* Peter Ackroyd-The Clerkenwell Tales

* 1669 – Eudoxia Lopukhina, Russian wife of Peter the Great ( d. 1731 )

Statue of Peter the Great leaning on an anchor, in symbol of his shipbuilding activity ( Voronezh, 1860 ).

It was in this reign that an important change in the government of the Danubian Principalities was introduced: previously, the Porte had appointed Hospodars, usually native Moldavian and Wallachian boyars, to administer those provinces ; after the Russian campaign of 1711, during which Peter the Great found an ally in Moldavia Prince Dimitrie Cantemir, the Porte began overtly deputizing Phanariote Greeks in that region, and extended the system to Wallachia after Prince Stefan Cantacuzino established links with Eugene of Savoy.

The young Alexei was brought up by his mother, who fostered an atmosphere of disdain towards Peter the Great, Alexei's father.

From the ages of 6 to 9, Alexei was educated by his tutor Vyazemsky, but after the removal of his mother by Peter the Great to the Suzdal Intercession Convent, Alexei was confined to the care of educated foreigners, who taught him history, geography, mathematics and French.

That the emperor sincerely sympathized with Alexei, and suspected Peter of harbouring murderous designs against his son, is plain from his confidential letter to George I of Great Britain, whom he consulted on this delicate affair.

* Matthew S. Anderson, Peter the Great ( London: Thames and Hudson, 1978 ).

* Robert K. Massie, Peter the Great, His Life and World ( New York: Ballantine, 1981 ).

Sumner, Peter the Great and the Emergence of Russia ( London: English UP, 1968 ).

* Lindsey Hughes, Russia in the Age of Peter the Great ( New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998 ).

Historical mixed media figure of Alfred the Great produced by artist / historian George S. Stuart and photographed by Peter d ' Aprix.

The system was used in Russia as late as the early 18th century when Peter the Great replaced it with Arabic numerals.

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When Peter the Great went to Holland in 1716 ( he was in Holland before in 1697 to instruct himself in maritime affairs ), he also took lessons from Boerhaave.

In Russia, the first census of the tax-payers was made in 1722-1723 by the order of Peter the Great ( only men were counted ), and was ordered to be repeated every twenty years.

File: Peterthegreategg. JPG | The Peter the Great Egg, commissioned by Czar Alexander III as an Easter surprise for his wife.

* 1728 – Tsar Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great ( d. 1762 )

Peter the Great ( 1672 – 1725 ) brought autocracy into Russia and played a major role in bringing his country into the European state system.

Peter the Great leading the Russian army in the Battle of Poltava

Peter the Great died in 1725, leaving an unsettled succession.

She contributed to the resurgence of the Russian nobility that began after the death of Peter the Great.

But the revolt was easily crushed, leading Nicholas to turn away from the Westernization program begun by Peter the Great and champion the doctrine " Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality ".

* 1724 – The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree.

* 1709 – Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.

* 1709 – Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe.

* Lillback, Peter A .. George Washington's Sacred Fire. Providence Forum Press, 2006.

However, John A. T. Robinson and other scholars argued for a much earlier dating, based on the fact that the New Testament writings make no mention of ( 1 ) the Great Fire of Rome ( A. D. 64 ), one of the most destructive fires in Roman history, which Emperor Nero blamed on the Christians, and led to the first major persecution of believers ; ( 2 ) the final years and deaths of Paul, who wrote most of the epistles, Peter, whom Catholics recognize as the first pope, and the other apostles ; ( 3 ) Nero's suicide ( A. D. 68 ); or ( 4 ) the total destruction of the temple in Jerusalem ( A. D. 70 ), which Robinson thought should certainly have appeared, considering the importance of that event for Jews and Christians of that time.

Peter Singer Under Fire: The Moral Iconoclast Faces His Critics.

With new producer Peter Collins, the band released Power Windows ( 1985 ) and Hold Your Fire ( 1987 ).

Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space series, Peter F. Hamilton's Void, Night's Dawn and Pandora's Star series, and Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky are newer examples of this genre.

The music itself would be re-used in other films ( most notably the track " L ' Enfant " in The Year of Living Dangerously ( 1982 ) by Peter Weir ; the melody of same ( in marching band format ) can also be heard at the beginning of the 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies scene in the film Chariots of Fire ) and television commercials ( the track " Hymne ", used in Barilla pasta commercials in Italy and Ernest & Julio Gallo wine ads in the US ).

: " The previously unrelased track " Predictions of Fire " which Laibach readily contributed to this compilation functioned in an early version as background to a 1994 speech of the NSK philosopher Peter Mlakar and is followed by an ecstatic dance orgy.

Historical raids and alien contacts also feature in several stories, such as the Jon Pertwee episode The Time Warrior, in which a lone alien makes a forced landing in mediaeval England, the Tom Baker episode Pyramids of Mars ( in which the culture of ancient Egypt is shown to have been the result of the infuence of visiting aliens ), and the Peter Davison episode The Visitation in which crashed alien criminals are revealed to be indirectly responsible for the Great Fire of London.

" in his establishing Petra ; Peter Banks of British progressive rock / New Wave band After the Fire traces his involvement in " the mainstream music business " to Norman and his album, Only Visiting This Planet.

Past seasons have featured acts such as the Russian National Orchestra ; Dave Koz ; Robert Cray ; Michael McDonald ; The Doobie Brothers ; Los Lonely Boys ; Earth, Wind & Fire ; Gretchen Wilson ; John Michael Montgomery ; Lynyrd Skynyrd ; UB40 ; Vince Gill ; Amy Grant ; Carrie Underwood ; Randy Travis ; Bryan Adams ; George Thorogood ; Peter Frampton ; B.

As of January 2011, the Fire Chief is Peter Bergel.

Some Beech Grove streets have been named in honor of notable citizens, such as Byland Drive ( Mayor Richard Byland ); Fletcher Lane ( former Fire Chief, City Councilman and business owner Robert Fletcher ); Killian Drive ( Father Peter Killian ); Newcomer Lane ( Town Board member and businessman W. S. Newcomer ); and Ticen Street ( Town Board member Willard Ticen ).

The borough has three fire stations: The Rainbow Hose Co. ( Station 1 ) located on Dock Street, the Schuylkill Hose Co. ( Station 2 ) located at Union & St. Peter Streets, and the Liberty Fire Co. ( Station 4 ) located at Columbia & St. James Streets.

Little Dorrit formed the backdrop to Peter Ackroyd's debut novel, The Great Fire of London ( 1982 ).

The Death Eaters, as a group, first appeared in the novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, although individual members of the group, such as Lucius Malfoy, Peter Pettigrew, and Severus Snape, had appeared in earlier books in the series.

Lord Voldemort, having regained his full strength at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, summoned his followers to him by touching Peter Pettigrew's Dark Mark.

* Peter Watson, Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud, Weidenfeld & Nicolson ( London 2005 )

At a meeting at Fire Records ' London office, Peter Kember proffered his name for single writing credits for six of the album's nine songs ; however, Jason Pierce countered, demanding joint credits for three of those songs due to the guitar parts he had contributed to them.

In late 1988, Peter Kember was already working on new material for post Playing With Fire.

#" Fire " ( Brown, Crane, Mike Finesilver, Peter Ker ) – 2: 54

This is Anthony Ainley's first appearance since Planet of Fire ( Peter Davison's penultimate serial in 1984 ).

** Peter J. Ganci, Jr., 54, Chief of the Fire Department of New York.

Denzel Washington ’ s acting was specifically lauded as Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, “ In Washington's haunted eyes, in the stunning cinematography of Roger Deakins ( Fargo ) that plunges into the mad flare of combat, in the plot that deftly turns a whodunit into a meditation on character and in Zwick's persistent questioning of authority, Courage Under Fire honors its subject and its audience .” Additionally Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle said that, “ Denzel Washington is riveting .”

Danner co-wrote and helped produce two hour-long television documentaries for ABC News ' Peter Jennings Reporting series: " While America Watched: The Bosnian Tragedy " and " House on Fire: America's Haitian Crisis ", which both aired in 1994.