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121John Byng — (October 29, 1704 ndash; March 14, 1757) was a British admiral who was court martialled and executed for failing to do his utmost during the Battle of Minorca, at the beginning of the Seven Years War. Early life and career John Byng was born in… …
122Cromwellian conquest of Ireland — Part of the Eleven Years War and Wars of the Three Kingdoms Oliver Cromwell, who landed in Ir …
123Thomas Scot — Early life The earliest fact known about Thomas Scot is that in 1626 he got married to Alice Allinson of Chesterford in Essex. He was a lawyer in Buckinghamshire who grew to prominence as the treasurer of the region’s County Committee between… …
124Elisha Williams — The Reverend Elisha Williams (26 August 1694 22 October 1755) was a Congregational minister, legislator, jurist, and rector of Yale College from 1726 to 1739.The son of Rev. William Williams and his wife Elizabeth, née Cotton (daughter of Seaborn …
125Antonio Fernandez Carvajal — (c. 1590 November 10, 1659), in pt. António Fernandes Carvalhal, was a Portuguese Jewish merchant, and the first naturalized English Jew.He was born about 1590, probably at Fundão, Portugal. He appears to have left Fundão on account of the… …
126Drapier's Letters — Title page of the 1735 Works. The author is in the Dean s chair receiving the …
127Kittatinny Mountains — Delaware River Valley and Kittatinny Mountain Region The Kittatinny Mountains are a long ridge traversing across northwestern New Jersey running in a northeast southwest axis. It is the first major ridge in the far northeastern extension of the… …
128Imra — was the chief pre Islamic god of the Hindukush Kafir people. He was worshipped as the god of creation. By his breath, Imra created other gods of Kafir pantheon. Frequent sacrifiices were made to Imra, sometimes for recovery from sickness,… …
