WebThe Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut Colony council on January 24 [O.S. January 14] 1639. The fundamental orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers.They wanted the government to have access to the open ocean for trading. The Orders have the features of a written …

WebGardiner's Island is a small island in the Town of East Hampton, New York, in Eastern Suffolk County.It is located in Gardiner's Bay between the two peninsulas at the east end of Long Island.It is 6 miles (9.7 km) long, 3 miles (4.8 km) wide and has 27 miles (43 km) of coastline. The island has been owned by the Gardiner family and their descendants since …

WebConey Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to the south and west, and Gravesend to the north and includes the subsection of Sea Gate on its west. More …

WebThe history of Cuba is characterized by dependence on outside powers—Spain, the US, and the USSR.The island of Cuba was inhabited by various Amerindian cultures prior to the arrival of the Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492. After his arrival on a Spanish expedition, Spain conquered Cuba and appointed Spanish governors to rule in …

WebEventi Gennaio. 22 gennaio – trattato dell'Eliseo tra Francia e Germania Ovest; Febbraio. 8 febbraio. USA: John Kennedy rende illegali viaggi, transazioni finanziarie e commerciali con Cuba.; Iraq: il generale Abdul Karim Kassem viene rovesciato e ucciso da un putsch militare perpetrato da esponenti del Ba'th.; 10 febbraio – Giappone: dall'unione di 5 borghi …

WebWhile many schools of Buddhism emphasize self-discipline and effort as the path to enlightenment, something akin to the concept of divine grace is present as well.One of the most prominent examples of this is the doctrine of the Jōdo Shinshū branch of Pure Land Buddhism, founded by the 12th-century Japanese monk, Shinran.In Buddhism, the …

WebMustafa I (17 de octubre 1592-20 de enero de 1639) fue un sultán del Imperio otomano durante dos periodos, que abarcan desde 1617 a 1618 y desde 1622 a 1623.. Del hermano de Ahmed I, Mustafa, se tienen noticias de que padeció retraso mental o al menos neurosis y no fue nada más que un instrumento empleado en las confabulaciones tramadas en las …

WebThe Red Fort or Lal Qila (Hindustani: [laːlqiːlaː]) is a historic fort in Old Delhi, Delhi in India that served as the main residence of the Mughal Emperors.Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort on 12 May 1638, when he decided to shift his capital from Agra to Delhi.Originally red and white, its design is credited to architect Ustad …

WebNederland ligt in het noordwesten van Europa en wordt begrensd door de Noordzee, Duitsland en België.De lengte van de landsgrens bedraagt 1027 km, terwijl de kustlijn 451 km lang is. Daarnaast behoren enkele eilanden rond de Caribische Zee tot Nederland. Deze verschillen geografisch sterk van het Europese deel van Nederland en worden hier …

WebPentagramm (von altgriechisch πέντε pénte „fünf“ und γραμμή grammē „Linie, Strich“; πεντάγραμμος pentágrammos „mit fünf Linien“) bezeichnet eine Form des fünfzackigen Sterns, auch Fünfstern genannt, die sich ergibt, wenn beim Verbinden der fünf Eckpunkte jedes Mal einer bzw. zwei übersprungen werden und die somit erzeugten Sehnen gleich …

Web香川 知晶（かがわ ちあき、男性、1951年 - ）は、日本の倫理学者、山梨大学名誉教授。 専門はフランス哲学、応用倫理学（生命倫理学、脳神経倫理学）。 北海道生まれ。埼玉大学卒、筑波大学大学院博士課程満期退学。 千葉大学教養部助手、帝京平成短期大学助教授、1995年山梨医科大学助 ...

WebThe Wars of the Three Kingdoms is the term used for a series of related conflicts fought between 1639 and 1652 in England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities united in a personal union under Charles I of England.Beginning with the 1639 to 1640 Bishops' Wars, they include the First and Second English Civil Wars, the Irish Confederate Wars and the …

WebWilliam Russell, Lord Russell (29 September 1639 – 21 July 1683) was an English politician. He was a leading member of the Country Party, forerunners of the Whigs, who during the reign of King Charles II, laid the groundwork for opposition in the House of Commons to the accession of an openly Catholic king in Charles's brother James.This …

WebLife. Savery was born in Kortrijk.Like so many other artists, he belonged to an Anabaptist family that fled north from the Spanish-occupied Southern Netherlands when Roelant was about 4 years old and settled in Haarlem around 1585. He was taught painting by his older brother Jacob Savery (c. 1565 – 1603) and Hans Bol.. After his schooling, Savery …