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Hace 5 días · Macbeth ( / məkˈbɛθ /, full title The Tragedie of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. [a] It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power.
Hace 1 día · On 12 April 1606, a new flag to represent this regal union between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the flag of England, a red cross on a white background, known as St George's Cross, and the flag of Scotland, a white saltire (X-shaped cross, or St Andrew's Cross) on a blue background, would be joined, forming the flag of England and Scotland for ...
Hace 2 días · Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (/ ˈ r ɛ m b r æ n t, ˈ r ɛ m b r ɑː n t /, Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)ˌsoːɱ vɑn ˈrɛin] ⓘ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the ...
20 de may. de 2024 · Gunpowder Plot, conspiracy of English Roman Catholics to blow up Parliament and James I, his queen, and his eldest son on November 5, 1605.
- The Gunpowder Plot was the conspiracy of a group of English Roman Catholics to blow up Parliament and King James I, his queen, and his eldest son o...
- The Gunpowder Plot was the result of King James I's refusal to grant more religious toleration to Catholics. The leaders of the plot planned to mur...
- With the Gunpowder Plot thwarted, Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, and John Wright fled and were killed in Staffordshire. Other conspirators, includin...
- After the failure of the Gunpowder Plot, laws against Roman Catholics were immediately increased in severity, a setback that hampered religious tol...
3 de may. de 2024 · Christopher Newport (baptized Dec. 29, 1561, Harwich, Eng.—died August 1617, Bantam, Java, Dutch East Indies [now Indonesia]) was a British sea captain who was one of the founders of the Jamestown Colony. Newport went to sea at a young age, and he quickly rose to the rank of a master mariner.
8 de may. de 2024 · Bury Saint Edmunds, town (parish), St. Edmundsbury borough, administrative and historic county of Suffolk, eastern England, northwest of Ipswich on the River Lark. At Beodricesworth, as the town was first called, Sigebert, king of the East Angles, is said to have founded a monastery about 630; its.
7 de may. de 2024 · In 1607 most of England’s population was rural, living in manorial villages and on the farmsteads of large estates, spread out across the countryside. There were few towns as large as 1,000 people. Apart from the capital, Bristol and Norwich were the only “big” towns. Wealth lay in the land; living lay in farming it.
