Orrery

  • 811676 in literature — The year 1676 in literature involved some significant events.Events*Samuel Pepys becomes Master of Trinity House.New books*Robert Barclay Theses Theologiae *Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery English Adventures by a Person of Honor *Charles Cotton… …

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  • 821669 in literature — The year 1669 in literature involved some significant events.Events* Samuel Pepys stops keeping his diary on May 31. * The final section of Parthenissa , the prose romance by Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, is published. Earlier portions of the… …

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  • 83Matthew Prior — For the Sussex and England cricketer, see Matt Prior. Matthew Prior Matthew Prior (21 July 1664 – 18 September 1721) was an English poet and diplomat. Prior was the son of a Nonconformist joiner at Wimborne Minster, East Dorset. His fath …

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  • 84Johnny Murtagh — For the New Zealand cricketer, see: John MurtaghJohnny Murtagh (born Navan, County Meath, May 14, 1970) is an Irish flat racing jockey. Background He was a promising schoolboy footballer and boxer when he was younger. At a fight evening held at a …

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  • 85List of eponyms (L-Z) — An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. NOTOC Here is a list of eponyms:A–K L M N–O P Q–R S T U–V W X–ZL* Rudolf Laban choreographer, created labanotation. * Ferruccio… …

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  • 86Astronomical clock — An astronomical clock is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions of the sun, moon, zodiacal constellations, and sometimes major planets. DefinitionThe term is loosely used to… …

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  • 87Battle of Knocknaclashy — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Knocknaclashy partof=the Irish Confederate Wars date=July 1651 place= near Banteer, County Cork, southern Ireland result=English Parliamentarian victory combatant1=Irish Catholic Confederate troops… …

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  • 88Battle of Macroom — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Macroom caption= partof=the Irish Confederate Wars date=May 10 1650 place=near Macroom, southern Ireland result=English Parliamentarian Victory combatant1=Irish Confederate Catholics combatant2=English …

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  • 89Simon Willard — Infobox Person name = Simon Willard image size = 150px caption = Simon Willard birth name = birth date = April 3, 1753 birth place = Grafton, Massachusetts death date = August 30, 1848 death place = Roxbury death cause = resting place = resting… …

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  • 90Hamilton Boyle, 6th Earl of Cork — and 6th Earl of Orrery (3 February 1729 ndash; 17 January 1764) was the son of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Henrietta Douglas. He inherited the titles of 6th Earl of Cork and Orrery and 3rd Baron Boyle of Marston from his father in 1762. He… …

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