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1683 - Events. June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the world's first university museum. June 12 - The Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II of England is discovered September 7 - Polish-German troops arrive in Vienna to help the besieged September 12 - Battle of Vienna November 1 - The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties Thames River is frozen Dragonards organized to harass huguenots in France Wild boars are hun ...

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Cayuga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It was named for one of the tribes of Indians in the Iroquois Confederation. Its county seat is Auburn. Cayuga County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Cayuga County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was red ...

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When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Columbia County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766 by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770 by the creation of Gloucest ...

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Columbia County New York, Columbia County New York - History, Columbia County New York - Geography, Columbia County New York - Demographics, Columbia County New York - Cities Towns and Villages

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Cappuccino is an Italian beverage, prepared with espresso and milk. A cappuccino is generally defined as 1/3 espresso, 1/3 steamed milk and 1/3 frothed milk. Another definition would call for 1/3 espresso and 2/3 microfoam. A cappuccino differs from a cafe latte, which is mostly milk and little foam. (A "dry cappuccino" has less milk). The "iced cappuccino" beverage is a misnomer since there is no way to duplicate the foam on top of the hot beverage. Instead, espresso and cold milk on ice is called an iced cafe latte. An espresso macchiato is a shot ...

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The British Royal Family is a group of people closely related to the British monarch. Although there is no strict legal definition of who is or is not a member of the Royal Family [1], and different lists will include different people, those carrying the style His or Her Majesty (HM) or His or Her Royal Highness (HRH) are generally accepted as being members. Usually this equates to the following people being considered to be a member: the British Sovereign (the king or queen); the consort of the Sovereign (his or ...

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• British Royal Family - Gallery of members
• British Royal Family - List of extended members
• British Royal Family - Parliamentary Annuities
• British Royal Family - Style and title
• British Royal Family - Peerages
• British Royal Family - Popularity

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The Battle of Vienna in 1683 (Turkish: İkinci Viyana Kuşatması) (as distinct from the Siege of Vienna in 1529) was the first large-scale battle of the Habsburg-Ottoman Wars, yet with the most far-reaching consequences. The battle pitted a Habsburg army of about 100,000 troops and their allies, led by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, a 30,000-man relief force under Jan III Sobieski, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, against the Ottoman army, commanded by Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha, which numbered approxi ...

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• Battle of Vienna - Pre-Siege Movements
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• Battle of Vienna - Battle
• Battle of Vienna - Aftermath
• Battle of Vienna - Significance
• Battle of Vienna - Culinary legends related to the Battle of Vienna

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Cattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population was 83,955. The county name comes from a Seneca Indian word meaning "bad smelling banks," referring to the odor of natural gas which leaked from seams in rock formations. The county seat is Little Valley. Cattaraugus County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Cattaraugus County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern par ...

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• Cattaraugus County New York - Indian reservations
• Cattaraugus County New York - Additional facts about Cattaraugus County
• Cattaraugus County New York - Educational Institutions
• Cattaraugus County New York - Adjacent counties

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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, Brooklyn developed out of the small Dutch-founded town of "Breuckelen" on the East River shore, named after Breukelen in the Netherlands. Were it still a city, and not a borough, it would be the fourth-largest city in the United States after New York City itself, Los Angeles and Chicago. Despite being part of the City of New York, Brooklyn in character is its own city, as opposed to the Bronx which historically and characteristically could be better ...

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• Brooklyn - Brooklyn as New York borough
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• Brooklyn - Demographics
• Brooklyn - Law government and politics
• Brooklyn - Sports and recreation
• Brooklyn - Baseball
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• Brooklyn - Brooklyn in Art and Literature
• Brooklyn - Symbols and nicknames
• Brooklyn - Brooklyn sites and institutions

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Broome County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 200,536. It was named in honor of John Broome, who was lieutenant governor in 1806 when Broome County was established. Its county seat is Binghamton, which is also its major city. Broome County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Broome County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of ...

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• Broome County New York - Education

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The Cambridge Platonists were a group of philosophers at Cambridge University, England in the middle of the 17th century (between 1633 and 1688). Cambridge Platonists - Programme. The Cambridge Platonists were reacting to two pressures. On the one hand, the narrow dogmatism of the Puritan divines, with their anti-rationalist (if not anti-intellectual) demands, were, they felt, immoral and incorrect. They also felt that the Puritan/Calvinist insistence upon individual revelation left God uninvolved with the ...

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Chautauqua County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 139,750. Its name is a contraction of a Seneca Indian word meaning "where the fish was taken out." Its county seat is Mayville. Chautauqua County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Chautauqua County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in th ...

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• Chautauqua County New York - Demographics
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• Chautauqua County New York - Indian reservations
• Chautauqua County New York - Education
• Chautauqua County New York - Additional information about Chautauqua County

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Warren County is a county in the state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 63,303. It is named in honor of General Joseph Warren, killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War. The county seat is Lake George. Warren County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Warren County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county that the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in the ...

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Washington County is a county located in the state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 61,042. It was named for the Revolutionary War general (and later President of the United States) George Washington. The county seat is Hudson Falls. Washington County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Washington County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of V ...

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Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 93,765. The county seat is Lyons. The name is in honor of General Anthony Wayne, who fought the Indian tribes and won a victory, leading to a 1794 treaty that assured western New York State to the United States of America. Wayne County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Wayne County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern ...

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Cortland County is a county located in the state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 48,599. The county seat is Cortland. The name is in honor of Pierre Van Cortlandt (despite the difference in spelling), president of the convention at Kingston that wrote the first New York State Constitution in 1777 and first lieutenant governor of the state. Cortland County New York - History. Cortland County New York - Early history. Located in the glaciated Appalachian Plateau area of ...

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Krefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located southwest of the Ruhr area, just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine. (The borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine.) Population: 238,100. The city was known as Crefeld until 1900. It is accessed by A57 (Cologne - Nijmegen) and the A44 (Aachen - Dusseldorf - Dortmund - Kassel) The origins of the town were in Roman times, when the legions founded the military camp of Gelduba (today the borough of Gellep). Krefeld it ...

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The Czartoryski Museum was founded in 1796 by Princess Izabela Czartoryska to preserve Polish heritage in keeping with the Princess' motto: "The Past to the Future". The first objects in the so-called "Temple of Memory" were trophies commemorating the victory against the Turks at the Battle of Vienna in 1683. The Museum also features historical artifacts from the looted treasures of the Wawel Cathedral, the Royal Castle and other objects donated by Polish noble families (Szlachta). Izabela also bought the treasures of the Duke ...

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See also Religion in the United States The religious history of the United States is a complex narrative that begins more than a century before the former British colonies became the United States of America in 1776. Many of the original settlers were men and women of deep religious convictions. That the religious intensity of the original settlers would diminish to some extent over time was perhaps to be expected, but new waves of eighteenth century immigrants brought their own religiou ...

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• Religious history of the United States - European Persecution
• Religious history of the United States - The Puritans
• Religious history of the United States - Bible commonwealths
• Religious history of the United States - Persecution in America
• Religious history of the United States - Jewish refuge in America
• Religious history of the United States - The Quakers
• Religious history of the United States - Pennsylvania Germans
• Religious history of the United States - Roman Catholics in Maryland
• Religious history of the United States - Virginia and the Church of England
• Religious history of the United States - Religion in Eighteenth-Century America
• Religious history of the United States - 18th Century Churches
• Religious history of the United States - Religion and the American Revolution
• Religious history of the United States - American Anglicans
• Religious history of the United States - Religion and the Congress of the Confederation
• Religious history of the United States - Religion and state governments
• Religious history of the United States - Nursing Fathers
• Religious history of the United States - Church and state debate: Massachusetts
• Religious history of the United States - Church and state debate: Virginia
• Religious history of the United States - Religion and the federal government
• Religious history of the United States - Religion and the Constitution
• Religious history of the United States - Religion in the Bill of Rights
• Religious history of the United States - Early presidential support for religion
• Religious history of the United States - The state becomes the church
• Religious history of the United States - Religion and the New Republic
• Religious history of the United States - The camp meeting
• Religious history of the United States - Emergence of African American churches
• Religious history of the United States - Mormonism
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Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. It was named after Chester, in England. The county seat is White Plains. Westchester County New York - History. The first Europeans to explore Westchester were Giovanni da Verrazano in 1524 and Henry Hudson in 1609. The first white settlers were sponsored by the Dutch West India Company in the 1620s and 1630s. English settlers arrived from New England in the 1640s. Westchester County was an ori ...

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• Westchester County New York - Public School Districts
• Westchester County New York - Colleges and Universities
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Columbia County is a county located in the state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 63,094. The county seat is Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the name of Christopher Columbus, which was at the time of the formation of the county a popular proposal for the name of the United States of America. Columbia County New York - History. When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Columbia County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county ...

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• Columbia County New York - Cities Towns and Villages

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