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Lord William Russell
Lord William Russell 1639-83, English statesman; younger son of the 1st duke of Bedford. He entered Parliament in 1660. Contempt for the dissolute court and fear of Roman Catholicism and of France led him to join the opposition to Charles II. However, he was prepared to negotiate (1678) with his re... Read more
Anne Oldfield
Anne Oldfield 1683-1730, English actress. The successor of Mrs. Bracegirdle, she first won acclaim in 1704 for her brilliant portrayal of Lady Modish in Colley Cibber's Careless Husband. She had a triumphant career in both tragedy and comedy, being noted for her majestic and powerful style. Her p... Read more
Deccan
Deccan , region of India. Sometimes defined as all India S of the Narmada River, it is in a more limited sense the plateau of central peninsular India, including approximately all Karnataka and S Andhra Pradesh, SE Maharashtra, and NW Tamil Nadu. The rich volcanic soil is used for growing cotton. Th... Read more
Mbundu
Mbundu , black African ethnic group, W Angola. The Mbundu speak Bantu languages and number about 6 million. By the late 15th cent. they had formed the Ndongo kingdom, ruled by the ngola (from which the Portuguese derived the name Angola). Beginning in the early 16th cent. Ndongo was raided for slave... Read more
Sir James Melville
Sir James Melville 1535-1617, Scottish diplomat. He was a page to Mary Queen of Scots in France and, after her return to Scotland, was employed as Mary's representative at the court of Elizabeth I of England. He later performed important diplomatic missions for James VI. His memoirs, written after ... Read more
Pierre Nicole
Pierre Nicole , 1625-95, French Jansenist writer. He studied and taught at Port-Royal abbey, the center of Jansenism (see under Jansen, Cornelis ). One of his pupils there was Racine. He worked with Pascal on the Provinciales. His chief writings in his mission of popularizing Jansenism were two s... Read more
Rye House Plot
Rye House Plot 1683, conspiracy to assassinate Charles II of England and his brother James, duke of York (later James II), as they passed by Rumbold's Rye House in Hertfordshire on the road from Newmarket to London. However, the king did not make the journey on the expected day; the plot, an offsho... Read more
John Williams
John Williams 1664-1729, American clergyman, b. Roxbury, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1683. In 1686 he became the first minister at Deerfield, Mass. During the great Native American massacre at that frontier town in Feb., 1704, he and his family were taken captive. Two of his children were murdered, and h... Read more
William Carstares
William Carstares 1649-1715, Scottish statesman and Presbyterian divine. While studying theology at Utrecht, he became a friend of William of Orange (later William III of England). He was imprisoned in Edinburgh (1674-79) for alleged coauthorship of An Account of Scotland's Grievances and again i... Read more
Catherine I
Catherine I 1683?-1727, czarina of Russia (1725-27). Of Livonian peasant origin, Martha Skavronskaya was a domestic when she was captured (1702) by Russian soldiers. As mistress of Aleksandr D. Menshikov she met Czar Peter I (Peter the Great), who made her his mistress. After her conversion fro... Read more

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Philip V (Spain) (1683–1746; Ruled 1700–1724, 1724–1746)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World PHILIP V (SPAIN) (1683 – 1746; ruled 1700 –...x2013; 1746) PHILIP V (SPAIN) (1683 – 1746; ruled 1700 –...Spain. Philip V, born in Versailles in 1683, was the first of the Bourbon monarchs...
George II (Great Britain) (1683–1760; Ruled 1727–1760)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World GEORGE II (GREAT BRITAIN) (1683 – 1760; ruled 1727 – 1760) GEORGE II (GREAT BRITAIN) (1683 – 1760; ruled 1727 –...vivacious Princess Caroline of Ansbach (1683 – 1737), who exercised considerable...
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683–1764)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE (1683 – 1764) RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE (1683 – 1764), French composer and theorist. For much of the reign of Louis XV (1715 – 1774), Rameau dominated the French musical scene: several...
Greatrakes, Valentine (1629-1683)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Greatrakes, Valentine (1629-1683) Irish mesmerist, born in the county of Waterford. In 1662 Greatrakes dreamed that he had received the gift of healing by laying...
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (1619–1683)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World COLBERT, JEAN-BAPTISTE (1619 – 1683) COLBERT, JEAN-BAPTISTE (1619 – 1683), French statesman. Colbert, the leading minister during the initial decades of Louis XIV's (ruled 1643 – 1715) personal reign...
Vienna, Sieges of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...accepted the status quo in Hungary. THE SECOND SIEGE, 1683 In 1683 Vienna was besieged for the second time by the Ottomans...xF6; ly's Kuruc insurrection (1681 – 1683), persuaded Kara Mustafa Pa ş a, the ambitious...
Charles Le Brun
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...under King Louis XIV. Between 1661 and 1683 Charles Le Brun was virtually dictator...dwelling was executed between 1661 and 1683 which was not conceived by Le Brun and...Academy in Rome. On the death of Colbert in 1683 Le Brun assumed the director-ship of...
Guarino Guarini
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Guarino Guarini Guarino Guarini (1624-1683) was an Italian architect, priest, and philosopher, whose...and while visiting his publisher in Milan, he died on March 6, 1683. His drawings, which are the source of our knowledge of many...
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...described the nucleus within the red blood cells of fish, and in 1683 he noticed the sedimentation of erythrocytes from a suspension...His description of the blood capillaries in the intestine in 1683 was accompanied by comments on a different type of capillary...
Izaak Walton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Walton The English writer and biographer Izaak Walton (1593-1683) was the author of The Compleat Angler. His works show him...Bishop Robert Sanderson. Walton died at Winchester on Dec. 15, 1683. Further Reading The standard biography is that of Sir Harris...

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Lemery, Nicolas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...privileged apothecary to the king, and in 1683 proceedings were set in train to close...events prompted him to go to England in 1683, perhaps in anticipation of securing a...into three phases: the first (1674-1683) was dominated by his successful teaching...
Bernoulli, Jakob (Jacques) I
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...theory of gravity that was highly regarded by his contemporaries (1683). After returning to Basel, Bernoulli conducted experimental...concerning the mechanics of solid and liquid bodies, from 1683 on. He sent reports on scientific problems of the day to the...
Kaempfer, Engelbert
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...lemgo to sweden, where he lived in Uppsala and Stockholm until 1683. His wish to undertake a great journey was fulfilled when he...physician to the embassy. The group left Stockholm in March 1683 and traveled via Helsingfors, Narva, Novgorod, Moscow, and...
Lamy, Bernard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...entretiens sur les sciences , the first edition o which appeared in 1683, he proposes an art of learning and teaching all the secular...al (Paris, 1680); Entretiens sur les sciences (Grenoble, 1683), also in critical ed. by Fran ç ois Girbal and Pierre...
Purcell, Henry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...1682 he became one of the 3 organists of the Chapel Royal and in 1683 pubd. his sonatas in 3 parts (2 vn., and bass, with organ...O Sing unto the Lord (1688); Ode for St Cecilia's Day (1683–92); Rejoice in the Lord Alway , the Bell anthem...
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Proserpine (1680); Persée (1682); Phaëton (1683); Amadis de Gaule (1684); Roland (1685); Armide (1686...1684); Miserere (1664); Te Deum (1677); De Profundis (1683); 5 Grands Motets (1685).
Rye House Plot
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Rye House Plot a conspiracy in 1683 to murder Charles II and his heir, his brother James, duke of York...the conspirators revealed its existence to the government in June 1683. Several of those involved, including Algernon Sidney and William...
Germantown
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...in Pennsylvania, six miles from Philadelphia, on 24 October 1683, by a band of German Quakers and Mennonites led by Francis Daniel...Community, and Family Structure in Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1683 – 1800. Princeton, N. J. : Princeton University...
Rye House plot
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Rye House plot, 1683. This quasi‐republican plot was directed against the persons...of Charles II and James, duke of York. Disclosed to the crown in June 1683, it would have involved intercepting the royal brothers at the Rye House...
Perrault, Claude
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Colonnes (Regulation of the Five Sorts of Columns—1683—translated into other languages later) in which...and Watkin (1987); C. Perrault (1993); C. Perrault (1683); Petzet (2000); Picon (1988); Soriano (1972); Jane...

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London and the Restoration, 1659-1683
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; London and the Restoration, 1659-1683- By Gary S. De Krey. [Cambridge Studies...book's account of the events of 1679-1683 covers ground that is now fairly well trodden...Tory' space in the crisis of 1679-1683 finds a close link between the topography...
Annapolis: Gallery 1683 hosts watercolor exhibit
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 3/11/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...just might see a work of her own. Gallery 1683 will host two of Ms. Scherini's watercolor...demonstrations will run from 1 to 5 p.m. Gallery 1683, at 151 Main St., displays Chesapeake...with the Chesapeake Trading Co., Gallery 1683 suffered damage to its upper floor in a...
MicrosReport.com: IREL talks Minerals - Jumps 1683 Percent to 52-Week High.
M2 Presswire; 4/5/2007; 700+ words ; ...MicrosReport.com: IREL talks Minerals - Jumps 1683 Percent to 52-Week High(C)1994...Upon the statement, IREL stock closed up 1683 percent on Thursday at $0.535 with a...exploded for a gain of $0.505 per share (1683 percent) to close at $0.535 per share...
Security Council adjusts Liberia arms embargo, unanimously adopting resolution 1683 (2006).
M2 Presswire; 6/14/2006; 700+ words ; ...embargo, unanimously adopting resolution 1683 (2006)(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...forces. Unanimously adoption resolution 1683 (2006) under Chapter VII of the Charter...Resolution The full text of resolution 1683 (2006) reads as follows: "The Security...
The summer of 1683.("The Enemy at the Gate: Hapsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe")(Book review)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...which came within days of succeeding--was in the summer of 1683. In retrospect, it is difficult to see why Grand Vizier Kara...methodical Ottoman approach to Vienna that began on June 28, 1683, juxtaposed to the Christian preparations upriver on the Danube...
Jean Theophile Desaguliers (1683-1744) and eighteenth century vision research.
Magazine article from: British Journal of Psychology; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...especially those of Jean Th[acute{e}ophile Desaguliers (1683-1744). He was an ardent advocate of Newtonian optics, on...this article is on Jean Th[acute{e}]ophile Desaguliers (1683-1744), who carried out experiments on colour an d binocularity...
The diary of Juan Dominguez de Mendoza's expedition into Texas (1683-1684): A critical edition of the Spanish text with facsimile reproductions.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Southwest Journal of Linguistics; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...diary of Juan Dominguez de Mendoza's expedition into Texas (1683-1684): A critical edition of the Spanish text with facsimile...Juan Dominguez left the El Paso region in mid-December, 1683, with a party of twenty soldiers, and a number of Indian allies...
An Essay concerning Toleration and Other Writings on Law and Politics 1667-1683.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 12/22/2006; 690 words ; ...concerning Toleration and Other Writings on Law and Politics 1667-1683. John Locke. J.R. Milton and Philip Milton, editors. Clarendon...religious toleration, law, and politics written between 1667 and 1683 with three exceptions, viz. the Fundamental Constitutions of...
Pre-2oth Century--Pilgrims and Sultans: The Haji under the Ottomans, 1517-1683
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Pilgrims and Sultans: The Ha,jj under the Ottomans, 1517-1683, by Suraiya Faroqhi. London and New York: I.B. Tauris...Peninsula in 1517 and the beginning of the Ottoman-Habsburg war in 1683, which curbed the Porte's control of the haj. A central premise...
Moliere: 'Le Festin de pierre (Dom Juan)': Edition critique du texte d'Amsterdam (1683).(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...pierre (Dom Juan)': Edition critique du texte d'Amsterdam (1683). Ed. by JOAN DEJEAN. (Textes Litteraires Francais, 500...the seventeenth century, the text published in Amsterdam in 1683. The editor argues that this edition was based on an original...