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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 (1451–1504)
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...
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–...
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...
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...
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...
Exeter, Henry Holand, 2nd duke of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Richard of York and married to his daughter. Thomas Percy, Lord Egremont, enveigled him into the feud against the Nevilles in 1454, when Holand claimed that he, not his father-in-law, should be protector during the king's insanity. From 1459, he...
Vespucci, Amerigo
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Vespucci, Amerigo (1454–1512) Italian maritime explorer. He was possibly the first to realize that the Americas constituted new continents...

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Pintoricchio (or Pinturicchio)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Pintoricchio (or Pinturicchio) ( Bernardino di Betto ) ( c. 1454–1513). Italian painter. He was born in Perugia and in 1481–2 he assisted the city's leading painter...
Mino da Fiesole
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...describes as ‘the most beautiful work that he ever produced’. Mino had three documented stays in Rome (1454, 1463, and 1474–80) and also worked briefly in Naples (1455). His reputation was at its height in the 19th...
Monaco
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...s smallest states of 1.95 km 2 (less than a square mile), the principality has been ruled by the Grimaldi family since 1454. It entered a customs union with France in 1865, which was complemented by a currency union in 1922. It obtained its first...
Bourchier, Thomas
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Bourchier, Thomas ( c. 1410–86), Abp. of Canterbury from 1454 and Cardinal from 1467. He was much involved in political affairs. In 1457 he took a leading part in the trial of R. Pecock , Bp. of Chichester.
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...
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...
Henry VI
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...widespread popular rising since 1381. Henry VI fell into a coma in August 1453. He recovered his senses just before Christmas 1454, but was permanently impaired. By 1459 royal government was almost totally powerless, the administration of the law had collapsed...
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...
Ely, Reginald
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...rather than a fanvaulted ceiling, as is clear from the design of the piers in the choir . He may have designed Burwell Church, Cambs. (1454–64), and Queen's College, Cambridge (from 1446). Bibliography J. Harvey (1987)
Barnard's Inn
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Barnard's Inn one of the Inns of Chancery , belonging to Gray of Chancery and existing from c. 1454; it was originally named for and owned by the Mackworth family, and the name Barnard was derived from a later tenant called Lionel Barnard.

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CB to quote ruble at 32.6430 rubles/$1 and 42.1454 rubles/EUR1 on January 22.
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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...
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The fabric of society: textile and metatextual imitation in the Burgundian Cliges (1454).
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[1454] Exemptions from Legislative Instruments Act: regs made.
News Wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence; 8/29/2005; 379 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