American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Commission to Jacque Cartier (March 1534) was made by King Francis I. Though the actual commission has not been found, a line from it reportedly stated the objective of the voyage was to find a route to Asia, to establish Churches among the inhabitants, and: <To discover certain islands and lands where it is said a great quantity of gold and other precious things are to be found.> 1534JC001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1534JC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Commission to Jacque Cartier, March 1534, by...

Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533-March 24, 1603) the Queen of England and Ireland, 1558-1603, was the last Tudor monarch. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. After her navy, under Sir Francis Drake, destroyed the Spanish Armada in 1588, England was established as a major European power. In 1558, in answer to the question at her Coronation as to the presence of Christ in the Sacrament, Queen Elizabeth I stated: <Christ was the Word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that Word did make it, I do believe and take it.> 1533QE001...

William I (April 24, 1533-July 10, 1584) known as William the Silent, was the founder of Dutch independence. He became Prince of Orange (1544) and ruler of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht (1599). He had served Charles V, King of Spain, as Commander of the troops in France. When Charles died, Philip II became king. Philip not only hated William, but proceeded to stamp out the Protestants in Holland. William I could not permit this persecution and turned on the king, eventually gaining freedom from Spain and forming the Dutch Republic, becoming the first stadtholder of the independent Northern Province in 1579....

Maine History (1527) from The Original 13-A Documentary History of Religion in America's First Thirteen States (Amerisearch, Inc., 2009): <John Rut was the first Englishman to set foot upon American soil in Maine, the territory being called Norumbega. Accounts of exploration of the coast of Maine begin with St. Brendan's enchanted voyages between 512-530. In 990, Biarne sailed from Iceland for Greenland, but driven by storms discovered an unknown land covered with forests. Leif and Thorward Ericson, sons of Eric the Red, made voyages to the coast of "Vineland," followed by other Norsemen in 1000 AD to Vinland. In 1497, John...

John Knox (c.1514-November 24, 1572) was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland. To appreciate the significance of John Knox, the historical setting of Europe must be explained. The King of France, Francis I, caused a scandal in Europe by making an alliance with Muslim Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent against Italy, Spain and England. Francis I ordered the punishment of religious dissidents known as Waldensians. Over the next century, religious wars between Catholics and Protestants resulted in tragic atrocities. Lorenzo de' Medici, to whom Niccolò Machiavelli dedicated his notorious book, The Prince, 1515, had his daughter, Catherine de' Medici, marry the...