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The Quadi were a Teutonic tribe who lived on the Danube between the Carpathian Mountains and Theiss. They waged war against the Romans and disappeared in the 5th century after moving west with the Suevi.
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In ancient Rome, the quaestors were magistrates responsible for the management of public treasure. They received taxes and tribunes, paid the troops. At the time of Julius Caesar there were 40 quaestors.
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Quaker is a popular term for a member of the Christian sect the Society of Friends. The movement was founded in Great Britain by George Fox in 1650, and is noted for its belief in the Inner Light, in pacifist principles, and for its rejection of sacraments, ordained ministry, and set forms of worship. Originally, the Quakers were also distinguished by the plainness of their dress and speech.
In 1656 some Quakers began to leave Great Britain for Massachusetts, where they were imprisoned, banished, and, in four cases in which they returned, hanged. Charles II. put a stop to the persecution. George Fox, visited America between 1671 and 1673.
In America, Quakers settled largely in Rhode Island, and especially in Pennsylvania, which, founded by the Quaker William Penn, was largely a Quaker colony. New Jersey also was largely settled by Quakers. Everywhere they were thrifty and excellent citizens, though their aversion to war hampered Pennsylvania in making a successful defence against the French. They were constantly forward in movements of philanthropy and reform, and had a most important part in the abolition movement. In 1827 occurred a rupture in the United States between the Orthodox Friends and the Hicksites, or followers of Blias Hicks, the dispute being with regard to the atonement.
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Quartorziennes (fourteeners) were people of recognised positions within society, who made themselves available for invitation to dinner parties where otherwise the number of guests would be thirteen - a superstitiously unlucky number.
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The Quechua are the largest group of South American Indians. The Quechua live in the Andean region. Their ancestors included the Inca, who established the Quechua language in the region. Quechua is the second official language of Peru and is widely spoken as a lingua franca in Ecuador, Bolivia, Columbia, Argentina, and Chile; it belongs to the Andean-Equatorial family.
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Queen Elizabeth of Romania was born in 1843 and died in 1916. She married the then prince Charles of Romania in 1869 and wrote under the pen name of Carmen Sylva.
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The Queen of the May was a girl chosen to preside over the parish sports traditionally held on May day in Britain.
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Victoria was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India. She was born in 1819 and died in 1901. She succeeded to the throne in 1837 at the age of 18 and reigned until her death in 1901. As women could not inherit the Hanoverian throne, when Victoria ascended the British throne the Hanoverian throne passed to her uncle and the union with Hanover that had lasted 123 years ended. During the early years of her reign, Victoria was heavily influenced by her Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and after her marriage in 1840 by her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The marriage was very happy and they had nine children, most of whom married into European royal families. In 1861, Albert died of typhoid. Victoria retreated into seclusion, but kept up her constitutional duties, eventually resuming her public life.
Victoria's long reign coincided with a fundamental change in the nature of the British monarchy by which its power declined and was replaced by influence. In 1837 the government was still seen to a large extent as the Sovereign's government. However, the defeat of Melbourne's government in the 1841 general election meant that, for the first time, the electorate had in effect chosen a Prime Minister (Peel) against the Sovereign's wishes. But since the political groups in Parliament were not wholly cohesive and none could form a majority on its own, the Queen could still exert influence. The coalition government of 1852, led by Aberdeen, was the last to be brought into existence by royal initiative, but royal support could not sustain this coalition when it was accused of incompetence during the Crimean War and it fell in 1855. With the growth of the two-party system, which increasingly limited the Queen's power to choose her Prime Minister, her influence was directed more towards matters of government policy, particularly foreign affairs, and she was occasionally able to mediate in political crises. In 1856, the Queen instituted the Victoria Cross, which was the highest award for valour open to all ranks, made from Russian guns captured in the Crimean War.
In 1877, Victoria became Empress of India under the Royal Titles Act. The Monarchy's importance increased at home and abroad. During Victoria's reign, the spread of self-government in the colonies (Dominions) coincided with a growth in imperial sentiment and the Queen's personal prestige. In 1897 the Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee amid scenes of popular enthusiasm. She had reigned longer than any other British monarch.
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The Quichua are a native race of South America inhabiting Peru, parts of Ecuador and Bolivia.
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Quids was the name applied to a faction of the American Republican party, led by John Randolph from 1805 to 1811. They were opposed to the nomination of Madison, Jefferson's choice for the succession. They declared war on the administration party in 1806, as governing Congress by backstairs influence. From that time they were called 'quids', or the tertium quid as distinguished from the two great parties. They opposed the restrictive system, and nominated Monroe in 1808. Their leading ground of divergence from the administration was that it had moved away from the ground occupied by the party when in opposition, and in the direction of centralization and federal encroachment.
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Quincy A Gillmore was an American soldier. He was born in 1825 at Ohio and died in 1888. He was graduated .at the US Military Academy in 1849, was chief of engineers in the Port Royal expedition of 1861, he superintended the attack on Fort Pulaski, defeated the Confederates at Somerset in 1862, commanded at Port Sumter, Port Wagner and Morris Island, and was promoted major-general for services at Charleston. He was noted as an authority in engineering subjects.
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus Horace was a Roman lyric poet. He was born in 65BC at Venusia and died in 8BC.
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Quintus Aurelius Symmachus was a Roman orator and writer. He was born in 345 and died in 405. Educated n Gaul he became leader of the pagan aristocracy in Rome and held several important offices. He argued against the anti-pagan enactments of the emperor Gratian, and as a result was banished for a time from Rome.
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