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1672 In Literature
Events from the year 1672 in literature. Events *January 25 – London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is destroyed by fire. The King's Company moves to the theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields, which the rival Duke's Company left the previous year. *June – Thomas Killigrew mounts another all-female production of his ''The Parson's Wedding'' with the King's Company. (The first occurred in 1664 in literature, 1664.) Beaumont and Fletcher's Philaster (play), ''Philaster'' and John Dryden, Dryden's ''The Maiden Queen'' are also staged with all-women casts new prologues by Dryden for the productions. *September 13 – John Bunyan is released after twelve years' imprisonment for preaching without a licence. *December – John Dryden's play ''Marriage à la mode (play), Marriage à la Mode'' first performed in London by the King's Company. *The ''Mercure de France'' is first published, under the title ''Mercure galant''. New books Prose *Nicolás Antonio – ''Bibliotheca Hispana Nova'' *Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty. * 1348 – A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome. * 1494 – Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. * 1515 – Coronation of Francis I of France takes place at Reims Cathedral, where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of Charlemagne. * 1533 – Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. * 1554 – São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests. *1573 – Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. * 1575 – Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais. * 1585 – Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Denys
Nicolas Denys (1598? – 1688) was a French-born merchant, governor, author, and settler in New France. He founded settlements at St. Pierre (now St. Peter's, Nova Scotia), Ste. Anne (Englishtown, Nova Scotia) and Nepisiquit (Bathurst, New Brunswick). Denys' writings about the lands and peoples of Acadia were published in two volumes in 1672. The work, entitled ''The Description and Natural History of the Coasts of North America'', remains the leading authority regarding the conditions of Acadia for the years 1632 through 1670. Life Early years in France Nicolas Denys was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France, about 1598, the son of Jacques Denys, a captain in King Henri IV's Royal Guard and equerry to the king. His mother was Marie Cosnier. He was baptized in 1603. Early years in Acadia When Cardinal Richelieu authorized a stronger French presence in the New World, he commissioned Isaac de Razilly to be lieutenant-general of Acadia and Nicolas Denys accompanied the expedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Calderon De La Barca
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compare with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, and Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pêro". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic ''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternate archaic spelling is ''Pêro''. Pedro may refer to: Notable people Monarchs, mononymously *Pedro I of Portugal *Pedro II of Portugal *Pedro III of Portugal *Pedro IV of Portugal, also Pedro I of Brazil *Pedro V of Portugal *Pedro II of Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurelio Aureli
Aurelio Aureli (Venice, before 1652 – id. after 1708) was an Italian librettist. Life Little is known about Aureli's life. He began his operatic career in 1652 with ''L'Erginda''. Until 1687, he worked as a librettist mainly in Venice, except for a brief trip to Vienna. In Venice he was a member of the ''Accademia degli Imperfetti'' and perhaps also of the ''Accademia degli Incogniti''. From 1688 to 1694 he was, however, in the service of the Duke of Parma, during which time he wrote a dozen plays, almost all of which were subsequently set to music by the court composer Bernardo Sabadini. The last librettos were written in Venice and other cities of the Republic. Work His works include over 50 libretti, including: * ''Erismena'' (1655), set to music by Francesco Cavalli * ''Le fortune di Rodope e Damira'', Pietro Andrea Ziani, Venise (1657); * ''Il Perseo'', set to music by , Venise, Teatro ai SS. Giovanni e Paolo, (1665); * diverse versioni de ''L'Eliogabalo'', set to mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Vichard De Saint-Réal
César Vichard de Saint-Réal (1639–1692) was a French polyglot. He was born in Chambéry, Savoy, but educated in Lyon by the Jesuits. He used to work in the royal library with Antoine Varillas. This French historiographer influenced the way Saint-Réal wrote history.About the biography of Saint-Réal see : Andrée Mansau, ''Saint-Réal et l'humanisme cosmopolite'', Lille, Atelier de reproduction des thèses, 1996 He used to be a reader and friend of Hortense Mancini, duchesse de Mazarin, who took him with her to England (1675). Saint-Réal was a polygraph writer. His works belong to different genres but he always had an interest in history. After some minor works written in order to win the protection of Louis XIV, he wrote ''De l'usage de l'histoire'' in 1671. In this essay, he speaks about the good way of writing history and explains that understanding of facts is more important than facts themselves. In 1672, he published ''Dom Carlos'', subtitled "nouvelle historique". I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Nicole
Pierre Nicole (19 October 1625 – 16 November 1695) was one of the most distinguished of the French Jansenists. Life Born in Chartres, he was the son of a provincial barrister, who took in charge his education. Sent to Paris in 1642 to study theology, he soon entered into relations with the Jansenist community at Port-Royal through his aunt, Marie des Anges Suireau, who was for a short time abbess of the convent, and he taught for a while at the Petites écoles de Port-Royal. Some scruple of conscience forbade him to proceed to the priesthood, and he remained throughout life a "clerk in minor orders," although a profound theological scholar. For some years he was a master in the "little school" for boys established at Port Royal, and had the honour of teaching Greek to young Jean Racine, the future poet. But his chief duty was to act, in collaboration with Antoine Arnauld, as general editor of the controversial literature put forth by the Jansenists. He had a large share in col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Milton
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem '' Paradise Lost'', written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden. ''Paradise Lost'' is widely considered one of the greatest works of literature ever written, and it elevated Milton's widely-held reputation as one of history's greatest poets. He also served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. Writing in English, Latin, and Italian, Milton achieved global fame and recognition during his lifetime; his celebrated ''Areopagitica'' (1644), written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship, is among history's most influential and impassioned defences of freedom of spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Janeway
James Janeway (1636–1674) was a Puritan minister and author who, after John Bunyan, had the widest and longest popularity as the author of works read by English-speaking children. Life Janeway was born at Lilley, in Hertfordshire, the son of William Janeway, a minister of Kershall, at the end of 1636. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a B.A. and spent time as a private tutor in a home, like many of the Puritans. He is listed as one of the "ejected" or "silenced" ministers by the Act of Uniformity 1662. The first evidence that he functioned as a non-conformist preacher is from the year 1665 at the time of the Great Plague of London. He was then witness to the second great national calamity in the Great Fire of London in 1666. In 1672 his congregation built a large meeting house for him near London at Rotherhithe, where it is said that But Janeway's popularity caused the Church of England to threaten to have him shot. This was actually attempte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loimologia
''Loimologia, or, an historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665, With precautionary Directions against the like Contagion'' is a treatise by Dr. Nathaniel Hodges (1629–1688), originally published in London in Latin (''Loimologia, sive, Pestis nuperæ apud populum Londinensem grassantis narratio historica'') in 1672; an English translation was later published in London in 1720. The treatise provides a first-hand account of the Great Plague of London; it has been described as the best medical record of the epidemic. While most physicians fled the city, including the renowned Thomas Sydenham, and Sir Edward Alston, president of the Royal College of Physicians, Hodges was one of the few physicians who remained in the city during 1665, to record observations and test the effectiveness of treatments against the plague. The book also contains statistics on the victims in each parish.Countway, Francis A (2003). Gilt by Association: A Celebration of Medical History'. Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Hodges
Nathaniel Hodges M.D. (1629–1688) was an English physician, known for his work during the Great Plague of London and his written account ''Loimologia'' of it. Early life The son of Dr. Thomas Hodges, vicar of Kensington, he was born there on 14 September 1629. A king's scholar of Westminster School, he obtained a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1646. In 1648 he migrated to Oxford, and was appointed by the parliamentary visitors a student of Christ Church where he graduated B.A. 1651, M.A. 1654, and M.D. 1659. While there he took part in the activities of the Oxford Experimental Philosophy Club. Hodges took a house in Walbrook, London, and began practice there. He was admitted a candidate or member of the College of Physicians 30 September 1659. The plague time When the bubonic plague raged in London in 1665, Hodges remained in residence, and attended all who sought his advice. During the Christmas holidays of 1664–5 he saw a few doubtful cases, and in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Today
''History Today'' is an illustrated history magazine. Published monthly in London since January 1951, it presents serious and authoritative history to as wide a public as possible. The magazine covers all periods and geographical regions and publishes articles of traditional narrative history alongside new research and historiography. A sister publication ''History Review'', produced tri-annually until April 2012, provided information for sixth-form history students. History The magazine was founded after the Second World War, by Brendan Bracken, former Minister of Information, chairman of the ''Financial Times'' and close associate of Sir Winston Churchill. The magazine has been independently owned since 1981. The founding co-editors were Peter Quennell, a "dashing English man of letters", and Alan Hodge, former journalist at the ''Financial Times''. The website contains all the magazine's published content since 1951. A digital edition, available on a dedicated app, was launch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
