Resultado de búsqueda
In the case of Orkney and Shetland, climatic conditions led to famine in the late 1680s and early 1690s. Examination of the adverse weather conditions which were responsible for the harvest failures and an outline chronology of the crisis are mapped out in the chapter which questions whether the famine can fairly be described as Scotland's ‘Seven Ill Years’.
Our history extends back to the 1690s. The buildings that now house our box office, bars, offices and rehearsal space began as houses, shops and a pub. It was John Wilton who went on to build the Victorian Music Hall, as it now stands, in 1859 behind the row of buildings on Graces Alley. Wilton's ambition was to provide West End glamour ...
Metropolitan London in the 1690s. The uniquely comprehensive and detailed taxation records of these years will be used to explore the social and economic geography of London at a time when it emerged as a metropolis of world standing. The project will build on an existing study of the City, and extend its coverage to those large parts of the ...
ON TRIAL. A witness testifies against an accused witch during one of the many witchcraft trials of the 1690s. The three women were thrown in jail to await trial for practicing witchcraft. During the trial, Tituba confessed to having seen the devil and also stated that there was a coven, or group, of witches in the Salem Village area.
1 de abr. de 2022 · Review of the hardback:‘Susan Staves's A Literary History of Women's Writing in Britain, 1660–1789 is a remarkable achievement. For the depth and breadth of her reading alone, the volume deserves a place in the library of all literary scholars working on the history and literature of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.'
One of the worst famines in all of Russian history, with as many as 100,000 in Moscow and up to one-third of Tsar Godunov's subjects killed; see Russian famine of 1601–1603. The same famine killed about half of the Estonian population. Russia: 2,000,000: 1607–1608: Famine: Italy: 1618–1648: Famines in Europe caused by Thirty Years' War ...
Two volumes, part of British History Online. www.oldglasgowpubs.co.uk : This web site has been developed to record our local landmarks and to give a brief history on when pubs were established. The site will also record all the publicans who held the licence for the establishment and to record as much information on the pub as possible to insure that it will never be lost.
