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Rye House Plot
(Encyclopedia)Rye House Plot, 1683, conspiracy to assassinate Charles II of England and his brother James, duke of York (later James II), as they passed by Rumbold's Rye House in Hertfordshire on the road from Newm...Berkhamstead
(Encyclopedia)Berkhamstead, formerly also Great Berkhampstead both: bûrkˈəmstĕd, bärkˈ– ...Poniatowski, Stanislaus Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Poniatowski, Stanislaus Augustus: see Stanislaus II. ...Catherine the Great
(Encyclopedia)Catherine the Great: see Catherine II. ...Uccialli, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia)Uccialli, Treaty of: see Menelik II. ...Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini
(Encyclopedia)Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini: see Pius II. ...Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Simeon
(Encyclopedia)Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Simeon: see Simeon II. ...Piccolomini, Enea Silvio de'
(Encyclopedia)Piccolomini, Enea Silvio de': see Pius II. ...Reichstadt, Napoleon, duke of
(Encyclopedia)Reichstadt, Napoleon, duke of: see Napoleon II. ...Clarendon Code
(Encyclopedia)Clarendon Code, 1661–65, group of English statutes passed after the Restoration of Charles II to strengthen the position of the Church of England. The Corporation Act (1661) required all officers of...Browse by Subject
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