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2 giorni fa · Cromwell led a Parliamentary invasion of Ireland from 1649 to 1650. Parliament's key opposition was the military threat posed by the alliance of the Irish Confederate Catholics and English royalists (signed in 1649). The Confederate-Royalist alliance was judged to be the biggest single threat facing the Commonwealth.
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
2 giorni fa · During the Renaissance, extending from 1450 to 1650, every continent was visited and mostly mapped by Europeans, except the south polar continent now known as Antarctica. This development is depicted in the large world map Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula made by the Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu in 1648 to commemorate the Peace of ...
3 giorni fa · History of Italy - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Prehistory. Iron Age. Roman period. Middle Ages. Renaissance. From the Counter-Reformation to Napoleon. Unification (1814–1861) Liberal period (1861–1922) Fascist regime, World War II, and Civil War (1922–1946) Republican era (1946–present) See also. Notes. References. Sources. Further reading.
3 mag 2024 · Military career. John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, at the Battle of Blenheim, 1704; from a tapestry at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England. (more)
1 mag 2024 · René Descartes (born March 31, 1596, La Haye, Touraine, France—died February 11, 1650, Stockholm, Sweden) was a French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher.
- Richard A. Watson
- René Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher during the 17th century. He is often considered a precursor to the rationalist school of...
- René Descartes is most commonly known for his philosophical statement, “I think, therefore I am” (originally in French, but best known by its Latin...
- René Descartes was born in 1596 in La Hay en Touraine, France, to Joachim and Jeanne Descartes. Jeanne died shortly after Descartes turned one. Des...
- René Descartes died on February 11, 1650, in Stockholm, Sweden, succumbing to pneumonia at the age of 53. He was in Stockholm at the time to help t...
2 mag 2024 · Claudio Monteverdi was the first great composer of the “new music.” He was followed in Italy by Alessandro Scarlatti and Giovanni Pergolesi. The instrumental tradition in Italy found its great Baroque composers in Arcangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi, and Giuseppe Tartini.
16 apr 2024 · Introduction. Historical Inquiry and research. The World 1450–1650. The World, 1650–1789. THE WORLD, 1789–1900. The World: SINCE 1900. Wolfe and Montcalm Allan Wargon. 1650–1789 - The Great Age Of Monarchy, Order from disorder Institutions, world events, culture shifts. The Enlightenment: Crash Course European History #18.
