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358 matches to Home Rule Movement
Home Rule Movement, Irish. 1870-c1920. For independence from Britain.
Achilles. Greek hero of Trojan Wars, invulnerable except for his heel, subject of Homer’s Iliad.
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.
Benin.1625 Abomey kingdom = Dahomey. 1892 France. 1895 French West Africa. 1959 Autonomous. 1960 Independent =Dahomey. 1975 =People’s Republic of Benin.
Besant, Annie. 1847-1933. English Theosophist. Founded Indian Home Rule League 1916.
Bishop, Henry. 1786-1855. English song composer: Home Sweet Home 1821.
Capernaum. Jesus’ second home and site of miracles.
Carson, Edward. 1854-1935. Irish. Formed Ulster Volunteers to resist Home Rule.
Chapman, George. c1559-1634. English poet, playwright: Bussy d’Ambois 1607. Translated Homer.
Dahomey. 1610 Kingdom. Flourished 18-19C. Benin.
Eden. Biblical home of Adam and Eve.
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.
French West Africa. 1895-1958. Dahomey, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Burkino Faso.
Galilee. N Israel. (Ancient N Palestine). Jesus’ homeland. Absorbed in Arab-Israeli War, 1949.
Gandhi, Mohandas. 1869-1948. Indian patriot and non-violent philosopher. Home Rule. Opposed Partition. Assassinated.
Gath. Biblical home of Goliath.
Greenland. 986-1482 Scandinavian. colony. 1721 Denmark. 1979 Home rule.
Hahnemann, Samuel. 1755-1843. German founder of homeopathy 1810.
Home Rule Bill. 1914 Separate Irish Parliament. 1920 Government of Ireland Act. Irish Free State.
Homer. 8C BC. Greek poet: reputed to have written the Iliad 748 and Odyssey 727BC.
Homer, Winslow. 1836-1910. US Realist seascape painter.
Homestead Acts. 1862 US grants 160 acres free to 5yr settlers. 1885 NZ, 1893 W. Australia grant free land to immigrants. Canada 160 acres for $10..
Homestead Strike. 1892. Carnegie Steel hires breakers. Gun battle ensues.
Iceland. 9C Irish discover. 870 Norway colonized. 930 Althing. 1262 Norway. 1380 Denmark 1904 Home rule. 1918 Sovereignty. 1944 Republic.