(Encyclopedia) Teixeira, PedroTeixeira, Pedropĕˈdr&oobreve; tāˈshārə [key], d. 1640, Portuguese explorer, one of the early voyagers on the Amazon. He commanded the expedition sent by the governor…
religious leaderBorn: 1780Birthplace: New Brunswick, New Jersey Williams grew up to become active in the Methodist Church. In 1818, with the blessings of prominent white Methodist minister Thomas…
(Encyclopedia) Cateau-Cambrésis, Treaty ofCateau-Cambrésis, Treaty ofkätōˈ-käNbrāzēˈ [key], 1559, concluded at Le Cateau, France, by representatives of Henry II of France, Philip II of Spain, and…
(Salvatore Philip Bono)singer, politicianBorn: 2/16/1935Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan He began his career as a songwriter and singer, teaming up with his girlfriend Cher (married 1963–75) to record…
(Encyclopedia) Fishers Hill, bluff, near Strasburg, Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; site of Union Gen. Philip Sheridan's defeat of Gen. Jubal Early on Sept. 22, 1864, during the Civil War.
COSDEN, Jeremiah, a Representative from Maryland; born in 1768; elected as a Republican and presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Seventeenth Congress and served from March 4, 1821,…
(Encyclopedia) GeoffreyGeoffreyjĕfˈrē [key], 1158–86, duke of Brittany (1171–86); fourth son of Henry II of England. Betrothed (1166) to Constance, heiress of Brittany, he was recognized as heir to…
