Word: knighthood
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...early as the following year. In 1646, the date of Charles I's surrender to the Scotch, came the "Vulgar Errors." 1658, the year of Cromwell's death saw the publishing of Urn Burial. In 1671 Charles II visited Norwich, and, as the mayor refused the proffered honor of knighthood, the King fulfilled his intention of distinguishing some eminent citizen by dubbing Browne Sir Thomas. In 1682, three years before the death of Charles, Sir Thomas Browne departed this life. The speaker made this association of the chief chief circumstances of Browne's life with the chief dates of contemporaneous...