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48 matches to Dogger Bank Incident
Rhineland. German Rhine bank. Hitler defied Treaty of Versailles by militarizing area 1936.
Rothschild, Meyer. 1744-1812. German banking family patriarch.
Schacht, Hjalmar. 1877-1970. German financier. Halted ruinous inflation 1923. President of Reichsbank 1929-39. Minister of Economy 1934-7.
Six Day War. 1967. Israel wins Sinai, Golan Heights, Gaza, Old Jerusalem, West Bank. Opened Gulf of Aqaba.
Soane, John. 1753-1837. English Neoclassical architect, collector. Bank of England 1792-1833.
Templars. 1119-1312. Founded by Baldwin II and 9 knights in the Holy Land to protect pilgrims. Created International banking system, 9,000 commanderies, and owned 1/4 of Paris when dissolved by Philip IV, 1307; and Edward II, 1308. Council of Vienne.
World Bank. 1944. United Nations agency established at Bretton Woods.
Amethyst Incident. 1949. Escape of British frigate from China.
Baltimore Incident. 1891. Chileans attack US seamen; pay reparations to avert war.
Corfu Incident. 1923. Italy occupies Corfu.
Curragh Incident. 1914. 57 British army officers resign rather than fight Ulstermen.
Delcassé, Théophile. 1852-1923. French statesman. Fashoda. Anglo-French Entente. Treaty of London.
Fashoda Incident. 1898. British/French dispute over Sudan. French renounce claims. Entente Cordiale 1904.
Faure, Felix. 1841-99. French president. Fashoda. Dreyfus.
Mayaguez Incident. 1975. Cambodia seizes US ship. 38 killed in rescue.
Mukden Incident. 1931. Japan takes over Manchuria on pretext of attempted railway sabotage.
Panay Incident. 1937. Japanese sink US gunboat in China. US restraint exemplified isolationism.
Powers, Francis Gary. 1929-77. US pilot in U-2 incident.
Salisbury, Third Marquess. 1830-1903. British Imperialist Prime Minister 1885~1902. Fashoda. Boer War. Splendid Isolation.
Sussex Incident. 1916. Germans sink passenger ferry hastening US entry into WWI.
U-2 Incident. 1960. US spy plane shot down over USSR. Summit cancelled. Pilot Powers traded for Russian spy Abel 1962.
Vera Cruz Incident. 1914. Mexico seizes US ship. US attacks Vera Cruz.
Xian Incident. 1936. Chiang Kai-shek captured and forced to unite with Communists to fight Japanese.