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428 matches to Head Act
Hydra. Many-headed water serpent killed by Hercules.
John, St. The Baptist. -28. Baptised Christ. Beheaded for Salome by Herod Antipas.
Joséphine, Empress. 1763-1814. Widow of beheaded General de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon 1796-1809; divorced.
Kalinin, Mikhail. 1875-1946. Soviet Head of State, 1919-46.
Krishnamurti, Jiddu. 1895-1986. Indian religious philosopher. Headed World Order of the Star with Besant.
LaBarre, Jean. 1747-66. French nobleman, beheaded for mutilating a crucifix.
Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of. c1277-1322. English. Led barons vs Edward II. Beheaded.
Laud, William. 1573-1645. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45. Supported Charles I. Beheaded.
LeBrun, Charles. 1619-90. Painter. Head of Gobelins Tapestry Works, 1662-. Versailles decorator.
Liu Shao-ch’i. 1898-1969. Chinese head of state 1959-. Denounced 1966,8. Rehabilitated 1980.
Lübeck. 1386-1669. Headquarters of Hanseatic League.
Lysippus. 4C BC. Greek sculptor. Revised ideal human form-slender with smaller head.
Mary Stuart. 1542-87. Queen of Scots 1542-67. Abdicated. Married Francis II. Queen of France 1559-60. Married Darnley 1565. Married Bothwell 1567, causing Scottish Revolt. Beheaded with Babington by Elizabeth I. Mother of James I.
Modigliani, Amadeo. 1884-1920. Italian/French artist. Elongated necks and simplified figures. Head 1911-12. Recining Nude 1919.
Monmouth, James. 1649-85. Illegitimate son of Charles II. Rye House Plot 1683. Beheaded after rebellion.
Pilsudski, Józef. 1867-1935. Polish general, Head of State 1918-22, Prime Minister after coup 1926-. Defended Poland vs Russia 1919-20.
Pole, Edmund de la. 1472-1513. Yorkist claimant to British throne. Beheaded.
Pope. Head of Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Rome. Considered the infallible vicar of Christ.
Prime Minister. =Premier. Head of parliamentary government under the head of state (monarch or president). Walpole (1721-42) considered first British Prime Minister. Richelieu 1624 France. Chancellor.
Quisling, Vidkun. 1887-1945. Traitor, head of Norwegian puppet government during German occupation, 1940-5. WWII. Executed.
Raleigh, Walter. 1554-1618. English colonist in Virginia. Introduced tobacco, potato to Europe. Beheaded.
Rand, Ayn. 1905-82. Russian/US Objectivist novelist. Fountainhead 1943. Atlas Shrugged 1957.
Roundhead. Derisory term applied to Parliamentarians during English Civil War.
Royaume, Mother. Saved Geneva 1602 by pouring hot stew (and pot) on heads of Savoy soldiers.
Sabellianism. 3C Christian heresy. Trinity is 3 manifestations of one Godhead.