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Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, civil engineer most famous as co-designer, alongside Benjamin Baker, of the Forth Railway Bridge; Jesse Hartley (1780–1860), civil engineer; J. B. Hartley (1814–1869), civil engineer; Benjamin Hick (1790–1842), civil and mechanical engineer; John Hick (1815–1894), civil and mechanical engineer
William Tucker was born in Cornwall on January 7, 1588 or in 1589. [6] In 1610, he sailed on the ship Mary and Thomas (sometimes written as Mary and James) to Virginia. [7] [8] Tucker was married to Mary Thompson, who was born in 1599. [7]
Everard Digby's De Arte Natandi, the first treatise on swimming in England, is published. The doctrine Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos is established in common law by Edward Coke. [24] 1588. 1 January – the Children of Paul's act at the court of Queen Elizabeth, probably performing John Lyly's Gallathea.
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "1588 in England" ... An Admonition to the Nobility and People of England and Ireland; C.
The desire to let people read the Bible for themselves led William Tyndale to publish his own translation in 1526, giving way to Sir Rowland Hill's publication of the Geneva Bible in 1560, marking the re-establishment of the Church of England at the accession of Elizabeth I. These would be predecessors to the King James Version of the Bible.
Court of Henry VII of England (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "15th-century English people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 397 total.
Folkestone is a town and seaside resort in Kent, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Folkestone, or had some important contribution to make to the town. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Folkestone, or had some important contribution to make to the town.
The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I of England is the name of any of three surviving versions of an allegorical panel painting depicting the Tudor queen surrounded by symbols of royal majesty against a backdrop representing the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.