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Cawdor
Cawdor , village, Highland, NE Scotland, SW of Nairn. Cawdor Castle, the earliest remaining piece dating from 1454, was represented by Shakespeare , following tradition, as the scene of the slaying (1040) of Duncan by Macbeth . ... Read more
Pinturicchio
Pinturicchio or Pintoricchio [Ital.,=little painter], c.1454-1513, Umbrian painter whose real name was Bernardino di Betto. A prolific and facile painter, he was influenced by Perugino, with whom he collaborated on the frescoes for the Sistine Chapel. Pinturicchio worked chiefly in Perugia, Rom... Read more
Luigi da Cadamosto
Luigi da Cadamosto , 1432?-1488, Venetian navigator in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal. He seems to have entered Portuguese service in 1454, and he left a record of a voyage in 1455 that is valuable for the information it gives concerning Portuguese activity in the Canary Islan... Read more
Major Planets of the Solar System
Major Planets of the Solar System Major Planets of the Solar System Planet Distance from the sun (AU) Period of revolution Period of rotation Mass (earth=1) Diameter (earth=1) Number of confirmed satellites ... Read more
Angelo Poliziano
Angelo Poliziano , or Politian , 1454-94, Italian poet, philologist, and humanist. Of middle-class origin, he was given a classical education, completed under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici. He became Lorenzo's companion and was tutor to the young Medici. For Lorenzo he translated much of th... Read more
Henry Stafford, 2d duke of Buckingham
Henry Stafford, 2d duke of Buckingham 1454?-1483, English nobleman. He was the grandson of Humphrey Stafford, the 1st duke, whom he succeeded in 1460. He passed the death sentence on George, duke of Clarence, in 1478, but it was not until the death (1483) of Edward IV that Buckingham achieved polit... Read more
Alexander Stuart, duke of Albany
Alexander Stuart, duke of Albany 1454?-1485, Scottish nobleman; second son of James II of Scotland. He was captured (1463) by the English while he was at sea en route to the Low Countries but was soon released. He became high admiral of Scotland, warden of the marches, and lieutenant of the kingdom... Read more
William Waynflete
William Waynflete , 1395?-1486, English prelate and lord chancellor. He was master of Winchester College before 1429, and in 1443 he became provost of the newly founded Eton College. In 1447 he became bishop of Winchester. Soon afterward he received patents to found a hall at Oxford for the study of... Read more
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna , 1431-1506, Italian painter of the Paduan school. He was adopted by Squarcione, whose apprentice he remained until 1456, when he procured his release. In 1454 he had married the daughter of Jacopo Bellini and by 1460 he had entered the service of the Gonzagas in Mantua, in which he ... Read more
Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou , 1430?-1482, queen consort of King Henry VI of England, daughter of René of Anjou. Her marriage, which took place in 1445, was negotiated by William de la Pole, 4th earl (later 1st duke) of Suffolk (see under Pole , family). Margaret soon asserted influence at the Englis... Read more

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Isabella of Castile (14511504)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...from medieval to modern. She was three years old in 1454 when her father, King John II (ruled 1406 – 1454) of Castile, died and her older half-brother, Henry IV (ruled 1454 – 1474), succeeded him. That year too another...
Margaret of Anjou
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...first attack of insanity, from August of 1453 to December of 1454, spanned the end of the Hundred Years War; the birth of Edward, Margaret's only child, on Oct. 13, 1453; and York's 1454 regency by act of Parliament. In 1455 York's ambition and...
Gdańsk (German, Danzig)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...The order's rule ended definitively in Gda ń sk in 1454, and the Prussian estates again swore allegiance to the Polish...lak, Edmund, ed. Historia Gda ń ska. Vol. 2, 1454 – 1655. Vol. 3, pt. 1, 1655 – 1793...
Venice
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...beginning with the conquests of nearby Padua and Verona in 1405. By 1454 Venetian conquests reached far west on the Lombard Plain of northern...considered a "military revolution." The Peace of Lodi (9 April 1454) put an end, for the moment, to the rivalries among the great...
Kildare, Thomas FitzGerald, 7th earl of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...Kildare ascendancy. He was recognized as 7th earl probably in 1454 and, through his association with the Yorkists (see wars of...Altogether, he served as governor of Ireland for over eleven years (1454–9, 1460–2, 1464, 1470–...
Alvise da Cadamosto
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and Flanders between 1445 and 1452. On returning to Venice in 1454 he found his father banished and his family in distress. Because...include John W. Blake, European Beginnings in West Africa, 1454-1578 (1937); Boies Penrose, Travel and Discovery in the...
Angelo Poliziano
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Angelo Poliziano The Italian poet Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494), or Politian, wrote works in both Latin and Italian...antiquity. Angelo Poliziano was born Angelo Ambrogini on July 14, 1454, at Montepulciano, Tuscany, the son of a lawyer. When he...
Yemen Dynasties
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...these are, in chronological sequence, the Ayyubids, from 1173/74 to 1228; the Rasulids, from 1228 to 1454; the Tahirids, from 1454 to 1517; and the Mamluks, from 1517 to 1538, when the Ottoman Empire took the Yemeni Tihama. During most...
Henry VI
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...to calm the parties and granted a general pardon in 1452. In August 1453 he suffered temporary mental illness, and in April 1454 the Duke of York was appointed protector. Henry's only son, Edward, was born in October 1453. While the King was insane...
Isabella I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Castile by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal, and was the half sister of Henry IV, who succeeded to the Castilian throne in 1454. Henry had recognized Isabella as his heir over the claims of his daughter Juana, whose royal paternity was questioned by the...

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York, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd duke of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...oblivion by the collapse of the king's health in 1453 and his appointment as protector of the realm. The recovery of the king in 1454 led to his renewed exclusion, and thereafter he was set on a course of armed opposition which led in 1460 to his laying claim...
Tiptoft, John, 1st earl of Worcester
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...peer's heir, Tiptoft spent three years with a tutor in University College, Oxford. He was treasurer of England from 1452 to 1454, and probably became a sympathizer with Richard of York . In 1458 he distanced himself by going to Jerusalem, afterwards touring...
Albany, Alexander Stewart, 1st duke of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Albany, Alexander Stewart, 1st duke of [S] ( c. 1454–85). Second son of James II of Scotland, created earl of March [S] (1455), lord of Annandale, and duke of...
Quarton (or Charonton), Enguerrand
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...at Chantilly, painted in collaboration with an obscure artist called Pierre Villatte, and the Coronation of the Virgin (1454) in the Musée Municipal at Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. They are highly impressive works, uniting Flemish...
Novara, Domenico Maria
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography NOVARA, DOMENICO MARIA ( b. Ferrara Italy, 1454; d. Bologna, Italy, 1504) astronomy. As is indicated by Novara ’ s surname (Novara or da Novara), that city...
Peerage
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms Peerage the body of peers, 1454.
Reuchlin, Johannes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Reuchlin, Johannes (1454/5–1522), German humanist. About 1485 he began to study Hebrew, with the help of learned Jews, and he became...
George Scholarius
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...He became a monk c. 1450, taking the name of ‘Gennadius’. After the capture of Constantinople, in 1454 the Sultan made him Patriarch as ‘Gennadius II’. He was a prolific writer and translated the works of...
Clachnahrie
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Clachnahrie, Clachnaharry . Site of a ‘battle’ between the clans MacIntosh and Munroe in 1454, sparked by a series of insults and supposed insults, which has become the subject of a large body of Scottish Gaelic folklore...
Pecock, Reginald
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...Whittington College, London (1431–44), bishop of St Asaph (1444), of Chichester (1450), and a privy counsellor (1454–7). A rationalist himself, he tried to win over lollards by vigorous argument rather than by burning. His works...

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Security Council adjusts list of restricted goods, procedures of IRAQ `oil-for-food' programme; Resolution 1454 (2002) Adopted 13-0-2 (Russian Federation, Syria) - Part one of two.
M2 Presswire; 12/31/2002; 700+ words ; ...oil-for-food' programme; Resolution 1454 (2002) Adopted 13-0-2 (Russian Federation...The Council did so by adopting resolution 1454 (2002), as orally revised, by a vote...Following is the full text of resolution 1454 (2002), as orally revised: "The Security...
RUSSIA STAND ON RESOLUTION 1454
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 12/31/2002; 265 words ; ...voiced regret over the fact that UN Security Council Resolution 1454 on Iraq does not fully take Russia's proposals into account...Foreign Minister Yury Fedotov said on Tuesday that Resolution 1454 "is too restrictive in terms of exclusively civilian goods...
RUSSIA: RUSSIA STAND ON RESOLUTION 1454.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/31/2002; 427 words ; ...voiced regret over the fact that UN Security Council Resolution 1454 on Iraq does not fully take Russia's proposals into account...Foreign Minister Yury Fedotov said on Tuesday that Resolution 1454 "is too restrictive in terms of exclusively civilian goods...
Linkage Mapping of 1454 New Maize Candidate Gene Loci
Magazine article from: Genetics; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...IBM. We built framework maps of 237 loci from the IBM panel and 271 loci from the LHRF panel. Both maps were used to place 1454 loci (1056 on map IBM_Gnp2004 and 398 on map LHRF_Gnp2004) that corresponded to 954 cDNA probes previously unmapped. RFLP...
Optical inspection: NI CVS-1454 Industrial Compact Vision System.(Best in Test)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Test & Measurement World; 12/1/2003; 561 words ; National Instruments, www.ni.com The NI CVS-1454 Industrial Compact Vision System features three IEEE 1394 (Firewire) ports for connectivity to a variety of imaging sensors...
Great lives from history; the Renaissance & early modern era, 1454-1600; 2v.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 538 words ; 1587652110 Great lives from history; the Renaissance & early modern era, 1454-1600; 2v. Ed. by Christina J. Moose. Salem Press 2005 1129 pages $160.00 Hardcover CT115 Suitable for public libraries...
The fabric of society: textile and metatextual imitation in the Burgundian Cliges (1454).
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...century court of Burgundy under Philip the Good. In particular it offers a close examination of a single textual moment in the 1454 Livre de Alixandre Empereur de Constantinoble et de Cliges son Fils, the so-called embroidered shirt episode, and looks at...
Security Council adjusts list of restricted goods, procedures of IRAQ `oil-for-food' programme; Resolution 1454 (2002) Adopted 13-0-2 (Russian Federation, Syria) - Part two of two.
M2 Presswire; 12/31/2002; 700+ words ; ...2002-UN: Security Council adjusts list of restricted goods, procedures of IRAQ `oil-for-food' programme; Resolution 1454 (2002) Adopted 13-0-2 (Russian Federation, Syria) - Part two of two(C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...
[1454] High Court: Commissioner not required to provide particulars re transfer pricing determinations.
News Wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence; 8/11/2008; 445 words ; Byline: Trevor Snape Aug 11, 2008 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A decision of both the Federal Court and the Full Federal Court has been upheld by the High Court of Australia. "WR Carpenter Holdings Pty Ltd & Others v Federal Commissioner of Taxation" concerned the taxpayer's
[1454] Exemptions from Legislative Instruments Act: regs made.
News Wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence; 8/29/2005; 374 words ; Byline: Anne-Marie Backeberg Aug 29, 2005 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) -- On 19 August 2005, the Legislative Instruments Amendment Regulations 2005 (No 3) were registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. The new regulations provide exemptions affecting agricultural