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1690

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1690

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1690: Encyclopedia - April 3

April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. April 3 - Events. 33 - Crucifixion of Jesus (traditional date) 1077 - Creation of the first Parliament of Friuli 1559 - The treaty, Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, is signed, ending the Italian Wars. 1860 - The first successful Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins, and is completed on April 13). ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest within our solar system. Some have described the solar system as consisting of the Sun, Jupiter, and assorted debris,[2]; some describe Jupiter as the solar system's vacuum cleaner, due to its immense gravity well. It and the other gas giants - Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, are sometimes referred to as "Jovian planets." The Romans named the planet after the Roman god Jupiter (also called Jove). The astronomical symbol for the planet is a styliz ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Jacobitism

This article concerns the political movement supporting the restoration of the House of Stuart, not the earlier Jacobean period. For details of the attendant wars, see: Jacobite Rising. It is not about Jacobinism or the Jacobite Orthodox Church. Jacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, Great Britain). The movement took its name from the Latin form ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is one of John Locke's two most famous works, the other being his Second Treatise on Civil Government. First appearing in 1689, the essay concerns the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. He describes the mind at birth as a blank slate (tabula rasa), filled later through experience. The essay was one of the principal sources of empiricism in modern ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Light

Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific context, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength. The three basic dimensions of light (i.e., all electromagnetic radiation) are: Intensity (or brilliance or amplitude), which is related to the human perception of brightness of the light, Frequency (or wavelength), perceived by humans as the color of the light, and Polarization (or angle of vibration), which is not perceptible by ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Vermont

Jim Jeffords (I) Vermont is a U.S. state located in New England. The state ranks 43rd in land area (9,250 square miles), and its population (608,827) ranks as the second smallest of the 50 states. As the only New England state with no coastline along the Atlantic Ocean, Vermont is noted mainly for the Green Mountains in the west and Lake Champlain in the northwest. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Alba Iulia

- at 2002 - Density 63.4 inh/km² Alba Iulia (-Romanian, Hungarian: Gyulafehérvár, German: Karlsburg / Weißenburg) is a city in Alba county, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 66,369, located on the Mureş river. The city is historically important for both Hungarians and Romanians. Alba Iulia - Sights. The main historical area of Alba Iulia is the upper city, developed extensively by Charles VI of the Holy Roman Empire. T ...

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1690: 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 rank evolved from the ancient sailing days of Royal Navy squadrons. Each squadron was designated a colour, that of Red, White, or Blue. Each coloured squadron was assigned an Admiral, who in turn had command over a Vice-Admiral and a Rear Admiral. The Admiral of the Fleet, therefore, commanded th ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - 1775

1775 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1775 - Events. 1775 - February-March. February 9 - American Revol ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Habsburg

Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. Their principal roles were as: Kings of Germany, (several centuries to 1806), mostly also crowned as Holy Roman Emperors, and Rulers of Austria (as dukes 1282–1453, archdukes 1453–1804, and emperors 1804–1918), Kings of Croatia (1527–1918), Kings of Hungary (1437–1918), Kings of Spain (1516–1700), Kings of Portugal (1580–1640),Including:

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1690: Encyclopedia - April 22

April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). There are 253 days remaining. April 22 - Events. 1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England after the death of his father. 1529 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas. < ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Bengal

Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. Today it is mainly divided between the independent country of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous state of Bengal (during local monarchial regimes and British rule) are part of the Indian states of Bihar, Tripura and Orissa. Bengal ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - April 25

April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). There are 250 days remaining. April 25 - Events. 1607 - Eighty Years' War: Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. 1707 - An Allied Austrian army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession. 1719 - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is published. 1792 - Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes t ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Christian Thomasius

Christian Thomasius (January 1, 1655 - September 23, 1728), was a German jurist and publicist. He was born at Leipzig and was educated by his father, Jakob Thomasius (1622-1684), at that time head master of the Thomasschule. Through his father's lectures, Christian came under the influence of the political philosophy of Hugo Grotius and Samuel Pufendorf, and continued the study of law at Frankfurt an der Oder. In 1684 he became professor of natural law at Leipzig, and soon attracted attention by his abilities, and particularly ...

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1690: 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. 1025 - Bolesław I Chrobry is crowned as the first king of Poland. 1042 - Michael V attempts to remain sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoë of Byzantium to a monastery. 1518 - Bona Sforza is crowned as queen of Poland. 1775 - Two lanterns were hung from the steeple of the ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Flowering plant

Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. They comprise one of the two groups in the seed plants: the flowering plants cover their seeds by including them in a true fruit. They bear the reproductive organs in a structure called a flower; the ovule is enclosed within a carpel, which will lead to a fruit. In the other major group of seed plants, called gymnosperms, the ovule is not enclosed at pollination and the seeds ar ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Aogán Ó Rathaille

Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675? – 1729) was an Irish language poet. He was the first and greatest exponent of the aisling genre. Ó Rathaille was born in County Kerry into a relatively prosperous family. He was educated in Latin and English as well as Irish literature and history. His best-known poem is the great aisling Gile na Gile (Brightness Most Bright). His work reflects the chaotic nature of native Irish society and culture in the wake of the defeat of th ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most prominent of Founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States. Considered the earliest of the Founders, Franklin was noted for his curiosity, ingenuity and diversity of interests. His wit and wisdom is proverbial to this day. More than anyone he shaped the American Revolution despite never holding national elective office. As a leader of the Enlightenment he had the attention of scientists and intellectuals all across Europe. As agent in ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Alessandro Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2, 1660 – October 24, 1725) was a Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other Baroque composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Alessandro Scarlatti - Life. Scarlatti was born in Sicily, either in Trapani or Palermo. He is generally said to have been a pupil of Giacomo Carissimi in Rome, and there is reason to suppose that he had som ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland (C of S, also known informally as The Kirk) is the national church of Scotland. It is a Presbyterian Church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation. The Church of Scotland traces its roots back to the beginnings of Christianity in Scotland, but its identity is principally shaped by the Scottish Reformation of 1560. Its current membership is about 12% of the Scottish population - although many more Scots claim some form of allegience to it. Church of Scotland - Position i ...

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1690: Encyclopedia - 1764

1764 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1764 - Events. January 19 - John Wilkes is expelled from the House of Commons for sediti ...

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