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  Tangier Garrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tangier controlled entry into the Mediterranean Sea and was the principle commercial centre on the North West coast of Africa, however, there had been years of conflict with the Moors.
The 2nd Regiment of Foot arrived in Tangier on January 29, 1662 and was joined by Parliamentarian companies from the garrison of Dunkirk and two units from the Royalist Force, which had been serving in Flanders; they officially took over Tangier from Montague's small naval garrison.
On June 4, 1668 Tangier was declared a free city by charter, with a mayor and corporation to govern instead of the army.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tangier_Garrison   (1122 words)

  
 Lists of office-holders
Current incumbents may also be found in the countries' articles (main article and "Politics of") and the list of national leaders, recent changes on 2004 in politics, and past leaders on State leaders by year.
Colonial Heads of the Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Colonial Heads of Port Cresson and Bassa Cove
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Portugal
The ill result of the expedition against Tangier, which was undertaken against the advice of Eugenius IV and ended in the captivity of the Infanta Ferdinand, hastened the end of the crowned philosopher, and Alfonso V (1438-81) succeeded to the throne in childhood.
The opening of the ports of Brazil to foreign ships ruined Portuguese commerce, the separation of the colony diminished the prestige of the mother country, which was reduced to a miserable plight by the long war, and internal feuds were added to external troubles.
The Patriarch of Lisbon is considered to be entitled to a cardinal's hat, and the archbishop of Braga bears the title of "Primate of the Spains", an honour which, however, is disputed by Toledo.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/12297a.htm   (9955 words)

  
 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Lists of office-holders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Heads of State of the Republic of the Congo
Heads of Government of the Republic of the Congo
Colonial Heads of Djibouti (French Somaliland)/FTAI (Afars and Issas)
fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Lists_of_office-holders   (1214 words)

  
 Fugitive Communities in Colonial America
Theories as to the identity of this people range from the romantic (the survivors of the Roanoke colony) to the fantastic (the descendants of early Viking, Welsh or Phoenician settlers).  In fact, they were members of fugitive (also called maroon) communities that existed on the outskirts of European settlement from the earliest days of colonization.
The early colonial period had many instances where women and men of mixed race were forced to make their own way in the wild, and the fact of slaves running away and joining the Indians is also well recorded.
The “Free Land” of the Melungeons was a strip of disputed territory between the colonies of North Carolina and Virginia.
earlyamerica.com /review/2001_summer_fall/fugative.html   (2395 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: History of Taiwan
Unfortunately the deer the aborigines had relied on for their livelihoods began to disappear forcing the aborigines to adopt new means of survival.
A border was constructed along the western plain, built using pits and mounds of earth, called "earth cows", to discourage illegal land reclamation.
Following a shipwreck of an Okinawan vessel on the southern tip of Taiwan in 1871, in which the heads of all crew members were taken by the Mu Dan (Paiwan) people, the Japanese sought to test the Manchu commitment to Taiwan.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Taiwan   (7385 words)

  
 Tangier Definitive Stamps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tangier began its revival from the mid-19th century when European colonial governments fought for influence over Morocco.
Tangier was thus powerfully Europeanized and still retains traces of the multiplicity of influences which permeated the city during that period.
The values of 50c and 2 Ptas show a Moroccan woman, the values of 45c and 10 Ptas a view of a Tangier street, the 5c and 25c a palm tree, and the value of 30c an old map of Tangier.
www.values.ch /sna-site/Tangier/tangier.htm   (421 words)

  
 Tangier Garrison - Iridis Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
No sooner than Charles and Catherine's marriage treaty had been signed, Admiral Edward Montague, 1st Earl of Sandwich, was sent to take possession of Tangier.
On September 6 1661, King Charles appointed Henry Morduant, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, as Governor and Captain General of all the forces in Tangier.
The Second Tangier Regiment left late in the second week of February for Plymouth with some 600 men and 30 wives and children.
www.iridis.com /Tangier_Garrison   (1071 words)

  
 Lists of incumbents Article, Listsincumbents Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Current incumbents may also be found in the countries' articles (main article and " Politics of ") and the list of national leaders, recent changes on 2004 in politics, and past leaders on State leaders by year.
Heads of Government of the Democratic Republic of theCongo
Heads ofState of the Republic of the Congo
www.anoca.org /heads/governors/lists_of_incumbents.html   (710 words)

  
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I had been an undergraduate in the sixties, so this was certainly not my first experience with cannabis (far from it), but the combination of the kif's strength and my own jet-lag took its toll.
In May of 1988 I came to Tangier one last time and found Paul Bowles not in the best of health.
Morocco plays England." Perhaps the most poignant of these moments was Bowles' recollection of his friend Truman Capote's visit to Tangier, and his hilarious impersonation of Capote introducing Beatrice Lillie at a party.
www.conjunctions.com /webcon/bowles.htm   (3261 words)

  
 Colonial Heads of Tangier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Fitzcharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, died soon after taking up position as Governor
Tangier International Zone City of Tangier: International Protectorate
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 PAUL BOWLES BIOGRAPHY: A Biographical Essay by Allen Hibbard
Hafa, in his study in Tangier, in Asilah, at the door of his former house on Place Amrah (Kasbah) and at the Hotel Villa de France
Greg Mullins’ Colonial Affairs: Bowles, Burroughs and Chester Write Tangier (2002), informed by postcolonial and queer theory, is but the most recent work of literary criticism devoted to Bowles.
Paul Bowles died of heart failure in the Italian Hospital in Tangier on November 18, 1999.
www.paulbowles.org /bowlesbiography.html   (4380 words)

  
 PS Wiki Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
lists of people in various offices and positions, including heads of states or of subnational entities.
2 Heads of state or government (defunct entities)
3 Heads of state or government (modern entities)
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 Various Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Amanda, a Sacrifice to an Unknown Goddesse, or, a Free-Will Offering of a Loving Heart to a Sweet Heart.
Heads and Faces and How to Study Them; A Manual of Phrenology and Physiognomy for the People.
Hugh Gaine: A Colonial Printer-Editor's Odyssey to Loyalism.
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 Africa
08/03: John Speke discovers Victoria Nyanza which he recognizes as the head reservoir of the White Nile and names it after the Queen of England.
1865: 03/21: the Privy Council declares that deposition of Bishop Colenso by a colonial bishop is null and void.
11/19: a proposal of Sir George Grey for a union of Cape Colony, Natal, and the Orange Free State which was not approved by the Imperial Government in England.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Oracle/9853/History_Africa.html   (6399 words)

  
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