History of Greek and Roman Egypt - History of Greek and Roman Egypt This article is part of the History of Egypt series. Ancient Egypt Greek and Roman Egypt Early Arab Egypt Ottoman Egypt Modern Egypt List of Egyptians Ptolemy I, King of Egypt The conquests of Alexander the Great brought Egypt within the orbit of the Greek world for the next 900 years. After 300 years of rule by the Macedonian Ptolemies, Egypt was incorporated into the Roman Empire in 30 BC, and was ruled first from Rome and then from Constantinople until the Arab conquest in AD 639. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Ptolemaic Egypt 1.1 Ptolemy I 1.2 Ptolemy II 1.3 Ptolemy III 1.4 The decline of the Ptolemies 1.5 The later Ptolemies 2 Roman Egypt 2.6 Roman rule in Egypt 2.7.
Katwijk - 41,253) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 18.73 km² (of which 4.80 km² water). The municipality of Katwijk consists of Katwijk a/d Rijn and Katwijk aan Zee. The latter has a sandy beach. The RijnGouweLijn is planned to connect Katwijk with Leiden and beyond. Katwijk, 6 miles NW. of Leiden, is a popular seaside resort and fishing village. Close by are the great locks constructed in 1807 by the engineer, F. W. Conrad (d. 1808), through which the Rhine (here called the Katwyk canal) is admitted into the sea at low tide. The shore and the entrance to the canal are strengthened by huge dikes. In 1520 an ancient Roman camp known as the Brittenburg was discovered here..
Vespasian - in Crete and Cyrene, Vespasian rose to be aedile and praetor, having meanwhile married Flavia Domitilla, the daughter of an equestrian, by whom he had two sons, Titus and Domitian, afterwards emperors, and one daughter Domitilla. Both his wife and daughter died before he held a magistracy. Having already served in Germany, he participated in the Roman invasion of Britain under the Emperor Claudius, where he distinguished himself in command of the Legio II Augusta under Aulus Plautius. He reduced Vectis or the Isle of Wight and penetrated to the borders of Somerset, England. In 51 he was for a brief space consul; in 63 he went as governor to Africa, where, according to Tacitus (ii.97), his rule was "infamous and odious"; according to Suetonius (Vesp. 4), "upright and, highly honourable.".
Kaprijke - Kaprijke Kaprijke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Kaprijke proper and Lembeke. On January 1st, 2000 Kaprijke had a total population of 6,175 (3,109 males and 3,066 females). The total area is 33.64 km² which gives a population density of 183.56 inhabitants per km². The name Kaprijke comes from Gallo-Roman name "Capricum" which means "Land of Caprius". That it used to be a roman garrison-place can still be seen at the square in front of the old townhall..
Veghel - Veghel Veghel is a town in the province of Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands. Since 1994 forming one municipality with the village of Erp. The municipality also comprises the following towns, villages and townships: Boerdonk, Eerde, Keldonk, Mariaheide, Zijtaart. Total population since 2001: 36.387. Tie of friendship with the German city of Goch. History The first settlements are dating back from Roman times and are founded near the river Aa. Since 1310 an official municipality when duke John II of Brabant gave the inhabitants the right for use of common grounds. Rulers of the municipality were the Lords of Erp, residing at their castle Frisselsteijn in Veghel. Since 1648 part of the Republic of the Netherlands. As a former part of the duchy of Brabant, Veghel is situated in the Meierij.
Kirkcudbrightshire - Kirkcudbright Bay, and they can be traced farther round the coast between the granite and the younger rocks. Carboniferous rocks appear in small faulted tracts, unconformable on the Silurian, on the shores of the Solway Firth. They are best developed about Kirkbean, where they include a basal red breccia followed by conglomerates, grits and cement stones of Calciferous Sandstone age. Brick-red sandstones of Permian age just come within the county on the W. side of the Nith at Dumfries. Volcanic necks occur in the Permian and basalt dikes penetrate the Silurian at Borgue, Kirkandrews, etc. Most of the highest ground is formed by the masses of granite which have been intruded into the Ordovician and Silurian rocks; the Criffel mass lies about Dalbeattie and Bengairn, another mass extends east and west.
Kingdom of León - Kingdom of León The city of León was founded by the Roman Seventh Legion (for unknown reasons always written as Legio Septima Gemina, or 'twin seventh legion'). It was the headquarters of that legion in the late empire and was a center for trade in gold which was mined nearby. In 540 the city was conquered by the Visigothic king Leovigild and in 717 it fell again, this time to the Moors. However it was one of the first cities retaken during the reconquest and became part of the Kingdom of Asturias in 742. In 913 an independent Kingdom of León was founded with its capital at the city of León. Almost immediately the kingdom began to expand to the south and east, populating its newly gained territory with numerous castles..
Kitzbühel - between 1100 BC and 800 BC were Illyrians mining copper in the hills near Kitzbühel. Around 15 BC Roman Emperor Augustus occupied the Alps and proclaimed the province Noricum. After the fall of the western Roman Empire, Bajuvarians settled in the Kitzbühel region around 800 and started clearing forests. In the 12th century the name Chizbuhel is mentioned for the first time in a document of the Chiemsee monastery. Chizzo relates to a bajuvarian clan, Bühel describes the location of the settlement upon a hill. Kitzbühel became part of Upper Bavaria in 1255. Duke Louis II granted Kitzbühel the rights of a city on June 6 1271, and it was fortified with mighty city walls. During the next centuries the city became a center of trade, grew steadily and never was.
Klaipeda - Popular Lithuanian seaside resorts are found close to Klaipeda in Neringa and Palanga. History Klaipeda was founded by Baltic tribes in the 12th century. For a long time it belonged to Province of Prussia and in pre-WWII-days was called "Memel". This Baltic Sea harbor city was founded by the Teutonic Knights in 1252 and is recorded as Castrum Memele (German Memelburg, also Mimmelburg). 1254 Klaipeda was granted Lübeck City Right. The area was converted to Christianity by the Teutonic Knights. The Peace at Melno Sea in 1422 fixed the border between Province of Prussia and Lithuania. Memel was included in Prussia and the border remained unchanged until 1923. It was one of the longest unchanged borders in Europe. Beginning in 1474 Memel was governed by the Kulm Law of the Prussian.
Kraków - Sigismund of Luxemburg, Kraków became a member of the Hanseatic League. The archbishops of Kraków were equal in dignity to princes of the empire. 14th century In 1308 the rebellion of German speaking citizens of Kraków is broken by the Polish King. That costs Poland Gdansk annexed by Teutonic Orders. German speaking citizens will no more have political ambitions. They learn Polish and try to Polonize as quickly as possible. The greatest period of Kraków's history began with the reign of King Casimir III of Poland who founded a university, the Jagiellonian University in 1364, the second oldest in central Europe after the University of Prague. Before that there had been a cathedral school since 1150 under the auspices of the Kraków bishop. 15th to 16 century The growth of the.
January 25 - 1533 - Henry VIII of England marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. 1554 - Foundation of Sao Paulo city, Brazil. 1791 - The British Parliament splits the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. 1858 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the (marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter and the Crown Prince of Prussia). 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. 1890 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded. 1890 - Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. 1917 - The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. 1919 - The League of Nations is founded. 1924 - The 1924 Winter.
January 23 - Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1556 - The deadliest earthquake in history kills 830,000 people in Shanxi Province, China. 1570 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war. 1571 - The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1579 - The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. 1719 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1789 - Georgetown College becomes the first Catholic college in the United States (Washington, DC). 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her MD by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming the United States' first woman doctor. 1851 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or.
Verona, Italy - is an ancient town, an episcopal see and a province in Veneto, Italy, on the shores of the Adige River and near to those of the Lake Garda. Its origins are supposed of Etruscan influences, but the first historical news are from the 4th century BC. It became a notable center during the Roman Age, of relevant political and commercial weight. Verona is famous for the Roman Arena amphitheatre (1st century CE), now one of the most important theatres for opera. The Arena (which shape and use immediately recall the Roman Colosseum) was built around the half of the 1st century CE on a site which at the time was out of the urban walls. The ludii (shows and games) played in it were so famous that spectators came to Verona.
Visigoth - "East Goths", Ostrogoth ) were a Germanic group that entered the late Roman Empire; they were the Western branch of the Gothic people. After the "fall" of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths continued to play a major role in western European affairs for another 250 years. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Kings of the Visigoths 2.1 Balthi Dynasty 2.2 Later Kings 3 See Also History The Visigoths first appeared in history as a distinct people in the year 268, when they invaded the Roman Empire and swarmed over the Balkan peninsula. This invasion overran the Roman provinces of Pannonia and Illyricum and even threatened Italia itself. However, the Visigoths were defeated in battle near the modern Italy-Slovenia border that summer, and then routed in the Battle of Naissus.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert - officials having been. severely punished, the fraudulent creditors of the government remained to be dealt with. Colbert's method was simple. Some of the public loans were totally repudiated, and from others a percentage was cut off, which varied, at first according to his own decision, and afterwards according to that of the council which he established to examine all claims against the state. Much more serious difficulties met his attempts to introduce equality in the pressure of the taxes on the various classes. To diminish the number of the privileged was impossible, but false claims to exemption were firmly resisted, and the unjust direct taxation waslightened by an increase of the indirect taxes, from which the privileged could not escape. The mode of collection was at the same time immensely improved..
Jewish history - early 6th century BC. The Judahite elite was exiled to Babylon, but later at least a part of them returned to their homeland, led by prophets Ezra and Nehemiah, after the subsequent conquest of Babylonia by the Persians. Already at this point the extreme fragmentation among the Israelites was apparent, with the formation of political-religious factions, the most important of which would later be called Sadduccees and Pharisees. After the Persians were defeated by Alexander the Great, his demise, and the division of Alexander's empire among his generals, the Seleucid Kingdom was formed. A deterrioration of relations between hellenized Jews and religious Jews led the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes to impose decrees banning certain Jewish religious rites and traditions. Consequently, the orthodox Jews revolted under the leadership of the Hasmonean.
Vindex - Vindex Gaius Julius Vindex was a Roman governor in the province of Gallia Lugdunensis (modern Brittany, Normandy and the area around Paris) who rebelled against the Emperor Nero in 67 AD. Although he was defeated and killed by the loyal general Lucius Verginius Rufus in 68, Vindex' rebellion was the start of a series of uprisings against the tyrannical emperor which resulted in Nero's deposition and suicide that summer, and the civil war of the Year of the four emperors. Vindex is the name of a Dutch search engine; see http://www.vindex.nl ..
John I Tzimisces - Nicephorus. The latter is also considered his instructor in the art of war. Partly because of his familiar connections and partly because of his personal abilities, John quickly rose through the ranks. He was given the political and military command of the province of Armenia before he turned twenty-five years old. At the time the Empire was at war with its eastern neighbor, the Abbasid Empire. Armenia served as the border between the two Empires. John managed to succesfuly defend his province. He and his troops joined the main part of the army, which was campaigning against the enemy under the command of Nicephorus. Nicephorus means "bearer of victory" and Phocas justified his name with a series of victories, moving the borders further east with the capture of about 60 border.
Jovinus - Jovinus Jovinus was a senator of Gaul, and claimed to be Roman Emperor (411 - 413). Following the defeat of Constantine III, Jovinus was proclaimed emperor in a province near the Rhine in 411 by Gundaharius, king of the Burgundians, and Goar, king of the Alani. Jovinus kept his position in Gaul for two years, supported by a number of local aristocrats who had survived Constantine's defeat. His end came when the Visigoths left Italy (at Priscus Attalus' advice) to join him, and their king Ataulf attacked and killed Sarus, who had also come to support Jovinus. Jovinus, offended at this act, failed to consult Ataulf when he elevated his brother Sebastian as co-emperor. Insulted, Ataulf allied the Visigoths with Honorius, and defeated Jovinus' troops. Jovinus fled for his life, but.
Joseph Freinademetz - 15, 1852 - January 28, 1908) was a Roman Catholic priest, and, as a member of the Society of the Divine Word, was a missionary in China. Freinademetz was born in Oies in the southern Dolomites, which was then part of Austria and now part of Italy. He studied theology in the diocesan seminary of Bressanone and was ordained priest on July 25, 1875. He was assigned to the community of San Martino di Badia, not far from his own home. During his studies and the three years in San Martino, Freinademetz always felt a calling to be a missionary. He contacted Arnold Janssen, founder of the mission house Society of the Divine Word in Steyl, Germany. With the permission of his parents and his bishop, he moved to Steyl in.
