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2 days ago · George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6] .
- Byron (Disambiguation)
People and fictional characters. Byron (name), including...
- Allegra Byron
Clara Allegra Byron (12 January 1817 – 20 April 1822) was...
- John Byron
Captain John Byron (1757 – 2 August 1791) was a British Army...
- Elizabeth Medora Leigh
Elizabeth Medora Leigh (15 April 1814 – 28 August 1849) was...
- George Byron
Admiral George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron (8 March 1789 –...
- Don Juan (Poem)
Composition Frontispiece illustration of a bust of Lord...
- Claire Clairmont
Clara Mary Jane Clairmont (27 April 1798 – 19 March 1879),...
- Epitaph to a Dog
Boatswain's Monument at Newstead Abbey A Landseer dog, the...
- Byron (Disambiguation)
5 days ago · Surer knowledge comes from the study of Egyptian papyri, especially the Ebers papyrus and Edwin Smith papyrus discovered in the 19th century. The former is a list of remedies, with appropriate spells or incantations, while the latter is a surgical treatise on the treatment of wounds and other injuries. Ebers papyrus.
I am mainly curious about the culture and day to day politics in England circa 1689-1699, and also the relationship of the Crown (not Parliament) to the various colonies in North America (what would become the 13 colonies). Any recommendations are welcome.
5 days ago · An extended treatment of justice at Worcester into the 1690s allows Thomson to gauge the impact of the Act of Toleration.
4 days ago · Ralph Stevens’ book Protestant Pluralism: The Reception of the Toleration Act, 1689–1720 is an important contribution to this historical field, and sheds new light on a topic that has long deserved a substantial examination.
4 days ago · The Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke was originally written for keyboard instruments, and it was most likely composed in the 1690s. There have been various stories about how the piece came to be called the Prince of Denmark’s March, but the most popular one is that Clarke wrote it for a wedding of the Prince of Denmark in 1699.
2 days ago · Genghis Khan (c. 1162–1227), captured after a raid and enslaved by the Taichiud. George Africanus (1763–1834), an enslaved African man from Sierra Leone who became a successful entrepreneur in Nottingham. George Edward Doney (1758–1809), Gambian man enslaved by William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex.
