Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he...
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Charles Town is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 6,534 at the 2020 census. The city...
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Charleston, South Carolina (redirect from Charles Town, Carolina)
was founded in 1670 as Charles Town, honoring King Charles II, at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) but relocated...
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Charlestown (redirect from Charles Town)
Charlestown or Charles Town may refer to: Charlestown, New South Wales Electoral district of Charlestown, an electoral district in the New South Wales...
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Blackbeard (section Blockade of Charles Town)
enemies. He formed an alliance of pirates and blockaded the port of Charles Town, South Carolina, ransoming the port's inhabitants. He then ran Queen...
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Charles Town is one of four official towns of the Jamaican Maroons. It is located on Buff Bay River in Portland Parish. Charles Town is one of the towns...
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The Raid on Charles Town, or Spanish raid on New Providence, was a Spanish naval expedition on 19 January 1684 (O.S.) led by Cuban corsair Juan de Alarcón...
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Charlestown, Boston (redirect from Charles town, ma)
of its earliest settlers, during the reign of Charles I of England. It was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay...
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Charles Barnes Towns (1862–1947) conducted experimentation with cures for alcoholism and drug addiction, and helped draft drug control legislation in the...
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Charles Washington (May 2, 1738 – September 16, 1799) was an American planter and politician who founded a town in the Shenandoah Valley that was named...
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ultimately surrendered. Rhett arrested the pirates and brought them to Charles Town (now Charleston, South Carolina) in early October. Bonnet escaped on...
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Charles Town (born 1796 at Sutton Valence, Kent; died 31 July 1845 at Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class...
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The Charles Town Classic is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and older over a distance of one and one-eighth...
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The Charles Town Oaks is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three year old fillies, over a distance of 7 furlongs on the dirt held annually...
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St. Charles is a town in Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 230 at the 2010 census. The small town has been at the center of...
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Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races is a casino, hotel and thoroughbred horse racing complex located in Charles Town, West Virginia, 60 miles (97 km)...
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Charles Town Cave — also formerly known as Crystal Lake Cave and Lakeland Cave — is located in the center of Charles Town, West Virginia, United States...
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Nassau, Bahamas (section Twin towns – sister cities)
named it Charles Town in honour of England's King Charles II. During this time there were frequent wars with the Spanish, and Charles Town was used as...
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as a whole). Nassau, the island's largest city, was formerly known as Charles-town, but it was burned to the ground by the Spanish in 1684. It was laid...
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A town is a type of a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them...
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private, for-profit, online university system with its headquarters in Charles Town, West Virginia. It is composed of American Military University (AMU)...
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Lefebvre's Charles Town expedition (September 1706) was a combined French and Spanish attempt under Captain Jacques Lefebvre to capture the capital of...
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Jamaican Maroons (section Jamaican Maroon treaty towns)
needed] Today, the four official Maroon towns still in existence in Jamaica are Accompong Town, Moore Town, Charles Town and Scott's Hall. They hold lands allotted...
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Researcher (horse) (section Charles Town Classic)
Virginia. One year after winning the 1st Charles Town Classic, and only a few days before winning the 2nd Charles Town Classic, April 16, 2010, Mr. Zohar Ben-Dov...
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abandoning frontier settlements and seeking refuge in Charles Town. South Carolina Governor Charles Craven led a force which defeated the Yamasees at Salkechuh...
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Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. Charles was born...
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The Charles Town Invitational Dash is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Charles Town Races & Slots in Charles Town, West Virginia. In 2008, it...
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saint Charles Borromeo, under the Spanish version of his name, San Carlos Borromeo. The town became known as San Carlos del Misuri (St. Charles of the...
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families to found the town of Charlestown. In early 1670 the Lords Proprietors founded a sturdier new settlement named Charles Town (present day Charleston)...
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Completed of Pavilion at Old Town". News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. May 14, 1969. p. 1B. Hunter, Charles (April 7, 1970). "Pavillion Erectors...
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