The quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I ask him how he looks on the impending quincentennial of Christopher Columbus. From Wordnik.com. [Four Days with Fidel: A Havana Diary] Reference
They hold a very, very critical position on anything that has to do with the quincentennial. From Wordnik.com. [Further on Castro Interview in Mexican Weekly] Reference
A funny thing happened on the way to the quincentennial observation of America's 'discovery.'. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, Columbus] Reference
Mr. SALE: Probably the book on Christopher Columbus that I wrote that came out in time for the quincentennial in 1992. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American Dream] Reference
And I had expected that quincentennial to be just a grand and glorious affair, on everybody's lips and on every newspaper. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American Dream] Reference
The American quincentennial year drew to a close with barely a mention of the Admiral of the Ocean Sea and would-be 'Viceroy of India.'. From Wordnik.com. [¡Adiós Columbus!] Reference
While the Columbus quincentennial is a stroke of luck for the PR-conscious space agency, there are sound scientific reasons for listening to the seemingly empty, lifeless expanse of the light-years now. From Wordnik.com. [ET, PHONE US] Reference
'Encounter,' indeed, has been the quintessential quincentennial word, displacing the once respectable but now suspect 'discovery,' and firmly placing the emphasis, not (as in 1892) on the superiority of Western science, technology, and civilization, but on the global confrontation between European and non-European. From Wordnik.com. [The Rediscovery of America] Reference
In a round-up of work generated by the quincentennial, and included in Beyond 1492, a lively volume of lectures and essays itself generated by the same event, James Axtell lists conferences, books, and exhibitions bearing such titles as Early European Encounters with the Americas, American Encounters, Cannibal Encounters, Rethinking the Encounter, and Maps and the Columbian Encounter. From Wordnik.com. [The Rediscovery of America] Reference
Protesters of the 1992 quincentennial celebrations of. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Leftis protesters of the 1992 quincentennial celebrations of frequently used the term. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Our quincentennial issue will appear in 1992, and the general theme will be the discovery and rediscovery of America. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVI No 2] Reference
The highlight of his tenure took place on March 31, 1992, when Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia came to the Beth Yaakov Synagogue in Madrid on the quincentennial of King Ferdinand and Queen. From Wordnik.com. [Articles] Reference
Shear plays Giulia, a down-on-her-luck art restorer from Brooklyn who receives what could possibly be a career-reviving job of "refreshing" Michelangelo's David in time for its quincentennial celebration in Florence. From Wordnik.com. [BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content] Reference
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