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... born March 19, 1601, Granada, Spain—died Sept. 3, 1667, Granada) Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect. He studied in Sevilla with Francisco Pacheco and was active as court painter in Madrid (1638–44). Despite a violent temperament, Cano produced serene and elegant religious paintings and sculpture. He worked for much of his career in Granada, where he ...

... 1667–68) Conflict between France and Spain over possession of the Spanish Netherlands. Louis XIV began the war on the pretext that the custom of devolution, whereby daughters of a first marriage were preferred to sons of subsequent marriages regarding property inheritance, should apply to sovereign territories also. That would mean that his wife, Marie-Th ...

Year of birth unknown; died in 1670. Stol’nik. (officer in the tsar’s court) and voevoda (military commander) in Tobol’sk, 1667–70.Godunov promoted the development of the agriculture of Siberia and the fortification of its borders. In 1667, the first known map of Siberia—the Chertezh (sketch)—was drawn up under his direction. The Chertezh reflected all of the Russian geographical ...

Year of birth unknown; died in 1670. Stol’nik. (officer in the tsar’s court) and voevoda (military commander) in Tobol’sk, 1667–70.Godunov promoted the development of the agriculture of Siberia and the fortification of its borders. In 1667, the first known map of Siberia—the Chertezh (sketch)—was drawn up under his direction. The Chertezh reflected all of the Russian geographical ...

Year of birth unknown; died in 1670. Stol’nik. (officer in the tsar’s court) and voevoda (military commander) in Tobol’sk, 1667–70.Godunov promoted the development of the agriculture of Siberia and the fortification of its borders. In 1667, the first known map of Siberia—the Chertezh (sketch)—was drawn up under his direction. The Chertezh reflected all of the Russian geographical ...