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111Bartenstein, Johann Christoph, Freiherr von — ▪ Austrian statesman born October 23, 1689, Strasbourg, Alsace died August 6, 1767, Vienna Austrian statesman and trusted counsellor of Emperor Charles VI. He created the political system that was based upon the Pragmatic Sanction; it was… …
112Bocskay, István — ▪ prince of Transylvania German Stephan Bocskay born 1557, Kolozsvár, Transylvania [now Cluj Napoca, Rom.] died Dec. 29, 1606, Kassa [now Košice], Slovakia prince of Transylvania, who defended Hungarian interests when Hungary was divided into …
113Dōkyō — ▪ Japanese Buddhist priest died 772, Shimotsuke province [modern Tochigi prefecture], Japan Japanese Buddhist priest who attempted to usurp the Japanese imperial throne. In 761 Dōkyō won the confidence of the former empress Kōken (who …
114Dolgoruky, Vasily Vladimirovich, Knyaz — ▪ Russian military officer (Prince) born January 1667, Russia died Feb. 11 [Feb. 22, New Style], 1746, St. Petersburg military officer who played a prominent role in political intrigues against Peter I the Great (ruled 1682–1725) and… …
115Durnovo, Pyotr Nikolayevich — ▪ Russian statesman born 1845, Moscow province, Russia died Sept. 24 [Sept. 11, old style], 1915, Petrograd Russian statesman and security chief under tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II, who brutally suppressed the revolution of 1905. He… …
116Isaac I Comnenus — ▪ Byzantine emperor born c. 1005 died c. 1061, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey] Byzantine emperor who restored economic stability at home and built up the neglected military defenses of the empire. Isaac was a son of …
117Lerma, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, duque de — ▪ Spanish statesman born 1553, Sevilla, Spain died May 17, 1625, Valladolid Spanish statesman who died a cardinal, having been the first of the validos strong men or favourites through whom the Habsburg kings were to govern Spain until the… …
118Light, Francis — ▪ British military officer born c. 1740, , Suffolk, Eng. died Oct. 21, 1794, Penang Island [now in Malaysia] British naval officer who was responsible for acquiring Penang (Pinang) Island in the Strait of Malacca as a British naval base.… …
119Macarius the Egyptian — ▪ Egyptian monk also called Macarius The Great born AD 300, , Upper Egypt died AD 390, , Scete Desert, Egypt; feast day January 15 monk and ascetic who, as one of the Desert Fathers, advanced the ideal of monasticism in Egypt and… …
120Rām Rāiyā — ▪ Sikhism member of a group of dissenters within Sikhism, a religion of India. The Rām Rāiyās are descendants of Rām Rāī, the eldest son of Gurū Har Rāī (1630–61), who was sent by his father as an emissary to the Mughal capital at Delhi.… …
