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Anthony Babington
Anthony Babington , 1561-86, English conspirator. A member of the Roman Catholic gentry, he served as a youth in the household of the earl of Shrewsbury at Sheffield Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned. In 1586 he became involved in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I, to free Mary, an... Read more
Henry Garnett
Henry Garnett , 1555?-1606, English Jesuit. He was converted to Roman Catholicism and in 1575 became a Jesuit. After some years on the Continent he returned as a missionary to England (1586) and became superior of the English Jesuits. He is principally remembered as one of the priests accused of tak... Read more
Luis de Morales
Luis de Morales , c.1520-1586, Spanish mannerist painter. He lived and worked in Badajoz. Morales executed vivid portrayals of saints suffering and refined devotional images of the Virgin and Child. Influences of Leonardo da Vinci and of Netherlandish art may be seen in his delicate and precisely ex... Read more
Nicholas Stone
Nicholas Stone 1586-1647, English sculptor and mason, b. Devonshire. He rose to a position of highest importance as a decorative sculptor, working after designs by Inigo Jones. His independent productions include the gate at St. Mary's, Oxford, and numerous tombs, such as that of the Viscount Dorch... Read more
Vesoul
Vesoul , town (1990 est. pop. 19,404), capital of Haute-Saône dept., E France, in Franche-Comté. Agricultural and mechanical equipment and metal products are the chief manufactures. It is a major produce and cattle market. Formerly an earldom, Vesoul was decimated by the plague in 1586.... Read more
William Warner
William Warner 1558?-1609, English poet. A lawyer educated at Oxford, he wrote Pan his Syrinx (1584), translated Plautus's Menaechmi (1595), and gained a reputation with Albion's England, a long history in verse first published in 1586 and completed in a 16-book version published in 1612. ... Read more
Sir Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham , 1532?-1590, English statesman. A zealous Protestant, he went abroad during the reign of Queen Mary I but returned on the accession (1558) of Elizabeth I. He entered Parliament (1559) and soon was employed by William Cecil, Baron Burghley , in obtaining intelligence from abr... Read more
William Camden
William Camden , 1551-1623, English scholar, chief historian and antiquary of Elizabethan times. His two chief works are Britannia (1586) and Annales rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha [annals of affairs in England and Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth]. He was a conscientious ... Read more
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert , 1522-90, Dutch humanist. His translation (1561) of the first 12 books of the Odyssey is considered the first major poetic work of the Dutch Renaissance. Coornhert also translated Cicero, Boccaccio, Seneca, and Boethius. His comedies, morality plays, and a philosophi... Read more
Kursk
Kursk , city (1989 pop. 424,000), capital of Kursk region, W European Russia, at the confluence of the Tuskor and Seim rivers. An important rail junction, it has machine, chemical, and synthetic fiber plants. A large iron deposit, the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly, is south of the city. First noted in 1095... Read more

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Andrae, Johann Valentin (1586-1654)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Andrae, Johann Valentin (1586-1654) Johann Valentin Andrae, the German Lutheran pastor who developed...Martin Luther's original supporters. Andrae was born August 7, 1586, in Herrenburg, W ü rttemberg. He attended T ü bingen...
Stephen Báthory (1533–1586; ruled 1576–1586)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World STEPHEN B Á THORY (1533 – 1586; ruled 1576 – 1586) STEPHEN B Á THORY (1533 – 1586; ruled 1576 – 1586), king of Poland and prince of Transylvania (from...
Sidney, Philip (1554–1586)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World SIDNEY, PHILIP (1554 – 1586) SIDNEY, PHILIP (1554 – 1586), English poet, courtier, and statesman. Born at Penshurst (Kent) to Sir Henry Sidney, viceroy of Ireland, and Lady Mary Dudley, sister of Queen Elizabeth...
Sir Walter Raleigh
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...he sat for Devonshire in the Parliaments of 1584 and 1586. In 1586 Raleigh succeeded Sir Christopher Hatton (newly made...colonists to return to England aboard Francis Drake's 1586 squadron, bringing with them potatoes and tobacco, both...
François de Malherbe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Malherbe remained his secretary until Henri was assassinated in 1586. Of the poet's compositions during this period little of note...He completely disavowed the Larmes in later life. Between 1586 and 1605 Malherbe lived first in Caen and then (1595) returned...
Babington plot
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Babington plot, 1586. Anthony Babington (1561–86), a Derbyshire gentleman and...who read the notes in transit. Babington was executed in September 1586. The plot sealed the fate of Mary by convincing Elizabeth that she was...
Job, Patriarch
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...x2013; 1580). Job was consecrated Bishop of Kolomensk in April 1581, Archbishop of Rostov in 1586, and Metropolitan of Moscow in December 1586. On January 26, 1589, he was raised to the position of Patriarch of All Russia by Patriarch Jeremiah...
Dutch Revolt (1568–1648)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Brussels, which was led by the unpopular Antoine Perrenot (1517 – 1586), the future Cardinal Granvelle. The nobles' main argument was a constitutional...s regent (and half-sister), Margaret of Parma (1522 – 1586), to
Oldenbarneveldt, Johan Van (1547–1619)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...became pensionary, or legal advisor, of Rotterdam, and in March 1586 the States of Holland appointed him as their "advocate," a...intelligent, and, above all, opportunistic. When he took office in 1586, the Dutch rebels found themselves in a lamentable situation...
Sixtus V (Pope) (b. 1520, reigned 1585–1590)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...he assisted Stephen B á thory (ruled 1575 – 1586) against Russia, and Sigismund III Vasa (ruled 1587 –...that erected in Saint Peter's Square by Domenico Fontana (1586). He continued work on Saint Peter's Basilica, refurbished...

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Piccolomini, Arcangelo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Italy, 1525; d Rome, Italy, 19 October 1586) medicine anatomy, pnysiology Little...general protomedicus for the Papal States In 1586 Piccolomini published his course of anatomical...Anatamicae praeiattones was not reprinted after 1586, but it left a number of discernible marks...
Aleotti, Giovanni Battista
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...designed several churches in Ferrara, including Santa Barbara (1586–8), and Santa Maria del Quartiere (1604–...and the Palazzo del Paradiso (which housed the University from 1586 to 1962). His most imposing work of military architecture was...
Babington plot
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Babington plot, 1586. Anthony Babington (1561–86), a Derbyshire gentleman and...Gilbert Gifford, as an agent. Babington was executed in September 1586 and the plot sealed the fate of Mary by convincing Elizabeth that she...
Clitherow, St Margaret
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Clitherow, St Margaret ( c. 1556–1586), the ‘martyr of York’. She became a RC when 18. In 1586 she was arrested and charged with harbouring priests. To save her children from having to witness against her...
De Groot, Jan Cornets
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Aristotelian experiment, published by Stevin in his Waterwicht (1586, p. 66), anticipated Galileo ’ s famous, but apocryphal...to him his approximation of to π 20 decimal places (1586). Van Roomen, in his Ideae mathematicae (1593), praises...
Zutphen, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Zutphen, battle of, 1586. During the Netherlands War of Independence, Elizabeth I sent troops under the earl of Leicester to aid the rebels. In 1586 they laid siege to Zutphen, defended by a Spanish garrison under Prince...
Raleigh Colonies
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...command of 107 men, including Manteo. Sir Francis Drake's 1586 expedition was primarily intended to capture Spanish treasure...they all left the settlement. Grenville arrived in August 1586 to find nobody at the colony. He left fifteen men with plenty...
Bar
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms Bar a bank of sand or gravel, esp. at the mouth of a river; barristers or lawyers collectively. Examples: bar [barristers collectively ], 1559; bar of gravel, 1586; of sand, 1586.
Lonicerus (Lonitzer), Adam
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Germany, 10 October 1528; d. Frankfurt, Germany, 29 May 1586) botany . Lonicerus was the son of Johann Lonitzer, a philologist...sslin, Theod. Dorsten u, Adam Lonicer (1526 – 1586), ” in Zentralbtatt fur Biblioihekswesen, 19 (1902...
Morales, Luis de
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Morales, Luis de ( b ?Badajoz, ? c. 1520; d Badajoz, c. 1586). Spanish painter. He worked for most of his life in Badajoz, a town...Vinci . He is last documented in 1584 and Palomino says he died in about 1586, aged 67.

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Elemens on Institutions de la langue francoise (1586).(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...on Institutions de la langue francoise (1586). By JEAN BOSQUET. Ed. by COLETTE DEMAIZIERE...half of the sixteenth century and died in 1586. The text we now have before us is that...the reference on the title-page of the 1586 edition to the text thereof as 'le tout...
Writing after Sidney: The Literary Response to Sir Philip Sidney, 1586-1640.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Literary Response to Sir Philip Sidney, 1586-1640. Oxford: Oxford University Press...career of Sir Philip Sidney was his death in 1586," Gavin Alexander asserts. Had he lived...Five Responses to Sir Philip Sidney: 1586-1628," Alexander examines the impact...
Security Council extends Ethiopia/Eritrea mission until September, unanimously adopting resolution 1586.
M2 Presswire; 3/15/2005; 700+ words ; ...September, unanimously adopting resolution 1586(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...other. Unanimously adopting resolution 1586 (2005), the Council also called on both...Resolution The full text of resolution 1586 (2005) reads, as follows: "The Security...
Marc-Claude de Buttet (1529/31-1586): L'honneur de la Savoie.(Poetique et pratique dans les Poemes de Jean-Antoine de Baif)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; Sarah Alyn Stacey. Marc-Claude de Buttet (1529/31-1586): L'honneur de la Savoie. Etudes et Essais sur la Renaissance...conclusions. The first book, Marc-Claude de Buttet (1529/31-1586): L'honneur de la Savoie, takes Buttet's life where it...
Introduction a la lecture de Seneque (1586).(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; Henri Estienne. Introduction a la lecture de Seneque (1586). Textes de la Renaissance 109. Ed. Denise Carabin. Paris...written and published by the French humanist Henri Estienne in 1586. It represents a logical companion volume to Denise Carabin...
Polish special duties Flight no. 1586 and the Warsaw Uprising.
Magazine article from: Air Power History; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...and a cavalier dismissal of the Polish Special Duties Flight 1586 and crews of the Royal South African Air Force. (5) It should...more or less continuously since a Polish Special Duties Flight 1586 had moved to Italy from their RAF Tempsford base in the United...
REP. STARK ISSUES STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF H.R. 1586, TAXING BONUSES TO BAILED OUT COMPS.
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/27/2009; 522 words ; ...D-CA), today praised the bipartisan passage of H.R. 1586, a bill that would impose a 90 percent tax on bonuses received...statement. "Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1586, a simple measure to address an appalling practice. "My constituents...
Dutch gold coin looks a lot like one issued in 1586
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/21/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...innovations. The first Dutch gold ducat was struck at Utrecht in 1586. It had been authorized by the states-general of the Republic...recreated to conform to his appearance on the original issue in 1586. The legend, CONCORDIA RES PARVAE CRESCUNT, meaning, "Unity...
Irlanda y el Rey Prudente / An Irish Prisoner of Conscience in the Tudor Era: Archibishop Richard Creagh of Armagh, 1523-1586
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the Tudor Era: Archbishop Richard Creagh of Arnagh, 1523-1586. By Colm Lennon. (Dublin: Four Courts Press. Distributed...made no undue effort to save Creagh (poisoned by his gaolers in 1586) or Mary (beheaded in 1587). Mary's death, however, cleared...
PG: Rs 1586.35m released for 2691 approved schemes under TPP.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 8/29/2007; 492 words ; LAHORE, August 28 (PPI) : Provincial Steering Committee has approved the release of development funds to the tune of Rs. 1586.35 million for 2691 approved development schemes under Taameer-e-Punjab Programme (TPP). The committee met here Tuesday...