JOHN, king of England. See ENGLAND, No 135, 147.
JOHN of Fordoun. See FORDOUN.
JOHN of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, a renowned general, father of Henry IV. king of England, died in 1438.
JOHN of Leyden, otherwise called Buccold. See ANABAPTISTS.
JOHN Sobieski of Poland, one of the greatest warriors in the 17th century, was, in 1665, made grand-marshal of the crown; and, in 1667, grand-general of the kingdom. His victories obtained over the Tartars and the Turks procured him the crown, to which he was elected in 1674. He was an encourager of arts and sciences, and the protector of learned men. He died in 1696, aged 72.
St JOHN'S Day, the name of two Christian festivals; one observed on June 24th, kept in commemoration of the wonderful circumstances attending the birth of John the Baptist; and the other on December 27. in honour of St John the Evangelist.
St JOHN'S Wort. See HYPERICUM, BOTANY Index.
JOHN'S, St, an island of the East Indies, and one of the Philippines, east of Mindanao, from which it is separated by a narrow strait. E. Long. 125. 25. N. Lat. 7. 0.
JOHN'S, St, an island of North America, in the bay
of St Lawrence, having New Scotland on the south and west, and Cape Breton on the east. The British got possession of it when Louisbourg was surrendered to them, on July 26. 1758.