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En Historia de Colombia el 2009.05.10

1646. Depois de já haver sido batido segunda vez e aprisionado o General Huss, depois de já se haverem tomado varias villas e pontos, é o General Hollandez expulso de Olinda, vendo-se obrigado a entrincheirar-se no Recife.--No entanto, em consequencia das representações do Grão-Conselho, manda Telles da Silva ordem a Vieira de mandado do Rei para cessar a guerra; Vieira recusa obedecer dizendo--que depois de restituir ao seu Rei esta bella estrella, iria elle...

En Historia, history el 2009.03.20

1639.For a time the colony was without laws except the common law of England.But Baltimore was too wise and conciliatory to allow such a state of affairs to continue. He gave authority to the governor to assent to the acts of the assembly, which he himself might or might not confirm. Accordingly in 1639 the assembly met and passed various acts, mostly relating to civil affairs. One, however, was specially noteworthy, as giving to the "Holy Church" "her rights and liberties," meaning by...

En Colombia el 2009.01.13

ANNE BRADSTREET (C. 1612-1672)Born Anne Dudley in Northampton, England, the first American poet had rheumatic fever as a child and contracted smallpox just before marrying Cambridge graduate Simon Bradstreet. With John Winthrop's fleet in 1630, the couple sailed to America, where both Bradstreet's husband and her father would serve as governors of Massachusetts. Anne Bradstreet became the mother of eight children and the author of a manuscript that her brother-in-law brought back to London and...