- Morton, Nathaniel by Cesar George
... 1613–85) Pilgrim chronicler; born in Leyden, Netherlands. Son of the Pilgrim leader, George Morton (1585–1624), he came to Plymouth in 1624 and entered the family of his uncle by marriage, William Bradford. Very close with Bradford for many years, Morton was secretary of the Plymouth Colony (1647–85). He drafted laws and copied notices and was active ...
- Lazarite by Webster's
... n.) One of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, a religious institute founded by Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites from the College of St. Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them until 1792.
- Sydenham, Thomas by Dominic Stone
1624–89, English physician, called "the English Hippocrates." He studied at Oxford and Montpellier, and practiced in London. His conceptions of the causes and treatments of epidemics and his classic descriptions of gout, smallpox, malaria, scarlet fever, hysteria, and chorea established him as a founder of modern clinical medicine and epidemiology. He advocated direct observation instead of ...
- New Amsterdam by Valeria Francis
The Dutch settlement established on Manhattan (1624--26); capital of New Netherlands; captured by the English and renamed New York in 1664
- Oslo by Arianna Gilbert
Formerly (1624–1925) ChristianiaCity and municipality (pop., 2002 est.: municipality, 512,589), capital of Norway. It lies at the northern end of Oslo Fjord and constitutes a separate county. It was founded by King Harald III Sigurdsson C. 1050. Haakon V built the Akershus fortress C. 1300. After it was destroyed by fire in 1624, King Christian II of Denmark-Norway built a new town farther ...