By the end of the 17th Century, cricket had long since broken its bounds as a village pastime and was already into the age of great matches. All that was needed now was for the matches to be reported. The earliest known newspaper report of a match proclaimed to be great or a similar adjective. The report was in the Foreign Post dated Wed 7 July 1697 and describes a great match at cricket that was played the middle of last week in Sussex with eleven of a side and they played for fifty guineas apiec ...

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Blackmore had a passion for writing epics. Prince Arthur, an Heroick Poem in X Books appeared in 1695. In 1697, Blackmore followed that with King Arthur: an Heroic Poem in Twelve Books. Like its predecessor, it was a treatment of current events in ancient garb, but, this time, the public and court were less interested and the matter less interesting. Additionally, Blackmore took John Milton as his model, rather than Virgil, and he admitted in his preface that his ...

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The entire Augustan age's poetry was dominated by Alexander Pope. Since Pope began publishing when very young and continued to the end of his life, his poetry is a reference point in any discussion of the 1710's, 1720's, 1730's, or even 1740's. Furthermore, Pope's abilities were recognized early in his career, so contemporaries acknowledged his superiority, for the most part. Indeed, seldom has a poet been as publically acknowledged as a leader for as long as was Pope, and, unlike the case with figures such as John Dryden or William Wordswor ...

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Guayaquil was founded on July 25 (see note below), 1531 with the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil by Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana. Even before it was founded by the Spanish, it already existed as a native village. Note - July 25 is the legal holiday in Guayaquil. Historians have not yet reached a consensus about the date of Guayaquil's foundation or founder. The city might have been founded more than once. Another possible founder might be Diego de Almagro. In 1600 Guayaquil had a population of about 2,000 people; by 1700 the ...

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The name derives from the Nahuatl Xicuahua, meaning "dry, sandy place". The name itself is older than the Spanish conquest of Mexico, however. The city was founded on October 12, 1709 by Antonio Deza y Ulloa, a Spanish explorer. The location was chosen because it is the intersection of the rivers Chuviscar and Sacramento. It is also the midpoint between the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) and the th ...

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He was born Daniel Foe, probably in the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate, London. Both the date and the place of his birth are uncertain. His father, James Foe, though a member of the Butchers' Company was a tallow chandler. Daniel later added the aristocratic sounding "De" to his name and on occasion claimed descent from the family of De Beau Faux. His parents were Presbyterian dissenters, and he was educated in a Dissenting Academy at Stoke Newington run by Charles Morton (la ...

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The Gospel of Barnabas was little known outside academic circles until recent times, when a number of Muslims have taken to publishing it in order to argue against the orthodox Christian conception of Jesus. It resonates better with existing Muslim views than with Christianity in several respects: it foretells the coming of Muhammad by name; rather than describing the crucifixion of Jesus, it describes him being raised up into heaven, similar to the description of Elijah in 2 Kings, Chapter 2; and it calls Jesus a "prophet of salvation" whos ...

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The region known as the Taipei basin was home to Ketagalan tribes before the 18th century. Han Chinese began to settle in Taipei Basin in 1709. In the late 19th century, Taipei gained economic importance due to the trade of tea. In 1875, the northern part of Taiwan was separated from Taiwan Prefecture (台灣府) and became [[(艋舺) and Dadaocheng (大稻埕). The new city was known as Chengnei (城內), and government buildings were erected there. Taiwan became a province of China in 1885, but remained a temporary capital of the province before i ...

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Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples, Italy, the sixth of ten children and a younger brother to Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, also a musician. Most likely he first studied under his father, the composer and teacher Alessandro Scarlatti; other composers who may have been his early teachers include Gaetano Greco, Francesco Gasparini, and Bernardo Pasquini, all of whom seem to have influenced his musical style. He became a composer and organist at the royal chapel in Naples in 1701, and in 1704, he revised Carlo Francesco Pollarolo's opera ...

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The city has been known under different names through time: Cularo when the Allobroges built strong walls around the small town in the 3rd Century. Gratianopolis after 380 when the Emperor Gratian visited the city and had the walls improved. After the collapse of the Roman Empire the city was part of the first Burgundian kingdom, until it was taken by Clotaire I, king of the Franks and a son of Clovis. Later on, it progressively passed into the possession of the Carolingian kings, then the se ...

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The Georgian alphabet was invented in the 5th century BC and reformed by King Parnavaz I of Iberia in 284 BC. Georgia's medieval culture was greatly influenced by Orthodox Christianity and the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church, which promoted and often sponsored the creation of many works of religious devotion. These included churches and monasteries, works of art such as icons, and hagiographies of Georgian saints. As well as this, many secular works of national history, mythology and hagiograpy were also written. < ...

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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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Gould began his poetic career with a number of odes to peers, and his odes to ladies are particularly stylized and idealistic. In the 17th century, a writer of an ode could expect remuneration, either in the form of a gift or, at the least, a higher fee from the bookseller in anticipation of sales to the flattered subject's supporters and family. Gould did sell his odes, but he appears to have made very little by them. In 1683, however, Gould changed employers and made a name for himself as an author by writing, Love Given O'er: Or a Saty ...

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On his return to England he was a tutor of Thomas Howard, son of the 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and to Francis Hastings, afterwards Earl of Huntingdon. He took Holy Orders and was appointed one of the chaplains to King Henry VIII, who gave him the rectory of Peuplingues, in the marshes of Calais. Henry also appointed him his library keeper, and conferred on him the title of Royal Antiquary; Leland is the only person ever to hold this title. In 1533 Henry commissioned him to search after England's antiquities, and explore the libraries of all cathe ...

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Midlothian is located in the Piedmont geologic region of the state, and is made up of mainly a flat, fertile land (it is somewhat of a plain.) In recent years, controversy has arisen over a geologic phenomenon peculiar to the Midlothian area. A soil type, termed "shrink-swell" has been found to underlie many neighborhoods that have grown up throughout the area. "Shrink-swell" is the term applied to the potential for volume change in a soil with a loss or gain in moisture. Volume change occurs mainly because of the interaction of clay ...

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The regiment has its origin in Nylands ryttare raised in 1618. In 1632, this unit was organized into Nylands och Tavastehus läns kavalleriregemente. The regiment's soldiers were conscripted mainly from the county of Nyland and Tavastehus. It was one of the original 8 Swedish cavalry regiments mentioned in the Swedish constitution of 1634. The regiment's first commander was Torsten Stålhandske. Finnish horsemen were also known as Hakkapeliitat. In the spring of 1700 the regiment was transferred to Wellingk's army ...

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Portugal does not recognize Spain's sovereignty over the territory. For the Spaniards the border between these two countries in the Olivenza region was defined in 1801 in the Treaty of Badajoz, but for the Portuguese this treaty was invalidated by the Congress of Vienna. Olivenza had been under Portuguese sovereignty since 1297, when King Diniz forced the Castilian Regent to cede it together with Campo Maior and other minor territories, taking advantage from the critical situation created in Castile because of the death of King Sancho IV. Po ...

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Castaway - The earliest known castaway. The earliest recorded occurrence of a castaway is from 1681, when a Miskito named Will was sent ashore as part of an English foraging party to Más a Tierra. The ship left after spotting the approach of enemies, leaving Will behind to survive until he was picked up in 1684. Castaway - Alexander Selkirk. Main articles: Alexander Selkirk, See also:

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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 2,087 people, 907 households, and 515 families residing in the town. The population density is 38.3/km² (99.1/mi²). There are 2,551 housing units at an average density of 46.8/km² (121.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 95.11% White, 1.87% African American, 0.43% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.77% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. 1.15% o ...

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Despite its simple narrative style and the absence of the supposedly indispensable love motive, no modern book can boast of such worldwide esteem. Novelist James Joyce eloquently noted that the true symbol of the British conquest is Robinson Crusoe: "He is the true prototype of the British colonist… The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence, the slow yet efficient intelligenc ...

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The Heir Apparent is Charles Alexander Vaughan Paget, Earl of Uxbridge (b. 13 November 1950) Lord Uxbridge's Heir Apparent is Benedict Dashiel Thomas Paget, Lord Paget de Beaudesert (b. 11 Apr 1986) ...

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