Search results for "1660" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Montalte and incensed Louis XIV, who ordered in 1660 that the book be shredded and burnt. In 1661, the Jansenist school at Port-Royal was condemned and ...29 KB (4,620 words) - 18:12, 31 October 2023
- in the Caribbean was eclipsed with his death in 1660. He also bought the island of Saint Croix as his personal estate and deeded it to the Knights of ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- In 1660, Louis XIV was approaching majority and the assumption of full royal powers from his advisers, who had governed France during his minority ...36 KB (5,934 words) - 06:18, 18 November 2022
- Baroque, with the operas of Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725), Handel, and others. The oratorio achieved its peak in the work of Bach and Handel; opera ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 10:49, 20 September 2023
- brother, Shirota, was born in 1578 (dying in 1660), and that Musashi himself was born into a samurai family called the Hirata, in the village of Miyamoto ...36 KB (6,131 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- into the northern Atlantic Ocean between 1585 and 1660, and continued to be a major Mediterranean sea power for three more centuries, until the reign ...38 KB (6,070 words) - 17:40, 30 January 2022
- #039;s Book of Games, written in about 1660. Willughby is the first to describe goals and a distinct playing field: "a close that has a ...41 KB (6,352 words) - 10:33, 10 November 2023
- cricket is variously deemed to have started in 1660, 1772, 1801, 1815 or 1864. The controversy remains unresolved. The limited overs equivalent of first ...49 KB (7,998 words) - 06:22, 11 January 2024
- referred to as the Royal Society, were Puritan (1660). In 1663, 62 percent of the members were Puritans. One of the founders, Robert Boyle, often called ...41 KB (6,580 words) - 14:04, 7 May 2024
- a brief return to Commonwealth rule, in 1660 The Crown was restored and ... During this period from 1649-1660, known as the "interregnum ...103 KB (15,568 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- remained independent, with its capital in Kandy. By 1660 the Dutch controlled the all of the island except for the Kingdom of Kandy. A mixed Dutch-Sinhalese ...42 KB (6,170 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- of Eastern Galilee. That ended in 1660 when they were massacred at ... vilayet (province) of Damascus-Syria until 1660, next of the vilayet of Sidon ...86 KB (12,843 words) - 06:24, 18 November 2022
- From 1660 to the end of French rule, Michigan (along with Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi ...46 KB (6,626 words) - 17:13, 9 November 2022
- As of 2001, Bangalore's share of Rs. 1660 crore (US$ 3.7 billion) in Foreign Direct Investment ranked the third highest for an Indian ...48 KB (6,769 words) - 03:28, 17 September 2023
- The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale ... 1108/TR-03-2017-0055|hdl=2263/62536 |issn=1660-5373|hdl-access=free ...101 KB (14,057 words) - 17:18, 7 May 2024
- Following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and the Great Fire ... During the Interregnum (1642—1660), English theaters were kept closed ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- After the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 Sir Winston's fortunes took a turn for the better, although he remained far from prosperous. ...54 KB (8,414 words) - 17:21, 16 December 2022
- brought misfortune to people. For example, in 1660, a court inquest into the drowning death of Jeremiah Burroughs determined that a possessed canoe was ...62 KB (9,521 words) - 01:56, 10 April 2023
- Identity and Modernity in Britain and the Empire, 1660-1840. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0521810272 ...59 KB (8,891 words) - 02:41, 22 November 2023
- *Pascal, Blaise. Pensées (Thoughts) 1660. *Plantinga, Alvin. God and Other Minds: A Study of the Rational Justification of Belief in God. New ...73 KB (11,277 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- Parts lost to Sweden in the 1620s and in 1660; * Duchy of Courland (Kurlandia), a northern fief of the Commonwealth. It established a colony ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
- With the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Charles II of England rewarded eight persons on March 24, 1663, for their faithful support in his ...64 KB (9,145 words) - 15:14, 27 April 2023
- Nonomura Ninsei Pine Pattern [[Tea| Tea Jar]] ca. 1660-1670]] Ceramics, one of Japan's oldest art forms, dates back to the Neolithic period ...78 KB (11,609 words) - 09:53, 1 April 2024
- and King of Hungary. After George II Rákóczy (1621-1660) became Prince of Transylvania, in 1648, the Turks extended their influence into Transylvania ...107 KB (15,967 words) - 21:14, 9 February 2024
- in the Baltic, in the First Northern War (1655-1660), and the Great Northern War (1700–1721). In 1683, the Turks were defeated outside Vienna ...115 KB (16,736 words) - 17:52, 14 December 2023
