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Claudio Coello
Claudio Coello , c.1642-1693, Spanish baroque painter. As court painter to Charles II he decorated many churches and public buildings of Madrid. His most famous work is the monumental altarpiece for the sacristy of the Escorial, filled with portraits and allegorical figures. ... Read more
William Rowley
William Rowley , 1585?-1642?, English playwright and actor. He collaborated with many noted dramatists, including Dekker, Ford, and Webster; his best work, notably The Changeling (1622), was written with Thomas Middleton . Of Rowley's own plays, All's Lost by Lust (1622) is considered to be his... Read more
Weston
Weston town (1990 pop. 10,200), Middlesex co., E Mass., W of Boston; settled c.1642, set off from Watertown and inc. 1713. The town is mainly residential. Regis College, the Weston Observatory of Boston College, and many 18th-century buildings are there. ... Read more
Paul de Chomedey Maisonneuve, sieur de
Paul de Chomedey Maisonneuve, sieur de , 1612-76, founder and first governor of Montreal, b. France. A soldier, he fought in European wars before being sent by the Société de Notre Dame de Montréal to take possession of their grant in the new world. He landed (1642) on Montreal ... Read more
John Hales
John Hales 1584-1656, English clergyman and scholar, often alluded to as the Ever-Memorable. He won distinction by his lectures on Greek at Oxford, his preaching, and his writings. From 1613 to 1649 he held a fellowship at Eton College. As chaplain to Sir Dudley Carleton, he was an observer at the ... Read more
Lucius Cary Falkland, 2d Viscount
Lucius Cary Falkland, 2d Viscount , 1610?-1643, English statesman and literary figure. He entered Parliament in 1640, where he opposed the exaction of ship money and spoke in favor of the attainder of the earl of Strafford . However, he objected to the abolition of the episcopacy and in 1642 became... Read more
Breitenfeld
Breitenfeld , village, Saxony, S central E Germany. It gave its name to two battles of the Thirty Years War . Gustavus Adolphus ( Gustavus II ) of Sweden there defeated the imperial forces under Count Johannes Tilly and Marshal Gottfried Pappenheim in 1631, and the Swedes under General Lennart ... Read more
Anton van Diemen
Anton van Diemen , 1593-1645, Dutch colonial official. As governor-general for the Dutch East India Company in the East Indies after 1636, he captured Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Malacca from the Portuguese. He sent Abel Tasman on exploring voyages. Tasman called an island that he found (1642) Van Diem... Read more
Edgehill
Edgehill or Edge Hill, ridge on the border of Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, central England, NW of Banbury. A tower built in 1760 marks the scene of the first great battle of the English civil war, Oct. 23, 1642, between the royalists, under Charles I and Prince Rupert, and the parliamentarians... Read more
Methuen
Methuen , town (1990 pop. 39,990), Essex co., NE Mass., a suburb of Boston; settled c.1642, set off from Haverhill 1725. Methuen is industrial, and among its products are food items, computer and microwave components, medical suplies, and textiles. The Tenney Estate was converted into St. Basil's Se... Read more

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Newton, Isaac (1642–1727)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World NEWTON, ISAAC (1642 – 1727) NEWTON, ISAAC (1642 – 1727), natural philosopher, lay theologian, and administrator. Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day 1642 in the tiny Lincolnshire hamlet of Woolsthorpe. Named after...
Engelbrecht, Johann (1599-1642)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Engelbrecht, Johann (1599-1642) German religious visionary. Engelbrecht acquired his psychic gifts after an illness, when he announced that he would live forever...
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567–1642)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO (1567 – 1642) MONTEVERDI, CLAUDIO (1567 – 1642), Italian composer of madrigals, operas, and sacred music; one of the most pivotal figures in the history of music. Claudio Monteverdi's music was...
Richelieu, Armand-Jean Du Plessis, Cardinal (1585–1642)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World RICHELIEU, ARMAND-JEAN DU PLESSIS, CARDINAL (1585 – 1642) RICHELIEU, ARMAND-JEAN DU PLESSIS, CARDINAL (1585 – 1642), French ecclesiastical and political figure. Richelieu was the youngest son of...
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World GALILEO GALILEI (1564 – 1642) GALILEO GALILEI (1564 – 1642), Italian scientist. Born in Pisa, Galileo was the eldest of the six or seven children of Vincenzio Galilei, a merchant and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati...
Marie De Médicis (1573–1642)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...MARIE DE M É DICIS (1573 – 1642) MARIE DE M É DICIS (1573 – 1642), queen of France (1600 – 1610...exile lasted until her death in Cologne in 1642. Though her political power was certainly...
English Civil War and Interregnum
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...1625 – 1649) and Parliament in 1642. That conflict was made possible in the...Parliament? Charles's attempt on 5 January 1642 to arrest five of the parliamentary ringleaders...known as the Nineteen Propositions in June 1642. The demands included parliamentary control...
Hartlib, Samuel (Samuel Hartlieb; c. 1600–1662)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...translation of Comenius's Prodromus in 1642). In October 1641, Hartlib published...Comenius, Hartlib, and Dury on 13 March 1642, they committed themselves to a secret...his life. During the English Civil War (1642 – 1649), Hartlib stayed in...
Inigo Jones
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...held this position under Charles I until 1642, when the outbreak of the civil war disrupted...severe Tuscan columns. Between 1634 and 1642 Jones was occupied with extensive restoration...Charles I, but it was not realized. In 1642 the conflict between Parliament and King...
Florence
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...de M é dicis (1573 – 1642), wife of Henry IV of France, was a...son married Mary Stuart. Cosimo III (1642 – 1723) paired his daughter...era. Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642) served as a Medici court mathematician...

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Massachusetts School Law (April 14, 1642)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL LAW (April 14, 1642) English Puritans founded the colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1630...proper Christian beliefs and respect for the civil authorities. In 1642, the General Court of Massachusetts assumed the responsibility...
Borromini, Francesco
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...teachings of Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), who held that mathematics was the key...Church of Santa Maria dei Sette Dolori (1642–9), remained unfinished...The plan of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza (1642–62) is based on six circles...
English Civil War
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History English Civil War (1642–49) The armed struggle between...Parliamentarians ( ROUNDHEADS ), which erupted in 1642 and continued, with an interruption...allegiances. The king's primary objective in 1642 was the capture of London, a Parliamentary...
Religion and Science
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...the Italian mathematician Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642) and his interaction with the Roman Catholic Church, and the...anticipated the massively successful mechanics of Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727) and the impression Newton's work gave of...
Scientific Revolution
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...of the planets' elliptical paths. Galileo (1564 – 1642) mathematized a significant terrestrial, as opposed to celestial...space and particle interactions in space. Sir Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727) capped these developments by uniting terrestrial...
Consilience
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...Whewell was trying to capture the notion of what Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727) had labeled a "true cause," or vera causa...of celestial motion and Galileo Galilei's (1564 – 1642) laws of terrestrial motion were brought beneath one force...
Berti Gasparo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...when Kircher returned to Rome after a long absence) and before 1642, taking a phrase in Magiotti ’ s letter to imply that...of Berti ’ s apparatus may all belong to the period 1642 – 1643. BIBLIOGRAPHY All present knowle
Harvey, William
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1640, and 1641. Following the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642 Harvey seems to have been in constant attendance on the king and remained with him at Oxford, from the winter of 1642 until he surrendered himself to the Scots in May 1646. In November...
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis (1585–1642) French cardinal and statesman. From 1624 to 1642 he was chief minister of Louis XIII, dominating French government. He destroyed the power base of the Huguenots in the late 1620s and...
Laer, Pieter van
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Laer, Pieter van ( c. 1599– c. 1642). Dutch painter, active for much of his career ( c. 1625–...to his native Haarlem. He is said to have set off for Rome again in 1642, and to have disappeared soon afterwards.

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Magazine article from: Albion; 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Charles Fissel. English Warfare, 1511-1642. (Warfare and History.) New York...examines English land warfare from 1511 to 1642, blending narrative with thematic explanations...soldiers "in the practice of arms" by 1642? And, were English soldiers inferior...
The Constitutional Revolution: An Essay in the History of Enyland, 1450-1642.(Book review)
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Mackie 1642-VIZ PRO compact mixer.
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Playhouse Wills, 1558-1642: An Edition of Wills by Shakespeare and His Contemporaries in the London Theatre.
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Studies; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...University Press, 1993. Playhouse Wills 1558-1642 gathers up and presents one hundred wills...two appendixes ("Acting Companies to 1642" and "Printed Indexes to Wills...about the playhouse world from 1558 to 1642 will be disappointed: the editors have...
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Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...the English Revolution - taking sides in 1642, regicide in 1649, the restoration in...fundamental principles" (16-20). "Between 1642 and 1660 the common language broke down...the language of the Parliamentarians of 1642, not Charles I," and attempts to arouse...
Security Council, expressing full support, extends UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus until 15 June 2006; Resolution 1642(2005) adopted unanimously.
M2 Presswire; 12/15/2005; 700+ words ; ...Cyprus until 15 June 2006; Resolution 1642(2005) adopted unanimously(C)1994...2006. Unanimously adopting resolution 1642 (2005), the Council also called on the...Resolution The full text of resolution 1642 (2005) reads, as follows: "The Security...