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21Constantine I — Constantinian /kon steuhn tin ee euhn/, adj. /kon steuhn teen , tuyn / 1. (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus) ( the Great ) A.D. 288? 337, Roman emperor 324 337: named Constantinople as the new capital; legally sanctioned Christian worship.… …
22Premonstratensian Canons — • Religious order founded in 1120 by St. Norbert Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Premonstratensian Canons Premonstratensian Canons …
23BANKING AND BANKERS — Antiquity There is little likelihood that financial transactions played a prominent role in the pre Exilic epoch in Ereẓ Israel; according to the ethos of Jewish society, then founded on a pronounced agrarian structure, lending was part of the… …
24Voltaire — For other uses, see Voltaire (disambiguation). François Marie Arouet Voltaire Voltaire at 24, by Catherine Lusurier after Nicolas de Largillière s painting Born 21 November 1694 Paris, France Died …
25Paul of Samosata — (lived from 200 to 275 AD) was Bishop of Antioch from 260 to 268. He was a believer in monarchianism, and his teachings anticipate adoptionism.LifePaul was born at Samosata into a family of humble origin. He was elected bishop of Antioch in 260.… …
26Blasco Núñez Vela — (1490 January 18, 1546) was the first Spanish viceroy of Peru, from May 15, 1544 to January 18, 1546. He was charged by King Charles I with the enforcement of the controversial New Laws, which dealt with the failure of the encomienda system to… …
27Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth — Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (September 1649 ndash; 14 November 1734), was a mistress of Charles II of England. The exact date of her birth is apparently unknown. Early life She was the daughter of Guillaume de… …
28First English Civil War — The First English Civil War (1642–1646) was the first of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars ). The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and… …
29Agricola (book) — The Agricola (Latin: De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae, lit. On the life and character of Julius Agricola) is a book by the Roman historian Tacitus, written c 98, which recounts the life of his father in law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent… …
30Sieges of Galway — The city of Galway, Ireland built as a naval base and military fort by Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair in 1124, refounded as a military outpost and town by Richard Mor de Burgh in 1230 has been subjected to a number of battles, sacks and… …
