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Abu Moslem Revolt. 747-50. Umayyad downfall.
Blondin, Charles. 1824-97. French tightrope walker over Niagara, 1859.
Caroline Affair. 1837. Canadians destroy US vessel at Niagara for supplying rebels. Mackenzie.
Carthage. 814BC Phoenician colony. Dido. 574BC Independence after Tyre falls. 480BC Republic. 264-146BC Punic Wars. Hannibal. 146BC Rome razes, rebuilds. 439 Vandals plunder. 533 Byzantine. 705 Moslem. Tunis.
Constantinople, Fall of. 1453. Mehmed II. Name changed.
Deflation. Rapid fall in prices.
Döllinger, Johann von. 1799-1890. German theologian. Opposed Papal infallibility. Excommunicated.
Fall, Albert. 1861-1944. US senator convicted in Teapot Dome scandal.
Falla, Manuel de. 1876-1946. Spanish composer influenced by folk music, Debussy. Nights in the Garden of Spain 1916.
Fallen Timbers, Battle. 1794. US defeat NW Confederation Indians, ending resistance.
Falloux, Frédéric. 1811-56. French politician. Sponsored Law on Education: Loi Falloux.
Free French. French vs Germany after fall of France 1940. Opp. by Vichy government. DeGaulle.
Galileo Galilei. 1564-1642. Italian physicist. Planetary motion. Thermometer 1592. Acceleration of falling bodies 1604. Astronomical telescope 1609. Sunspots 1610. Arrested for heliocentricity, 1632. Rehabilitated by Vatican 1992. Copernicus.
Gibbon, Edward. 1737-94. English historian. Decline and Fall of Roman Empire 1776-88.
Hennepin, Louis. 1626-1701. Missionary explorer of Great Lakes. First European to Niagara Falls.
Honorius I. Pope 625-638. Condemned posthumously as heretic. Infallibility questioned.
Ibn Tufall. c1100-85. Arab philosopher. Havy Ibn-Yaqzan 1175.
Infallibility, Papal. 1870. Pope cannot err on matters of faith, morals. Approved by first Vatican Council after heated debate.
Isabel. 1846-1921. Brazilian princess. As regent during Pedro II absence, abolished slavery 1888. Led to fall of Brazilian Empire.
Jena-Auerstadt, Battles. 1806. Napoleonic victories over Prussians led to fall of Berlin.
Livingstone, David. 1813-73. Scottish missionary, central Africa 1840-73. Discovered Victoria Falls, Zambesi River. Stanley.
National Defense, Gov’t of. 1870-71. France. Fall of Empire until recall of National Assembly.
Niagara Falls. Discovered 1678 by French priest Louis Hennepin.
Old Catholics. 1870. Catholic sect vs papal infallibility. Joined Church of England 1931.
Pius IX. 1792-1878. Pope 1846-. Longest reign. Defined Immaculate Conception 1854 Papal Infallibility. Syllabus Errorum 1864 criticized Liberalism.