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Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian Composer
Giovanni Gabrieli is an important transitional figure between the Renaissance and Baroque eras and their associated musical styles. The distinctive sound of his music der... |
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Louise de Coligny
Louise de Coligny was de vierde echtgenote van prins Willem I. Zij werd geboren op als dochter van Gaspard de Coligny en Charlotte de Laval. Zij overleed op 13 november 1... |
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Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Theologian
Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Reformed theologian, whose original name was Jacob Harmensen. He studied at Leiden, Marburg, Geneva, and Basel and in 1588 became a pastor at Amst... |
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History of Furniture Timeline
All styles and periods on one chard... |
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Sir Francis Bacon
Sir Francis Bacon achieved fame as an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. He was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and finally created Viscount S... |
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Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Jan Huygen van Linschoten was an adventurer who accompanied a Portuguese vessel to India. His Reysgheschrift, published in 1595, recorded explicit sailing directions he h... |
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Composer
By 1580, and possibly as early as 1577, he was organist at the Oude Kerk; his duties there were probably to provide an hour of music twice daily in the church. He becam... |
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John Bull, English Composer
Bull was an English organist and composer, renowned for his knowledge of strict counterpoint. He was probably born in Hereford, where he obtained the post of organist at... |
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The Tower of Babel, Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century, is by far the most important member of the family. He was probably born i... |
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Christopher Marlowe, Dramatist and Poet
Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist and poet, b. Canterbury. Probably the greatest English dramatist before Shakespeare, Marlowe was educated at Cambridge and he went... |
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William Shakespeare
All about William Shakespeare, surely the world's most performed and admired playwright, was born in April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, about 100 miles nor... |
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Galileo Galilei, Father of Modern Science
Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improv... |
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Houtman, Sea Route to Indonesia - 1595
Cornelis de Houtman, was a Dutch explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia and managed to begin the Dutch spice trade. At the time, the Portuguese... |
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Hudson, Found New York - 1609
Henry Hudson was an English explorer and navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. The Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay... |
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Spanish Colonization
Spain reigned over the Philippines for 333 years, from 1565 to 1898.
Since Spain was far from the country, the Spanish king ruled the Islands through the viceroy of M... |
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