- Petre, Sir Edward by Adrian Burgess
1631–99, English Jesuit, confessor of James II of England. He attended the Jesuit seminary of Saint-Omer. He was imprisoned (1679–80) in connection with the Popish Plot (see Oates, Titus ) and again (1680–83) because of his appointment as Roman Catholic rector of the London district and vice provincial of the Jesuits in England. He succeeded to his family baronetcy and estates in 1679. At ...
- Milé, Jean François by Elizabeth Norman
See Millet, Jean François (c.1642–1679).
- Garfield by Claire Simpson
Industrial city (1990 pop. 26,727), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Passaic at its confluence with the Saddle River; settled 1679 by the Dutch, inc. 1898. Manufactures include paper products, rubber, and printing machinery.
- Trenton by Tiffany Jennings
A city in W New Jersey, capital of the state, on the Delaware River: settled by English Quakers in 1679; scene of the defeat of the British by Washington (1776) during the War of American Independence. Pop.: 85 314 (2003 est...
- abhorrer by WordNet
nounA signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred. .