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2 unusual facts about St. James's Day Battle


Johan Kievit

Even before the conspiracy was discovered, Kievit was fired from his position in the gecommitteerde raden, because he published a libelous pamphlet, entitled Brief van den heer van Sommelsdijk ("Letter of Lord Sommelsdijk"), in which he defended his brother-in-law lieutenant-admiral Cornelis Tromp's conduct during the St. James's Day Battle, disparaging lieutenant-admiral Michiel de Ruyter at the same time.

St. James's Day Battle

He withstood a combined attack by Sovereign of the Seas and Royal Charles and forced Rupert to leave the damaged Royal Charles for Royal James.


A. P. T. James

In 1919 James left Tobago for Trinidad, where he worked in the oil fields and later as a stevedore, working for Brighton Lake Asphalt, which produced and exported asphalt from the Pitch Lake in La Brea.

Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John

Their feast day is August 3 in the Coptic Church.

Alfred Mendes

Alfred Hubert Mendes (18 November 1897 – 1991), novelist and short-story writer, was a leading member of the 1930s "Beacon group" of writers (named after the literary magazine The Beacon) in Trinidad that included Albert Gomes, C. L. R. James and Ralph de Boissière.

Antonio D. James

James' 2013 film debut Trey the movie received International Films Award, from IFS, Texas Black film Festival and Action on Film International Film Festival in Monrovia, California.

Arthur G. James

During high school, he went to St. Clairsville High School, which he graduated from in 1930 as co-valedictorian.

Beautiful News

"You Never Let Go" was covered by Rebecca St. James on her 2011 album I Will Praise You, Stellar Kart on their album Everything Is Different Now, Jeremy Camp (album 'We Cry Out') and by the Mexican band RoJO in Spanish, "No Me Soltarás".

Brian R. James

As a writer, Brian is best known for his online and print works for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game published by Wizards of the Coast.

Charles Bridgeman

As Royal Gardener, Bridgeman tended – and in many cases, redesigned – the royal gardens at Windsor, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, St. James's Park and Hyde Park.

Charlie Clemmow

Clemmow has recently filmed the part of Anne Simpson in the one off, half an hour TV drama "The Tractate Middoth", written and directed by Mark Gatiss - based on one of M. R. James's chilling short stories.

Club Kids

The 1998 documentary film Party Monster: The Shockumentary and the 2003 feature film Party Monster – both directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato – were based upon the memoir Disco Bloodbath by Club Kid James St. James, an autobiographical recount of his life.

Darwin R. James

James was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887) where he became a staunch supporter of free silver.

Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk

It goes between Kensington Gardens, Green Park, Hyde Park and St. James's Park in a figure-eight pattern, passing five sites that are associated with her life: Kensington Palace, Spencer House, Buckingham Palace, St. James's Palace, and Clarence House.

Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School

T. G. H. James CBE – Egyptologist, Editor from 1960-70 of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

Eddie St. James

In 1995 Eddie worked concurrently on the second Jon Dunmore CD entitled Baptized by fire (Seagul/Semaphore records-1995), while also at the same time contributing guitar and backing vocals for the actor Richard Grieco (actor: 21 Jump Street, A Night at the Roxbury etc.) CD- Waiting for the sky to fall (Edel records-1995).

Evan Stephens

Several other Latter-day Saint scholars, including George L. Mitton and Rhett S. James, have called Quinn's research on Stephens into question.

Fort St. James, British Columbia

Brian Spencer "Spinner", former player in the National Hockey League and the subject of the film, 'Gross Misconduct'.

Holy Way

It led from Bohemia to Meissen and ran between Grillenburg and Wilsdruff in the present-day district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in the opposite direction and parallel with the Saxon St. James' Way (Sächsischen Jakobsweg).

Horse Guards Road

To the west of the road is St. James's Park and to the east are various government buildings, including the Horse Guards building, the Old Admiralty Buildings, the Cabinet Office, Downing Street (the entrance to which is blocked by an iron gate), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and HM Treasury.

Hugh Walpole bibliography

In 1937 he edited a compilation of short stories, A Second Century of Creepy Stories (Hutchinson, 1937), by a range of writers including Guy de Maupassant, M. R. James, Henry James, Walter de la Mare, Walpole himself ("Tarnhelm") and twenty-two others.

Jacobite uprising in Cornwall of 1715

Whetter, James (1995) "Jacobitism in Cornwall", in: Old Cornwall; Vol.

Jaime St. James

Jaime St. James is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the glam metal band Black 'N Blue. He also served a brief stint in the mid-2000s as the lead singer of Warrant, but he left upon the return of the band's original lead singer Jani Lane to the line-up in 2008. He sang (and co-wrote several tracks) on Warrant's 2006 album Born Again.

John H. James

During the American Civil War he and his wife travelled to Canada and Nassau, Bahamas, and afterwards they returned to Atlanta where he founded the James Bank.

Johnny Unser

In 1997 he made his first start in the Indy 500 starting in the 35th position after league and speedway owner Tony George added his and Lyn St. James' car to the field because slower cars than theirs were guaranteed starting positions because of prior races.

Justin A. Nylander

In the mid 1980s as a young teen he befriended pop star Stacey Q and her producer Jon St. James.

Katalina

She also contributed the song "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" to the soundtrack for the movie Simply Irresistible starring Sarah Michelle Gellar also produced by Jon St. James and featuring Skip Hahn on keyboards.

Kiran Shamsher Rana

He took on duties outside of Nepal later in life, appointed to a six-year term as a member of Rajya Sabha in 1963 and later serving as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Nepal to the Court of St. James's from 1973 to 1977.

KTBQ

Weekend personalities include Jen Austin on mid-day plus programs such as "Flashback" with Bill St. James (based out Chicago, Illinois) on Saturdays and Sunday night shows "House of Blues" and "The Classics".

Lyn St. James

She is one of seven women who have qualified for the Indianapolis 500, and became the first woman to win the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award.

Margo St. James

In 1993, St. James returned from France, where she had organized for decriminalization internationally, and married journalist Paul Avery.

Mark James

Marc St. James, a fictional character in Ugly Betty and web-series Mode After Hours

New Welsh Review

Contributors include some of the greatest Welsh and international writers and thinkers: Dannie Abse, Paul Muldoon, P. D. James, Emyr Humphreys, Leslie Norris, Gwyneth Lewis, Les Murray, Rachel Trezise, Niall Griffiths, Owen Sheers, Terry Eagleton, Edna Longley, Byron Rogers, Gillian Clarke and Paul Groves.

Parker Library on the Web

Parker Library on the Web was a multi-year undertaking of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, the Stanford University Libraries and the Cambridge University Library, to produce a high-resolution digital copy of every imageable page in the 538 manuscripts described in M. R. James Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College (Cambridge University Press, 1912).

Philip J. K. James

He is also the founding CEO of Lot18, a private sale site for wine and food, and was formerly the founding CEO of Snooth, a comparison shopping internet site for wine.

Prepared piano

More recent composers to use prepared pianos include John Wolf Brennan, Roberto Carnevale, Philip Corner, Stephen Scott, Richard D. James, Jason Moran, Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Marina Leonardi, Hiromi Uehara, and Volker Bertelmann.

Robin Chapman

His best known work includes Spindoe (1968), the controversial Big Breadwinner Hog (1969) and many adaptations, including M.R. James' Lost Hearts, Jane Eyre, Eyeless in Gaza and a considerable number of screenplays on Roald Dahl's short stories for Tales of the Unexpected.

Sharon Blady

Blady grew up in the neighbourhood of St. James-Assiniboia in Winnipeg, where she attended Buchanan School, Hedges Junior High School, and Collège Silver Heights Collegiate.

Simon Sues

Most of the themes of the comic are based on various detective stories such as Sherlock Holmes, as well as H. P. Lovecraft and M. R. James.

Somen Tchoyi

In a feat revered as 'Tchoyi Story 3' by Baggies fans (referencing the film Toy Story 3) he scored a hat-trick against Newcastle United at St. James' Park on the last day of the 2010–11 season, rescuing a point after being down 3–0 early into the second half.

St James's Club

The club was founded in 1857 by the Liberal statesman the second Earl Granville and by the Marchese d'Azeglio, Minister of Sardinia to the Court of St. James's, after a dispute at the Travellers' Club.

St. James's Cathedral, Riga

Following a referendum in 1923, the building was given back to the Catholics for use as their cathedral since the Rīgas Doms was now an Evangelical Lutheran cathedral.

St. James's Park

Charles II opened the park to the public, as well as using the area to entertain guests and mistresses, such as Nell Gwyn.

St. James's Park tube station

The station was then rebuilt again between 1927 and 1929 as part of the construction of 55 Broadway the company's new headquarters building designed by Charles Holden and featuring statues and carved stone panels including ones by Sir Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill, and Henry Moore.

St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar

to create cancer treatment centres of excellence in St. James's and Beaumont Hospitals.

Terry and the Gunrunners

In 1985 it was made into a popular children's television series starring Adrian Bell as Terry Teo and including many stars such as; Michael Bentine (from the Goons), ex-NZ Prime Minister Robert Muldoon, and comedian Billy T. James amongst others.

The Portrait Now

Varied subjects included self-portraits: Koons, Beltrami, Neel, Penck, less known figures and some famous names: Joseph Beuys by Warhol, Marlene Dietrich by Finer, President Mitterrand by Organ, Archbishop Desmond Tutu by Marisol, Seamus Heaney by Edwards, and 'The Smoking Man' a video portrait by Marty St.James.

William G. James

By this time he had begun to publish his compositions, and in 1916 his ballet music By Candlelight was performed in concert at the Savoy Theatre, London.


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