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219 ft (67 m) high and 5,640 ft (1,719 m) long, on the Columbia River between Oregon and Wash.; built between 1959 and 1968 by the U.S. Army Corps of ...
1566–1625, king of England (1603–25) and, as James VI, of Scotland (1567–1625). James’s reign witnessed the beginnings of English colonization...
(sôlz´b r ) (KEY) , c.1110–1180, English scholastic philosopher, b. Salisbury. He studied in France at Paris and Chartres under Abelard and other ...
1167–1216, king of England (1199–1216), son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Early Life
The king’s youngest son, John was left out of He...
1397–1479, king of Aragón and Sicily (1458–79), king of Navarre (1425–79), count of Barcelona. He succeeded his brother, Alfonso V, in Aragón,...
(John Palaeologus) (p l´´ l´ g s) (KEY) , 1332–91, Byzantine emperor (1341–91), son and successor of Andronicus III. Forced to fight John VI (...