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| | |  1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia - AlmanacAn almanac (also spelled almanack, especially in Commonwealth English) is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar. Astronomical data and various statistics are also found in almanacs, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, lists of all types, timelines, and more. The word almanac comes from the Arabic al-manaakh, "the climate," ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - May 18 - Births
May 18 - 1048 to 1899.
1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1123)
1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)
1474 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)
1610 - Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)
1616 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (d. 1667)
1662 O.S. - George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
1692 O.S. - Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (d. 1752)
1711 - Ruđer Josip Bo ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - Stuyvesant High School - History Stuyvesant High School is named after Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor of New Netherland before the ownership of the colony was transferred to England in 1664.
The school was established in 1904 as a manual training school for boys, hosting 155 students and 12 faculty. In 1907, it moved from its original location at 225 East 23rd Street to 345 East 15th Street, where it remained for the following 85 years. Its reputation for excellence in math and science continued to grow, and the school had to be put on a double session in ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia - Willibrord Saint Willibrord (c.657 - c.738) was an English missionary, known as the Apostle to the Frisians in modern Netherlands.
Bishop of Utrecht, Apostle of the Frisians, and son of St. Hilgis, born in Northumbria, 658; died at Echternach, Luxembourg, November 7, 739.
His father, Wilgils or St. Hilgis, an Angle or, as Alcuin styles him, a Saxon, of Northumbria, withdrew from the world and constructed for himself a little oratory dedicated to St Andrew. The king and nobles of the district endowed him with estates till he was at last able to bu ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - History of anti-Semitism - The 11th century 1008-1013 Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah issues severe restrictions against Jews in the Land of Israel. All Jews are forced to wear a "golden calf" (made of wood) around their necks. On Oct. 18 1009 he destroys the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but the French "historian" Raoul Glaber blames the Jews. As a result, Jews were expelled from Limoges and other French towns.
1012 One of the first known persecutions of Jews in Germany: Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor expels Jews from Mainz.
1032 Abul Kamal Tumin conquers Fez, Morocco and decimates the Jewish community, killing 6,000 Jews.
1050 Council of ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - Albany New York - History Albany was one of the earlier permanent settlements in the thirteen original American colonies and is the second oldest chartered city in the United States. Its colonial history began when Englishman Henry Hudson, exploring for the Dutch East India Company on the Halve Maen (or Half Moon) reached the area in 1609. In 1614, the company constructed Fort Nassau, its first fur trading post near present-day Albany. Commencement of the fur trade provoked hostility from the French colony in Canada and amongst the native tribes, who vi ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - Watermelon - History David Livingstone, an African explorer, described watermelon as abundant in the Kalahari Desert, where it is believed to have originated. There, the ancestral melon grows wild and is known as the Tsamma melon (Citrullus lanatus var citroides). It is recognizable by its pinnatafid leaves and prolific fruit, up to 100 melons on a single vine. For this reason it is a popular source of water in the diet of the indigenous people, as well as a food for humans and livestock. The flesh is similar to the rind of a watermelon and ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - History of anti-Semitism - The 9th century 807 Abbassid Caliph Harun al-Rashid orders all Jews in the Calipate to wear a yellow belt, with Christians to wear a blue one.
820 After Charlemagne's death in 814, his tolerant policies are terminated. Archbishop of Lyon St. Agobard declares in his essays that Jews are accursed and born to be slaves. He forcibly converts Jewish children, giving them or their parents no choice, for the first time in France. In 826 he issues a series of pamphlets to convince King Louis the Pious to attack "Jewish insolence".
898-929 French king Charles the Simple confiscates Jew ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - Statue of Liberty - Description The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, about 1.6 statute miles (2.6 km) southwest of the southern tip of Manhattan. The island was officially called "Bedloe's Island" until 1656, but has been popularly called "Liberty Island" since the early 1900s.
Lady Liberty holds a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left. The tablet shows the caption JULY IV MDCCLXXVI—July 4, 1776, the date of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. One of her feet stands on chains. The seven spikes in the cr ...
See also:Statue of Liberty, Statue of Liberty - Description, Statue of Liberty - History, Statue of Liberty - Origin of the copper, Statue of Liberty - Concern for security, Statue of Liberty - Jumps, Statue of Liberty - Smaller copies, Statue of Liberty - The Statue of Liberty in popular culture Read more here: » Statue of Liberty: Encyclopedia II - Statue of Liberty - Description |
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - Society of Jesus - Early works The Jesuits were founded just before the Counter-Reformation, a movement whose purpose was to reform the Roman Catholic Church from within and to counter the Protestant Reformers, whose teachings were spreading throughout Catholic Europe. As part of their service to the Roman Church, the Jesuits encouraged people to continue their obedience both to scripture and also Roman Catholic doctrine. Ignatius himself used hyperbole when he wrote the following sentence:
"I will believe that the white that I see is black i ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - Athanasius Kircher - Works Kircher published a large number of substantial books on a very wide variety of subjects, such as Egyptology, geology, and music theory. His syncretic approach paid no attention to the boundaries between disciplines which are now conventional: his Magnes, for example, was ostensibly a discussion of magnetism, but also explored other forms of attraction such as gravity and love. Perhaps Kircher's best-known work today is his Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652-54) a vast study of Egyptology and comparative religion. His books, written in ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - History of England - Recent history The Act of Union of 1800 formally assimilated Ireland within the British political process, and created a new country "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" with effect from 1 January 1801, uniting England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
Since then England has not existed as an independent political entity, but as a region it has remained highly dominant in the United Kingdom. The majority of the political and econom ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - Society of Jesus - Suppression and Restoration The Suppression of the Jesuits in Portugal, France, the Two Sicilies, Parma and the Spanish Empire by 1767 was troubling to the Society's defender, Pope Clement XIII. Following a decree signed by Pope Clement XIV in July 1773, the Jesuits were suppressed in all countries except Russia, where Catherine the Great had forbidden the papal decree to be promulgated. Because millions of Catholics (including many Jesuits) lived in the Polish western provinces of the ...
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - Delaware - Important cities Wilmington is the state's largest city and its economic hub. It is located within commuting distance of both Philadelphia and Baltimore. Despite Wilmington's size, all regions of Delaware are enjoying phenomenal growth, with Dover and the beach resorts expanding immensely.
Suburbs of Wilmington
Elsmere
Newark
Pike Creek
Bear
Brookside
Glasgow
Hockessin
Saint Georges
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Dover
Seaford
Lewes
Milford
Smyrna
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| | | | 1664 - Deaths: Encyclopedia II - Quaker history - 18th Century In 1691 George Fox died. Thus, the Quaker movement went into the 18th Century without one of its most influential early leaders. Thanks to the Toleration Act of 1689, people were no longer criminals simply by being Friends.
During this time, other people began to recognize Quakers for their integrity in social and economic matters. Many Quakers went into manufacturing or commerce, because they were not allowed to earn academic degrees at that time. These Quaker businessmen were successful, in part, because people trusted them. The cus ...
See also:Quaker history, Quaker history - Early Days, Quaker history - Nayler's sign, Quaker history - Persecution in England, Quaker history - Persecution in the New World, Quaker history - 18th Century, Quaker history - Influential Quakers of the 19th Century, Quaker history - 19th century controversies and divisions Read more here: » Quaker history: Encyclopedia II - Quaker history - 18th Century |
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