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296 matches to Anne of Austria
Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.
Broussel. Parliamentarian, whose arrest by Anne of Austria began the Fronde 1648.
Val-de-Grace. Paris. 1645-1667. Built by Anne of Austria to thank God for birth of Louis XIV after 23 childless years of marriage. Mansart.
Abstract Art. 20C. Color, line and form without subject. Begun by Cezanne.
Althusius, Johannes. 1557-1638. German jurist. “Father of Federalism”.
Anne. 1665-1714. British Queen 1702-. Reign notable for literarature, science, architecture. Last Stuart. Acts of Union, Settlement.
Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.
Anne of Cleves. 1515-57. Fourth wife of Henry VIII. Divorced.
Barton, Elizabeth. 1506-34. Maid of Kent. Executed for prophesy against Henry VIII marrying Anne Boleyn.
Blanchard, Jean. 1753-1809. French balloonist. First aerial Channel crossing 1785. Velocipede 1779.
Blériot, Louis. 1872-1936. French aviator. First plane to cross Channel, 1909.
Boer War. 1880-1. Boers defeat British, who had annexed Transvaal, 1877.
Boleyn, Anne. 1507-36. 2nd Queen of Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth I. Beheaded.
Bosnian Crisis. 1908-9. Russia sides with Serbian rebels after Austria-Hungary annexation. Black Hand.
Bradstreet, Anne. c1612-72. English/US poet.
Brahe, Tycho. 1546-1601. Danish astronomer. Compiled observations 1572 used by Kepler.
Brahms, Johannes. 1833-97. German composer. “Romantic spirit controlled by a classical intellect”. Requiem 1868.
Brill, Paul. 1554-1626. Flemish Mannerist landscape painter.
Bronte, Anne. 1820-49. English novelist. Agnes Grey 1847. Sister of Charlotte, Emily.
Burma Wars. 1824-26, 1852-3, 1885. British conquer and annex Burma.
Burney, Fanny. 1752-1840. English Mannerist novelist. Evelina 1778.
Calles, Plutarco. 1877-1945. Mexican President. Banned RC church 1924-9.
Catesby, Robert. 1573-1605. Planned Gunpowder Plot.
Catherine II, the Great. 1729-96. Autocratic Empress of Russia, 1762-. Overthrew husband, Peter III. Annexed Crimea, Polish territory.