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John Strype (1 November 1643 – 11 December 1737) was an English clergyman, historian and biographer from London. He became a merchant when settling in Petticoat Lane. In his twenties, he became perpetual curate of Theydon Bois, Essex and later became curate of Leyton; this allowed him direct correspondence with several highly notable ...
1720 ( MDCCXX) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1720th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 720th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1720s decade.
Life Bradbury was born in Yorkshire, and was educated for the congregational ministry Attercliffe Academy; Oliver Heywood gave him books. He preached his first sermon on 14 June 1696, and went to reside as assistant and domestic tutor with Thomas Whitaker, minister of the independent congregation, Call Lane, Leeds. From Leeds, in 1697, Bradbury went to Beverley, as a supply; and in 1699 to ...
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January 1 – Johann Christoph Altnickol, composer (baptized January 1, 1720) January 4 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer (died 1774) August 20 – Bernard de Bury, court musician and composer (died 1785) October 17 – Maria Teresa Agnesi, singer and composer (died 1795) November 16 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer (died 1788) date ...
E-Book Overview From Herodotus to H-Net: The Story of Historiography offers a concise but comprehensive and up-to-date account of the many ways history has been studied and recounted, from the ancient world to the new universe of the Internet.
Active in many projects developing musical life in Bengal, Tagore organized his ambitious history of world music principally by discussing each of a multitude of nations, but he consistently emphasizes, as well, the ways in which music crosses national boundaries.
