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Arne, Thomas. 1710-78. English composer: Rule Britannia 1740. Operas.
Barnet, Battle. 1471. Yorkist victory in War of Roses.
Carnegie, Andrew. 1835-1919. Scottish/US steel magnate, philanthropist.
Carracci, Annibale. 1560-1609. It Baroque painter. Palazzo Farnese frescoes 1599-1601.
Eliot, George. (Mary Ann Evans). 1819-90. English psychological novelist: Adam Bede 1859; Silas Marner 1861. Translated Strauss.
Farnese, Alessandro. 1545-92. Italian/Spanish governor of Netherlands. Quelled rebellion.
Foch, Ferdinand. 1851-1929. French Supreme Allied Leader on W Front, 1918. Marne. WWI.
Garnerin, A-J. 1769-1823. French. First parachutist. Landed in Monceau park, Paris, 1797.
Hand, Learned. 1872-1961. US jurist. Alcoa Antitrust case. Monopoly unlawful. No duty not to minimize one’s taxes 1947.
Homestead Strike. 1892. Carnegie Steel hires breakers. Gun battle ensues.
Huns. Nomadic peoples of Central Asia who invaded Europe in 4-5C. Attila. Defeated at Châlons-sur-Marne, 451.
Joffre, Joseph. 1852-1931. French marshal. Won at Marne 1914. French Commander-in-Chief 1914-16.
Land League. 1879. Irish association to reduce rents. Agitated for Home Rule. Parnell.
Malthus, Thomas. 1766-1834. English economist, warned population would exceed food supply. Essay on Population 1798.
Marne, Battle. 1914. Paris defence vs Germans. Joffre. 1918 Allied victory is turning point in WWI. Foch.
Nicholas of Cusa. 1401-64. German. Proposed heliocentricity, calendar reform 1429. De Docta Ignorantia 1440. “A learned man is one who is aware of his own ignorance.”
Oldenbarneveldt, Jan van. 1547-1619. Dutch statesman vs Spanish occupation. Negotiated Treaty of Utrecht.
Parnell, Charles. 1846-91. Irish nationalist. Founded Land League.
Peruzzi, Baldassarre. 1481-1536. Italian architect, painter. Palazzo Massimo 1535. Villa Farnesina 1509-21.
Revere, Paul. 1735-1818. Silversmith. American Revolution hero. 1775 Midnight ride warned militia of British troops marching on Concord.
Sangallo, Antonio da, the Younger. 1483-1546. Florentine architect. Rome’s Palazzo Farnese 1534-46.
Tour d’Argent. Paris restaurant where Henry IV learned the use of the fork.
Wallis, Barnes. 1887-1979. British armament inventor.
Wilde, Oscar. 1854-1900. Irish writer. Imprisoned for homosexuality. “Art for art’s sake”. Dorian Gray 1891. Importance of Being Earnest 1895. Ballad of Reading Gaol 1898.