King John - King John King John is one of Shakespeare's history plays. The play details the history of Richard the Lionhearted's younger brother, King John of England. The play opens with a demand from the French King that King John abdicate in favor of his elder brother, Geffery's son, Arthur. The five acts follow a dizzying change of alliances, Papal excommunication and subsequent acceptance, and ends finally with King John's death at the hands of a monk. Throughout the play, a character known as "The Bastard" delivers a commentary on nobility, "commodity" and English sovereignty. Cast King John Prince Henry, son to the King (the future Henry III) Arthur, Duke of Britain, nephew to the King (Arthur I, Duke of Brittany) Earl of Pembroke (William Marshal) Earl of.
John Redcorn (King of the Hill) - John Redcorn (King of the Hill) In the animated television series King of the Hill, John Redcorn is Nancy Gribble's Native American masseur; he is also her ex-lover and the biological father of Joseph Gribble. Nancy's husband Dale and Joseph are both completely unaware of this, although this fact is obvious to everyone else in the series. John Redcorn is a Native American rights activist and tries to reach out to Joseph and instill a sense of pride in him, even though Joseph often rejects him. External Links FOX Broadcasting Company: King of the Hill.
King Crimson - King Crimson King Crimson is a musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1968. Though its membership has fluctuated considerably during its lifetime, the band continues to perform and record music today. Their musical style has typically been categorized as rock and roll or progressive rock. The name "King Crimson" was coined by Peter Sinfield as a synonym for Beelzebub, prince of demons. A considerable amount of King Crimson's history consists of the various personnel changes that have occurred within the group. Throughout its history, Robert Fripp has been the only consistent member, though he has expressed the fact that he does not consider himself the band's leader, necessarily. To him King Crimson "is a way of doing things,"[1] and the.
King - King For the head of state, see Monarch. See also king (chess), king (playing card). Places named King include: King, North Carolina King County, Washington (See also Kings County, Kingston, Kington) People whose surname is or was King include: Ada Byron King (Ada Lovelace) B.B. King Billie Jean King Carole King Charles William King Don King Earl King John William King Kerry King Larry King Laurie R. King Mackenzie King Martin Luther King Jr Philip Gidley King Philip King (author) Rodney King Stephen King Tabitha King William King William Lyon Mackenzie King William R. King Rex King-Clark Lisa M. King-Johnson See also: List of people by name: Ki This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have.
King James Version of the Bible - King James Version of the Bible This article is part of the History of the English Bible series. Old English Bible translations John Wyclif William Tyndale Great Bible Bishops' Bible Geneva Bible Douai Bible King James Version of the Bible Revised Standard Version New American Standard Version New English Bible New International Version New Revised Standard Version The King James Version or Authorised Version of the Holy Bible was a translation in English for the benefit of the Church of England at the behest of King James I of England. First published in 1611, it was the authorized version for use in the Church of England and became perhaps the most influential English version in America. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Starting the project 2 Literary.
Kingdom of Jerusalem - The kingdom came into being with the Crusader capture of Jerusalem in 1099. Godfrey of Bouillon refused, however, to take the title of King, saying that no man should wear a crown where Christ had worn his crown of thorns; instead, he took the title Defender of the Holy Sepulchre. But Godfrey died the next year, and his brother and successor, Baldwin I, was not so scrupulous, having himself immediately crowned King of Jerusalem. Baldwin successfully expanded the Kingdom, capturing the port cities of Acre, Sidon, and Beirut, and also exerted his suzerainty over the other Crusader States to the north - the County of Edessa (which he had founded), the Principality of Antioch, and the County of Tripoli. He also saw an increase in the numbers of Latin inhabitants, as.
Kingston upon Hull - Rovers playing at 'New' Craven Park. Hull is the only town in the UK with its own independent telephone network company, Kingston Communications, with distinctive cream telephone boxes. Formed in the 1910s as a municipal department by the City Council it remains the only locally-operated telephone company in the UK, although now privatised. Kingston upon Hull has one of the most advanced computer networks in the world - a metropolitan area network. History It takes its status and name as the 'Kings Towne on the River Hull' from Royal Charter granted April 1, 1299 by King Edward I of England who needed a northern port to supply his campaigns in Scotland. The 700+ year old charter remains preserved in Hull's Guildhall Archives. In times preceding this the port and settlement on.
King of the Hill - King of the Hill King of the Hill is a satirical US television animated series in a similar vein to The Simpsons and depicts the life of a typical American family, the Hills, in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas. Unlike most other animated series it attempts to retain realism. It is broadcast weekly on the Fox Network. The series follows the life of the Hills, a conservative God-fearing family, and proud Texans, dealing with different aspects of the modern world -- womens liberation, female pastors, sex education, proctological examinations, Asian American neighbors, social workers, traffic school, addiction support groups, et al. The series is the brainchild of Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge, a former resident of Garland, Texas, possibly the inspiration for the fictional.
King Solomon's Mines (movie) - King Solomon's Mines (movie) King Solomon's Mines is a 1950 film which tells the story of an adventurer who helps a woman look for her lost husband in Africa, and is loosely based around the novel of the same name by the writer H. Rider Haggard. It stars Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. The movie was adapted by Helen Deutsch from the novel by H. Rider Haggard. It was directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Color and Best Film Editing and was nominated for Best Picture. King Solomon's Mines had previously been made in 1937, starring Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Lee and Roland Young. It was adapted by Charles Bennett (uncredited), Michael Hogan, Roland Pertwee.
King David Hotel bombing - King David Hotel bombing On July 22, 1946, members of the Jewish underground military organization Irgun Tsvai-Leumi in the British Mandate of Palestine planted and exploded a bomb at the King David Hotel. The hotel was the base for the British Secretariat, the military command and a branch of the Criminal Investigation Division (police). 91 people were killed, most of them civilians: 28 British, 41 Arab, 17 Jewish, and 5 other. Around 45 people were injured. The attack was initially ordered by David Ben Gurion, who was in the United States, but he later changed his mind and ordered the bombing to be cancelled. But Menachem Begin, the head of Irgun, went ahead anyway. Both Ben Gurion and Begin would later become Israeli Prime Ministers. The.
King's College, Cambridge - King's College, Cambridge King's College, Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. The College was founded by King Henry VI in 1441 and was originally intended as a college for pupils from Eton College, itself founded by Henry. Over the following centuries the college the gradually broadened its intake and indeed is now widely regarded to be amongst the progressive of the Cambridge colleges. As of 2003, around 80% of the British undergraduate intake were educated at state schools. The College's Chapel. The College's Chapel, considered a fine example of late Gothic architecture, was built over the period of 100 years in three stages. Much of the stone used to build the chapel came from Ramsey Abbey near Ramsey, Cambridgeshire..
Kingdom of Cyprus - of Cyprus in the late Middle Ages. The island was conquered from Isaac Comnenus, a rival Byzantine emperor, in 1191 by King Richard I of England during the Third Crusade. Richard then sold it to the Knights Templar, who in turn sold it to King Guy of Jerusalem in 1192 after the failure of Richard's crusade. A small minority Roman Catholic population of the island was mainly confined to the coastal cities, such as Nicosia and Famagusta but remained in control, while the Greek inhabitants lived in the countryside; this was much the same as the arrangement in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The independent Eastern Orthodox Church of Cyprus, with its own archbishop and subject to no patriarch, was allowed to remain on the island, but the Latin Church largely displaced.
Kingdom of Romania - War I, "Greater Romania" added Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina. However, "Greater Romania" was not to survive World War II. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Unification and monarchy 1.1 Timeline 2 The interbellum years 2.2 Timeline Unification and monarchy The 1859 ascendancy of Alexander John Cuza as prince of both Moldavia and Wallachia under the nominal suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire united an identifiably Romanian nation under a single ruler. In 1862 the two principalities were formally united to form Romania, with Bucharest as its capital. On February 23, 1866 a so-called Monstrous coalition, composed of Conservatives and radical Liberals, forced Cuza to abdicate. The German prince Carol (Charles) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was appointed as Prince of Romania, in a move to assure German backing to unity and future independence. His descendants were.
King James Only Movement - King James Only Movement The King James Only Movement is a movement within Protestant fundamentalist Christianity which rejects all modern translations of the Bible, and accepts only the King James Version (KJV). This position is most prevalent within the Independent Baptist branch of the Baptist movement. The rejection is based in part on the different texts which were used to translate the different translations of the Bible. Most modern translations are translated from the Alexandrian manuscripts, while the King James Version was translated from the Textus Receptus, or Received Text. There are variations within the King James Only Movement. For example, the late John R. Rice, who published The Sword of the Lord, took a position that only the original Greek and Hebrew manuscripts are inspired.
King Mob - King Mob King Mob were a situationist influenced radical group during the 1970s. They derived their name from the Gordon gin rioters, who daubed the slogan His Majesty King Mob on the walls of Newgate prison in London during the 1800s. King Mob allegedly planned a series of audacious actions that included blowing up a waterfall in England’s Lake District, blowing up the poet Wordsworth’s house with Coleridge Lives graffiti and hanging peacocks in London’s Holland Park. However these were never carried out. The plan that did get put into action was based on Black Mask’s ‘mill-in at Macy’s.’ King Mob turned up at the Selfriges store in London with one of them dressed as Santa Claus and proceeded to give away all the store’s toys.
Kingdom of Armenia - (1140 - 1144) Thoros II (1144 - 1169) Ruben (or Rupen) II (1169 - 1170) Mleh (1170-1175) Ruben (or Rupen) III (1175-1187) Leo (or Leon) II (1187 - 1198) and King of Armenia (1198 - 1219) Kings and Queens of Armenia (1198-1464) In 1198 Leo II became King of Armenia. From here on, they are Kings of Armenia (unless otherwise noted). Isabella (or Zabel) (1219-1252) Philip (1223-1225) (Husband of Isabella) Hethum (or Hetoum) I (1226-1270) (Husband of Isabella) Leo (or Leon) III (1270-1289) Hethum (or Hetoum) II (1289-1293) Thoros III (1293-1298) Hethum II (1294-1297) Sempad (or Sambat) (1297-1299) Constantine III (1299) Hethum II (1299-1307) Leo (or Leon) IV (1301-1307) (joint ruler) Oshin (1307-1320) Oshin of Korikos, Regent of Armenia (1320-1329) Leo (or Leon) V (1320-1341) Constantine IV (1342-1344) Constantine V (1344-1362).
John Cabot - John Cabot John Cabot (Italian Giovanni Caboto) was an Italian navigator and explorer. He was born Giovanni Caboto, but later made England his base of operations and is best known as John Cabot for his explorations made under the British flag. Most notably, in 1497, he set sail from Bristol on his ship the Mathew looking for a sea route to Asia. He ended up in North America, he and his men being the first Europeans since the Vikings verifiably known to have done so. Cabot was born in Genoa, around 1451, but moved to Venice in his youth, and later became a Venetian citizen. It was probably on hearing of Columbus's discovery of 'the Indies' that he decided to find a route to the west.
John Steinbeck - John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968) was one of the most famous American novelists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962, though his popularity with readers never was matched by the literary critics. He was born in Salinas, California, which acted as a setting for many of his stories. His novels are called as California novels or dust bowl fiction, referring to the era of dustbowl in American plains. He ahd a wide range of interests like jazz, politics, philosophy, history, and myth. For many he was just a pseudo intellectual, for many others, the authentic voice of Depression. Steinbeck wrote in the naturalist/realist style, often about poor, working-class people. His most famous.
John Donne - John Donne John Donne (pronounced "Dun"; 1572 - March 31, 1631) is regarded as a major English poet and writer, and probably the greatest of the metaphysical poets. His works include sermons and religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, and sonnets. Born and raised in a Roman Catholic family , Donne was educated at both Oxford (Hertford College) and Cambridge. As a young man he travelled on the Continent and in 1596–97 accompanied the earl of Essex on his expeditions to Cádiz and the Azores. On his return he became secretary to Baron Ellesmere and began to achieve a reputation as a poet. His writings of this period include many of his songs and sonnets, and they are notable for their realistic and sensual style..
John - John John is a common name for males. See John (name) In a Christian context the name typically refers to one of: Gospel of John John the Apostle, to whom the Gospel of John is attributed John the Evangelist, traditionally identified with the apostle, and to whom the books 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Revelation are attributed. There are a great many other historical Johns, only a few of whom include: Pope John I King John of England King John I of Castile King John I of Scotland King John I of Portugal Byzantine Emperor John I.
