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116 matches to Field of Cloth of Gold
Field of Cloth of Gold. 1520. Kings of France and England meet near Calais to propose alliances.
Francis I. 1494-1547. French king 1515-. Vs Charles V. Prosecuted Protestants. Began exploration, colonization. Field of Cloth of Gold.
Antarctica. 1773 Cook explores seas. 1820 first sighted. Bransfield. 1821 first landing-Davis. 1911 Amundsen first to S Pole.
Bosworth Field, Battle. 1485. Tudor victory, ended War of Roses. Richard III killed.
Bransfield, Edward. 1795-1852. English. First to sight Antarctica, 1820.
Champs-Élysée. Paris boulevard. (=Elysian Fields.) Trees planted by Le Nôtre 1667. Named 1709.
Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. English popular humanitarian writer and social critic. Created original, colorful memorable characters. Pickwick Papers 1837. Oliver Twist 1838. Christmas Carol 1843. David Copperfield 1850. Great Expectations 1861.
Elysian Fields. Greek paradise.
Fielding, Henry. 1707-54. English picaresque novelist: Tom Jones 1749; Amelia 1751.
Garfield, James. 1831-81. American Civil War general, US President 1881. Assassinated.
Gilbert, William. 1540-1603. English scientist. Earth’s magnetic field, 1600. Coined term ’electricity’.
Goldsmith, Oliver. 1730-74. Irish Writer: Vicar of Wakefield 1766; She Stoops to Conquer 1773.
Henry VII. 1457-1509. First Tudor King of England 1485-. Defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field, 1485. Ended War of Roses. United Lancasters, Yorks.
Lares. Roman gods of households and fields.
Laudon, Gideon. 1717-90. Estonian/Austrian Hapsburg field marshal in Seven Years War.
Mansfield, Katherine. 1888-1923. NZ/English short story writer.
Masefield, John. 1878-1967. English poet laureate 1930-.
McCrae, John. 1872-1918. Canadian physician/poet. In Flanders Fields.
Minutemen. American Revolution soldiers pledged to take the field on a minute’s notice.
Montgomery, Bernard. 1887-1976. British Field Marshal. Commanded Allies in France, 1944. Defeated Rommel at El Alamein 1942.
Penfield, Wilder. 1891-1976. Canadian brain surgeon: Cerebral Cortex of Man.
Potemkin, Grigori. 1739-91. Russian Field Marshal. Supported Catherine II.
Richard III. 1452-85. King of England 1483-. Murdered (?) nephews in tower. Killed at Bosworth by Henry VII, ending War of Roses.
Roberts, Frederick. 1832-1914. British Field Marshal. Afghan War. Boer War.
Rommel, Erwin. 1891-1944. German WWII Field Marshal in Africa 1941-3, France 1944. “Desert Fox”. Plotted vs Hitler. Suicide.