Dutch Brazil (Dutch: Nederlands-Brazilië), also known as New Holland (Dutch: Nieuw-Holland), was a colony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion of modern-day Brazil, controlled from 1630 to 1654 during Dutch colonization of the Americas.The main cities of the colony were the capital Mauritsstad (today part of Recife), Frederikstadt (João Pessoa), Nieuw Amsterdam …

The civilizing mission or civilising mission (Spanish: misión civilizadora; Portuguese: Missão civilizadora; French: Mission civilisatrice) is a political rationale for military intervention and for colonization purporting to facilitate the modernization and the Westernization of indigenous peoples, especially in the period from the 15th to the 20th centuries.

Beginning in the 12th century CE, Livonia became a target for economic and political expansion by Danes and Germans, particularly for the Hanseatic League and the Cistercian Order.Around 1160, Hanseatic traders from Lübeck established a trading post on the site of the future city of Riga, which Bishop Albrecht von Buxthoeven founded in 1201. He ordered (1215) the construction of …

Rembrandt's house. The house is located in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam, where Rembrandt lived and painted for a number of years, not far from the present-day city hall.. Rembrandt purchased the house in 1639 and lived there until he went bankrupt in 1656, when all his belongings went on auction. The auction list enabled the reconstructions of all his belongings …

The U.S. census has never asked Americans directly about their religion or religious beliefs, but it did compile statistics from each denomination starting in 1945.. Finke and Stark conducted a statistical analysis of the official census data after 1850, and Atlas for 1776, to estimate the number of Americans who were adherents to a specific denomination.

Article. How to Create a Culture of Kindness in Your Classroom Using The Dot and Ish. Use these classic books and fun activities to encourage your students to lift one another up — and to let their natural creativity run wild!

Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; c. 13 August 1567 – 25 December 1635) was a French colonist, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean, and founded Quebec, and New France, on 3 July 1608.An important figure in Canadian history, …

生涯 出自. 今川氏の家臣・孕石光尚の子として誕生。 孕石氏は遠江国原田荘（静岡県 掛川市）を本拠とする原氏の庶流の一族で、孕石村を本拠とした。 元泰の祖父にあたる行重のころより今川家臣となる。 元泰の史料上の初見は天文21年（1552年）9月7日にみえ、今川義元より父・光尚 …

History. Wayne County was created by the government of the Northwest Territory in 1796. Geography. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 557 square miles (1,440 km 2), of which 555 square miles (1,440 km 2) is land and 1.9 square miles (4.9 km 2) (0.3%) is water.. Adjacent counties. Medina County (north); Summit County (northeast) ...

A fumi-e (踏み絵, fumi "stepping-on" + e "picture") was a likeness of Jesus or Mary onto which the religious authorities of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan required suspected Christians to step, in order to demonstrate that they were not members of the outlawed religion, otherwise they would be tortured or killed.