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Calendar year
Year 174 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paullulus and Scaevola (or, less frequently
174_BC
Imperial dynasty in China (202 BC – 220 AD)
the tribute and negotiation between Laoshang Chanyu (r. 174–160 BC) and Emperor Wen (r. 180–157 BC) to reopen border markets, many of the Chanyu's subordinates
Han_dynasty
Roman general and statesman (c. 230–174 BC)
Titus Quinctius Flamininus (c. 229–174 BC) was a Roman politician and general instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece. Flamininus belonged to the
Titus_Quinctius_Flamininus
Roman priest of Jupiter
in 174 BC. The first line mentioning the flamen was added later, perhaps by Scipio Aemilianus when he reorganised the familial tomb in the 130s BC. He
Publius Cornelius Scipio (flamen Dialis)
Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_(flamen_Dialis)
Liu Yingke (Chinese: 劉郢客; pinyin: Liǘ Yǐngkè; died 174 BC), posthumous name Prince Yi of Chu (楚夷王), was an imperial prince of China's Western Han dynasty
Liu_Yingke
Roman statesman
Gnaeus Servilius Caepio (died 174 BC) was a Roman statesman who served as Roman consul in 203 BC. He was elected Pontiff in 213 BC, replacing C. Pupilius Maso;
Gnaeus Servilius Caepio (consul 203 BC)
Gnaeus_Servilius_Caepio_(consul_203_BC)
Chinese woman, c. 174 BC
Chunyu Tiying (Chinese: 淳于緹縈; fl. c. 174 BC) was a woman known for persuading the Emperor Wen of Han to abolish the "5 corporal punishments", as told in
Chunyu_Tiying
Ancient Roman family
praetor in 176 BC, but the censors of 174 expelled him from the Senate. Lucius Cornelius L. f. L. n. Scipio Asiaticus, quaestor in 167 BC. Publius Cornelius
Cornelia_gens
Lucius Cornelius Scipio (before 213 BC – after 174 BC) was a statesman of the Roman Republic. He was the second son of Scipio Africanus, but despite this
Lucius Cornelius Scipio (praetor 174 BC)
Lucius_Cornelius_Scipio_(praetor_174_BC)
Ancient Roman circus in Rome
there were seven laps per race. From at least 174 BC, they were counted off using large sculpted eggs. In 33 BC, an additional system of large bronze dolphin-shaped
Circus_Maximus
2nd-century BC Roman consul
Publius Aelius Paetus (fl. c. 240 BC – 174 BC) was a Roman consul of the late 3rd century BC. He was a prominent supporter of Scipio Africanus, and was
Publius_Aelius_Paetus
short reign of his father, he inherited the title Prince of Chu in 174 BC. In 155 BC, Empress Dowager Bo, grandmother of Emperor Jing, died. Liu Wu was
Liu_Wu,_Prince_of_Chu
Kingdom of China's Han dynasty
kingdom consisted of the commanderies of Xue, Pengcheng and Donghai. In 187 BC, Xue was split off to form the Lu Kingdom (魯國) for Zhang Yan (張偃), a grandson
Chu_Kingdom_(Han_dynasty)
Eurasian steppe confederation and empire
asserting their presence in the Western Regions. By the time of Modu's death in 174 BC, the Xiongnu were recognized as the most prominent of the nomads bordering
Xiongnu
Chinese poet (c.340–278 BCE)
poem. The first known reference to Qu Yuan appears in a poem written in 174 BC by Jia Yi, an official from Luoyang who was slandered by jealous officials
Qu_Yuan
Roman consul 185 BC
in Liguria, defeating the Ingauni. In 183 BC, he was named pontiff. In 174 BC, he died of plague. Fasti Capitolini Titus Livius, XXXV, 7, 2–5 Friedrich
Marcus Sempronius Tuditanus (consul 185 BC)
Marcus_Sempronius_Tuditanus_(consul_185_BC)
Roman combatant for entertainment
culture of the gladiator munus permeated places far from Rome itself. By 174 BC, "small" Roman munera (private or public), provided by an editor of relatively
Gladiator
Kingdom of China's Han dynasty
extinct. Ying Bu (英布, 202–196 BC) Liu Chang [zh] (劉長, 196–174 BC) Liu Xi [zh] (劉喜, 169–165 BC) Liu An (劉安, 164–122 BC) Prince of Wu Timeline of the Chu–Han
Huainan_Kingdom
(169–164 BC, 144–132/131 BC, 126–116 BC) Cleopatra III, Queen (142–131 BC, 127–101 BC) Ptolemy IX Lathyros, Pharaoh (116–110 BC, 110–109 BC, 88–81 BC) Ptolemy
List of state leaders in the 2nd century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_2nd_century_BC
Roman consul
Mucius Scaevola, who attained the consulship in 175 BC, and who was the brother of another consul (174 BC) and son of a praetor who had died in the Second
Publius Licinius Crassus (consul 171 BC)
Publius_Licinius_Crassus_(consul_171_BC)
Ancient Roman family
War. Lucius Claudius, praetor in 174 BC, assigned the province of Sicily. Quintus Claudius Ap. f., a senator in 129 BC. Tiberius Claudius Centumalus, sued
Claudia_gens
Ancient Greek temple in Athens
elephant) and left them no time, energy or means to rebel. It was not until 174 BC that the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who presented himself as
Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
Temple_of_Olympian_Zeus,_Athens
Name list
Chunyu Tiying, (fl. c. 174 BC), Western Han woman known for a folktale, and youngest daughter of Chunyu Yi Chunyu Yan, (1st century BC), Han dynasty court
Chunyu_(name)
Order of classical architecture
have been designed by Polyclitus the Younger, c.350 BC Roman Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, 174 BC–c.130 AD Roman Corinthian capital of the Temple of
Corinthian_order
Ancient Roman family
pestilence of 174 BC. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, commander of the allies in the war against the Gauls, under the consul Marcellus in 196 BC, fell in battle
Sempronia_gens
praetor in 179 BC, and became governor of Sicily. In 174 BC, he was made consul, and in 171 BC, tribune. In this latter position, he accompanied his
Quintus Mucius Scaevola (consul 174 BC)
Quintus_Mucius_Scaevola_(consul_174_BC)
Founder and Emperor of Han Dynasty of China from 202 to 195 BC
BC), personal name Zi'er (子兒) Liu Chang, King Li of Huainan (淮南厲王 劉長; 199–174 BC), seventh son Unknown Liu Hui, King Gong of Zhao (趙共王 劉恢; d. 181 BC)
Emperor_Gaozu_of_Han
Type of Roman celebration of military victory
Nobilior 185 BC – L. Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus 182 BC – A. Terentius Varro 174 BC – Ap. Claudius Centho 132 BC – M. Perperna 99 BC – M. Aquilius 71 BC – M. Licinius
Ovation
Topics referred to by the same term
(consul 259 BC) Lucius Cornelius Scipio (praetor 174 BC) Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, consul in 190 BC, victor of the Battle of Magnesia (190 BC) Lucius
Lucius_Cornelius_Scipio
One hundred years, from 2100 BC to 2001 BC
The 21st century BC lasted from the year 2100 BC to 2001 BC. All dates from this long ago should be regarded as either approximate or conjectural; there
21st_century_BC
Family in ancient Rome, signified by a person's nomen
praetor in 174 BC (Livy, History of Rome, xli. 21), a senator in 73 BC, and another, known to Cicero, who was Rex Sacrorum at some time before 60 BC (Cicero
Gens
Roman general and politician (236/235 – c. 183 BC)
in 177 BC; Lucius Cornelius Scipio, who became praetor in 174 BC; and Publius Cornelius Scipio, who was inducted into the augurate in 180 BC. They also
Scipio_Africanus
Decade
Seleucid dynasty, who has ruled since 187 BC (b. c. 217 BC) Cleopatra I of Egypt, mother of Ptolemy VI. 174 BC Mete Khan, emperor and founder of the Xiongnu
170s_BC
Topics referred to by the same term
Flamininus (c. 229 BC–174 BC), politician and general instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece Titus Labienus (c. 100 BC–45 BC), Roman general Titus
Titus_(disambiguation)
River port of the ancient Rome
Aventine Hill. On that occasion the Porticus Aemilia was also erected. In 174 BC the Emporium was paved with stones and divided with walls and ladders descending
Emporium_(Rome)
Chanyu of the Xiongnu Empire from 209 to 174 BCE
Modu (c. 234–174 BCE) was the son of Touman and the founder of the empire of the Xiongnu. He came to power by ordering his men to kill his father in 209
Modu_Chanyu
Ancient Roman family
pestilence of 174 BC. Quintus Mamilius Turrinus, grandfather of the consul of 239 BC. Quintus Mamilius Q. f. Turrinus, father of the consul of 239 BC. Gaius
Mamilia_gens
Wife of Scipio Africanus
two sons, Publius and Lucius: Publius was made augur in 180 BC; Lucius was praetor in 174 BC. They also had two daughters named Cornelia: the elder married
Aemilia_Tertia
Imperial cult in Hellenistic Egypt
was an imperial cult in ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC), promoted by the Ptolemaic dynasty. The core of the cult was the worship
Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great
Ptolemaic_cult_of_Alexander_the_Great
Calendar year
Year 175 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scaevola and Lepidus (or, less frequently
175_BC
Ancient Greek kingdom in the southern Balkans
and in 174 BC, won the role of managing the Temple of Apollo at Delphi as a member of the Amphictyonic Council. Eumenes II came to Rome in 172 BC and delivered
Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
Roman senator
consulship he conducted the war against the Ligurians. He was censor in 174 BC with Quintus Fulvius Flaccus. Their censorship was a severe one; they expelled
Aulus Postumius Albinus Luscus
Aulus_Postumius_Albinus_Luscus
Ancient Roman family
Scribonius Curio, plebeian aedile in 196 BC, and praetor urbanus in 193, was named Curio Maximus in 174 BC, after his predecessor died in a pestilence
Scribonia_gens
another year. Publius Mucius Scaevola and Quintus Mucius Scaevola, consul in 174 BC, are believed to have been his sons, and the brothers Publius Mucius Scaevola
Quintus Mucius Scaevola (praetor 215 BC)
Quintus_Mucius_Scaevola_(praetor_215_BC)
Roman magistrate and census administrator
575–535 BC. After the abolition of the monarchy and the founding of the Republic in 509 BC, the consuls had responsibility for the census until 443 BC. In
Roman_censor
Topics referred to by the same term
BC), father of Tiberius and Publius Gracchus. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 215 BC), son of the above. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (d. 174 BC)
Tiberius_Sempronius_Gracchus
Topics referred to by the same term
Liu Chang may refer to: Liu Chang (Huainan) 刘长 (c.199–174 BC), son of Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Chang (Southern Han) 劉鋹 (942–980), fourth and last emperor
Liu_Chang
Part of the Macedonian Wars 179–175 BC
Thracians, went home for the winter; either in late 176 BC, or the early winter of 175–174 BC. They split into two groups; one to attack from the front
Dardanian–Bastarnic_war
nomadic people that dominated the ancient eastern Eurasian steppes from 209 BC to 89 AD. The Xiongnu settled down in northern China during the late 3rd century
Timeline_of_the_Xiongnu
Ancient people mentioned in Chinese histories
and inflicted a crushing defeat on the Yuezhi. Modu boasted in a letter (174 BC) to the Han emperor, that due to "the excellence of his fighting men, and
Yuezhi
Confederation of ancient Greek city-states (280–146 BC)
Megalopolis 182–181 BC Hyperbatos 181–180 BC Kallikrates of Leontion 180–179 BC Apollonidas of Sicyon ~ 178 BC Aenetidas ~ 176 BC Xenarchus 175–174 BC Archon of
Achaean_League
Topics referred to by the same term
ruler of the revived Chu state in the late Qin dynasty Liu Yingke (died 174 BC), Prince Yi of Chu during the Western Han dynasty This disambiguation page
Yi_of_Chu
Roman politician and general
who served from 204 to 174 BC; his grandfather, or possibly father, was the man of the same name who was consul in 215 and 213 BC. Not much is known of
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 177 BC)
Tiberius_Sempronius_Gracchus_(consul_177_BC)
Ancient Roman general and statesman
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, became a priest in 203 BC and died, while an augur, in the plague in 174 BC.[citation needed] His brother Publius Sempronius
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 215 BC)
Tiberius_Sempronius_Gracchus_(consul_215_BC)
High priest of Jupiter in ancient Rome
Dialis in 174 BC. He died soon after between 170 and 168 BC. Lucius Cornelius Merula was likely chosen flamen at the end of the 2nd century BC. He is mostly
Flamen_Dialis
Eldest son of Scipio Africanus (died 170 BC)
(living circa 211 BC/205 BC–170 BC) was the eldest son of Scipio Africanus and his wife Aemilia Paulla. He was chosen augur from 180 BC. Little information
Publius Cornelius Scipio (son of Scipio Africanus)
Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_(son_of_Scipio_Africanus)
Roman general and statesman
His building of the temple was to prove fateful. Fulvius was censor in 174 BC with A. Postumius Albinus Luscus. They expelled nine members from the senate
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 179 BC)
Quintus_Fulvius_Flaccus_(consul_179_BC)
50 BC–AD 9) Dai (代（ㄉㄞˋ）) (200–198 BC, 196–114 BC) Zhao (趙（ㄓㄠˋ）) (198–181 BC, 179–154 BC, 152 BC–AD 9) Huainan (淮南（ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ）) (196–174 BC, 168–165 BC, 164–122
List_of_dynasties
Topics referred to by the same term
Quinctius Flamininus is the name of: Titus Quinctius Flamininus (228–174 BC), Roman politician and general instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece
Quinctius_Flamininus
Ancient Roman family
Postumius A. f. A. n. Albinus Luscus, consul in 180 BC, fought against the Ligurians. As censor in 174 BC, he and his colleague expelled nine members of the
Postumia_gens
Αncient Greek tribe
Romans rather than the personal politics of regional actors. The plague of 174 BC caused a great reduction of available labor in Italy, which was supplied
Molossians
Calendar year
Porcius Cato (Cato the Elder), Roman statesman, (d. 149 BC) Mete Khan, Xiongnu emperor, (d. 174 BC) Pharnavaz I of Iberia, King of Georgia Zenodotus of Ephesus
234_BC
modern Mongolia under their leader Toumen (220–209 BC) in the 3rd century BC. During Modu's reign (209–174 BC) they defeated both the Donghu in the east and
List_of_ancient_great_powers
Comune in Piedmont, Italy
around what is now Asti since the Neolithic period. Before their defeat in 174 BC by the Romans, tribes of Ligures, the Statielli, dominated the area and
Asti
the Achaean League in Ancient Greece who served only for a year from 175–174 BC. Xenarchus was sent to Rome as an ambassador by the Achaeans, for the purpose
Xenarchus_(strategos)
Period of eastern Mediterranean history from 323 to 30 BC
case, tensions between pro- and anti-Seleucid Jewish factions led to the 174–135 BC Maccabean Revolt of Judas Maccabeus (whose victory is celebrated in the
Hellenistic_period
Athens, and then on a huge scale at the Temple of Zeus Olympia in Athens (174 BC–132 AD). It was popularised by the Romans, who added a number of refinements
Ancient_Greek_architecture
studies it was created piecemeal by Philip II, appearing in the 5th century BC under the ethnic Macedonians in an inscription. The four-part structure was
List of ancient Greek alliances
List_of_ancient_Greek_alliances
Decade
(d. 160 BC) Qin Er Shi, Chinese emperor of the Qin Dynasty (d. 207 BC) Titus Quinctius Flaminius, Roman consul and general (d. 174 BC) 227 BC Publius
220s_BC
19th-century intellectual movement
3rd century BC. Among Romans the career of Titus Quinctius Flamininus (died 174 BC), who appeared at the Isthmian Games in Corinth in 196 BC and proclaimed
Philhellenism
Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC
father-loving goddess'; 70/69 BC – 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic
Cleopatra
Millennium between 6000 BC and 5001 BC
The 6th millennium BC spanned the years 6000 BC to 5001 BC (c. 8 ka to c. 7 ka). It is impossible to precisely date events that happened around the time
6th_millennium_BC
Information System: Boundary Peak 174 "Mount Duff (Boundary Peak 174". BC Geographical Names. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office
List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska–British Columbia/Yukon border
List_of_Boundary_Peaks_of_the_Alaska–British_Columbia/Yukon_border
2nd-century BC Roman consul
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (c. 230 – 152 BC) was a Roman consul, Pontifex Maximus, Censor and Princeps Senatus. A scion of the ancient Patrician gens Aemilia
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 187 BC)
Marcus_Aemilius_Lepidus_(consul_187_BC)
Calendar year
Year 171 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crassus and Longinus (or, less frequently
171_BC
Decade
Kingdom (d. 161 BC) 234 BC Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Elder), Roman statesman, (d. 149 BC) Mete Khan, Xiongnu emperor, (d. 174 BC) 232 BC Xiang Yu, Chinese
230s_BC
Topics referred to by the same term
Scaevola (praetor 215 BC), governor of Sardinia Quintus Mucius Scaevola (consul 174 BC), believed to be the son of the praetor in 215 BC Quintus Mucius Scaevola
Quintus_Mucius_Scaevola
Lusitanian leader and rebel (d. 139 BCE)
Romans, which left them only with their yearly earnings to pay the taxes. In 174 BC, when Publius Furius Philus was accused of paying very little for the cereals
Viriathus
Tombs where deceased are buried with their chariot
unearthed in Pocklington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, dated to 320 to 174 BC. This was the first chariot burial in the UK to have been found with horses
Chariot_burial
First-century BC Roman history by Livy
is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in English as "Livy". The
History_of_Rome_(Livy)
Publius Furius Philus (praetor 174 and 173 BC) and that of the people of Ulterior was against Marcus Matienus (praetor in 173 BC). Livy made a mistake and
Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
Roman_conquest_of_the_Iberian_Peninsula
of the relevant period; but the real Titus Quinctius Flaminius died in 174 BC.) The scene is set in Carthage, and shows three merchants from Asia Minor
Believe_as_You_List
Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach
Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte BWV 174; BC A 87 / Sacred cantata (2nd Day of Pentecost) Leipzig University Cantata BWV 174 Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem
Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte, BWV 174
Ich_liebe_den_Höchsten_von_ganzem_Gemüte,_BWV_174
Roman consul in 275 BC
George Gundel: The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity Ch.3 p.174 Broughton, Robert S. The Magistrates of the Roman Republic 509 - 100 BC.
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus (consul 275 BC)
Lucius_Cornelius_Lentulus_Caudinus_(consul_275_BC)
Calendar year
Year 177 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pulcher and Gracchus (or, less frequently
177_BC
Ancient Roman province
triumphant. In memory of these events, he dedicated this panel to Jupiter. In 174 BC, another revolt broke out in Sardinia, resulting in a Roman victory by Titus
Sardinia_and_Corsica
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. At peak, its territorial extent was roughly 5.5 million square kilometres
Achaemenid_Empire
Chief magistrate of an ancient Greek city-state
and for the supervision of some major trials in the law courts. After 683 BC the offices were held for only a single year, and the year was named after
Eponymous_archon
Ancient Roman family
ambassadors sent by the Roman Senate to Aetolia in 174 BC. Lucius Canuleius Dives, praetor in 171 BC, was assigned the province of Hispania, where the
Canuleia_gens
Calendar year
general (d. 160 BC) Qin Er Shi, Chinese emperor of the Qin Dynasty (d. 207 BC) Titus Quinctius Flaminius, Roman consul and general (d. 174 BC) Demetrius II
229_BC
Wars between Rome and Carthage (264–146 BC)
the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire during the period 264 to 146 BC. Three such wars took place, involving a total of forty-three years of warfare
Punic_Wars
Statue of the Greek god Helios
Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was constructed to celebrate
Colossus_of_Rhodes
Ancient Roman general and statesman
Gracchus, who was elected to the priesthood in 203 BC at a very young age, and who died in the plague of 174 BC.[citation needed] Tiberius Veturius Gracchus
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 238 BC)
Tiberius_Sempronius_Gracchus_(consul_238_BC)
Calendar year
Year 173 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Laenas (or, less frequently
173_BC
Ancient Roman family
death of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus in 174 BC. Tiberius Veturius T. f. Gracchus, triumvir monetalis in 137 BC. Tiberius Veturius T. f. T. n., mentioned
Veturia_gens
together with Publius Licinius Crassus. He was probably praetor urbanus in 174 BC. Cassius Longinus was not given a command position as he had hoped during
Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 171 BC)
Gaius_Cassius_Longinus_(consul_171_BC)
Ancient Roman family
abandon Rome after the Battle of Cannae. Publius Furius Philus, praetor in 174 BC, then promagistrate in Hispania Citerior in 173 and 172. At his return to
Furia_gens
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until
Augustus
Topics referred to by the same term
and 321 BC, general in the Second Samnite War Spurius Postumius Albinus (consul 186 BC) Spurius Postumius Albinus Paullulus, consul in 174 BC Spurius
Spurius_Postumius
Ancient Macedonian senators
Peleiganes and the rest Politai (citizens). Syria Laodicea (Latakia) - ca. 174 BC - τοῖς πελιγᾶσιν peligasin Epigraphical Database 22. The Hellenistic World
Peliganes
174 BC
174 BC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : French Huguenot name, probably a habitational name from the village of Roncesvalles in Navarra in the Basque country (French name Roncevaux).Philip Rounseville came from Honiton, Devon, England, to Bristol, MA, sometime before 1704.
Boy/Male
English American
From Wine's town; from a friend's town. Famous Bearer: Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), World...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a cheerful person, from a reduced form of Anglo-Norman French enveisié ‘playful’, ‘merry’ (Old French envoisié, past participle of envoisier ‘to sport, enjoy oneself’).John Veazey came from England to MD in the late 17th century. Thomas Ward Veazey (b. 1774) was a MD legislator and planter.
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : variant of Parrish.French : variant of Paris 1.Samuel Parris, of Salem witchcraft fame, was a clergyman born in London and came to Boston, MA, in or before 1674. He had five children from two marriages and lived out his years in Sudbury, MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic meaning ‘son of Robert’, common in central England (see Dobb).Arthur Dobbs (1689–1765) was born at Castle Dobbs, Co. Antrim, Ireland. In 1745 he purchased 400,000 acres of land in NC and was selected as governor in 1754. He married twice and his second wife, wed when he was age 73, was a girl in her teens from NC.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant spelling of Janice.French : unexplained.Latvian : from the first name JÄnis, Latvian form of John.A Janis from the Champagne region of France is documented in 1704
in Trois Rivières, Quebec, with the secondary surname
Surname or Lastname
English (West Country)
English (West Country) : habitational name from a place named with the Old English elements slÄh ‘sloe’ + cumb ‘valley’, in particular Slocum on the Isle of Wight and in Devon.Anthony Slocombe or Slocum (1590–1674/75) came from Taunton, Somerset, England, to Taunton, MA, in 1637.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and the West Midlands, all so called from Old English scīr ‘bright’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.William Shirley (1694–1771) was born in Sussex, England, and came to MA in 1731. He rose in the colonial service, was appointed governor in 1741, and was responsible for the British capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, in 1745.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Woolsey.Americanized spelling of Dutch Wiltse.Hendrick Wiltsee’s son Hendrick, born in 1746, spelled his surname Willse in adult life.
Boy/Male
English
From Wine's town; from a friend's town. Famous Bearer: Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), World...
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English
English : nickname from Old Norse pá ‘peacock’ (see Peacock). This surname is also established in Ireland.Poe is a common surname found in the 17th and 18th centuries in VA and SC. The ancestors of the poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) were of Scotch-Irish descent, having emigrated from Ireland to Lancaster Co., PA, in about 1748.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Broughill, a habitational name from Broughall in Shropshire, named in Old English with burh ‘fortified place’ + an uncertain second element, probably hyll ‘hill’.James Broughill, born at Sutton Maddock, Shropshire, England, in 1714, emigrated to Caroline County, VA, in or before 1732.
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English
English : probably a variant of Mander.Belcher Manter is recorded in Plymouth, MA, in 1657. John Manter (1658–1744), possibly a son of Belcher, was the founder of a family associated with Martha’s Vineyard.
Male
Greek
(ΠαÏλος) Greek form of Latin Paulus, PAULOS means "small." In the bible, this is the name of the author of the 14 epistles of the New Testament.
Male
English
English and French form of Latin Paulus, PAUL means "small." In the bible, this is the name of the author of the 14 epistles of the New Testament.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place so called; there is one in Cambridgeshire and another in Northamptonshire, both named with Old English beorn ‘warrior’ (genitive plural beorna) or the Old English personal name Beorna + well(a) ‘stream’.A John Barnwell (c.1671–1724) emigrated to SC from Ireland at the end of the 17th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Andrews.Swiss German and Hungarian : derivative of the personal name Andreas.Perhaps a reduced form of Greek Andronikos, Andronidis, or some other similar surname, all patronymics from Andreas.William Andros came to VA in 1617 and died there about 1655. Sir Edmund Andros (1637–1714) was the British colonial governor of several provinces in America between 1674 and 1698, most notably NY (1674–81).
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from a Germanic personal name, Emaurri, composed of the elements amja ‘busy’, ‘industrious’ + rīc ‘power’. The name was introduced into England from France by the Normans. There has been some confusion with Amory.This name is recorded in Quebec in 1674, having been taken there from Dordogne, France.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Bartley in Hampshire, or from Bartley Green in the West Midlands, both of which are named with Old English be(o)rc ‘birch’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’; compare Barclay.Americanized spelling of German (Swabian) Bartle and the Swiss cognate Bartli.The surname Bartley was brought to VA from Northumberland in 1724.
Surname or Lastname
English (West Yorkshire)
English (West Yorkshire) : apparently a habitational name, perhaps from Silver Wood in Ravenfield, West Yorkshire (although that is not recorded until 1764). The place name may refer to a wood of silver birches.
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Girl/Female
Welsh
Fiend.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
From Heart; Heartfelt
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Abu Isa Muhammad Al-tirmidhi; Compiler of the One Collection of Prophet Muhammad
Male
Welsh
Welsh name HENWAS means "old servant."
Boy/Male
African, American, Indian
Handsome
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Famous; Eminent; Renowned; Feminine of Shahir
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
The Mixture of the Smell of the Petals of Rose and Sundal
Boy/Male
Tamil
Inclined to smile
Boy/Male
British, English
Light
Girl/Female
Latin
Young.
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a.
Belonging to, or characteristic of, a system of elementary education which combined manual training with other instruction, advocated and practiced by Jean Henri Pestalozzi (1746-1827), a Swiss teacher.
n.
See Koran. R () R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, and 250-254.
n.
Either of the feasts of the Holy Cross, occuring on May 3 and September 14, annually.
n.
A gold coin of Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $ 5.60.
n.
The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.
a.
Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology.
n.
A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.
v.
Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
n.
The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendemiaire.
n.
A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
n.
A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.
n.
A symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv.
a.
Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.
n.
See Charge, n., 17.
n.
One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.
n.
An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted.
n.
A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons.
n.
A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.
n.
See Fit a song. G () G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246.
n.
A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).