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Hace 4 días · Francis Xavier, SJ (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: Franciscus Xaverius; Basque: Frantzisko Xabierkoa; French: François Xavier; Spanish: Francisco Javier; Portuguese: Francisco Xavier; 7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552), venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was a Basque Spaniard [3] [4] Catholic missionary and saint who co-founded ...
Hace 2 días · A Collect for 5 November in the Book of Common Prayer published in London in 1689, referring to the Gunpowder Plot and the arrival of William III. Between 1662 and the 19th century, further attempts to revise the Book in England stalled. On the death of Charles II, his brother James, a Roman Catholic, became James II.
Hace 2 días · Thomas Cromwell ( / ˈkrɒmwəl, - wɛl /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.
Hace 2 días · Shift from Mongol to Turkic occurred in the 1350s, or earlier, also used in chancery. The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus ( lit. 'Great State' in Kipchak Turkic ), [8] was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. [9]
Hace 2 días · Charles II of Spain [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, neither of his marriages produced children, and he died without a direct heir. He is now best remembered for his physical disabilities, and the War of the Spanish ...
Hace 3 días · By the year 1552 African slaves made up 10 percent of the population of Lisbon. [348] [349] In the second half of the 16th century, the Crown gave up the monopoly on slave trade and the focus of European trade in African slaves shifted from import to Europe to slave transports directly to tropical colonies in the Americas—in the case of Portugal, especially Brazil . [347]
Hace 5 días · Matteo Ricci (Li Madou) Matteo Ricci (Li Madou) (1552-1610), an Italian, was one of the most famous missionaries in Chinese history. He entered theRomanAcademyof the Society of Jesus when he was 20 years old. He arrived inMacaoin 1582, andGuangzhouin 1583. Soon he got the approval to establish the first missionary organization and church on the ...
