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John Dowland
John Dowland , 1563-1626, English composer, unsurpassed in his day as a lutenist. His books of Songs or Ayres (1597-1603) established him as the foremost song composer of his time. Bibliography: See studies by D. Poulton (1972) and I. Spink (1974). ... Read more
Frederick III
Frederick III (Frederick the Pious), 1515-76, elector palatine (1559-76). The first German prince to accept Calvinism, he ordered the Heidelberg Catechism (1563) drawn up (see under Heidelberg ). He aided the Calvinists in the Netherlands and in France. ... Read more
Cartago
Cartago , city (1995 est. pop. 31,413), central Costa Rica, capital of Cartago prov. The raising of livestock and the production of coffee are its main industries. Cartago was founded in 1563. It was the political center of Costa Rica until shortly after independence was won from Spain in 1821 and r... Read more
Thomas Churchyard
Thomas Churchyard 1520?-1604, English author. In his youth he was page to Henry Howard, earl of Surrey. He spent most of his life as a professional soldier, serving in Scotland, Flanders, and France. His best-known work, the poem Shore's Wife, was contributed to the 1563 edition of the Mirror fo... Read more
Barnabe Googe
Barnabe Googe , 1540-94, English poet and translator. In 1574 he was sent to Ireland as the representative of Sir William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth I's secretary of state. From 1582 to 1585 he was provost marshal of the presidency court at Connacht. Googe's Ecologues, Epitaphs, and Sonnets (1563) con... Read more
Saint Peter Port
Saint Peter Port town (1991 pop. 16,100), capital of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Its shallow harbor is protected by piers; vegetables, fruits, and flowers are exported. Hauteville House, the residence of Victor Hugo from 1856 to 1870, contains memorials of the author. The 13th-century Castle Corne... Read more
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Giuseppe Arcimboldo , 1527-93, Italian painter. The son of an artist, he began as a traditional portrait painter. Later, as court painter to Hapsburg kings Maximilian II and Rudolf II, Arcimboldo became celebrated for his grotesque, realistically rendered, symbolic portraits constructed from fruits,... Read more
John Bale
John Bale 1495-1563, English dramatist and clergyman. An ardent proponent of the Reformation, he used the stage as a vehicle for his views. His most famous play, King John (written c.1535), shows the transition from the medieval morality play to the Renaissance historical drama by allegorical tre... Read more
John Day
John Day 1522-84, English printer. At his London shop Day designed and made type for himself, but not for sale. His types included musical notes and the first Anglo-Saxon type. He printed the first English book of church music (1560) and the first English edition of John Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1... Read more
Pieter de Kempener
Pieter de Kempener , c.1503-1580, Flemish painter, b. Brussels. He studied and painted for 10 years in Italy and about 1537 settled in Seville, Spain, where he was known as Pedro Campaña. For churches in Seville he painted religious pictures remarkable for the strong chiaroscuro and naturalis... Read more

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Bruegel Family
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...and Children's Games (1560). In 1563 Bruegel married Mayken Cocks, the daughter...immigrated. Starting in 1562 – 1563, Bruegel extended his repertoire to include...of Saul (1562), the Tower of Babel (1563), Landscape with Flight into Egypt...
Coligny Family
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...benefices; he was destituted by the pope in 1563, and a year later he married Isabeau de...First War of Religion (1562 – 1563), he emerged as the most effective Protestant...leader of the Ultra-Catholic party, in 1563 sparked a vendetta with the Coligny that...
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Aelst, whose daughter Bruegel married in 1563. Between 1552 and 1553 Bruegel went to...figurative anthologies" is the Tower of Babel (1563). Intended to symbolize the futility...Bruegel took up residence in Brussels in 1563, where he was to remain until his death...
L'Hôpital, Michel De
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...1562 and the Peace of Amboise of March 1563, which followed the First War of Religion...Protestant communities. By the end of 1563 L'H ô pital and his moderate...opposed to his former policies. Between 1563 and 1567 L'H ô pital was concerned...
O'Neill, Shane
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...three costly offensives (1560, 1561, and 1563), which Shane either side‐...submitted to Elizabeth in London and in 1563, at the peace of Drumcree, the state...Glenshesk. Sidney 's arrival put paid to the 1563 agreement. With Shane making appeals to...
Sigismund II Augustus (Poland, Lithuania) (1520–1572; ruled 1530–1572)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Livonia under his rule and protection. In 1563 a war for Livonia broke out with Russia...of succession to the Duchy of Prussia (1563). Sigismund Augustus was a patron of...childless marriage, ending in separation in 1563. Sigismund's death meant the extinction...
witchcraft
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...against witches. An English Act of 1542 had been repealed, but 1563 saw the passing of legislation against witchcraft in both England...relevant trial records makes the English situation immediately after 1563 unclear. In the south-east (notably in Essex), trials and...
Fyodorov, Ivan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...These included the first dated Russian imprint, the Apostol of 1563 – 1564, and two editions of the Chasovnik ( Horologion...from the immediately preceding period (c. 1553 – 1563) are also generally ascribed to Ivan. His Moscow activity was...
Bourgeois, Louyse
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Louyse Bourgeois Louyse (or Louise) Bourgeois (c. 1563 – 1636) was a medical pioneer who paved the way for...public records of her are sketchy. She was born in France around 1563. Not much is known about her childhood, but since she was taught...
Elizabeth I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...reign dealt with new social and economic developments—the Statute of Apprentices (1563) to stabilize labor conditions; the poor laws (1563-1601) to attempt some remedy of widespread poverty; and various acts to encourage agriculture...

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Adam of Bodenstein
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...derselben vollkommener Cur (Frankfurt, 1563); Spittal B ü ch (M ü...ersten dreyen principijs ... (Basel, 1563); Weyssagung Sibylle Tyburtine von...tartaro utilissimi Opera ... (Basel, 1563); De gradibus, de compositionibus et...
Shute, John
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Shute, John (d. 1563). Author of the first treatise on architecture...First and Chief Groundes of Architecture (1563), based on his travels in Italy in the...Lewis & Darley (1986); Shute (1563); Summerson (ed.) (1993); Jane...
Bauhin, Jean
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...to foreign universities between 1560 and 1563. His most prolonged stay was in Montpellier...established a medical practice at Lyons in 1563 and married Denyse Bornand (Bernhard...explored Provence and Languedoc. Most of 1563 was spent studying the flora of north Italy...
Dudith (Duditius), Andreas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Pole. After attending the Council of Trent in 1562 – 1563, Dudith received the bishopric of P é cs and performed...Poland for the emperors Sigismund II and Maximilian II between 1563 and 1576. Dudith ’ s first marriage in 1567 to Regina...
Ercker (Also Erckner or Erckel), Lazarus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...work was Probierbuchlein (1556), dedicated to Augustus. In 1563 he wrote M ü nzbuch and in 1569 a book on the testing...xFC; nzbuch, wie es mit den M ü nzen gehalten sind (1563); Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt und Berck...
Eustachi, Bartolomeo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...and displayed his notable ability as an anatomist. In 1562 and 1563 Eustachi produced a remarkable series of treatises on the kidney...although the De dentibus has a separate title page bearing the date 1563. The treatise on the kidney was the first work specifically...
Socinus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...Lyons a work on St John's Gospel denying the essential divinity of Christ; by 1563 he also rejected the natural immortality of man. He returned to Italy in 1563 and was in the service of the daughter of the Grand Duke of Tuscany until 1574...
Pérez De Vargas, Bernardo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...himself as a resident of Coin, a town of that province. In 1563 he published the Repertorio perpetuo o f ´ brica del...Repertorio perpetuo o f á brica del universo (Toledo, 1563); De re metalica (Madrid, 1568); and “ De los...
Lassus, Orlande (Roland) de
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...1556. Entered service of Duke of Bavaria at court in Munich, 1556, becoming Kapellmeister 1563, the year he began his 7 Penitential Psalms (1563–70). Wrote nearly 2,000 works, mainly motets, madrigals, masses, canzonas...
Medina, Pedro De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Seville); and Regimiento de navegaci ó n (Seville, 1563). II. Secondary Literature. On Medina and his work, see...Madrid, 1927); Regimiento de navegaci ó n de Medina 1563 (Cadiz, 1867); Martin Fernandez de Navarrete, Biblioteca...

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Immigration Advocacy Group Announces Support for INS Reform; Endorses S. 1563 Abraham-Kennedy-Hagel Bill
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 9/23/1999; 544 words ; ...Association (AILA) strongly supports S. 1563, the Immigration and Naturalization Service...of the INS, and adequate funding. S. 1563 meets all of these criteria. We are pleased...with the bill," Butterfield said. S. 1563, the INS Reform and Border Security Act...
Musica spirituale, libro primo (Venice, 1563).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Musica spirituale, libro primo (Venice, 1563). Edited by Katherine Powers. (Recent...canzon et madrigali, a cinque voci in 1563, four years after Del Bene's death...entirely the sole extant complete copy of the 1563 imprint held by the Archivo Musical, Catedral...
La France et le Concile de Trente (1518-1563)
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...France et le Concile de Trente (1518-1563). By Main Tallon. [Bibliotheque des...Leo X in 1516 to Trent's conclusion in 1563. This is the largest part of the book...French participants at the Council, the 1563 list of French demands at the Council...
ORDNANCE SURVEY: Ordnance Survey awarded \156573,000 in \1563.3 million package.
M2 Presswire; 1/13/1999; 700+ words ; ...Ordnance Survey awarded \156573,000 in \1563.3 million package (C)1994-99 M2...and gazetteers. The cash is part of a \1563.3 million grant from the Treasury's...information services across Britain with almost \1563.3 million of new funding. "Of this...
The Scottish political community and the Parliament of 1563*.
Magazine article from: Albion; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...list of those attending the Parliament of 1563 as the starting-point for an investigation...were chosen by their burgh councils. In 1563 there existed--in theory--thirteen...influential. The Parliament of May-June 1563 was the most important of the parliaments...
Security Council extends authorization for Afghanistan Security Force for 12 months, unanimously adopting resolution 1563 (2004).
M2 Presswire; 9/20/2004; 700+ words ; ...months, unanimously adopting resolution 1563 (2004)(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Council voted unanimously to adopt resolution 1563 (2004), by which it authorized the Member...Resolution The full text of resolution 1563 (2004) reads as follows: "The Security...
The combative text: Ronsard's poetics of dissent (1562-1563).(Pierre de Ronsard's political poetry)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: The Romanic Review; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...read the political poems written by Ronsard between 1560 and 1563 as increasingly personal in nature. In the years immediately...assaillir, par armes luy respondre (9-22) In 1562 and 1563, Ronsard's poetry is increasingly engage, that is, more...
Die Konzilsfrage in den Flug- und Streitschriften des deutschen Sprachraumes, 1518-1563
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Flug- und Streitschriften des deutschen Sprachraumes, 1518-1563. By Thomas Brockmann. [Schriftenreihe der Historischen Kommission...Reformation (1518) until the end of the Council of Trent (1563). Not surprisingly, he comes up with 562 relevant pamphlets...
The Liturgical Reordering of the Ecclesia Anglicana: Faithful Understanding in the Elizabethan Homilies of 1563
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...source for restoring the realm: the Elizabethan Homilies of 1563.13 Yet, as one of the so-called "pillars" of the Church...faith. THE BOOK OF HOMILIES The Book of Homilies, issued in 1563 as a guide for preaching, was both a political and a religious...
1563 AUXILIARY SETS LUNCHEON FOR SUNDAY
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 8/4/1990; 700+ words ; ...m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Merrillville Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1563 at 6880 Hendricks St., Merrillville, will sponsor a card-bunco- luncheon party at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $4 and...