Search results for "1708" - New World Encyclopedia
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- John Blow (1649 – October 1, 1708) was an English composer and organist and is known as the most significant English composer of his time. ...6 KB (993 words) - 16:55, 5 April 2024
- the Duke of Modena was generous to him. In 1708 he returned to Rome, living ... Trionfo del Tempo (premiered in Rome, 1708), and took serious offence ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:13, 12 August 2023
- the Natural Immortality of the Soul (1708), and A Letter to Mr. Dodwell ... concerning the Immortality of the Soul (1708). His most popular work is ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 07:01, 3 August 2022
- Composed during the period of Sikh Gurus, from 1469 to 1708, the Guru ... Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708), the tenth Guru in Sikh tradition, affirmed ...19 KB (2,945 words) - 06:37, 10 January 2024
- In 1708, when a cobbler named John Partridge published a popular almanac ... *The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers (1708-1709): Full text: [http://etext ...20 KB (3,106 words) - 00:23, 4 August 2022
- performed at the Neapolitan court in 1708. His second, Berenice, was performed at Rome. In a long career, he followed these with many further ...5 KB (709 words) - 23:33, 14 November 2022
- Sophia, he married Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg in 1708, who survived him but had no children by him. Frederick died in Berlin in 1713. ...6 KB (831 words) - 00:44, 8 October 2022
- Leiden and his textbook Institutiones medicae (1708). In the United States, the first physiology professorship was founded in 1789 at the College ...6 KB (856 words) - 05:11, 24 November 2022
- decrease in the influence of the Crown. In 1708, Anne became the last British ... Anne's husband, Prince George of Denmark, died in October 1708 ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
- === Akaba, 1685-1708 === fourth King of Dahomey. He ruled from 1685 to 1708. Houessou Akaba ...28 KB (4,382 words) - 17:35, 27 December 2022
- Daphne and Florindo, were produced at Hamburg in 1708. in 1707, and his Agrippina at Venice in 1708. Two oratorios, La Resurrezione ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 08:06, 23 January 2023
- he measured in the harsh winter of 1708 through 1709 in his hometown of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) (−17.8 °C). (He was later able to reach ...13 KB (1,850 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- highest peak, Daecheongbong (Great Green Peak), at 1708 meters (5,603 feet), is the highest peak in the Taebaeksan range, and the third highest in South ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 23:58, 29 May 2023
- Dampier was engaged in 1708 by the privateer Woodes Rogers as sailing master on the Duke. This voyage was more successful: Selkirk was rescued ...11 KB (1,611 words) - 15:57, 7 May 2023
- The closely related genus Saurophaganax (OMNH 1708) reached 10.9 m (36 ft) in length, and has sometimes been included in the genus Allosaurus as ...11 KB (1,532 words) - 08:09, 23 July 2023
- the Earl of Halifax on a mission to Hanover. In 1708, he became MP for Malmesbury in his home county of Wiltshire, and was shortly thereafter appointed ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 07:16, 10 August 2022
- detected in L'analyse démontrée published in 1708 by Charles René Reynaud. At the time L'analyse démontrée was a standard work that d& ...12 KB (1,720 words) - 17:39, 2 April 2024
- *Adonis (1708) *Der Geduldige Socrates (1721) TWV 21:9. *Sieg der Schönheit (1722) *Pimpinone, intermezzo (1725) TWV 21:15 *Adelheid (1727) TWV ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1708 Vine Street. ==Filmography== *Evelyn Prentice (1934) *The President Vanishes (1934) ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 19:15, 16 December 2022
- today in Slovakia), on August 3, 1708, Rákóczi’s horse stumbled ... ** August 3, 1708--Kuruc defeated at the Battle of Trentsinium (Trencsén ...24 KB (3,987 words) - 06:28, 24 May 2021
