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Hace 5 días · CITY GOVERNMENT, 1230-1350. By the 1230s it is possible to trace in Chester emergent civic institutions, responsible to the citizens rather than the earl. In the 1230s the dominant figures were still the city sheriffs but by 1300 the mayor was established as the senior civic official. Throughout the period the main institutions of city ...
Hace 2 días · Nalanda ( IAST: Nālandā, pronounced [naːlən̪d̪aː]) was a renowned Hindu mahavihara (great monastery) in ancient and medieval Magadha (modern-day Bihar ), eastern India. [4] [5] [6] Nalanda is considered to be among the greatest centers of learning in the ancient world. It was located near the city of Rajagriha (now Rajgir) and about 90 ...
Hace 1 día · The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as ...
Hace 4 días · 4. The Period of reform and rebellion, 1258-1267. 5. The Final years, 1267-1272. 1. The Reign of Henry III, 1216-1272. King Henry III ruled for fifty-six years between 16 October 1216 and 16 November 1272. His is the third longest reign in English history. During this period the social and political landscape of England was changed irrevocably.
Hace 3 días · Burton from the east in 1732. The feoffees financed the town's early improvements in public welfare, such as street paving and lighting. (fn. 7h) A body of improvement commissioners was established under an Act of 1779, and their first action was to lay a sewer along High Street.
Hace 2 días · 1950s. 1959 in art – Birth of Caio Fonseca, Death of Frank Lloyd Wright, Sir Jacob Epstein. 1958 in art – Frank Stella begins black pinstripe paintings; Birth of Brian O'Connor (artist) and Don Yeomans. 1957 in art – Death of David Bomberg, Diego Rivera, Jack Butler Yeats; Birth of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.
Hace 3 días · As the Christmas season begins to wind down, the first week of the calendar year presents us with a variety of saints. For one thing, the week is top heavy with North Americans: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) on Jan. 4; St. John Neumann (1811-1860) on Jan. 5; and St. André Bessette (1845-1937) on Jan. 6.
