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William Adams (died 28 September 1748) was an officer of the Royal Navy.He served in the East Indies during the War of the Austrian Succession and was promoted by Admiral Thomas Griffin to be captain of the 50-gun HMS Harwich on 12 March 1748.
William Adams (Japanese: ウィリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Wiriamu Adamusu, historical kana orthography: ウヰリアム・アダムス [citation needed]; 24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in Japan as Miura Anjin (三浦按針, 'the pilot of Miura'), was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan.
William Adams (samurai) (1564–1620), English maritime navigator, shipbuilder and advisor to the Japanese government; William Adams (haberdasher) (1585–1661), London haberdasher and founder of Adams' Grammar School; William Adams (lawyer) (1772–1851), English lawyer, helped negotiate settlements with the US c.1814/1815
Here’s the true story of how a sailor named William Adams became the first westerner to reach that storied rank. William Adams was born in Kent in 1564. In later life, he recalled his childhood ...
6th president John Quincy Adams (died February 23, 1848) 6 years, 325 days after 9th president William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841) 2 years, 260 days after 7th president Andrew Jackson (died June 8, 1845) 8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862) 21 years, 111 days after 9th president William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841)
John Blackthorne, also known as Anjin (按針, lit. "Pilot", "Steuermann"), is the protagonist of James Clavell's 1975 novel Shōgun.The character is loosely based on the life of the 17th-century English navigator William Adams, who was the first Englishman to visit Japan.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
On the morning of Aug. 31, 1997, Princes William and Harry woke up to the worst news of their lives. Their mother, Princess Diana, had been in an accident in Paris, and she did not survive the crash.