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October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining. October 17 - Events. 538 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration 1244 - Battle of La Forbie: Crusaders are defeated by Khwarezmians & Egyptians 1346 - Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of S ...

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1694 - Events. February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. July 27 - A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England. December 22 - The Triennial Bill became law. December 28 - Queen Mary II of England dies; King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland is now sole ruler after his co-ruler's death. Much of the town of Warwick, England destroyed by fire. The Lao empire of Lan Xang unofficially ends. 1694 - Births< ...

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The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. See 1903. 1696 - Events. April - Fire destroys the Gra Bet (or Left Quarter) of Gondar, the capital of Ethiopia. August 22 - Forces of Venice and Turkish troops clash near Molino October 29 - Fuller Baptist Church founded in Ket ...

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1688 - Births. January 18 - Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) January 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1772) February 2 - Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) February 4 - Pierre de Marivaux, French playwright (d. 1763) April 4 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768) April 15 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, German composer (d. 1758) May 22 - Alexande ...

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1679 - Events. January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament June 22 - the Duke of Monmouth subdues a insurrection of Scottish Covenanters at Birthwell Bridge August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. Battle of Bothwell Bridge Habeas Corpus Act 1679 passed in England. Europe ...

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1675 - Events. January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. Cassini discovers Saturn's Cassini Division King Philip's War between the settlers in New England and the indigenous tribes led by Metacomet begins. Including:

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1703 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1703 - Events. February 2 - Earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - ...

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1714 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1714 - Events. August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. September 11 - Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Borbonic ...

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1792 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1792 - Events. January 25 - The London Corresponding Society is founded by Carlton Schulman.Including:

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1670 was a common year starting on Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and Wednesday in countries using the 10-day-faster Gregorian calendar. 1670 - Events. January 21 – Highwayman Claude Duval is executed in Tyburn, Middlesex April - Pope Clement X is elected. May 2 - The Hudson's Bay Company is formed in England. May 26 - In Dover, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France secretly sign a treaty ending hostilities between their kingdoms A ...

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1779 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). 1779 - Events. The Iron Bridge is completed across the River Severn in Shropshi ...

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1722 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1722 - Events. Abraham De Moivre states De Moivre's theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bac ...

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Phrenology (from Greek: φρην, phrēn, "mind"; and λογος, logos, "study") is a theory which claims to be able to determine character, personality traits, and criminality on the basis of the shape of the head (reading "bumps"). Developed by German physician Franz Joseph Gall around 1800, and very popular in the 19th century, it is now discredited as a pseudoscience. Phrenology has however received credit as a protoscience for having ...

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Background Christianity St. Augustine The Reformation Distinctives Calvin's Institutes Five Solas Five Points (TULIP) Regulative principle Confessions of faith Influences Theodore Beza Synod of Dort Puritan theology Jonathan Edwards Princeton theologians Karl Barth Churches Reformed Presbyterian Congregationalist Reformed Baptist Peoples Afri ...

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations Chris ...

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The dog is a canine mammal of the Order Carnivora. It has been argued the dog has been domesticated for 12,000 years, but perhaps for as long as 150,000 years based on recent genetic evidence. In this time, the dog has developed into hundreds of breeds with a great degree of variation. For example, heights range from just a few inches (such as the Chihuahua) to nearly three feet (such as the Irish Wolfhound), and colors range from white to black, with reds, grays (usually called blue), and browns occurring in a tremendous varia ...

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In physics, atomic theory is a theory of the nature of matter. It states that all matter is composed of atoms. The philosophical background of the atomic theory is called atomism. The theory applies to the common phases of matter, namely solids, liquids and gasses, as directly experienced on Earth. Strictly speaking, it is not the approriate theory for plasmas or neutron stars where unusual environments such as extremes of temperature or density prevent atoms from forming. Atomic theory - Importance. Arguab ...

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François-Marie Arouet (November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire (also called The Dictator of Letters), was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher. Voltaire is well-known for his sharp wit, philosophical writings, and defense of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and the right to a fair trial. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform despite strict censorship laws in France and harsh penalties for those who broke them. A satirical polemist ...

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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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1794 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). 1794 - Events. February 11 - 1st session of the United States Senate is open to the public. ...

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1793 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1793 - Events. January 2 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland January 9 - Jean-Pier ...

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Armenians had trading relations with several parts of India, and by the 7th century a few Armenian settlements had appeared in Kerala, an Indian state located on the Malabar Coast. Armenians controlled a large part of the international trade of the area, particularly in precious stones and quality fabrics. An archive directory (published 1956) in Delhi, India states that an Armenian merchant-cum-diplomat, named Thomas Cana, had reached the Malabar Coast in 780 using the overland route. Seven hundred years thereafter, in the year 1498, ...

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