Konrad of Megenberg
Scholar and writer, b. probably at Mainberg, near Schweinfurt, Bavaria, 2 February, 1309; d. at Ratisbon, 11 April, 1374.
Konsag, Ferdinand
A German missionary of the eighteenth century, b. 2 December, 1703, at Warasdin, Croatia; d. 10 September, 1758.
Koran, The
The sacred book of the Muslims, by whom it is regarded as the revelation of God.
Kosciuszko, Tadeusz
Polish patriot and soldier, b. near Novogrudok, Lithuania, Poland, 12 February, 1752; d. at Solothurn, Switzerland, 15 October, 1817.
Kozmian, Stanislaus and John
Two brothers who took part in the Polish insurrection of 1831, and subsequently fled the country.
Krämer, John
Born about the end of the fourteenth century, he must have died between 1437 and 1440, as a manuscript of the Carthusian monastery of Memmingen speaks of the gift made to it by KrÃ…
Krasicki, Ignatius
Born in 1735; died at Berlin, 1801. He took orders in early youth, and soon after became a canon, travelled abroad, preached the coronation sermon for King Stanislaus Poniatowski, …
Krasinski, Sigismund
Count, son of a Polish general, b. at Paris, 19 Feb., 1812; d. there, 23 Feb., 1859.
Kraus, Franz Xaver
An ecclesiastical and art historian, b. at Trier, 18 September, 1840; d. at San Remo, 28 December, 1901.
Kreil, Karl
Austrian meteorologist and astronomer, b. at Ried, Upper Austria, 4 Nov., 1798; d. at Vienna, 21 Dec., 1862.
Kreiten, William
Literary critic and poet, b. 21 June, 1847, at Gangelt near Aschen; d. 6 June, 1902, at Kerkrade (Kirchrath) in Dutch Limburg.
Kremsmünster
A Benedictine abbey in Austria, on the little river Krems, about twenty miles south of Linz, founded A.D. 777 by Tassilo II Duke of Bavaria, who richly endowed it, as did subsequen…
Kromer, Martin
A distinguished Polish bishop and historian; b. at Biecz in Galicia in 1512; d. at Heilsberg, Ermland (now East Prussia), on 23 March, 1589.
Krzycki, Andrew
A typical humanistic poet, a most supple courtier for whom poetry was to be a source of renown and profit, Krzycki was well-read in Latin poetry and knew the language to perfection…
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