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Encyclopedia: 1684 (2874 words) |
 | Matthias Bernard Braun (Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun, 24 February 1684 in Sautens near Innsbruck - 15 February 1738 in Prague) was a sculptor and carver active in the Czech lands, one of the most prominent late baroque style sculptors in the area. |
| Categories: 1684 April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. |
| Roger Williams (December 21, 1603 – April 1, 1684) was an Anglo-American theologian, a notable proponent of the separation of Church and State, an advocate for fair dealings with Native Americans, founder of the City of Providence, Rhode Island and a co-founder of Rhode Island. |
| Cultural City Bergen 2000, Bergen Public Library - Bergen in Literature (1364 words) |
| The city of Bergen, founded in 1070, was first and foremost a transit harbour, with facilities for storage and export of dried fish, and for import of goods from the Continent and the British Isles. |
| She became so popular that in 1684 the King of Denmark and Norway awarded her exemption from taxation the first modern "poets pension" in Norwegian literary history. |
| He is often referred to as "the father of Danish literature" and his comedies, strongly influenced by Molière, take place in a Danish setting; but some of the central characters in these plays are clearly marked by Holbergs memories of daily life in the town where he was born. |
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