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Simply History! (3) Crossword Puzzle

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More historical facts from both the recent and distant past.
Author: moonraker2 - Diff: Harder

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      1. ___ the Great, was the first Roman emperor to be converted to Christianity (11)
      7. German painter of the "Solothurn Madonna" in 1522, ___ the Younger (4,7)
      8. Ignatius of ___ founded the religious order the "Society of Jesus" in 1540 (6)
      9. Jan Hendrik ___, Dutch astronomer awarded the Vetlesen Prize in 1966 (4)
      11. In Greek mythology the Goddess of the earth (4)
      12. Englishman Charles ___ served as Surveyor General of New South Wales 1803-1811 (6)
      15. American journalist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2014 (4,7)
      16. Founder of the Mongol Empire, born c1162, his name translates as "Ruler of All" (7,4)

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      1. Cardinal ___ Daly, was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh from 1990-1996 (5)
      2. The First Lady of California, from 1967-1975 (5,6)
      3. Reverend John ___ became the 26th Lord Bishop of Down and Connor in 1908 (6)
      4. Landon Curt ___, American computer scientist and discoverer of the 26th Mersenne prime (4)
      5. In the Roman calendar, the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC (4,2,5)
      6. The 1923 oil painting "Of This Men Shall Know Nothing", was by German artist Max ___ (5)
      10. Commissioned by opera singer Jerry Hadley, "The Song and The Slogan" was composed by Daniel ___ (6)
      11. Edvard ___, Norwegian composer of the Peer Gynt suites (5)
      13. The Selimiye Mosque in Turkey was built by the architect Mimar___ between 1568 and 1575 (5)
      14. Sholem ___, Polish writer of the 1916 novel "Motke Ganev" (Motke the Thief) (4)