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2 days ago · The Waldensians, also known as Waldenses ( / wɔːlˈdɛnsiːz, wɒl -/ ), Vallenses, Valdesi, or Vaudois, are adherents of a church tradition that began as an ascetic movement within Western Christianity before the Reformation. Originally known as the Poor of Lyon in the late twelfth century, [1] [2] [3] the movement spread to the Cottian Alps ...
3 days ago · Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and latterly as a ...
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
3 days ago · Robert Hooke FRS ( / hʊk /; 18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) [4] [a] was an English polymath, active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect. [5] He is credited as one of the first scientists to explore living things at microscopic scale (in 1665), [6] using a compound microscope that he ...
- Physics and Biology
- English
Mar 27, 2024 · Sir Henry Morgan (born 1635, Llanrhymney, Glamorgan [now in Cardiff], Wales—died August 25, 1688, probably Lawrencefield, Jamaica) was a Welsh buccaneer, most famous of the adventurers who plundered Spain’s Caribbean colonies during the late 17th century. Operating with the unofficial support of the English government, he undermined Spanish ...
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Apr 1, 2024 · Charles XI (born Nov. 24, 1655, Stockholm—died April 5, 1697, Stockholm) was the king of Sweden who expanded royal power at the expense of the higher nobility and the lower estates, establishing an absolutist monarchy that ended only with the death of Charles XII in 1718. Charles, the only son of Charles X Gustav and Hedvig Eleonora of ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 12, 2024 · Died: May 1655 (aged 66) Sir Henry Vane, the Elder (born Feb. 18, 1589, Hadlow, Kent, Eng.—died May 1655) was an English statesman, a prominent royal adviser who played an equivocal role in the events leading to the outbreak of the Civil War between King Charles I and Parliament. After serving in five Parliaments, he was appointed secretary ...
Apr 1, 2024 · 1,655 Wikipedia views yesterday. Steven Berkoff. as Sgt. Jones. Steven Berkoff plays Sgt. Jones, a military figure entangled in the conflict. # 9.
