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11 matches to Coldstream Guards
Coldstream Guards. 1650. Marched to London to restore Charles II.
Cultural Revolution. 1966-9. Mao’s Red Guards purge China of bourgeois, capitalist elements.
Grenadier Guards. 1656.
Julius II. 1443-1513. Pope 1503-. Joined Holy League vs France. Patron of Michelangelo, Raphael. Swiss Guards.
Kent State Massacre. 1970. Ohio National Guardsmen kill 4 student anti-Vietnam War demonstrators.
Life Guards. 1660.
Mameluks. Egyptian slave bodyguards who formed 1250-1382 Bahrite, 1382-1517 Burjite dynasties. Overthrown by Turks. Ali Pasha.
Red Guards. 1966-69. Paramilitary student units during Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Royal Scots Guards. 1633. Oldest regular regiment in British Army.
Swiss Guards. 1505- Swiss Mercenaries protecting monarchs, Pope. 600 massacred at Tuileries 1791. 1825- Incorporated in Vatican forces. Julius II.
Tuileries, Storming of. 1792 Massacre of Swiss Guards. King’s authority suspended. French Revolution.