Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (8312 bytes)
1: ...], [[1762]]), was an [[England|English]] woman of letters.
3: ...f-imposed studies by her uncle, William Feilding, and by Bishop [[Gilbert Burnet]].
5: ...joined him in London her wit and beauty soon made her a prominent figure at court.
7: ... her absence he wrote her a series of extravagant letters, which appear to have been chiefly exercises in t...
9: ...upon Pope'' was generally thought to be her work, and Pope thought she was part author of ''One Epistle...

Lady Mary Boleyn (6091 bytes)
7: ...], sister to [[George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford]] and [[Anne Boleyn]].
9: ...re in the court of her niece [[Elizabeth I of England]].
11: == Life Account ==
13: ... Mary's actions. She was sent home in disgrace either in [[1519]] or [[1520]].
15: ...ised a hefty annual pension and Anne arranged for Mary's son to be educated at a respectable [[Cistercia...

Lady Mary Godolphin (697 bytes)
1: ...dered by some to be the love-child of the Duchess and [[William Congreve (playwright)|William Congreve]...
3: ...ss of Carmarthen, who was later 5th Duke of Leeds and [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]], was b...
6: '''Lady Mary Godolphin''' is also a pseudonym used by the the ...

Lady Mary Grey (419 bytes)
1: ... been to Elizabeth's sister Queen [[Mary I of England]].

Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion (2226 bytes)
1: [[Image:Maryam.jpg|thumb|300px|The Chapel of the Tablet]]
2: ...l church was built during the reign of [[Ezana]]/Abriha, the first Orthodox Christian emperor of Ethio...
4: ... I]] brought it to Ethiopia after visiting his father King [[Solomon]]. Only the head priest of the Chu...
6: ...truction occurred several centuries later at the hands of the great Muslim warrior of Harer Mehamed/Ahm...
8: ...the old church remains accessible only to men, as Mary, symbolized by the [[Ark of the Covenant]] restin...

Wortley (401 bytes)
1: ...ame an industrial town with coal pits, brickworks and railway depots. It is now a suburb of Leeds.

1689 (2635 bytes)
3: ...="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''Years:'''</small><br> [[1686]] [[1687]] [[1688]] - [[1689]] - [[1690]...
5: ...r" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br> [[1650s]] [[1660s]] [[1670s]] - '''[[1680s]]'''...
7: ... <br> [[1689 in music]] <br> [[1689 in science]] <br> [[List of state leaders in 1689|1689 state leade...
12: ...nt of [[England]] declares King [[James II of England]] deposed.
13: ...Scotland]] and [[Ireland]].[[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]] do not yet recognize them.

1762 (2046 bytes)
3: ...="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''Years:'''</small><br> [[1759]] [[1760]] [[1761]] - [[1762]] - [[1763]...
5: ...r" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br> [[1730s]] [[1740s]] [[1750s]] - '''[[1760s]]'''...
7: ...n="center" | <small>'''[[Centuries]]:'''</small> <br> [[17th century]] - '''[[18th century]]''' - [[19...
9: [[1762 in art]]<br>
10: [[1762 in literature]]<br>

1689 in music (227 bytes)
6: ... in [[London]]. Music by [[Henry Purcell]] and libretto by [[Nahum Tate]].

1689 in science (402 bytes)
1: ...'' included many events, some of which are listed here.
3: ...[1689|other events of 1689]], [[1690 in science]] and the [[list of years in science]].

1689 in literature (630 bytes)
1: ''See also:'' [[1688 in literature]], [[1689|other events of 1689]], [[1690 in literature]], [[list ...
14: *[[May 26]] - Lady [[Mary Wortley Montagu]]
19: ...[Aphra Behn]], the first British woman to support herself by writing

1762 in literature (831 bytes)
1: ''See also:'' [[1761 in literature]], [[1762|other events of 1762]], [[1763 in literature]], [[list ...
8: * ''[[Anecdotes of Painting in England]], volume 1 - [[Horace Walpole]]
16: * [[January 11]] - [[Andrew Cherry]]
21: * [[August 21]] - Lady [[Mary Wortley Montagu]]

1762 in Canada (675 bytes)
3: [[1762|other events of 1762]],
4: [[1763 in Canada]] and the
10: ...rench interests. [[Spain]] is to have New Orleans and Louisiana, west of the Mississippi, with an undet...

1762 in music (776 bytes)
1: ''See also:'' [[1761 in music]], [[1762|other events of 1762]], [[1763 in music]], [[list of ye...
23: ...ptember 17]] - [[Francesco Geminiani]], violinist and composer

1762 in science (866 bytes)
1: ...'' included many events, some of which are listed here.
3: ...[1762|other events of 1762]], [[1763 in science]] and the [[list of years in science]].
10: * [[November 20]] - [[Pierre André Latreille]], zoologist (died [[1833 in science|...
13: * [[February 20]] - [[Tobias Mayer]], German astronomer (b...
15: * [[July 13]] - [[James Bradley]], Astronomer Royal (born [[1693 in science|...

Edward Wortley Montagu (1735 bytes)
1: ... [[1776]]), was an [[England|English]] [[author]] and traveller.
3: ... whose talent and eccentricity he seems to have inherited.
5: ... studies. His father made him a meagre allowance, and he was heavily encumbered with debt.
7: ...nuity of £1000, the bulk of the property going to Lady Bute.
9: ... him a guinea, but her annuity devolved on him at her death. He died at [[Padua]] in Italy.

James Stuart-Wortley (258 bytes)
1: '''James Stuart-Wortley''' can refer to several people.
3: ... Kingdom|British]] politician, see [[James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe]].
4: ...ealand]] politician, see [[James Frederick Stuart-Wortley]].

Wortley Top Forge (850 bytes)
1: ...near to the village of [[Wortley, South Yorkshire|Wortley]], [[South Yorkshire]].
3: ...anufactured at the site in the nineteenth century and exported all over the world.
6: *[http://www.topforge.co.uk/ Wortley Top Forge]

Lenton and Wortley Hall (538 bytes)
1: ...med after the local districts of [[Lenton]] and [[Wortley]].

Bill of Rights 1689 (7090 bytes)
1: ...A separate but similar document applies in [[Scotland]], the [[Claim of Right]].
3: ...t differs substantially in form and intent from other "bills of rights," including the first 10 [[Ameri...
6: ...asion. He then sent representatives to negotiate, and he finally fled on [[23 December]] [[1688]].
8: ... Right, William and Mary were offered the throne, and were crowned as joint monarchs in April 1689. Th...
10: ...ing William and Mary to be King and Queen of Scotland on [[11 April]] 1689.

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