In 1952, William Buckler identified the author of the novel as Charles Warren Adams and in 2011 American investigator Paul Collins found a number of lines of evidence that confirmed Buckler's initial claim.

President James Madison appointed Adams as the first ever United States Minister to Russia in 1809 ( though Francis Dana and William Short had previously been nominated to the post, neither presented his credentials at Saint Petersburg ).

Adams sat for the earliest confirmed photograph still in existence of a U. S. president in 1843, although other sources contend that William Henry Harrison had posed even earlier for his portrait, in 1841.

In the PBS miniseries The Adams Chronicles ( 1976 ), he was portrayed by David Birney, William Daniels, Marcel Trenchard, Stephen Austin, Steven Grover and Mark Winkworth.

Though Jackson had won the popular vote, neither he nor any of the other candidates ( John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and William H. Crawford ) had won a majority of the electoral vote.

In the presidential election of 1824, Van Buren supported William H. Crawford and received the electoral vote of Georgia for vice-president, but he shrewdly kept out of the acrimonious controversy which followed the choice of John Quincy Adams as President.

Van Buren had originally hoped to block Adams ' victory by denying him the state of New York ( the state was divided between Van Buren supporters who would vote for William H. Crawford and Adams men ).

* Sumner, William Hyslop, An Inquiry Into the Importance of the Militia to a Free Commonwealth: In a Letter from William H. Sumner ... to John Adams, Late President of the United States ; with His Answer, Cummings and Hilliard, Boston, 1823

The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury, who had been appointed by President John Adams as Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia but whose commission was not subsequently delivered.

* 2005 – William G. Adams, Canadian politician ( b. 1923 )

The collapse of logical positivism renewed interest in philosophy of religion, prompting philosophers like William Alston, John Mackie, Alvin Plantinga, Robert Merrihew Adams, Richard Swinburne, and Antony Flew not only to introduce new problems, but to re-open classical topics such as the nature of miracles, theistic arguments, the problem of evil, ( see existence of God ) the rationality of belief in God, concepts of the nature of God, and many more.

The Academic Quad, anchored by a statue of founder William Marsh Rice, includes Ralph Adams Cram's masterpiece, the asymmetrical Lovett Hall, the original administrative building ; Fondren Library ; Herzstein Hall, the physics building and home to the largest amphitheater on campus ; Sewall Hall for the social sciences and arts ; Rayzor Hall for the languages ; and Anderson Hall of the Architecture department.

* 1564 – William Adams, English sailor and navigator ( d. 1620 )

Only once since then has the House of Representatives chosen the President: In 1824, Andrew Jackson received 99 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams ( son of John Adams ) 84, William H. Crawford 41 and Henry Clay 37.

Five presidents of the United States were Unitarians: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore, Thomas Jefferson, and William Howard Taft.

On July 17, 1850, Vega became the first star ( other than the Sun ) to be photographed, when it was imaged by William Bond and John Adams Whipple at the Harvard College Observatory, also with a daguerreotype.

In 1930 John Angel ( sculptor ) completed the Founder's Memorial at Rice University depicting a seated William Marsh Rice in line with specifications by architect Ralph Adams Cram.

* September 24 – William Adams, English navigator and samurai ( d. 1620 )

* May 16 – William Adams, English navigator and samurai ( b. 1564 )

* April 18 – American Revolution: Paul Revere and William Dawes, instructed by Dr. Joseph Warren, ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Sam Adams that British forces are coming to take them prisoner and to seize colonial weapons and ammunition in Concord.

* Adams ' Grammar School in Shropshire, England is founded by William Adams.

* 1564 – Playwright William Shakespeare was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England ( date of actual birth is unknown ).

** ( O. S., Tuesday ) – William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet ( b. 1564 )

John Shakespeare's large half-timbered dwelling, purchased by him in 1556, was in 1564 the birthplace of his son William.

In September 1564, the Scottish Parliament restored Matthew Stewart's rights and titles as Earl of Lennox, and listened to a lengthy speech from the Queen's secretary William Maitland, who offered ;" it may be affirmid Scotland in na manis age that presentlie levis wes in gritter tranquillitie.

Up to 1564, any criticism of governmental measures voiced by William and the other members of the opposition had ostensibly been directed at Granvelle ; however, after the latter's departure early that year, William, who may have found increasing confidence in his alliance with the Protestant princes of Germany following his second marriage, began to openly criticize the King's anti-Protestant politics.

She stayed there until November 1564, when she was committed to the charge of Sir William Petre.

William Adams ( 24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620 ), also known in Japanese as Anjin-sama ( anjin, " pilot "; sama, a Japanese honorific ) and Miura Anjin ( 三浦按針: " the pilot of Miura "), was an English navigator who travelled to Japan and is believed to be the first Englishman ever to reach that country.

Sir William Cecil gave the manuscript to Golding for completion sometime between Brende ’ s death in 1560 or 1561 ( the exact year he died is not certain ) and 1564.

By 1564, John was an alderman, a member of the Common Hall of Stratford, and it was in this year William was born.

William Andrew, the rector from 1564 to 1612, supported the reformation and may have been responsible both for this and for the change of dedication from St Salvatoris (" Saint Saviour ") to Holy Trinity.

She bore eight children: Joan ( 1558 ), Margaret ( 1562 – 63 ), William ( 1564 – 1616 ), Gilbert ( 1566 – 1612 ), Joan ( 1569 – 1646 ), Anne ( 1571 – 79 ), Richard ( 1574 – 1613 ), and Edmund ( 1580 – 1607 ).

The positions of official keeper and captain of the palace have been held by ; James Hamilton of Finnart, 1534, Captain and Keeper ; William Danielstoun from 19 November 1540 ; Andrew Hamilton in Briggis, from 22 August 1543 ; Andrew Melville of Murdocairney, later Lord Melville of Monimail, brother of James Melville of Halhill, from 15 February 1567 ; George Boyd, deputy Captain, 1564 ; Andrew Ferrier, Captain of the Palace, 1565, Frenchman ; John Brown, June 1569 ; Andrew Lambie, June 1571 ; Ludovic Bellenden of Auchnoul 22 November 1587.

Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll ( 30 April 1564 – 16 July 1631 ), Scottish nobleman, was the son of Andrew, 8th Earl of Erroll, and of Lady Jean Hay, daughter of William, 6th earl.

## William Shakespeare: 1564 – 1616

The King's Men was the company of actors to which William Shakespeare ( 1564 – 1616 ) belonged through most of his career.

The manor passed from Robert White to his son William in 1564 – 5.

The " Chandos " portrait is one of the most famous of the portraits that may depict William Shakespeare ( 1564 – 1616 ).

* Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel: " The Life and Times of William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616 " ( London: Chaucer Press, 2007 ).

In his own time, William Shakespeare ( 1564 – 1616 ) was seen as merely one among many talented playwrights and poets, but ever since the late 17th century he has been considered the supreme playwright, and to a lesser extent, poet of the English language.

William Adams ( sailor ) | William Adams ( 1564 – 1620 ).