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3 giorni fa · Their activities between November 1655 and September 1656 had, however, reopened the wounds of the 1640s and deepened antipathies to the regime. In late 1654, Cromwell launched the Western Design armada against the Spanish West Indies , and in May 1655 captured Jamaica .
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
12 apr 2024 · James Ussher (born January 4, 1581, Dublin, Ireland—died March 21, 1656, Reigate, Surrey, England) was an Anglo-Irish prelate of the Anglican church who was memorable for his activity in religious politics and for his work on patristic texts, especially the chronology of the Old Testament.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 giorni fa · Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn ( / ˈrɛmbrænt, ˈrɛmbrɑːnt /, [2] Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə (n)ˌsoːɱ vɑn ˈrɛin] ⓘ; 15 July 1606 [1] – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, [3] he is generally ...
22 ore fa · The first invention of this type was the pendulum clock, which was designed and built by Dutch polymath Christiaan Huygens in 1656. Early versions erred by less than one minute per day, and later ones only by 10 seconds, very accurate for their time.
4 apr 2024 · Philip IV was the king of Spain (1621–65) and of Portugal (1621–40), during the decline of Spain as a great world power. He succeeded his father, Philip III of Spain, in 1621, and, for the first 22 years of his reign, Philip’s valido, or chief minister, was the Conde-Duque de Olivares, who took the.
11 apr 2024 · Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (born June 5, 1656, Aix-en-Provence, Fr.—died Dec. 28, 1708, Paris) was a French botanist and physician, a pioneer in systematic botany, whose system of plant classification represented a major advance in his day and remains, in some respects, valid to the present time.
17 apr 2024 · London was launched from Chatham Dockyard in June 1656. She was commissioned in 1657 under the authority of Rear-Admiral Richard Stayner and first put to sea in 1658 under the command of Captain William Whitehorne as acting commander-in-chief of Commonwealth forces in The Downs.
