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  • is now Nova Scotia, Canada. A few years later, in 1608, Samuel De Champlain founded Quebec, which was to become the capital of the enormous, but sparsely ...
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  • *The Coxcomb, comedy (1608-10; printed 1647) *Beggar's Bush, comedy (ca. 1612-15; revised 1622; printed 1647) *Love's Cure, comedy ...
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  • Located in the area south of his Jamestown Colony and visited in 1608 by explorer Captain John Smith, the first inhabitants took root in 1619 ...
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  • learning." He did not complete his degree until 1608, but he was recommended by Sir James Hussee, his master at Magdalen, as tutor to William, the ...
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  • of telescopes invented in the Netherlands in 1608, Galileo made an instrument with about 8-power magnification and then made improved models up ...
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  • his own congregation in Amsterdam in 1608. In September 1607 Brewster ... In a second departure attempt in the spring of 1608, arrangements ...
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  • In 1608 Henry IV initiated the French production of "Turkish style" carpets under the direction of Pierre Dupont. This production was ...
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  • shrine in 1592, but the government rebuilt it by 1608. ===Changdeokgung=== Changdeokgung is also known as the palace of illustrious virtue. It ...
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  • 1644), Taeneung (1562-1649) and Ilseon (1533-1608), all four served as lieutenants to Seosan during the war with Japan. [[Image:Guard statue in ...
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  • recorded having a white cheetah presented to him in 1608. In the memoirs of Tuzk-e-Jahangiri, the Emperor says that in the third year of his reign, "Raja ...
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  • into English by Thomas Shelton in 1608, but not published until 1612, and subsequently into numerous other languages. It was enough though to ...
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  • In 1608, an embassy of three officials and 270 men was sent to Edo and received by Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, Ieyasu's son. As a result of ...
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  • |1567-1608 | | | Seonjo | 선조宣祖 (T) |- |15 |Yi Hon ... |1608-1623 | | (C) | Gwanghaegun | 광해군 光海君 |- ...
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  • that traveled into the St. Lawrence River. In 1608, he returned as head of an exploration party and founded Quebec City with the intention of making ...
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  • By 1608, the local authorities in Manchester were complaining that: "With the ffotebale… [there] hath beene greate disorder in our towne ...
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  • The Tunisian Republic (الجمهرية التونسية), or Tunisia, with a population of over 10 million, is a predominately Muslim Arab nation ...
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  • and formed the League of Evangelical Union in 1608, under the leadership of the Palatine elector Frederick IV (1583–1610), (whose son, Frederick ...
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  • which was established as a trade transit point in 1608. In the next two years, it managed to build its first factory (as the trading posts were known ...
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  • rebelled and captured most forts. Illiam Dhone (1608 - 1663) a famous Manx nationalist and politician, had been appointed by Stanley, in 1648, as receiver ...
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  • Theatre, which the King's Men acquired in 1608. For the date of acquisition, see, for instance, Joseph Quincy Adams. Shakespearean Playhouses ...
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  • than Helmich himself (a Dutch divine, 1551–1608); for I affirm that he excels beyond comparison in the interpretation of Scripture, and that his ...
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  • being removed from a temple by the Portuguese in 1608. It is reported to have weighed about 300|tonne. *The Tsar Bell by the Motorin Bellfounders ...
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  • He arrived in the upper reaches of the Bay in 1608, and spent time with a group he called the Tockwogh, in their walled village. Wayne Clark ...
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  • French settlement in Quebec City in 1608. He also established La Place Royale, a fur trading post on the Island of Montreal in 1611, but the ...
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  • at Port Royal in 1605 and Quebec City in 1608. These would become respectively the capitals of Acadia and Canada. Among French colonists of New ...
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  • settlement was Jamestown founded in 1608. The main impetus for British ... , Ben Johnson (1572-1637), John Milton (1608-1674), Jonathan Swift (1667 ...
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  • with the East. Ships first arrived in India in 1608, docking at Surat in modern-day Gujarat. Four years later, British traders battled the Portuguese ...
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  • jurists more than theologians, and, in 1608, Philip III even stipulated that all the inquisitors must have a background in law. The inquisitors ...
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  • both European and Chinese classics. By 1608, the Jesuits had baptized 2000 Chinese Christians. The last Ming empress was converted to Christianity. ...
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  • Plantations in Ireland, from 1608, formed a pattern for establishing colonies, and several people involved in those projects also had a hand ...
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  • IV (1574–1610) formed the Protestant Union in 1608, while in 1609, Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria, led the Catholic princes into the Catholic League. ...
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  • 1603) and his valide was built next to it in 1608 (AH 1017) by royal architect Dalgiç Mehmet Aĝa.Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 93. His son Mustafa I ...
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