- Miantonomo by Danielle Gonzalez
D. 1643, chief of the Narragansett; nephew of another chief, Canonicus. In 1637 he aided the English colonists in the Pequot War. The following year he was induced to make a treaty of peace with the English and with his ancient enemy, Uncas. Miantonomo was friendly with the settlers of Rhode Island, particularly with Roger Williams, but was viewed with suspicion in Massachusetts and accused of ...
- Henderson, Alexander by Alexia Rogers
1583–1646, Scottish churchman often regarded as the greatest figure in the Church of Scotland after John Knox. Henderson became a leading opponent of prelacy and of English domination of the church. In 1638, after the signing of the National Covenant (see Covenanters ), he was elected moderator of the general assembly at Glasgow, which deposed the bishops and set up Presbyterianism in spite ...
- Torricellian by Webster's
... a.) Of or pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who, in 1643, discovered that the rise of a liquid in a tube, as in the barometer, is due to atmospheric pressure. See Barometer.
- Corneille, Pierre by Derrick Hammond
... born June 6, 1606, Rouen, France—died Oct. 1, 1684, Paris) French poet and playwright. He studied law and was a king's counselor in Rouen (1628–50). He wrote his first comedy, Mélite (performed 1629), before he was 20; other comedies followed. He responded to the call for a new approach to classical tragedy by writing Médée (1635) and then Le Cid ...
- Gaspar de Guzmán Olivares by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born Jan. 6, 1587, in Rome; died July 22, 1645, in Toro. Spanish statesman. Count.A favorite of Philip IV, Olivares was made a duke in 1625 and served as prime minister from 1621 to 1643; he concentrated all power in his hands. At a time when Spain was in economic and political decline, he attempted to strengthen the country’s administrative machinery and to suppress separatist tendencies in the ...