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Hace 2 días · The early modern period is a historical period that is part of the modern period based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity.There is no exact date that marks the beginning or end of the period and its timeline may vary depending on the area of history being studied. In general, the early modern period is considered to have lasted from the 16th to the 19th ...
Hace 4 días · New Delhi, May 25 (PTI) The Congress slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday for his “mujra” barb at the opposition, saying he is using words that no other prime minister in the country’s history would have used. The opposition party’s attack came after Modi vowed to thwart alleged attempts to rob Dalits and backward […]
Hace 3 días · Charities for the poor. The Perrotts were unusually beneficent in endowing parochial charities. Edward Perrott (d. 1667), a Portugal merchant and son of Edward (d. 1685), left £40 to the poor of North Leigh, secured on land in the parish, to produce an income of £2 a year, of which 10 s. was for bread for poor churchgoers in October and 30 s ...
Hace 3 días · From 1969 distribution was by the Finchley Guild of Social Service. Ann Sims (d. 1942) left the residue of her estate totalling £2,536 towards a trust fund for distressed gentlefolk or other poor persons in Finchley. Trustees were established by a Scheme in 1948 and there was an income of £70 from 1965 to 1971.
Hace 1 día · The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, extending northward into parts of the Arctic; eastward and southward into parts of the Indian subcontinent, attempted invasions of Southeast Asia, and ...
Hace 2 días · Mary MacKillop. 1842 - 1909. The tiny face of the boy in the rowing boat was screwed up in timidity and fear. Every time Mary Mackillop went to the orphanage at Kincumber, three boys were sent to Woy Woy to bring her the five kilometres across Brisbane Waters. Two were assigned to row the boat and one to bail furiously.
Hace 5 días · Thomas Frierston by will of 1650 charged a close and dovehouse with paying £1 yearly for the poor on St. Thomas's day. (fn. 7) In 1711 Jacob Webb gave a dovehouse yielding 10 s. a year to support apprenticeships. (fn. 8) When Burwell fen was divided in 1678-9 the parish was allotted for its poor, for the common rights of its town houses, lots ...
