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21 matches to Channel Islands
Channel Islands. 911 Norman. 1066 England. Autonomous British crown possession.
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.
Channel Tunnel. Mathieu conceived the idea in 1802. Begun 1880s. French-English agreements to proceed, 1964, 1985. Opened 1994.
Cinque Ports. 1067-1608. Association of English Channel ports to defend England.
Dardanelles. Mediterranean-Black Sea channel. = Hellespont. Gallipoli. Bosphorus.
Ederle, Gertrude. 1906-. US. First woman to swim the English Channel, 1926.
Mathieu, Albert. 1802. Suggested English Channel Tunnel to Napoleon.
Pilâtre de Rosier, Jean-François. 1756-85. Physician and balloonist. First ascent 1783 with Montgolfier; First free flight 1783 with d’Arlandes. Killed trying to cross Channel.
Spanish Armada. 1588. English support Dutch Revolt. Philip II sends 129 ships against England. Howard, Drake, Hawkins, with 197 ships, chase the armada from English Channel, thanks to a NW gale. Spain declines as naval power. Wars of Religion.
Webb, Matthew. 1848-83. English. First to swim across English Channel, 1875.
Åland Islands. Swedish- 1809 Russian. 1917 Finland. 1920 autonomous/Finnish.
Cyclades. Greek Islands in Delian League.
Dodecanese. 12 Aegean islands including Rhodes. 16C Turkey. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece.
Kamehameha I. c1758-1819. Hawaiian king 1810-. United islands.
Minos. Legendary King of Crete. Kept Minotaur, controlled Aegean islands.
Russo-Swedish War. 1614-17. Russia loses access to Baltic. 1741-3. Sweden cedes part of Finland. 1788-90. 1808-9. Sweden cedes Finland + Åland Islands.
San Juan Boundary Dispute. 1846-72. Britain/US. San Juan islands to US.
St Kitts and Nevis. St Kitts: Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1623,4 British, French settle, dispute. 1783 British. Nevis: 1628 British settle. 1816 St Kitts +Nevis, Anguilla, Virgin Islands. 1871 Leeward Islands Federation. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1967 St Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla Autonomous. 1980 -Anguilla. 1983 Independent.
Twenty-One Demands. 1915. China submits to Japanese threats. Japan controls Manchuria, Mongolia and have access to ports and islands.