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Calendar year
year 640 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 114 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 640 BC for this
640_BC
Decade
period 649 BC – 640 BC. Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds a library, which includes the earliest complete copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh. 649 BC — Indabigash
640s_BC
Historical region in Greece
(c. 680–640 BC), king of the Arcadians Polybius (c. 200–118 BC), Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period (Megalopolis) Philopoemen (253–183 BC), Greek
Arcadia_(region)
King of Rome
Tullus Hostilius (Classical Latin: [ˈtʊlːʊs (h)ɔsˈtiːliʊs]; r. c. 672 BC – 640 BC) was the legendary third King of Rome. He succeeded Numa Pompilius and
Tullus_Hostilius
7th century BC King of Persian Anshan
Čišpiš; Akkadian: 𒅆𒅖𒉿𒅖 Šîšpîš, Elamite: Zi-iš-pi-iš) ruled Anshan in 675–640 BC. He was the son of Achaemenes of Persis and an ancestor of Cyrus the Great
Teispes
One hundred years, from 700 BC to 601 BC
Marcius becomes king of Rome (traditional date). c.641 BC: Josiah becomes king of Judah. 640 BC: Decisive victory of Assyria over Elamite Empire; Assurbanipal
7th_century_BC
Ancient nomadic Iranic people who invaded West Asia in the 8th and 7th centuries BC
identification is still uncertain. Teušpâ (?-679 BC) Dugdammî (679-640 BC) Sandakšatru (640-c. 630s BC) Agathyrsi Sigynnae Umman Manda Tokhtas'ev 1991:
Cimmerians
King of Sparta
his father Polydorus followed by his son Anaxander. He ruled from 665 to 640 BC. Histories The Spartan Royalty Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
Eurycrates
Decorative continuous line border motif
730–720 BC, ceramic, Kinský Palace, Prague, Czech Republic Ancient Greek metope with three women that have meanders on their clothes, c.640 BC, terracotta
Meander_(art)
(707/706–690 BC) Taharqa, Pharaoh (690–664 BC) Tantamani, Pharaoh (664–653 BC) Kingdom of Kush (complete list) – Atlanersa, King (653–640 BC) Senkamanisken
List of state leaders in the 7th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_7th_century_BC
Period of Roman history (c. 753 – c. 509 BC)
According to tradition, the Roman Kingdom began with the city's founding c. 753 BC, with settlements around the Palatine Hill along the river Tiber in central
Roman_Kingdom
Object or record accepted as payment
[clarification needed] The first usage of the term came from Mesopotamia circa 3000 BC. Societies in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia used shell money—often
Money
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
Ancient Greek helmet
centuries BC (700–640 BC). Accurate representations on Corinthian vases are sufficient to indicate that the Illyrian type helmet was developed before 600 BC. The
Illyrian_type_helmet
Island country in the Mediterranean Sea
650 BC is provided by the representation of the Judgment of Paris on the Chigi vase" (Burkert 1992:103). On the proto-Corinthian ewer of c. 640 BC known
Cyprus
Art Cup ornated with papyrus flowers; 653–640 BC; terracotta; Louvre Goblet ornated with uraeuses; 653–640 BC; terracotta; Louvre Egyptian writing remained
Art_of_ancient_Egypt
Ancient Assyrian city
largest city in the world for approximately fifty years until the year 612 BC when, after a bitter period of civil war in Assyria, it was sacked by a coalition
Nineveh
Historical coinage of China
money found there was estimated to have been created between 640 BC and no later than 550 BC, making it possibly the world's oldest known mint, meaning
Spade_money
7th-century BC Athenian noble and coup leader
nobles and a previous victor of the Olympic Games in 640 BC, attempted a coup in either 636 BC or 632 BC with support from Megara, where his father-in-law
Cylon_of_Athens
Biblical King of Judah
lit. 'healed or supported by Yahweh') was the 16th king of Judah (c. 640–609 BC). Described as "one of Judah’s most important kings," his reign likely
Josiah
Camirus in Rhodes, Ancient Greek epic poet, supposed to have flourished about 640 BC. Peisander was the author of a Heracleia (Ἡράκλεια), in which he introduced
Peisander
Vase is a Protocorinthian olpe and was made by the Chigi Painter from 650-640 BC. The Chigi Vase was discovered in an Etruscan tomb at Monte Aguzzo. It is
Hoplite_formation_in_art
Ancient Greek philosopher and politician
Pittacus (/ˈpɪtəkəs/; Ancient Greek: Πιττακός; c. 640 – 568 BC) was an ancient Mytilenean military general and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Pittacus
Pittacus_of_Mytilene
King of Judah
William F. Albright has dated his reign to 642–640, while professor E. R. Thiele offers the dates 643/642 – 641/640. Thiele's dates are tied to the reign of
Amon_of_Judah
Ancient western Balkan kingdom
Illyrian invasion of Macedonia ruled by Argaeus I, somewhere between 678–640 BC, the historian Polyaenus (fl. 2nd-century AD) recorded the supposed oldest
Illyrian_kingdom
Small, flat and usually round piece of material used as money
in China. The factory produced shovel-shaped bronze coins between 640 B.C. and 550 B.C., making it the oldest securely dated minting site. The earliest
Coin
King of Elam
be occupied until it was destroyed by the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal in 640 BC. Untash-Napirirsha also left numerous building inscriptions for more than
Untash-Napirisha
Army of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta
military manpower: the number of Spartiates decreased from 6,000 in 640 BC to 1,000 in 330 BC. The Spartans therefore had to use helots as hoplites, and occasionally
Spartan_army
Large cat native to Africa and India
of his lion hunts depicted on a sequence of Assyrian palace reliefs c. 640 BC, known as the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal. Lions were also hunted during the
Lion
Ancient pre-Iranian civilization between 3200 and 539 BC
their pillages. The last Elamite king, Humban-Haltash III, was captured in 640 BC by Ashurbanipal, who annexed and destroyed the country. In a tablet unearthed
Elam
Protocorinthian painted vase
the middle and late Proto-Corinthian periods and given a date of c. 650–640 BC; it is now in the National Etruscan Museum, Villa Giulia, Rome (inv. No
Chigi_vase
Account of mercenary warfare in Ancient Greece
Ostraca discovered at the Judean fortress of Tel Arad, dated to around 640 BC, contain Hebrew inscriptions that suggest a Greek presence in the Near East
Ancient_Greek_mercenaries
Ancient Semitic kingdom in the Levant
BC. One reason for this is that Ammon became a Babylonian province, shortly after being devastated by Nebuchadnezzar II in the 580s BC. Around 255 BC
Ammon
King of the Cimmerians
the then superpower in Western Asia. After Tugdammi died of disease in 640 BC, Sandakšatru succeeded his father as the king of the western Cimmerian horde
Sandakšatru
Ancient Greek vase
pottery aryballos in the collection of the British Museum. Dating to around 640 BC, it is 6.9 cm high and 3.9 cm in diameter, and weighs 65 grams. The vase
Macmillan_aryballos
Human settlement in Melito di Porto Salvo, Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, Italy
century. The town was founded as a colony of the Greek city of Chalcis, in 640 BC. A flourishing commercial town during the Greater Greece and Roman eras
Pentedattilo
River in Iran
surroundings in modern Khuzestan. However, the Elamite empire lasted until about 640 BC, when the Assyrians overran it. The city of Susa, near the modern city of
Karun
Decade
(reigned 681–669 BC) Argaeus I, who acceded to the kingship of Macedon with his father's death; he reigned from c. 623 BC to c. 640 BC Zhou Hui Wang, ruler
670s_BC
daughter of Piye, to become Divine Adoratrice of Amun from around 650 BC to 640 BC during the 26th Dynasty. Amenirdis adopted Nitocris, daughter of Psamtik
Amenirdis_II
Country between two powerful countries
Dennis Bratcher. "Old Testament History The Rise of Babylon and Exile (640 BC-538 BC)". THE VOICE. Archived from the original on 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2024-08-06
Buffer_state
Samian explorer
merchant, who according to Herodotus (Hdt. 4.152) arrived at Tartessos c. 640 BC. In an era where most Greek traders were anonymous, Herodotus believed that
Colaeus
Ancient Greek lyric poet (c. 630–c. 570 BC)
Franco Ferrari infers a date of around 650 or 640 BC; David Campbell suggests around or before 630 BC. Greek tradition often credited poets with unusually
Sappho
Ancient Greek city in Anatolia
of Gyges (680-652 BC), while his grandson Miletus married the daughter of Ardys in the late 7th c. BC. This may explain why in 640 BC, Ephesus and the
Ephesus
Topics referred to by the same term
known as Amon and Amon-Ra Aamon, a Goetic demon Amon of Judah (c. 664–c. 640 BC), king of Judah Amon of Toul (c. 375–c. 423 AD), second recorded Bishop
Amon
Ancient Western Balkanic tribes
Illyrian invasion of Macedonia ruled by Argaeus I, somewhere between 678 and 640 BC, the historian Polyaenus (fl. 2nd-century CE) recorded the oldest known
Illyrians
is little evidence for the existence of any before the mid-sixth century BC. Spartan kings received a recurring posthumous hero cult like that of the
List_of_kings_of_Sparta
Species of plant
native to Cuba. The genus name of Solonia is in honour of Solon (c. 640 BC – c. 560 BC), an Athenian statesman, lawmaker and poet. The Latin specific epithet
Solonia
Ancient city in Iran
Shutruk-Nahhunte II (ca. 717-699 BC). Anshan fell under Persis Achaemenid rule in the 7th century BC, having been captured by Teispes (675–640 BC), who was an ancestor
Anshan_(Persia)
Province of Iran
geopolitical significance of Khuzestan, the seat of Iran's first empire. In 640 BC, the Elamites were defeated by Ashurbanipal, coming under the rule of the
Khuzestan_province
Art museum in Paris, France
the limestone Lady of Auxerre, from 640 BC; and the cylindrical Hera of Samos, c. 570–560 BC. After the 4th century BC, focus on the human form increased
Louvre
and carried to Rome in 72 BC. He taught Virgil Greek. Peisander of Camirus in Rhodes, epic poet who flourished about 640 BC. Phanocles elegiac poet who
List_of_ancient_Greek_poets
Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the largest empire by that point in history
List_of_Achaemenid_emperors
Royal title in Ancient Mesopotamia
679-640 BC) Kings of the Universe in the Neo-Babylonian Empire Nabopolassar (r. 626–605 BC), in economic documents Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605–562 BC), in
King_of_the_Universe
beginning of the century in Boeotia Callinus (c. 740 - c. 665 BC) Tyrtaeus (c. 700 - c. 640 BC) Archilochus of Paros (born c. 700) Alcman (dates unknown)
7th_century_BC_in_poetry
p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC. Bryce, Trevor (2005). The Kingdom of the
List_of_wars:_before_1000
Ancient royal dynasty state
entity centered in Ecbatana that existed from the 7th century BC until the mid-6th century BC and is believed to have dominated a significant portion of
Median_dynasty
City in ancient Elam civilization
scholars believe that the city was located where modern day Khorramabad is. In 640 BC, Ashurbanipal, the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, conquered Elam and destroyed
Khaydalu
Chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom
who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine Hill. Seven legendary kings are said to have ruled Rome until 509 BC, when the last king was overthrown
King_of_Rome
Northern Rui (北芮（ㄅㄟˇ ㄖㄨㄟˋ）) (1046–640 BC) Southern Rui (南芮（ㄋㄢˊ ㄖㄨㄟˋ）) (806 BC–?) Han (邗（ㄏㄢˊ）) (1046 BC–?) Ji (冀（ㄐㄧˋ）) (1046 BC–?) – Ruled by the House of Qi
List_of_dynasties
Series of monolithic columns on the Indian subcontinent
the 3rd Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great, who reigned from c. 268 to 232 BC. Ashoka used the expression Dhaṃma thaṃbhā (Dharma stambha), i.e. "pillars
Pillars_of_Ashoka
35th Olympiad 640 BC - Sphaerus of Laconia (Ancient Greek: Σφαῖρος Λάκων) 36th Olympiad 636 BC - Phrynon of Athens 37th Olympiad 632 BC - Eurycleidas
List of Olympic winners of the Stadion race
List_of_Olympic_winners_of_the_Stadion_race
Ethnic group in ancient Chinese texts; one of the "Four Barbarians" groups
states. 640 BC: The Di were allied with Qi and Xing against Wey.[citation needed] 639 BC: the Di, acting on behalf of Xing, again invaded Wey. 636 BC: The
Beidi
Greek coins from the Archaic to Imperial Roman periods
coins found under the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, are dated to around 640 BC. These coins were issued either by the non-Greek Lydians for their own use
Ancient_Greek_coinage
Calendar year
year 643 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 111 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 643 BC for this
643_BC
Ancient city in Etruria
sanctuary called Lucus Feroniae in the time of Tullus Hostilius (r.672–640 BC) when it was located in Etruria. It was partially excavated when the A1
Feronia_(Etruria)
King of the Medes from 700 to 678 BCE
not clear and probably covered most of the first half of the 7th century BC. According to Herodotus, Deioces was the first Median king to have gained
Deioces
Highest-ranking priestess of the Amun cult
Upper Egypt during the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth dynasties (circa 740–525 BC). The office had political importance as well as religious, since the two
God's_Wife_of_Amun
214 BC Procles, 640 BC Themison, fl. 366 BC Plutarch, c. 355–350 BC (expelled) Hipparchus, c. 345 BC Automedon, c. 345 BC Cleitarchus, 345–341 BC (expelled)
List_of_ancient_Greek_tyrants
writing, over 5,000 years ago, with the earliest records going back to 3,200 BC. Prehistory covers the time from the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) to the beginning
Timeline_of_prehistory
Ancient Greek lyric poet (c. 680 – c. 645 BC)
Archilochus is complex but modern scholars generally settle for c. 680 – c. 640 BC. Whether or not their lives had been virtuous, authors of genius were revered
Archilochus
Human disease caused by paramyxovirus
recorded as far back as 640 B.C. The Greek physician Hippocrates documented an outbreak on the island of Thasos in approximately 410 B.C. and provided a fuller
Mumps
Calendar year
year 638 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 116 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 638 BC for this
638_BC
Verse of the New Testament
ruled from 715 BC to 687 BC. His son Manasseh ruled from his father's death until 642 BC, while Manasseh's son Amon ruled from 642 BC to 640 BC. Josiah ruled
Matthew_1:10
Volcano in Turkey
applied to the mountain, it may have been eponymous of Argaeus I (678 – 640 BC), king of Macedon and founder of the Argead dynasty. The Turkish name was
Mount_Erciyes
44 BC murder in Rome
the Roman dictator, was assassinated on the Ides of March (15 March), 44 BC, by a group of senators during a Senate session at the Curia of Pompey, located
Assassination of Julius Caesar
Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar
Kushite King
Senkamanisken was a Kushite King who ruled from 640 to 620 BC at Napata. He used royal titles based on those of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs. He might
Senkamanisken
Facility where people are kept as punishment
most notable Roman prisons was the Mamertine Prison, established around 640 B.C. by Ancus Marcius. The Mamertine Prison was located within a sewer system
Prison
First dynasty of the Macedonian Kingdom
the ruling dynasty of the ancient kingdom of Macedon from about 700 to 310 BC. Their tradition, as described in Greek historiography, traced their origins
Argead_dynasty
the known victors of the ancient Olympic Games from the 1st Games in 776 BC up to the 264th in 277 AD, as well as the games of 369 AD before their permanent
List of ancient Olympic victors
List_of_ancient_Olympic_victors
Ancient Egyptian noble
between the 17th and 25th years of this king's reign, i.e., between 647 and 640 BC. Since Ibi, another colleague of Pabasa, was appointed chief administrator
Pabasa
Illyrian people
Illyrian invasion of Macedonia ruled by Argaeus I, somewhere between 678–640 BC, the historian Polyaenus (fl. 2nd-century AD) recorded the supposed oldest
Taulantii
Diverted from intended path by unexpected wind
rather than being the result of accidental drift. 640 BC: Colaeus 116 BC: Eudoxus of Cyzicus 62 BC: "Indos quosdem", survivors of an Indian shipwreck
Blown_off_course
(1842–1915) Brassicaceae Qu Solmsia Thymelaeaceae Qu Solonia Solon (c. 640 BC – c. 560 BC), statesman Primulaceae Bu Sommera Christian Niefeldt Sommer (1821–1878)
List of plant genera named after people (Q–Z)
List_of_plant_genera_named_after_people_(Q–Z)
Ancient Egyptian medical papyrus
writings about medicine and ophiology. The manuscript is dated to around 450 BC and is today kept at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. The term Brooklyn
Brooklyn_Papyrus
Illyrian king
Galaurus (fl. 678–640 BC) was an Illyrian king of the Taulantii State who reigned in the middle of the 7th century BC. After the first Illyrian invasion
Galaurus
Topics referred to by the same term
Camirus in Rhodes, Ancient Greek epic poet, supposed to have flourished about 640 BC Peisander (navarch), Spartan general during the Corinthian War Peisander
Peisander_(disambiguation)
Calendar year
year 637 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 117 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 637 BC for this
637_BC
Calendar year
year 639 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 115 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 639 BC for this
639_BC
Conglomeration of Indo-European peoples and tribes in the Balkan Peninsula
Taulantii. Unsuccessfully invaded Macedonia between 678 and 640 BC. Grabos I (5th century BC): attested on an Athenian inscription, he was very likely a
List_of_Illyrians
King of Sparta
(Ancient Greek: Ἀνάξανδρος) was the 12th Agiad King of Sparta (ruled c. 640–615 BC). He was the son of King Eurycrates and father of King Eurycratides. His
Anaxander
Roman province
three Illyrian Wars (229 BC, 219/8 BC and 168 BC) mainly against the kingdom of the Ardiaei to the south of the region. In 168 BC, they abolished this kingdom
Dalmatia_(Roman_province)
carriers. For lifting operations, ancient cranes were employed since ca. 515 BC, such as in the construction of Trajan's Column. It should be stressed that
List of ancient Greek and Roman monoliths
List_of_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_monoliths
Calendar year
and Cato (or, less frequently, year 640 Ab urbe condita) and the Third Year of Yuanding. The denomination 114 BC for this year has been used since the
114_BC
Calendar year
year 641 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 113 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 641 BC for this
641_BC
– AD 639) Roman pharaohs (30 BC – AD 313) List of Sasanian governors of Egypt (618–628) List of Islamic governors (640–868) List of Emirs of Egypt (868–905)
Lists_of_rulers_of_Egypt
Verse of the New Testament
mid-7th century BC to the beginning of the Babylonian captivity. Josiah was a prominent monarch who reigned from 641 BC or 640 BC until 609 BC. Jeconiah came
Matthew_1:11
Calendar year
year 642 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 112 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 642 BC for this
642_BC
Archaeological site in Capena, Italy
of Tullus Hostilius (r.672–640 BC) it was visited both by Latins and Sabines even though it was in Etruria. In the 3rd c. BC, the most famous religious
Lucus_Feroniae
Sixth book of the Bible
Josiah (reigned 640–609 BC), but the book was not completed until after the fall of Jerusalem to the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BC, and possibly not
Book_of_Joshua
5000 BC – 4500 BC: Rowing oars in China 4500 BC – 3500 BC: Lost-wax casting in Palestine or the Indus Valley 4400 BC: Fired bricks in China. 4000 BC: Probable
Timeline of historic inventions
Timeline_of_historic_inventions
640 BC
640 BC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.John Mifflin (born 1640) came to Delaware from Warminster, Wiltshire, England, in the 1670s. He is probably the same person as the John Mifflin, a Quaker, who built his home, ‘Fountain Green’, in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, in 1679. His fourth-generation descendant Thomas Mifflin (1744–1800) was a member of the Continental Congress, a revolutionary soldier, and governor of PA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the personal name William.Benjamin Wilmot and his wife, with their 6-year-old son William, emigrated from England to New Haven, CT, in or before 1640.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Wen 2.Chinese : from a character in the personal name of Hu Gongman, a retainer of Wu Wang. After the latter established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted the state of Chen to Hu Gongman, whose descendants adopted the second character of his given name, Man, as their surname. This character also means ‘Manchurian’, but the name does not appear to be related to this meaning.Chinese : variant of Wen 3.Chinese : variant of Wan 1.English and Jewish : variant spelling of Mann.Dutch : from Middle Dutch man ‘man’, ‘husband’, ‘vassal’, ‘arbiter’.French : from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Man, derived from Yiddish ‘man’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived near or in a wood, from Middle English under + wude, wode ‘wood’, or a habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and the former county of Ayrshire (from Old English under + wudu).Joseph Underwood emigrated from England to Watertown, MA, in 1637. William Underwood came from England to Concord, MA, before 1640, later settling in Chelmsford, MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place named Butterwick, for example in County Durham, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, and North Lincolnshire. The place name is from Old English butere ‘butter’ + wīc ‘farmstead’.William Buttrick came from Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, to Concord, MA, in 1640.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Norfolk)
English (mainly Norfolk) : from the medieval personal name Botolph or Botolf. St. Botolph (d. 680) is said to have introduced the Benedictine rule into England and brought Christianity to East Anglia. Boston in Lincolnshire was named in Old English as Botulves stan ‘St. Botolph’s stone’.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan : topographic name for
someone who lived near a bridge, Middle English, Old French, Catalan
pont (Latin pons, genitive pontis).Catalan : habitational name from any of the numerous places named
with Pont.Dutch : variant of
Pond 2.A Pont from the Lorraine region of France is documented in Quebec City in
1640; Pont appears to be a secondary surname to
Boy/Male
Irish
Means, simply, “â€an Ulsterman.â€â€ There have been eighteen saints named Ultan, the best-known being St. Ultan of Ardbraccan, (c. 650 AD). Noted for his care of orphans, the poor and the sick he is regarded as the patron saint of children and a hospital for sick children in Dublin is named in his honor.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places so called in Devon, Hampshire, Leicestershire, and Somerset. The first and last derive their name from the Celtic river name Exe, while the place in Hampshire, recorded in 940 as East Seaxnatune, is named from Old English Ēastseaxe ‘East Saxon’, and the Leicestershire place name is from Old English oxa ‘of the oxen’. In each case the final element is from Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name or habitational name from a dialect variant of Old and Middle English toft ‘curtilage’, ‘site’, ‘homestead’, also applied to a low hillock where a homestead used to be. Compare Toft.Robert Taft (b. about 1640), lived in Braintree, MA, and subsequently Mendon, MA. Alphonso Taft (1810–91), jurist and politician born in Townshend, VT, was the father of William Howard Taft (1857–1930), 27th president of the U.S. and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Wymund, Old English WÄ«gmund (composed of the elements wÄ«g ‘war’ + mund ‘protection’), reinforced by the cognate Old Norse form VÃgmundr, introduced by Scandinavian settlers in northern England.John Wyman, from Hertfordshire, England, was one of the founders of Woburn, MA, in 1640.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Well, with the addition of man ‘man’, i.e. ‘man who lived by a stream’.Variant spelling of German Wellmann.Swedish : ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element (found as a place-name element, of various possible origins) + man ‘man’.Thomas Welman came to Lynn, MA, from England before 1640.
Girl/Female
Irish
Has been used mainly in Northern Ireland as a female form ofUltach “an Ulsterman.†There have been eighteen saints named Ultan. St. Ultan of Ardbraccan, c. 650 AD, noted for his care of the poor, orphans and the sick is considered the patron saint of children and a hospital for sick children in Dublin is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Dunster in Somerset, recorded in 1138 as Dunestore ‘craggy pinnacle (Old English torr) of a man named Dun(n)’.Henry Dunster emigrated to MA in 1640 from Bury, Lancashire, England, and was made the first president of Harvard College (1640–54) almost immediately upon arrival in MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Possibly an Anglicized form of Dutch Swijse(n), variant of Wijs ‘wise’ (see Wise).The name was brought to North America by John Swasey, a Quaker who came from England to Salem, MA, with two sons, John and Joseph, in or before 1640. Banished from Salem because of his religious beliefs, he moved first to Setauket, Long Island, NY, and subsequently to Southold, Long Island. His son Joseph remained in MA and inherited his estate at Salem.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Wild.Thomas Wilder is recorded as a freeman of Charlestown, MA, in 1640. He had numerous prominent descendents.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.Chinese : from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Aisne and Calvados, so called from Old French pierre ‘stone’ + pont ‘bridge’.All the New England Pierpont lines seem to be descended from James and his sons John and Robert, who came to America about 1640. James also may have had a brother Robert who was part of that group. The southern Pierpo(i)nt family are descended from Henry, who came to the VA–MD region in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English (also common in Wales)
English (also common in Wales) : patronymic from Edward.One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England about 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by or kept a bridge (see Bridge).Americanized form of German Bruckmann (see Bruckman).James Bridgeman or Bridgman (1620–76) came to Hartford, CT, from Winchester, Hampshire, England, in 1640.
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Girl/Female
Indian
Angel, Houri, Nymph
Girl/Female
German
Bright; Bright Heroine
Girl/Female
Gaelic, German, Irish
Dark; Diminutive; Sensitive
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Rama of the Axe
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Chaggiy, HAGGI means "festive." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Gad.Â
Boy/Male
Arabic
Grandeur; Glory
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Dobbs.
Girl/Female
Welsh
White flower.
Boy/Male
Hindu
One of the kauravas
Boy/Male
French
Of the King.
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The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.
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A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois.
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A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.
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A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140¡ F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments.
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A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.
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A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.
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A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
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A Roman measure of land, measuring 28,800 square feet, or 240 feet in length by 120 in breadth.
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A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.
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A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
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Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.
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A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
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A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
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Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40¡ to 60¡ C.
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The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 / 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2.
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A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
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Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic.
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Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.
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A money of account in Goa, India, equivalent to about 2s. 6d. sterling. or 60 cts.