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44 matches to Gang of Four
Chiang Ch’ing. 1914-91. Chinese radical. Mao’s wife. Gang of Four.
Gang of Four. Chinese leaders, including Mao’s widow, convicted 1980 of Cultural Revolution abuses.
Baader-Meinhof Gang. (Red Army Faction). 1968-92. West German terrorists supported by Stasi.
Classical Music. ~1750-1820. Development of sonata, symphony, string quartet. Mozart. Beethoven. Haydn.
Du Gange. 1610-88. French scholar. Latin Dictionary.
Koffka, Kurt. 1886-1941. German. Founder of Gestalt psychology. Köhler.
Köhler, Wolfgang. 1887-1967. Estonian founder of Gestalt psychology. Koffka.
Metastasio, Pietro. 1698-1782. Italian librettist for Gluck, Handel, Haydn, Mozart.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-91. Viennese Classical composer. European tour at age 6. Seemingly effortless compositions of symmetry and melody with emotional feeling. Marriage of Figaro 1786. Don Juan 1787. Magic Flute 1791.
Pauli, Wolfgang. 1900-58. Austrian/US physicist. Exclusion Principle 1925. Neutrinos 1931.
Terrorism. Zealots. Cagoulards. Baader-Meinhof. Irish Republican Army. Hamas. PLO. Osama. Taliban. al-Qaeda.
Wertheimer, Max. 1880-1943. German/US. Studies of perception influenced Gestalt psychology. Köhler.
Anne of Cleves. 1515-57. Fourth wife of Henry VIII. Divorced.
Balfour, Arthur. 1848-1930. British Prime Minister 1902-5. Opposed Irish Home Rule. Balfour Declaration.
Balfour Declaration. 1917. British support Jewish homeland in Palestine. Endorsed 1919 by Allies. Zionism.
Bouchardon, Edme. 1698-1762. French Neoclassical sculptor. Equestrian Louis XV, Four Seasons Fountain, Cupid.
Chu Hsi. 1130-1200. Chinese Neo-Confucian. Four Books 1189. Individual goodness can be brought out by study of the classics.
Crusades. 1095-1272. European Christian wars to regain Holy Land after Seljuk Turks take Jerusalem in 1072. Literature and the arts benefitted from Eastern cultural infusion. Peasants 1096. Annihilated. First. 1096-99. Genoa financed Godfrey of Bouillon to recapture Jerusalem. Only successful crusade. Second. 1147-49. Louis VII and Conrad III pillage Byzantium. Third. 1189-92. Richard I and Philip II Truce with Saladin allows access to Jerusalem. Fourth. 1202-4. French and Flemish nobles conquer, sack Constantinople, form Latin Empire. Childrens. 1212. Stephen of Cloyes led 30,000 unarmed French youths. Nicholas of Cologne led 20,000 German. All died or enslaved. Fifth. 1218-21. John of Brienne in Egypt. Sixth. 1228-29. Frederick II crowned king of Jerusalem. Seventh. 1248-54. St Louis of France captured by Egypt and ransomed. Eighth. 1270. St Louis dies of plague. Ninth. 1271-2. Prince Edward of England.
Dufour, Henri. 1787-1875. Swiss General with Napoleon. Led 1864 Geneva Convention.
Fire of London. 1666. Four days. 87 churches. 13,200 houses. 100,000 homeless. Rebuilt in 10 years. 1136 fire was previously known as Great Fire of London.
Four Forest Cantons. 1291 separated from Hapsburg rule. 1332 formed basis of Switzerland.
Four Freedoms. 1941. Goals of Allies set forth by Roosevelt. Freedom: of expression, worship; from want, fear.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Biblical reference to war, famine, death, and Christ, to come at end of world.
Four Nations, College of. 1661-1793. Paris, Established by Mazarin bequest...Institute of France.
Four Noble Truths. Basic Buddhist doctrine. Existence is suffering, suppressed by following the 8-fold path.