The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 24Grolier, 1992 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... founded a school for the daughters of impover- ished noblemen in the town in 1686. Racine wrote two plays , Esther and Athalie , for per- formances at the school . Madame de Maintenon retired to the school after the death of Louis XIV ...
... founded a school for the daughters of impover- ished noblemen in the town in 1686. Racine wrote two plays , Esther and Athalie , for per- formances at the school . Madame de Maintenon retired to the school after the death of Louis XIV ...
Page 442
... founded the chain , was born near Rushville , Ill . , on June 18 , 1854 , and educated in the local schools . He entered journalism in Detroit in 1872 and worked on the Evening News , founded by his half - brother James Edmund Scripps ...
... founded the chain , was born near Rushville , Ill . , on June 18 , 1854 , and educated in the local schools . He entered journalism in Detroit in 1872 and worked on the Evening News , founded by his half - brother James Edmund Scripps ...
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... founded : first English settlement in Virginia . 1608 Champlain founded Quebec . 1610 - Henry IV of France assassinated ; Louis XIII king ( to 1643 ) . 1611 - King James Bible ( Authorized Version ) Issued . 1611 - English established ...
... founded : first English settlement in Virginia . 1608 Champlain founded Quebec . 1610 - Henry IV of France assassinated ; Louis XIII king ( to 1643 ) . 1611 - King James Bible ( Authorized Version ) Issued . 1611 - English established ...
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