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130 matches to James II
Bible. Hebrew and Christian sacred scriptures translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. 3C BC Greek translation. 1382 Wycliffe, Rogers, English. 1522-34 Luther, German. 1611 King James version. Vulgate by St. Jerome. Apocrypha.
Bloody Assizes. 1685. Trial of Monmouth’s rebels. 320 hung. 800 deported.
Boswell, James. 1740-95. Scottish author. Life of Samuel Johnson 1791.
Bowie, James. 1796-1836. US frontiersman. Bowie knife.
Breasted, James. 1865-1935. US Egyptologist. Ancient Records 1906.
Bridgewater Canal. 1761. Brindley. First British canal. Brought coal to Manchester stimulating industrialization.
Brindley, James. 1716-72. English engineer. Bridgewater Canal 1761.
Brooke, James. 1803-68. British “White Raja”; family ruled Sarawak 1841-1946.
Bruce, James. 1730-94. African explorer 1768-73.
Buchanan, James. 1791-1868. US President 1857-61. Compromise policy failed to avert civil war.
Burbage, James. 1531-97. Built first English theatre 1576. Later rebuilt as Globe.
Callaghan, James. 1912-. British Labour Prime Minister 1976-9.
Cardigan, James Brudenell, Earl of. 1797-1868. British General. Led Charge of the Light Brigade. Tennyson. Crimean War.
Chadwick, James. 1891-1974. English discoverer of neutron.
Cook, James. 1728-79. English explorer. Sailed to Tahiti to see transit of Venus, 1768. Charted New Zealand 1769. Claimed Australia 1770.
Cooper, James Fenimore. 1789-1851. US adventure writer: Last of Mohicans 1826. Deerslayer 1841.
Craig, James. 1871-1940. First Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 1921-.
Crichton, James “The Admirable”. 1560-82. Scottish adventurer/scholar.
Crick, Francis. 1916-. British discoverer of DNA structure with Watson 1953.
Dean, James. 1931-55. US film star. Rebel Without a Cause 1955.
Dewar, James. 1842-1923. Scottish physicist: liquified helium1898, vacuum flask. Abel.
Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.
Earth. According to geologists created 4,600,000,000BC. Ussher for Biblical version.
Elgin, James Bruce, 8th Earl of. 1811-63. Governor General. Worked for independent Canadian government.
Ensor, James. 1860-1949. Belgian painter and engraver. Pessimistic fantasy and social commentary.