Knights of the Garter (1700-1899) - Knights of the Garter (1700-1899) The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by King Edward III of England in 1348 as "a society, fellowship and college of knights." It is now the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system. Dates of installation/investiture, or, where that is unknown or not applicable, of appointment (app). Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery, Lord High Admiral, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1700 Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle (1700) Elector George Louis of Hanover, later King George I (1703) James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Lord Privy Seal (1701) Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford (1702) John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1703) Meinhard de Schomberg, 3rd Duke.
Knights of the Garter (after 1899) - Knights of the Garter (after 1899) The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by King Edward III of England in 1348 as "a society, fellowship and college of knights." It is now the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system. Before 1904 - Dates of installation/investiture, or, where that is unknown or not applicable, of appointment (app). After 1904 - date of appointment William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1900) Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, 1st woman appointed to the order since the end of the creation of "Ladies of the Garter" in 1488, although obviously Queens Mary I, Elizabeth I, Mary II, Anne, and Victoria had been ex officio members (1901) Frederick Sleigh.
Knights of the Garter (1349-1699) - Knights of the Garter (1349-1699) The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by King Edward III of England in 1348 as "a society, fellowship and college of knights." It is now the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system. Dates of installation/investiture, or, where that is unknown or not applicable, of appointment (app). Sir William FitzWaryne (app c.1359) Robert Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk (c.1348) William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (1349) Reginald Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham of Sterborough (app c.1352) Sir Richard de la Vache (app c.1356) Thomas Ughtred, Lord Ughtred (1358) Sir Walter Manny (1359) Sir Frank van Hale (app c.1359) Sir Thomas Ufford (1360) Lionel of Antwerp, later Duke of Clarence, 3rd son of King Edward.
Order of the Garter - Order of the Garter St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle has been the home of the Most Noble Order of the Garter since King Edward III of England founded the Order in 1348 as "a society, fellowship and college of knights." It is now the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system. In conscious imitation of King Arthur's Round Table, the Order always has twenty-five official Knights of the Garter, plus the Sovereign, and each is assigned a seat in the choir of the Chapel; each knight's coat of arms is displayed on a flag hanging over that seat. Women are now admitted to the Order, as are a few non-Christian foreign heads of state. Since 1786 there have also been extra ("supernumerary").
Ladies of the Garter (1358-1488) - Ladies of the Garter (1358-1488) The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by King Edward III of England in 1348 as "a society, fellowship and college of knights." It is now the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system. No women were added to the order after 1488 until Queen Alexandra was named by King Edward VII in 1901. Queen Philippa, wife of King Edward III (1358) Isabella, Countess of Bedford, daughter of Edward III (1376) Joan, Princess of Wales, mother of King Richard II (1378) Constance, Duchess of Lancaster, 2nd wife of John of Gaunt (1378) Mary, Duchess of Brittany, daughter of King Edward III (1378) Maud, Lady Courtenay, niece of King Richard II (1378) Philippa of Lancaster, later Queen.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke - Goldsmith reported that he had been seen to "run naked through the park in a state of intoxication." Swift, his intimate friend, said that he wanted to be thought the Alcibiades or Petronius of his age, and to mix licentious orgies with the highest political responsibilities. In 1700 he married Frances, daughter of Sir Henry Winchcombe, Bart., of Bucklebury, Berkshire, but this made little difference to his lifestyle. He was returned to parliament in 1701 for the family borough of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, as a Tory. He attached himself to Robert Harley (afterwards Lord Oxford), then speaker, and distinguished himself by his eloquence in debate, eclipsing his schoolfellow, Robert Walpole, and gaining an extraordinary ascendancy over the House of Commons. In May he had charge of the bill for securing.
Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - child of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the fourth son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and his wife, Princess Helena of Waldeck. Known as Prince Charles Edward in Britain and later as Prince Carl Eduard in Germany, he succeeded to his father's peerages upon birth. King Edward VII made him a Knight of the Garter on 15 July 1902. In 1900, the fourteen year-old Duke of Albany inherited from his uncle the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria's second son, the German duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The Duke of Edinburgh's only son, Prince Alfred ("Young Alfie"), committed suicide in 1899 and the Duke of Connaught, the Queen's third son, rennounced his claims to the duchy on behalf of himself and his son. For the next five years, he reigned under the regency.
List of wars - BC Battle of Actium 291 - 306 War of the Eight Princes in China 533 - 534 Vandal Wars Medieval European wars 1096 - 1291 Crusades 1337 - 1453 Hundred Years' War 1420 - 1436 Hussite Wars 1455 - 1485 Wars of the Roses 1454 - 1466 Thirteen Years' War. Between Poland and Teutonic Knights, which finally broke the power of the latter. Pike and Shot 1568 - 1648 Eighty Years' War (war of Dutch independence) 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1618 - 1648 Thirty Years' War across Europe, ends with the Peace of Westphalia. 1639 - 1652 English Civil War 1648 - 1660 The Deluge/Northern War, A series of wars involving Poland, Sweden, Prussia, Russia and Transylvania and Denmark 1652 - 1654 First Anglo-Dutch War 1664 - 1667 Second.
Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1860 to 1899. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 1860s 2 1870s 3 1880s 4 1890s 1860s 1860 - Pony Express begins 1860 - Crittenden Compromise 1860 - South Carolina secedes 1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President 1861 - Confederate States of America (the Confederacy) established under President Jefferson Davis 1861 - United States Civil War begins at Fort Sumter 1861 - Morrill tariff 1861 - Kansas admitted to the Union as a free state 1861 - Ex Parte Merriman, federal court case which objected to Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus 1861 - First Battle of Bull Run 1862 - Homestead Act 1862 - Pacific Railway Act 1862 - Morrill Land Grant Colleges Act.
Timeline of trends in music to 1899 - Timeline of trends in music to 1899 See also: List of years in music, Timeline of trends in music (1900-1949), Timeline of trends in music (1950-1959), Timeline of trends in music (1960-1969), Timeline of trends in music (1970-1979), Timeline of trends in music (1980-1989), Timeline of trends in music (1990-present) c. 4000 BC Harps and vertical flutes are played in Egypt c. 3500 BC Double clarinets and lyres are played in Egypt c. 3000 BC The bamboo pipe is invented in China c. 2500 BC The five tone system dominates Chinese music c. 2000 BC The trumpet is played in Denmark Percussion instruments are added to Egyptian orchestras c. 1500 BC Hittites use guitars, lyres, trumpets, tambourines Harps are used to accompany dances in Egypt c. 1000 BC Music.
January 1 - King of Hungary 1502 - Rio de Janeiro discovered 1622 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of for example March 25 in England 1651 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland 1700 - Russia accepts Julian calendar 1707 - John V becomes King of Portugal 1738 - Bouvet Island was discovered 1788 - First edition of The Times, previously The Daily Universal Register, was published. 1801 - Legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland completed to form United Kingdom 1801 - Discovery of 1 Ceres, first known asteroid 1801 - USS Chesapeake takes first prize the French privateer La Jeune Creole 1804 - End of French rule in Haiti. 1808 - Importation of slaves into the.
Irish Crown Jewels - Irish Crown Jewels The Insignia of the Knights of St. Patrick were commonly known as the Irish Crown Jewels. The mysterious theft of the 'Irish Crown Jewels' in Dublin, Ireland in 1907 has never been resolved. King George III instituted the Illustrious Order of St. Patrick in 1783. The 'Illustrious Order of St. Patrick' was the Irish equivalent of the English Order of the Garter and the Scottish Order of the Thistle. The Irish Crown Jewels were the insignia of the Order, and consisted of two items: a star, and a badge, each composed of rubies, emeralds and Brazilian diamonds. In 1903, the jewels were transferred to a safe, which was to be placed in the newly constructed strong room. The new safe was too large for the doorway to.
Irish theatre - performance going back to 1366, and the Dublin company, much attenuated, set up in their new home. At least one new play was published in Kilkenny; A Tragedy of Cola's Fury, OR, Lirenda's Misery, a blatantly political work with the Lirenda of the title being an anagram of Ireland. With the restoration of the monarchy in 1661, Ogilby was commissioned to design the triumphal arches and write masques for the new king's entrance into London. Ogilby was reinstated as Master of the Revels and returned to Dublin to open a new theatre in Smock Alley. Although starting well, this new theatre was essentially under the control of the administration in Dublin castle and staged mainly pro-Stuart works and Shakespearean classics. As a result, Irish playwrights and actors of real talent were.
Hans Zwieidneck von Sudenhorst - van Eggenberg (Vienna, 1880); Die Politik der Republic Venedig während des dreissigjährigen Krieges (Stuttgart, 1882-85); Venedig als Weltmacht und Weltstadt (Bielefeld, 1899 and 1906); Kriegsbilder aus der Zeit der Landsknechte (Stuttgart, 1883); Die öffentliche Meinung in Deutschland im Zeitalter Ludwigs XIV. 1650-1700 (Stuttgart, 1888); Erzherzog Johann im Feldzuge von 1809 (Gratz, 1892); and Maria Theresia (Bielefeld, 1905). He edited the Bibliothek deutscher Geschichte, writing for this series, Deutsche Geschichte im Zeitalter der Gründung des preussischen Königtums (Stuttgart, 1887-94); and Deutsche Geschichte von der Auflösung des alten bis zur Gründung des neuen Reiches (Stuttgart, 1897-1905). He completed A. Wolf's Oesterreich unter Maria Theresia, Josef II. und Leopold, II. (Berlin, 1882-84), and edited the Zeitschrift für allgemeine Geschichte (Stuttgart, 1884-88). From an old 1911 encyclopedia.
History of Estonia - the beginning of the Gorbachev era, concern over the cultural survival of the Estonian people had reached a critical point. The ECP remained stable in the early perestroika years but waned in the late 1980s. Other political movements, groupings, and parties moved to fill the power vacuum. The first and most important was the Estonian Popular Front, established in April 1988 with its own platform, leadership, and broad constituency. The Greens and the dissident-led Estonian National Independence Party soon followed. By 1989, the political spectrum widened, and new parties were formed and re-formed almost daily. The republic's Supreme Soviet transformed into an authentic regional law-making body. This relatively conservative legislature passed an early declaration of sovereignty (November 16, 1988); a law on economic independence (May 1989) confirmed by the U.S.S.R. Supreme.
History of Bavaria - university of Ingolstadt, attempted to reform the monasteries, and successfully defeated Albert Achilles of Brandenburg. On the death of Louis IX in January 1479 his son George, also called the Rich, succeeded; and when George, a faithful adherent of the German king Maximilian I, died without sons in December 1503, a war broke out for the possession of his duchy. Bavaria-Munich passed on the death of John II in 1397 to his sons Ernest and William III, but they only obtained possession of their lands after a struggle with Stephen of Bavaria-Ingolstadt. Both brothers then engaged in warfare with the other branches of the family and with the citizens of Munich. William III, a loyal servant of the emperor Sigismund, died in 1435, leaving an only son, Adolf, who died five.
History of anti-Semitism - affected the prevalence of anti-Semitism in later years. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Ancient Anti-Semitism 2 201 to 500 3 501 to 800 4 801 to 1100 5 1101 to 1200 6 1201 to 1300 7 1301 to 1400 8 1401 to 1500 9 1501 to 1700 10 1701 to 1800 11 1801 to 1900 12 1901 to present 13 See also 14 External Links 15 Books Ancient Anti-Semitism c. 250 BCE Egyptian writer Manetho alleges that Moses was not a Jew, but an Egyptian renegade priest and portrays the Exodus as the expulsion of a leper colony. (Mentioned in Josephus' Contra Apion) 175 BCE-165 BCE Antiochus Epiphanes sacks Jerusalem, calls Judaism "inimical to humanity", prohibits brit milah, confiscates copies of Torah and erects an altar to Zeus in the Second.
Houston, Texas - on sugar and cotton plantations, while many in the city limits did housework. 49 percent of the city's population was enslaved in 1860. Slave life in the city was generally easier than slave life outside of the city. The Civil War and the Reconstruction As 1860 came along, most Houstonians supported John C. Breckenridge, an independent democrat candidate. However, he lost the election. As the civil war went underway, people whom were loyal to the Confederacy and people whom were loyal to the Union had a falling out. The Chamber of Commerce kept the city together during the conflict. Galveston got blockaded on October 4, 1862, which in turn soured Houston's economy. On January 1, 1863, John B. Magruder's Confederate forces recaptured the city. However, the war was won by the.
Georges Méliès - Travers l'Impossible) from 1904. Both of these films are about strange voyages, somewhat in the style of Jules Verne. These are considered to be some of the most important early science fiction films, although their approach is closer to fantasy. Early filmography: (English Title & Original French Title) The Vanishing Lady / Escamotage d'une dame chez Robert-Houdin (1896) An Up-to-Date Conjuror / Illusioniste fin de siècle (1899) Cendrillon / Cinderella (1899) The Dreyfus Affair / L'Affaire Dreyfus (1899) A Trip to the Moon / Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) The Infernal Cakewalk / Le Cake-walk infernal (1903) The Mystical Flame / La Flamme merveilleuse (1903) Kingdom of the Fairies / Le Royaume des Fées (1903) The Monster / Le Monstre (1903) The Melomaniac / Le Mélomane (1903) The Inn Where.
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham - Kingston upon Thames, and Buckingham and Holland were surprised at St Neots on 10 July. The Duke succeeded in escaping to the Netherlands. Because of his participation in the rebellion, his lands, which had been restored to him in 1647 on account of his youth, were again confiscated, mostly passing into the possession of Thomas Fairfax, who refused to compound. Charles II conferred on him the Order of the Garter on September 19 1649, and admitted him to his Privy Council on April 6 1650. In opposition to Hyde, Buckingham supported the alliance with the Scottish presbyterians, accompanied Charles to Scotland in June, and allied himself with Argyll, dissuading Charles from joining the Royalist plot of October 1650, and being suspected of betraying the plan to the convenanting leaders. In May.
