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Gulf of Carpentaria
Gulf of Carpentaria , arm of the Arafura Sea, 305 mi (491 km) wide and 370 mi (595 km) long, indenting the northern coast of Australia. On its eastern shore, near Weipa, lies a vast bauxite deposit. Willem Jansz explored the gulf in 1606. ... Read more
Fawkes, Guy
Fawkes, Guy (1570–1606), English conspirator, who was hanged for his part in the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605. The occasion is commemorated annually on Bonfire Night with fireworks, bonfires, and the burning of a guy, named after Guy Fawkes.... Read more
Joachim Von Sandrart
Joachim Von Sandrart , 1606-88, German painter. An academic painter fond of chiaroscuro effects, Sandrart is best remembered for his comprehensive history of art (1675). This history records invaluable information on Sandrart's German contemporaries. ... Read more
John Day
John Day 1574?-1640?, English dramatist. Educated at Cambridge, he was one of Philip Henslowe's group of playwrights, collaborating with Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, and others. The allegorical masque The Parliament of Bees, which was written c.1607 (pub. 1641) is his only important work. His ot... 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
Jan Davidszoon de Heem
Jan Davidszoon de Heem , 1606-84, Dutch painter of fruit and flower pieces. He studied with his father, David de Heem, and became one of Holland's foremost still-life painters. His paintings are found in many leading European museums; the Metropolitan Museum possesses three examples. His son and pup... Read more
Laurent de La Hire
Laurent de La Hire , 1606-56, French painter. He produced many portraits and historical paintings, a few romantic landscapes, important decorative works for Richelieu, Pierre Séguier, and others, and tapestry designs for the Gobelins. His paintings reflect the influence of Vouet, Poussin, and... Read more
Karel van Mander
Karel van Mander , 1548-1606, Flemish painter and humanist. He wrote plays on biblical themes and translated from the classics. He is known primarily for his biography of painters, Het Schilder-Boeck (1604; tr. Dutch and Flemish Painters, 1936), which, despite its inaccuracies, is generally an a... Read more
Mito
Mito , city (1990 pop. 234,968), capital of Ibaraki prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Naka River. It is chiefly a communications center. It produces electrical machinery, iron and steel products, chemicals, furniture, and handicrafts. From 1606 Mito was the seat of a branch of the Tokugawa f... Read more
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells town (1991 pop. 57,699), Kent, SE England. Mineral springs were discovered in 1606, and the town developed as a fashionable inland resort. Visitors have included many of the royal dignitaries and noted literary figures of England. The town has various light industries. Nearby ... Read more

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Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606 – 1669) REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606 – 1669), Dutch artist. Known for his portraits...subjects, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn was born on 15 July 1606 in the university town of Leiden. The ninth child of...
Corneille, Pierre (1606–1684)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606 – 1684) CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606 – 1684), French dramatist and theoretician. Often considered the first major modern French playwright, Corneille was born and raised in Rouen, in Normandy, where...
False Dmitrii, First (1582?–1606?; Ruled 1605–1606)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World FALSE DMITRII, FIRST (1582? – 1606?; ruled 1605 – 1606) FALSE DMITRII, FIRST (1582? – 1606?; ruled 1605 – 1606), the most successful of the several pretenders...
Lipsius, Justus (Joest Lips; 1547–1606)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...LIPSIUS, JUSTUS (Joest Lips; 1547 – 1606) LIPSIUS, JUSTUS (Joest Lips; 1547 – 1606), Dutch humanist and philosopher. Justus...and Girolamo Mercuriale (1530 – 1606). Lipsius's meeting with the French poet...
Bolotnikov, Ivan Isayevich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...the so-called Bolotnikov rebellion (1606 – 1607) against Tsar Vasily...Shuisky. Sometime during the summer of 1606, Bolotnikov arrived in Putivl (headquarters...During the siege of Moscow (late fall 1606), however, rivalry between Bolotnikov...
Dmitry, False
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History DMITRY, FALSE (d. 1606), Tsar of Russia (1605 – 1606), also known as Pretender Dmitry. Dmitry of Uglich...but Tsar Dmitry remained secure on his throne. In May 1606, he married the Polish princess Marina Mniszech. During...
Austro-Ottoman Wars
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...OTTOMAN-HABSBURG WAR (1593 – 1606) By 1568, the Ottomans controlled Transylvania...Fifteen Years' War (1591 – 1606), into which the Ottoman forces were...Habsburgs signed two peace agreements in 1606. The first was the Peace of Vienna, in...
Sarpi, Paolo (Pietro) (1552–1623)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...papacy during the Venetian Interdict of 1606 and as the author of a controversial history of the Council of Trent. Before 1606 he was an obscure ecclesiastic, a member of the Servite order; after 1606 he was known throughout Europe. Before...
Time of Troubles (Russia)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...phase of the Troubles (1598 – 1606) was primarily a dynastic crisis after...Dmitrii ruled less than a year. In May 1606 the boyar Vasilii Shuiskii, the Golitsyns...assassinated. The second phase of the Troubles (1606 – 1610) was marked by a series...
Shuisky, Vasily Ivanovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...1552 – 1612), tsar of Russia (1606 – 1610). Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky...Polish Princess Marina Mniszech in May 1606, Shuisky created a diversion while his...over half the country. In the fall of 1606, rebel forces under Ivan Bolotnikov besieged...

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Plymouth, Virginia Company of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...COMPANY OF PLYMOUTH, VIRGINIA COMPANY OF (1606 – 1620), one of two companies...incorporated in the first Virginia charter in 1606. In 1605 a group of men representing the...under separate companies. The charter of 1606 therefore created two companies, the Virginia...
Fabrici, Girolamo (or Fabricius Ab Aquapendente, Geronimo Fabrizio)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...course in surgery that he conducted in 1606). Fabrici further took active part in...admission to the permanent theater; in 1606 he again acted on behalf of an arrested...Ferdinand I and Christina di Lorena, while in 1606 he visited Galileo, who subsequently became...
Dowland, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Venice, Florence, and Nuremberg, 1595. Lutenist to King of Denmark 1598–1606. Returned to London 1606; lutenist to Lord Howard de Walden 1606–12; musician to James I 1612. Though noted in his day as a virtuoso lutenist...
Vries, Hans Vredeman de
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Vries, Hans Vredeman de (1527–1606). Dutch architect, painter, decorator, and prolific writer...Formae (1601), and many other books, (e.g. Architectura (1606—a joint effort with his son, Paul (1567—...
Riolan, Jean, Jr.
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...anatomy, medicine . Jean Riolan, Sr. (1539 – 1606), came from Amiens and was a leading member of the Paris Medical...vigorously in these activities of the faculty. From 1603 to 1606 he took part in a pamphlet war that his father had begun against...
Fawkes, Guy
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Fawkes, Guy (Guido) (1570–1606). Fawkes was born in York in a family of protestant ecclesiastical lawyers, but became...fellow‐plotters were captured, and was executed at Westminster on 31 January 1606.
Abreu, Aleixo De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...slaves and horses in the conquest of that territory. From 1604 to 1606 Abreu was in Brazil with the governor, Diogo Botelho, and served...tropical sojourn he contracted amoebiasis and yellow fever. In 1606 Abreu returned, ill, to Lisbon, and in 1612 was appointed...
Virginia Company of London
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...OF LONDON was a commercial enterprise established on 10 April 1606 that governed the colony of Virginia from 1609 to 1624. The...each other in the overlapping area of 38 to 41 degrees. From 1606 to 1609, the private investors had little influence on affairs...
Bartholin, Caspar
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...arts in 1608 with the thesis Exercitatio physica de natura . In 1606 Bartholin traveled through Germany to Holland, France, and...After a short visit home he returned to Wittenberg, where in 1606 he published Exercitatio de stellis , which was reissued seven...
Hartmann, Johannes
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...studied medicine and received a doctorate in this subject in 1606. In addition, in 1594 he became adviser to Landgrave Moritz...k η chymico therapeutica doloris colici (Marburg, 1606); Philosophus sive naturae consultus medicus, oratio (Marburg...

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Cricket Offers the Height of Simplicity and Style with Nokia 1606; Cricket's Unlimited Services Coupled with an Ultra-Sleek Form Factor and Features Make the 1606 a Classic, Must-Have Device.
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Cricket Rolls Out Nokia 1606
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Cricket Offers the Height of Simplicity and Style with Nokia 1606.
Business Wire; 10/21/2008; 700+ words ; ...Sleek Form Factor and Features Make the 1606 a Classic, Must-Have Device~ SAN DIEGO...today announced that it is adding the Nokia 1606 flip phone to its portfolio of AWS-capable...Highly usable and durable, the Nokia 1606 is a great handset for consumers looking...
Reform Groups Urge House Members to Oppose H.R. 1606 and Support Bass- Allen Amendment to Codify New FEC Internet Regulation
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 3/28/2006; 700+ words ; ...urged Representatives to oppose H.R. 1606, sponsored by Representative Jeb Hensarling...urged House members, in the event H.R. 1606 is brought to the House floor this week, to vote for a new amendment to H.R. 1606, proposed by Reps. Charles Bass (R...
Reform Groups Urge House Members to Vote Against H.R. 1606 Next Week,Would Open Huge Soft Money Loopholes in the Campaign Finance Laws
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 3/1/2006; 700+ words ; ...urged House members to vote against H.R.1606, which would open huge soft money loopholes...Hensarling bill would allow." H.R. 1606 is sponsored by Representative Jeb Hensarling...groups urged Members to oppose H.R.1606, "which would open gaping soft money...
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/24/2006; 445 words ; ...will return to consideration of H.R. 1606, the Online Freedom of Speech Act. Opponents of H.R. 1606 are promoting an alternative proposal crafted...Internet free and open should support H.R. 1606 as written, and oppose any amendment that...
HLA-C Cw*1606 is a new HLA-Cw*16 allele found in a Spanish caucasoid.
Newspaper article from: Immunotherapy Weekly; 12/10/2003; 597 words ; ...amp; NewsRx.net) -- HLA-C Cw*1606 is a new HLA-Cw*16 allele found in...donor. The novel allele, designated Cw*1606, differs from Cw*1601 by 2 nucleotide...comparisons suggest that the new HLA-Cw*1606 variant could have arisen from an intralocus...
REP. MEEHAN ISSUES STATEMENT ON THE EFFECTIVE DEFEAT OF H.R. 1606
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/29/2006; 530 words ; ...the Internet which were included in H.R. 1606, and resulted in the bill being removed from...regulation and the resulting removal of H.R. 1606: "The FEC's new regulations rendered H.R. 1606 completely unnecessary. Defeating this bill...
John Marston's Entertainment at Ashby and the 1606 Fleet Conduit Eclogue.(essay)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ON 31 July 1606, a short "eclogue" was performed at the...brother-in-law to Britain in summer 1606 was celebrated in a series of organized...kings visited London together on 31 July 1606, and were provided with entertainments...
Lancelot Andrewes, Plagiarism, and Pedagogy at Hampton Court in 1606.
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...some wayward Scottish Presbyterians. In 1606, King James I arranged to have four of...sermons during the last week of September, 1606. Lancelot Andrewes spoke on the 28th...Sunday. In a letter written on 5 October 1606, the court gossip John Chamberlain described...