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Hace 3 días · Oliver Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army ...
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
Hace 3 días · As one of the generals on the parliamentary side in the English Civil Wars (1642–51) against Charles I, Oliver Cromwell helped overthrow the Stuart monarchy, and, as lord protector(1653–58), he raised England’s status once more to that of a leading European power from the decline it had gone through since the death of Elizabeth I.
- What was Oliver Cromwell’s family like?The son of Robert Cromwell—a member of one of Queen Elizabeth I’s parliaments, a landlord, and a justice of the peace—Oliver Cromwell also was desc...
- What were Oliver Cromwell’s beliefs?In religious matters, Oliver Cromwell, a Puritan, believed that individual Christians could establish direct contact with God through prayer and th...
- How did Oliver Cromwell influence others?Oliver Cromwell’s victories at home and abroad helped to enlarge and sustain a Puritan attitude of mind in Great Britain and North America that lon...
Hace 2 días · Robert Hooke. Robert Hooke FRS ( / hʊk /; 18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) [4] [a] was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect. [5] He is credited as one of the first scientists to investigate living things at microscopic scale in 1665, [6] using a compound ...
Hace 5 días · Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn ( / ˈrɛmbrænt, ˈrɛmbrɑːnt /, [2] Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə (n)ˌsoːɱ vɑn ˈrɛin] ⓘ; 15 July 1606 [1] – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, [3] he is generally ...
1 de abr. de 2024 · Baroque music. Johann Pachelbel (baptized September 1, 1653, Nürnberg [Germany]—died March 3, 1706, Nürnberg) was a German composer known for his works for organ and one of the great organ masters of the generation before Johann Sebastian Bach.
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12 de abr. de 2024 · Claude-Louis-Hector, duke de Villars was a French soldier, King Louis XIV’s most successful commander in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14). The son of an army officer turned diplomat, Villars distinguished himself as a colonel of a cavalry regiment in Louis XIV’s war against the Dutch.
9 de abr. de 2024 · Grimsburg is an American animated sitcom that intertwines crime-solving with dysfunctional familial themes, focusing on detective Marvin Flute as he navigates the mysterious town of Grimsburg and its eccentric inhabitants, while simultaneously attempting to mend his fractured relationships with his ex-wife and estranged son.
