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Pope 872-882, a Roman by birth. He have been published in the "Collections New York Historical Society." Johanna. See Joanna . Johanna (jo-han ä) Island, or Anzuan (än-zöän'), or Anjuan (än-jö-än'). One of the Comoro Islands, situated in Mozambique Channel, east of Africa, in lat. 12° 16′ S., long. ng. 44° 25′ E. It is governed by a sultan residing ling at the head town, Johanna. Pop Population (estimated ed), 12,000. Johannes (yō-hän'nes), surnamed Parricida ('the Parricide') (John of Swabia). Born 1290: died 1368. A German prince. prince. He was the nephew of King whom he murdered disch, Aargau, Switzerland, May 1, 1308, for withholding his hereditary domains. Johannes burg (yō-hänʼnes-börg). A town in Transvaal, South Africa, about 300 miles northeast of Kim berley. It is the center of the Wit waters rand gold-fields, laid out in 1886. Popu lati on (1896), 102,714. Johannes Secund us (jō-han'ēz sē-kun'dus) (originally Jan Everaerts). Bornat The Hague, Nov., 1511: died at Utrecht, Netherlands, 1536. A Dutch poet, noted for his Latin lyrics, elegies, etc. His "Basia" was published in 1539. Johanngeorgenstadt (yō-hän"gā-or'gen-stät). A town in the kingdom of Saxony, situated in the Erzgebirge, on the Schwarzwa er, 29 miles south-southwest of Chemnitz. Population (1890), 5,124. Johannisberg (yō-hänʼnis-berg). A village of Pru ia, on the Rhine near Wiesbaden. It is noted for its vineyards, which produce the Johannisberger wine. Johannot (zhō-ä-no'), Alfred. Born at Offen crowned the emperors Charles the Bald (875) and Charles the Fat (881), and paid tribute to the Saracens. Rome. John IX. Pope 898-900. John X. Pope 914-928. He was elevated through the influence of his mistre The odor a, a courtezan at John XI. Born 906: died 936. Pope 931-932, son of Marozia (whom see) and Pope Sergius III. He was deposed by his brother Alberic, and died in prison. John XII. Died 964. Pope 955-963, son of Alberic II., patrician of Rome, and grandson of Marozia (whom see). He called to his aid against Be ren gari us II. of Italy, Otto I. of Germany, whom he crowned emperor in 962. He presently conspired against the emperor, however, and was deposed by him in 963. John XIII. Pope 965-972. John XIV. Pope 983-984. He was elected, through the influence of the emperor Otto II., to succeed Benedict VII., but was imprisoned by the antipope Boniface VII. in 984, and died probably by poison. John XV. Pope 985-996. John XVI. (Phil a gath us). Antipope 997-998. He was elevated by Crescent i us on the expulsion of Gregory V. in 997, but was imprisoned and blinded by the emperor Otto III. in 998. John XVII. (Sicco). Pope 1003. John XVIII. (Fanasus or Fasanus). Pope 1003-09. John XIX. Pope 1024–33. John XXI. (or XX.). Pope 1276-77. John XXII. (Jacques d'Euse). Born at Cahors, France, about 1244: died 1334. Pope 1316-34. He made his residence at Avignon, and was wholly subservient to the interests of the French court. He opposed the emperor Louis the Bavarian, whose imperial dignity he offered to Charles the Fair of France. Louis, however, installed Nicholas V. as antipope at Rome in 1328, but on retiring from Italy was unable to prevent Nicholas from falling into the hands of John. John XXIII. (Baltasare Co a). Born at Naples about 1360: died at Florence, Nov. 22, 1419. Pope 1410-15. He served as a corsair in his youth; afterward studied at the University of Bologna; was created a cardinal in 1402; 1410 succeeded Alexander V., whose death he was suspected of having encompa ed. He was opposed by the antipopes Benedict XIII. and Gregory XII., along with whom he was deposed by the Council of Con stance in 1415. bach, March 21, 1800: died at Paris, Dec. 7, 1837. A French historical painter. He was first known as the engraver of the pictures of Vernet and Ary Scheffer. Johannot, Tony. Born at Offenbach, Nov. 9, 1803: died at Paris, Aug. 4, 1852. A French historical painter and engraver, brother of Alfred. John (jon); the Apostle. [Early mod. E. also Jon ; also, after the L., Johan ; ME. Jon (with long vowel, as in the gen. Jones , whence the mod. surname Jones ), also Johan, OF. Johan, Jehan , Jean, F. Jean , Sp. Juan , Pg. João , It. Giovanni, Gianni , Gian , D. Jan , G. Johann , Ru . Ivan , etc., from LL. Joannes , Johannes , Gr. Ιωάν της , Heb. Yehohhanān (in Eng. O. T. Johanan ), 'the Lord graciously gave. The form Jack , often used as a familiar substitute for John , is Ferdinand I. really a short form of Jacob .] One of the three John (Sp. Juan) I. Born in Aug., 1358: died disciples of Jesus who were admitted to closest John (Sp. Juan (Hö-än')) I. Born Dec. 27, 1350: died 1395. King of Aragon 1387-95, son of Pedro IV. John (Sp. Juan) II. Born June 29, 1397: died Jan. 20, 1479. King of Aragon 1458-79, son of 1390. King of Castile 1379-90, son of Henry II. intimacy with him, preeminently "the disciple John (Sp. Juan) II. Died in June, 1454. King whom Jesus loved." He was the son of Zebedee, and originally a fisherman. His brother James and he were designated "Boanerges," sons of thunder. He leaned on the bosom of Jesus at the last supper, and was present at the crucifixion, when Jesus committed his mother to John's special care. He is generally believed to have been the author of the gospel and the three epistles that bear his name, and also of the Apocalypse or Revelation, though the question of the authorship of all these has more or le been matter of discu ion. Early ecclesiastical traditions tell that, after an enforced or voluntary exile to the isle of Patmos, he returned to Ephesus, and died there at a great age. John, The Gospel of. The fourth gospel, the authorship of which is generally attributed to the apostle John. It has very much le in common with the other three gospels than they have with each other. Its main purpose is set forth in the book itself: "These are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that, believing, ye might have life through his name" (xx. 31). While it is largely narrative, the discourses and sayings of Jesus have prom i nence (see especially xiv.-xvii.). The date usually a igned to it is from 80 to 90 A. D. of Castile 1406-54. John, G. Johann (yō'hän), surnamed "The Blind." Born about 1296: killed at the battle of Crécy, Aug. 26, 1346. King of Bohemia, of the house of Luxemburg, 1310-46. He fought at the battle of Mühldorf in 1322. John, surnamed Lackland. Born probably at Oxford, Dec. 24, 1167 (?): died at Newark, Oct. 19, 1216. King of England 1199-1216, son of Henry II. and Eleanor. He ascended the English throne on the death of his brother Richard I. without i ue. His succe ion was recognized also in the duchy of Normandy, but the lords of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine declared, according to their custom of inheritance, in favor of Arthur as the son of an elder brother. Having put Arthur to death in 1203, his French fiefs were declared forfeited by Philip II. of France, who took Château Gaillard, the last of John's strongholds in France, March 6, 1204. On the death of Hubert Walter, archbishop of Canterbury, in 1205, a disputed election for the archbishopric was followed by a reference to Rome, which resulted in the election of Stephen Langton by the command of Pope Innocent III. in 1206. John refused to rec John ognize the new archbishop, and England was laid under an interdict in 1208. In 1212 the Pope i ued a bull deposing John and intrusting the execution of the deposition to Philip II. of France. John made his peace with the Pope by consenting to hold his kingdom in fief from the Pope and to pay an annual tribute of 1,000 marks (May 15, 1213). He thereupon invaded France in alliance with the emperor Otto IV., the Flemish, and others, but was defeated with his allies at Bouvines in 1214. In the mean time the barons, with whom he had been embroiled ever since his acce ion by his exactions and misgovernment, had combined to secure a reform in the government, and on his return John was compelled to sign the Magna Charta (which see) at Runnymede, June 15, 1215. He appealed to the Pope, who declared the charter void. The barons retorted by declaring the crown forfeited and bestowing it upon Louis, son of Philip II. of France, who landed in England in 1216. John died during the ensuing war, and his opportune death preserved the crown for his son Henry III. John (F. Jean) II., surnamed "Le Bon" ('the Good'). Died at London, April 8, 1364. King of France 1350-64, son of Philip VI. He was defeated and captured by the British under the Black Prince at Poitiers in 1356, and was restored to liberty by the peace of Brétigny in 1360. John (Pg. João) I., surnamed "The Great." Born at Lisbon, April 22, 1357: died Aug. 11, 1433. King of Portugal 1385-1433, illegitimate son of Pedro I. He became grand master of Aviz in 1364, and was in 1385 elected to succeed his legitimate brother Ferdinand I., to the exclusion of Ferdinand's daughter Be at rice, wife of John I. of Castile. John of Cas tile sought to enforce his wife's claim, but suffered a decisive defeat at Aljubarrota, Aug. 14, 1385. John the Great married Philippa, daughter of John, duke of Lancaster. John II., surnamed "The Perfect." Died in Oct., 1495. King of Portugal 1481-95, son of Alfonso V. During his reign Bartholomeu Dias discovered the Cape of Good Hope (1486). John III. Born at Lisbon, 1502: died 1557. King of Portugal 1521-57, son of Emanuel I. He introduced the Inquisition about 1526. John IV., surnamed "The Fortunate." Died Nov. 6, 1656. King of Portugal 1640-56. He headed the revolution against Spain, whose authority he threw off, although the independence of Portugal was not formally recognized before 1668. He was the first of the house of Braganza. John V. Born at Lisbon, Oct. 22, 1689: died July 31, 1750. King of Portugal 1706-50, son of Pedro II. John VI. Born at Lisbon, May 13, 1767: died there, March 10, 1826. King of Portugal 18161826, son of Queen Maria I. He a umed in 1799 the title of regent for his insane mother, whom he succeeded in 1816. Expelled by the French in 1807, he transferred the government to Brazil, where he resided until 1821. John III. Born 1537: died Nov. 17, 1592. King of Sweden 1568-92, second son of Gustavus Vasa. He deposed and murdered his brother Eric XIV. whom he succeeded.