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Mary, Princess of Orange (born 1662), first daughter of the Duke of York and Albany; Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway (born 1665), second daughter of the Duke of York and Albany; William III, Prince of Orange (born 1650), only son of Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Charles I's deceased eldest daughter
The first person who professed Islam was his wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid. The identity of the second male Muslim, after Muhammad himself, is nevertheless disputed largely along sectarian lines, as Shia and some Sunni sources identify him as the first Shia imam Ali ibn Abi Talib , a child at the time, who grew up in the household of his cousin ...
9 May – Samuel Pepys witnesses a Punch and Judy show in London, the first on record. 14 May – Catherine of Braganza lands at Portsmouth. [1] 19 May – passage of Act of Uniformity 1662, approval of 1662 Book of Common Prayer; 16 May – hearth tax is introduced in England, Wales and Scotland.
The history of Islam is believed by most historians [1] to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, [2] [3] although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the submission (Islām) to the will of God.
The first is the Ta'rikh al-Yaman, or "History of Yemen", by the 12th-century Umara al-Yamani. [1] Umara was a Fatimid sympathizer, despite being a Sunni, who settled in Egypt in 1164. [ 1 ] His book covered the Sulayhid dynasty and influenced later chroniclers like Taj al-Din al-Yamani , Ali al-Khazraji , and Yahya ibn al-Husayn .
Arms of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland: The royal arms of King Charles II overall a baton sinister ermine Charles Palmer, later Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, 1st Duke of Southampton Chief Butler of England (18 June 1662 – 9 September 1730), styled Baron Limerick before 1670; Earl of Southampton between 1670 and 1675; and known as the Duke of Southampton from 1675 until 1709 ...
[169] She was the first woman to successfully claim the throne of England, despite competing claims and determined opposition, and enjoyed popular support and sympathy during the earliest parts of her reign, especially from the Roman Catholics of England. [170] Protestant writers at the time, and since, have often condemned Mary's reign.
The 1662 prayer book mandated by the 1662 Act of Uniformity was a slightly revised version of the previous book. [111] Many Puritans, however, were unwilling to conform to it. Around 900 ministers refused to subscribe to the new prayer book and were removed from their positions, an event known as the Great Ejection . [ 112 ]