: Encyclopedia - Christopher Polhem
Christopher Polhammar, known after his ennoblement as Christopher Polhem ▶ (help·info), the name which he is more commonly referred to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles I Of England: Encyclopedia - Charles I Of England
Charles I (19 November 1600–30 January 1649) was King of Scotland, England and Ireland from 27 March 1625, until his execution. He famo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Montagu 1st Earl Of Halifax: Encyclopedia - Charles Montagu 1st Earl Of Halifax
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, PC, FRS (16 April 1661–19 May 1715) was a British poet and statesman. Charles Montagu 1st Ea...   » Read the article

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

Encyclopedia - Coronet: Encyclopedia - Coronet
A coronet is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. The word stems from the Old French coronete, a diminutive of c...   » 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 - Tyburn London: Encyclopedia - Tyburn London
Tyburn was a former village in the county of Middlesex which now forms part of London's City of Westminster. It took its name from the Ty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Language: Encyclopedia - Universal Language
The idea of a universal language is at least as old as the Biblical story of Babel. Babel's fall has the mythical point that there was on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crown Of Mary Of Modena: Encyclopedia - Crown Of Mary Of Modena
The Crown of Mary of Modena was the consort crown of Mary of Modena, Queen Consort of King James II of England (who was also James II of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crown Jewels Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Crown Jewels Of The United Kingdom
The collective term Crown Jewels denotes the regalia and vestments worn by the sovereign of the United Kingdom during the coronation cere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Ii Of Spain: Encyclopedia - Charles Ii Of Spain
Charles II (Carlos Segundo) of Spain (November 6, 1661–November 1, 1700) was king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily, nearly all of Italy (ex...   » 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 - Bombay Presidency: Encyclopedia - Bombay Presidency
Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. At its greatest extent, Bombay Presidency comprised the present-day state of Gu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Bowdler: Encyclopedia - Thomas Bowdler
Thomas Bowdler (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825), an English physician, is best known as the source of the eponym bowdlerize (or bowd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Białystok: Encyclopedia - Białystok
Białystok (pronounce: [bȋaːˈwɨstɔk] listen ▶ (help·info), Belarusian: Беласток, Biełastok, Lithuanian: Balstogė, Yidd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bayreuth: Encyclopedia - Bayreuth
Bayreuth is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Frankish Alb and the Fichtelgebirge. It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurangzeb: Encyclopedia - Aurangzeb
Abu Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir (Persian: ابو مظفر محی الدین محمد اورنگزیب عالمگیر) (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Army: Encyclopedia - British Army
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. In contrast to the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooklyn: Encyclopedia - Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City with about 2.5 million inhabitants. An independent city prior to 1898...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chapbook: Encyclopedia - Chapbook
Chapbook is a generic term to cover a particular genre of pocket-sized booklet, popular from the sixteenth through to the later part of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zamorin: Encyclopedia - Zamorin
Zamorin is the anglicised version of Samoothirippadu or Samoothiri, a title of the rulers of the erstwhile Hindu state of Kozhikode (prev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chancellor Of The Exchequer: Encyclopedia - Chancellor Of The Exchequer
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all financial matters. Often simply cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceará: Encyclopedia - Ceará
Ceará is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. Ceará - Geography. Cear�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constructed Language: Encyclopedia - Constructed Language
An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose phonology, grammar and voc...   » 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 - 1727: Encyclopedia - 1727
1727 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1733: Encyclopedia - 1733
1733 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1741: Encyclopedia - 1741
1741 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1725: Encyclopedia - 1725
1725 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1724: Encyclopedia - 1724
1724 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1715: Encyclopedia - 1715
1715 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 - 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 - 1742: Encyclopedia - 1742
1742 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1751: Encyclopedia - 1751
1751 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huguenot: Encyclopedia - Huguenot
Background Christianity St. Augustine The Reformation Distinctives Calvin's Institutes Five Solas Five Points (TULIP) Regulative principl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yinyuan Longqi: Encyclopedia - Yinyuan Longqi
Yinyuan Longqi (Chinese 隱元隆琦; pinyin yin yuan long qi; Japanese Ingen Ryuki) (Fuqing, Fujian, 1592 - Uji, 1673) was a Chinese Li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mampuku-ji: Encyclopedia - Mampuku-ji
Mampuku-ji (萬福寺) is the head temple of the Japanese Ōbaku Zen sect. Founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Yinyuan Longqi and his dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mumbai: Encyclopedia - Mumbai
Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई ) (pronounced /mumʋaːi/ in Marathi, and /mʊm'baɪ/ in English), formerly known as Bombay is the capit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academic Art: Encyclopedia - Academic Art
Academic art is a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies or universities. Specifically, acade...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1756: Encyclopedia - 1756
1756 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 30: Encyclopedia - August 30
August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. August 30 - Events. 7...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - December 7: Encyclopedia - December 7
December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 24 days remaining. December 7 - Event...   » 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 - 1700: Encyclopedia - 1700
1700 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » 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 - 1598: Encyclopedia - 1598
1598 - Events. January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I. April 1...   » 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 - 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 - 1594: Encyclopedia - 1594
1594 - Events. February 27 - Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims. March 21 - Henry IV enters his capital of Paris for the fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1580: Encyclopedia - 1580
1580 in science 1580 - Events. March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are publishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1590: Encyclopedia - 1590
1590 - Events. March 14 - Battle of Ivry - Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1591: Encyclopedia - 1591
1591 - Events. June - Capture of Zutphen by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau. July - Capture of Deventer by the Dutch under Maurice o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1603: Encyclopedia - 1603
1603 - Events. March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James I of England, uniting the crowns of Sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1604: Encyclopedia - 1604
1604 - Events. January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans S...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 1625: Encyclopedia - 1625
1625 - Events. March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. June 13 - Marriage of Charles...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1609: Encyclopedia - 1609
1609 - Science. Johannes Kepler publishes his first two laws of planetary motion in Astronomia Nova Hugo Grotius - Mare liberum 1609...   » 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 - 1608: Encyclopedia - 1608
1608 - Events. January 7 - Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia. March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia. May 14 - Prot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Boyle: Encyclopedia - Robert Boyle
The Honourable Robert Boyle (January 25, 1627 - December 30, 1692) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, noted for his work in physics ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1660s: Encyclopedia - 1660s
1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 1660s - Events and Trends. Samuel Pepy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constructed Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Constructed Language - History
Grammatical speculation is documented from Classical Antiquity, with Plato's Cratylus. However the suggested mechanisms of grammar were d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Portuguese Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Portuguese Empire - The Beginnings Of The Empire 1415-1580
The countries that we now know as Spain and Portugal spent the Middle Ages after 722 in an intermittent struggle called the Reconquista. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish-swedish War: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish-swedish War - Polish-sweden War Of 1600-1611
The conflict between Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden can trace its roots to the War against Sigismund, where Sigismund III, at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Chemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Chemistry - Early Developments
History of chemistry - Origins. However, the birth of chemistry is often more strictly dated to Antoine Lavoisier's discovery of the la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paris Opera Ballet: Encyclopedia Ii - Paris Opera Ballet - Artists
Paris Opera Ballet - Ranking. There are five ranks of dancer in the Paris Opera Ballet, from highest to lowest they are: étoiles prem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pieter De Hooch: Encyclopedia Ii - Pieter De Hooch - Biography
De Hooch was born in Rotterdam to Hendrick Hendricksz de Hooch, a bricklayer, and Annetge Pieters, a midwife. Though de Hooch's exact bir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vietnam: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vietnam - Dynastic Period
When the Lê emperor Lê Long Đĩnh died in his twenties, a court general named Lý Công Uẩn took the chance to take over the throne ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ariccia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ariccia - History
According to a vague notice by Caius Julius Solinus, Ariccia was founded by an one Archilocus Siculus in very ancient times. Ruins found ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Privilege Of Peerage: Encyclopedia Ii - Privilege Of Peerage - Privilege Of Peerage
The Privilege of Peerage extends to all temporal peers and peeresses regardless of their position in relation to the House of Lords; Scot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Tibet: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Tibet - The Tibetan Empire
A series of emperors ruled Tibet from the 7th to the 11th century. At times Tibetan rule extended as far south as Bengal and as far north...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Postmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Postmark - History
The first postmark (called the "Bishop Mark") was introduced by English Postmaster General Henry Bishop in 1661 and showed only the day a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Northern War: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Northern War - Background
Between 1560 and 1660, Sweden created a Baltic empire centered on the Gulf of Finland and comprising the provinces of Karelia, Ingria, Es...   » Read the article