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The Stuart period of British history lasted from 1603 to 1714 during the dynasty of the House of Stuart. The period was plagued by internal and religious strife, and a large-scale civil war which resulted in the execution of King Charles I in 1649.
By the end of the project, 174 parcels had been transferred between Mexico and Texas, each side receiving an equal area of land. [399] [400] too small to map: December 29, 1934 Kingman Reef was placed under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of the Navy. [384] no change to map: November 15, 1935
The Stuart period in London began with the reign of James VI and I in 1603 and ended with the death of Queen Anne in 1714. London grew massively in population during this period, from about 200,000 in 1600 to over 575,000 by 1700, and in physical size, sprawling outside its city walls to encompass previously outlying districts such as Shoreditch, Clerkenwell, and Westminster.
The House of Stuart, originally spelled Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain. The family name comes from the office of High Steward of Scotland , which had been held by the family progenitor Walter fitz Alan ( c. 1150 ).
Charles was the son of the Old Pretender, James Francis Edward Stuart (himself son of the exiled Stuart King James II and VII), and Maria Clementina Sobieska, a Polish noblewoman (the granddaughter of John III Sobieski). [12] Charles Edward's grandfather, James II of England and Ireland and VII of Scotland, ruled the kingdoms from 1685 to 1688. [9]
The Stuart Restoration was the reinstatement in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland, and Ireland. It replaced the Commonwealth of England , established in January 1649 after the execution of Charles I , with his son Charles II .
The Lord Deputy of Ireland Sir John Perrot arrested Art O'Neill and imprisoned him in Dublin Castle in 1585, it being the seat of British rule in Ireland. [9] In December of 1585, Art O'Neill made a successful escape from the castle and "hid for a time in the Wicklow mountains, but, attempting to head north to Ulster, he was recaptured before 20 February 1586", according to the Dictionary of ...
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]