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Gerald Fitzgerald 9th earl of Kildare Gerald Fitzgerald 9th earl of Kildare
Fitzgerald, Gerald, 9th earl of Kildare [I] (1487–1534). Fitzgerald's father built up a powerful position in Ireland, and served as deputy for many years, dying in 1513. Fitzgerald had been a hostage in England and was well known to Henry VIII, four years his junior. He was appointed to... Read more
Stephen Decatur Stephen Decatur
Stephen Decatur , 1779-1820, American naval officer, b. Sinepuxent, near Berlin, Md.; son of a naval officer, Stephen Decatur. After joining the U.S. navy in 1798, he rose to fame in the Tripolitan War . In 1804 he and his men stole into Tripoli harbor and destroyed the captured U.S. frigate ... Read more
Philip VI Philip VI
Philip VI 1293-1350, king of France (1328-50), son of Charles of Valois and grandson of King Philip III. He succeeded his cousin Charles IV, invoking the Salic law to set aside both Charles's daughter and King Edward III of England, the son of Charles's sister. He was the first French king of... Read more
David Dacko David Dacko
David Dacko , 1930-2003, president of the Central African Republic (1960-66, 1979-81). A leader in the independence movement in French Equatorial Africa, he became the first president of the newly independent Central African Republic. He was toppled from power in 1966 by Jean-Bédel Bokassa... Read more
Omar Bongo Omar Bongo
Omar Bongo (El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba) , 1935-, Gabonese political leader, president of Gabon (1967-), b. Albert-Bernard Bongo. He entered the civil service (1958), became minister of information and tourism in 1966, vice president in 1967, and then succeeded to the presidency. He created a... Read more
Ercole Consalvi Ercole Consalvi
Ercole Consalvi , 1757-1824, Italian cardinal and papal diplomat. In his first term (1800-1806) as secretary of state for Pope Pius VII he negotiated the Concordat of 1801 with Napoleon Bonaparte (later Emperor Napoleon I). Despite Consalvi's astute diplomacy, Napoleon annexed the papal states in... Read more
Lars Porsena Lars Porsena
Lars Porsena or Lars Porsenna , semilegendary king of Clusium (modern Chiusi) in Etruria, who marched against Rome to reinstate the exiled Tarquinius Priscus. It was said that the heroism of such Romans as Horatius and Scaevola moved him to grant honorable terms of peace and to withdraw.... Read more
Robert Sanderson Robert Sanderson
Robert Sanderson 1587-1663, English clergyman. Gaining William Laud's favor, he was appointed a royal chaplain in 1631 and regius professor of divinity at Oxford in 1642. Imprisoned during the civil war, he was reinstated to his professorship and named bishop of Lincoln in 1660. The second preface... Read more
Savoy conference Savoy conference
Savoy conference, 1661. This was an attempt to reach a compromise at the Restoration between the presbyterians and the Anglicans. Twelve clerics from each side met at the Savoy hospital in April 1661 under the chairmanship of Sheldon, bishop of London and a future archbishop of Canterbury. The... Read more

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