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81Albrecht von Wallenstein — Albrecht von Wallenstein † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Albrecht von Wallenstein (WALDSTEIN). Born at Hermanic, Bohemia, 24 September, 1583; died at Eger, Bohemia, 24 February, 1634. He belonged to a Czech noble family of Bohemia who… …
82Christianity in the 17th century — The first page of Genesis from the 1611 first edition of the Authorized King James Version. The KJV is an Early Modern English translation of the Bible by the Church of England that was begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.[1] See also …
83Mungo Mackay — (April 1, 1740 March 29, 1811) was a Scottish seafarer from the Orkney Islands who made a fortune in the Boston shipping trades in Massachusetts. Mungo was a highly regarded ship master, successful privateer owner and bonder, and operated a store …
84Hus, Jan — (John Huss) (ca. 1373–1415) Jan Hus was a Czech religious reformer who challenged abuses in the church and supported the growing Czech nationalist movement in the early 15th century.Hus was accused of heresy because of his criticism of the… …
85German Empire — The German Empire was proclaimed on January 18, 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, not far from where the Prussian army besieged Paris in the final days of the Franco Prussian War. The German Empire, occasionally referred to as the… …
86BRANDEIS, LOUIS DEMBITZ — (1856–1941), U.S. jurist, the first Jew to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Early Years Brandeis was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the youngest of four children of Adolph and Frederika Dembitz Brandeis. His parents, both of whom were born… …
87Pietro Martire Vermigli — Pietro Martire Vermigli, sometimes simply Peter Martyr (September 8 1499 ndash; November 12 1562), was an Italian theologian of the Reformation period. He was born at Florence, the son of Stefano di Antonio Vermigli and Maria Fumantina, a… …
88Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Infobox nrhp name = Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary nrhp type = nhl caption = The Basilica in 2006. location= Baltimore, Maryland lat degrees = 39 lat minutes = 17 lat seconds = 39.81 lat direction = N …
89Fall of Suharto — Suharto retired in May 1998 following collapse of support for his three decade long Presidency of Indonesia. Dissent under the New OrderComing to power in 1966 on the heels of an alleged coup by the Indonesian Communist Party, the government of… …
90Eisenstein, Sergey Mikhaylovich — ▪ Soviet film director Introduction born Jan. 23, 1898, Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire died Feb. 11, 1948, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Russian film director and theorist whose work includes the three film classics Potemkin (1925), Alexander Nevsky… …
