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Danby was a statesman of very different caliber from the leaders of the Cabal ministry, Buckingham and Arlington. His principal aim was no doubt the maintenance and increase of his own influence and party, but his ambition corresponded with definite political views. A member of the old cavalier party, a confidential friend and correspondent of Lauderdale, he desired to strengthen the executive and the royal authority. At the same time he was a keen partisan of the established church, an enemy of both Roman Catholics and dissenters, and an opponent of all toleration. ...

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Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Early Life, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Introduction to Public Life, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Leading the King's Government, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - The Politics of Religion, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Foreign Affairs, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Danby's Fall From Grace, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Bribery and Impeachment, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Conviction, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Exile from Court and the Invitation to William, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Return to Court under William III, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Friction with the Whigs' Ascendancy, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Advisor to the Queen and Return to Prominence, Thomas Osborne 1st Duke of Leeds - Retirement from Public Life

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543: The 12th century Bishop Jocelyn will later claim Glasgow's monastic church was founded by Saint Kentigern, also known as Saint Mungo, in this year 560: Jocelyn claims Mungo/Kentigern made his first bishop in this year ...

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Timeline of Glasgow history, Timeline of Glasgow history - 500-1099, Timeline of Glasgow history - 1100-1199, Timeline of Glasgow history - 1200-1299, Timeline of Glasgow history - 1300-1399, Timeline of Glasgow history - 1400-1499, Timeline of Glasgow history - 1500-1599, Timeline of Glasgow history - 1600-1699, Timeline of Glasgow history - 1700-1799, Timeline of Glasgow history - 1800-1899, Timeline of Glasgow history - 1900-1999, Timeline of Glasgow history - 2000-2005, Timeline of Glasgow history - Sources

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Ynys Môn UK Parliament constituency - 2005. Ynys Môn UK Parliament constituency - 2001. ...

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Ynys Môn UK Parliament constituency, Ynys Môn UK Parliament constituency - Boundaries, Ynys Môn UK Parliament constituency - Members of Parliament, Ynys Môn UK Parliament constituency - Election results, Ynys Môn UK Parliament constituency - 2005, Ynys Môn UK Parliament constituency - 2001

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The town was first part of a township chartered as "Salem-Canada" in 1735 by Colonial Governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts, which then held authority over New Hampshire. It was granted to soldiers from Salem, Massachusetts who had served in 1690 under Sir William Phips in the war against Canada. "Salem-Canada" was one of the towns on the state's borders intended to provide protection against Indian attack. It would be regranted in 1749 by Governor Benning Wentworth as "Number Two," before being incorporated in 1762 as "Wilton." ...

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Wilton town New Hampshire, Wilton town New Hampshire - History, Wilton town New Hampshire - Geography, Wilton town New Hampshire - Demographics

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Wichí have traditionally lived from hunting, fishing and basic agriculture. Since the beginning of 20th century, significant portions of their traditional land have been taken over by outsiders, and what was once a grassland became desertified by deforestation, introduction of cattle and, more recently, by the introduction of alien crops (soybean). A study made in 1998 by Clark University, Worcester, MA based on satellite photo surveys showed that between 1984 ...

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Wichí, Wichí - Notes on designation, Wichí - Population, Wichí - Wichí language, Wichí - History, Wichí - Current threats, Wichí - Wichí society, Wichí - Reference

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Immediately after becoming shogun, Tsunayoshi gave Hotta Masatoshi the title of Tairo, in a way thanking him for ensuring his succession. Almost immediately after he became shogun, he ordered a vassal of the Takata to commit suicide because of misgovernment, showing his strict approach to the samurai code. He then confiscated his fief of 250,000 koku. During his reign, he would confiscate a total of 1,400,000 koku. In 1682, Shogun Tsunayoshi ordered his censors and police to raise the living standard of the people. Soon, prostitution ...

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Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi - Early Years and Maternal Influence 1646-1680, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi - Tokugawa Succession Disputes 1680, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi - Early Rule of Shogun Tsunayoshi 1680-1694, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi - The Decline of Shogun Tsunayoshi 1694-1709

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The central square of Rostov is occupied by the enormous Assumption cathedral. It is not known when the present building was erected, mid-16th century being the most likely date. Lower parts of the cathedral walls are dated to the 12th century. The ponderous bell-tower was constructed mostly in the 17th century. Its bells are among the largest and most famous in Russia; each has its own name. The largest bell, cast in 1688, weighs some 32000 kilograms. It is named Sysoi to ...

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Rostov, Rostov - History, Rostov - Layout, Rostov - Surroundings

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In the 14th century, the Ottoman Turks expanded their empire from Anatolia to the Balkans. They crossed the Bosporus in 1352 and defeated the Serbs at Kosovo Polje, in the modern-day Kosovo, in 1389. Tradition holds that Wallachia's Prince Mircea cel Batran (1386-1418) sent his forces to Kosovo to fight beside the Serbs; soon after the battle Sultan Bayezid I marched on Wallachia and imprisoned Mircea until he pledged to pay tribute. After a failed attempt to break the sultan's grip, Mircea fled to Transylvania and enlisted his forces ...

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Romania in the Middle Ages, Romania in the Middle Ages - Arrival of the Magyars, Romania in the Middle Ages - Medieval states, Romania in the Middle Ages - Wallachia and Moldavia, Romania in the Middle Ages - Transylvania, Romania in the Middle Ages - Ottoman Age, Romania in the Middle Ages - Transylvania under the Habsburgs

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'Peckham' is a Saxon place name meaning the village of the river Peck, a small stream that ran through the district until it was enclosed in 1823. Archaeological evidence indicates earlier Roman occupation in the area, however, although the name of this settlement is lost. The first certain reference to Peckham is as 'Pecheha' in Domesday Book, when it measured about 240 acres (1 km²), land for one plough, one villager and three smallholders. The manor was owned by King Henry I who gave it to his son Robert, Earl of Gloucester. When ...

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Peckham, Peckham - Regeneration, Peckham - History, Peckham - Notable residents, Peckham - Topography

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The name of the city comes from the Opelousas tribe of Native Americans. There was a community of French traders conducting commerce with the Opelousas in this area as early as 1690. The earliest record land grant in what became the town of Opelousas was in 1782. Opelousas was incorporated in 1821. During the American Civil War, Opelousas briefly served as the Confederate capital of Louisiana in 1862. Opelousas is the native town of 1972 Olympic champion Rodney Milburn. Chef Paul ...

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Opelousas Louisiana, Opelousas Louisiana - History, Opelousas Louisiana - Geography, Opelousas Louisiana - Demographics

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The practice of applying unequal treatment to successive notes with the same notated value may go as far back as the earliest music of the Middle Ages; indeed some scholars believe that some plainchant of the Roman Catholic Church, including Ambrosian hymns, may have been performed as alternating long and short notes. This interpretation is based on a passage in Saint Augustine where he refers to the Ambrosian hymns as being in tria temporum (in three beats) (1); e.g. a passage rendered on the page (by a later transcriber) as a string of notes of equal note value would be performed as half-note, quarter-note, half-note, quarter ...

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Notes inégales, Notes inégales - History, Notes inégales - France, Notes inégales - Outside of France, Notes inégales - Present day, Notes inégales - Jazz, Notes inégales - Sacred Harp, Notes inégales - References and further reading

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It was only at the very end of the 19th century that theories of naval strategy were first formulated, even though British statesmen and admirals had been practising it for centuries. Naval strategy - Mahan’s influence on strategy. Captain, later Rear-Admiral, Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer and historian. Influenced by Jomini’s principles of strategy, he argued that in the coming wars, control of the sea would grant the power to control the trade and resources need ...

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Naval strategy, Naval strategy - Principles of naval strategy, Naval strategy - The evolution of naval strategy, Naval strategy - Torrington and the fleet in being, Naval strategy - The guerre de course, Naval strategy - Hawke St Vincent and the close blockade, Naval strategy - Mahan Corbett and the development of theory, Naval strategy - Mahan’s influence on strategy, Naval strategy - The Colomb brothers and naval warfare, Naval strategy - Corbett’s principles of maritime strategy, Naval strategy - The impact of the World Wars, Naval strategy - Modern naval strategy, Naval strategy - Sources & references

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Port-of-Spain is located in the northwest of the island of Trinidad, between the Gulf of Paria, the hills of the Northern Range and the Caroni Swamp. Some of the city lies on reclaimed land, while other parts climb into the hills above the city. Port-of-Spain - Climate. Port-of-Spain has a seasonal tropical climate with a wet season lasting from June to December and a dry season lasting from January to May. Port ...

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Port-of-Spain, Port-of-Spain - History, Port-of-Spain - Geography, Port-of-Spain - Climate, Port-of-Spain - Urban structure, Port-of-Spain - Governance, Port-of-Spain - Economy, Port-of-Spain - Demographics, Port-of-Spain - Culture and entertainment, Port-of-Spain - Sports, Port-of-Spain - Infrastructure, Port-of-Spain - Health, Port-of-Spain - Transport, Port-of-Spain - Utilites, Port-of-Spain - Sister cities

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Some of the finest of Cassels works in order of commencement are listed below. (Dates often vary from on source to the other) Richard Cassels - Trinity College Printing House. This perfect small doric temple, was completed in 1734, and is thought to be Cassels' first major solo work. A four-columned portico of doric columns projected from the rusticated severe building and the entirety is only the width of the portico. (This building is sometimes attributed to Edward Lovett Pearce). See also:

Richard Cassels, Richard Cassels - Early work, Richard Cassels - Notable works, Richard Cassels - Trinity College Printing House, Richard Cassels - Carton House 1739, Richard Cassels - Russborough House 1742, Richard Cassels - Summerhill, Richard Cassels - Powerscourt House 1741, Richard Cassels - Tyrone House 1740, Richard Cassels - Leinster House 1745, Richard Cassels - Rotunda Hospital 1757, Richard Cassels - Legacy to Ireland

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Roger Elliott was born, probably in the Tangier Garrison in Morocco, to George Elliott (CIR 1636 - 1668, the Chirurgeon to the Garrison) and his wife Catherine Maxwell (CIR 1638 - 1709). It is likely that George Elliott was the illegitimate son of Richard Eliot, the wayward second son of Sir John Eliot (1592 - 1632). Roger's father, George Elliott, died in 1668 and his widowed mother remarried on February 22, 1670 to Robert Spotswood (September 17, 1637 - 1680, the replacement Chirurgeon at the Garrison), and thirdly to Rev Dr George ...

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Roger Elliott, Roger Elliott - Early life, Roger Elliott - Military career, Roger Elliott - Gibraltar, Roger Elliott - Return to England, Roger Elliott - Family

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The town was first chartered in 1735 by Colonial Governor Jonathan Belcher of Massachusetts. Granted to soldiers returning from the war in Canada, it was named "Sylvester-Canada" in honor of Captain Joseph Sylvester of Scituate, Massachusetts, who was killed in 1690 during an attempt to capture Quebec. After New Hampshire became a separate state, the town would be incorporated in 1752 as "Richmond" by Governor Benning Wentworth. He named it after his friend, Charles Lennox, Duke of Rich ...

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Richmond New Hampshire, Richmond New Hampshire - History, Richmond New Hampshire - Geography, Richmond New Hampshire - Demographics

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Variety and dizzying fashion changes are typical of Restoration comedy. Even though the "Restoration drama" unit taught to college students is likely to be telescoped in a way that makes the plays all sound contemporary, scholars now have a strong sense of the rapid evolution of English drama over these forty years and of its social and political causes. The influence of theatre company competitio ...

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Restoration comedy, Restoration comedy - Theatre companies, Restoration comedy - Original patent companies 1660–82, Restoration comedy - United Company 1682–95, Restoration comedy - War of the theatres 1695–1700, Restoration comedy - Actors, Restoration comedy - First actresses, Restoration comedy - First celebrity actors, Restoration comedy - Comedies, Restoration comedy - Aristocratic comedy 1660–80, Restoration comedy - Decline of comedy 1678–90, Restoration comedy - Comedy renaissance 1690–1700, Restoration comedy - End of comedy, Restoration comedy - After Restoration comedy, Restoration comedy - Stage history, Restoration comedy - Literary criticism, Restoration comedy - List of notable Restoration comedies

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There was a long tradition of irregular warfare in Ireland before the 1690s. Irish guerrilla fighters in the 16th century were known as "wood-kerne", a reference to native Irish foot-soldiers called ceathairaigh, or "kerne". In the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s and 50s, irregular fighters on the Irish Confederate side were known as "tories", from the Irish word toraidhe meaning "pursued man". The tories were usually Confederate soldiers whose units had broken up and who regrouped in small bands in rugged cou ...

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Rapparee, Rapparee - Wood kerne and Tories, Rapparee - The Williamite War, Rapparee - Social Bandits?

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Alfred the Great has traditionally been recognized as the "founder of the navy"; in 897 he had a number of ships built, of at least 60 oars each, and used them to counter Danish raids along the south coast of England. Although there is evidence of subsequent attempts to fund a national naval force, there was no opposition to the landings of Sweyn Forkbeard from 1003 on, nor to the takeover by Cnut in 1016. Harold Godwinson did have some ships cruising off the Isle of Wight in the summer of 1066, but they ende ...

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History of the Royal Navy, History of the Royal Navy - King's ships to 1500, History of the Royal Navy - The beginnings of an organised navy 1500–1642, History of the Royal Navy - The formation of a fighting force 1642–1689, History of the Royal Navy - Wars with France 1690–1815, History of the Royal Navy - Developments during the Pax Britannica 1815–1895, History of the Royal Navy - Operations, History of the Royal Navy - Technology, History of the Royal Navy - Age of the battleship 1895–1919, History of the Royal Navy - Interwar and World War II 1919–1946, History of the Royal Navy - The Navy from 1946

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For the first several years of its existence, the United States had little interest or influence over what would later become its thirtieth state, although the new government did organize the land that would later become the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and part of what would later be Minnesota into the new Northwest Territory in 1787. A few years later, in 1795, a French trader named Jacques Vieau built a series of trading posts that would later grow into the cities of Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, an ...

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History of Wisconsin, History of Wisconsin - Pre-Columbian history, History of Wisconsin - Exploration and colonization, History of Wisconsin - French exploration, History of Wisconsin - French colonization, History of Wisconsin - The British period, History of Wisconsin - The territorial period, History of Wisconsin - War of 1812, History of Wisconsin - The lead boom, History of Wisconsin - Indian wars, History of Wisconsin - Territorial status, History of Wisconsin - Statehood, History of Wisconsin - Admittance into Union

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The earliest provable settlement dates from 812; however, history suggests the presence of earlier settlements in the area surrounding King's Island, the island at the historical city centre. Antiquity's map-maker, Ptolemy, produced in 150 the earliest map of Ireland, showing a place called "Regia" at the same site as King's Island. History also records an important battle involving Cormac Mac Airt in 221 and a visit by St. Patrick in 434 to baptise an Eoghanacht Chief, Carthann the Fair. [Spellissy 98] The name Luimneach dates from at least 561, and probably ...

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History of Limerick, History of Limerick - Viking origins, History of Limerick - Siege and Treaty, History of Limerick - The Famine, History of Limerick - The Limerick Pogrom, History of Limerick - Struggle for Independence, History of Limerick - The Free State, History of Limerick - The Emergency, History of Limerick - Post war, History of Limerick - Celtic Tiger

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In Central Europe, the baroque period began somewhat later. Although the Augsburg architect Elias Holl (1573 - 1646) and some theoretists, including Joseph Furttenbach the Elder already practised the baroque style, they remained without successors due to the ravages of the Thirty Years War. From about 1650 on, construction work resumes, and secular and ecclesiastical architecture are of equal importance. During an initial phase, master-masons from southern Switzerland and northern Italy, the so-called magistri Grigioni and the Lombard ...

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Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture - Precursors and features of Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture - In Italy and France, Baroque architecture - In Central Europe, Baroque architecture - In Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Baroque architecture - In England and Russia, Baroque architecture - In Northern America: Mexico and California

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