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38 matches to Hudson River
Durand, Asher. 1796-1886. US painter. Founded Hudson River school.
Hudson River. 1825-75. US Romantic landscape painting school.
Cabot, Sebastian. c1474-1557. Venetian explorer for Spain and England. Hudson’s Bay, South America.
Hudson, Henry. -1611. English navigator to Hudson’s Bay.
Hudson’s Bay Company. 1670-. England. Explored Canada. Sought NW passage. Trading posts. Fur trade. Monopoly 1821-58. Seven Oaks Massacre.
New York City. 1609 Hudson discovers. 1624 Dutch New Amsterdam. 1626 Manhattan Purchase. 1664 English. 1785-90 US capital.
North West Company. 1783-1821. Rival of Hudson’s Bay Co. Merged.
Prince Rupert’s Land. Hudson Bay drainage area, NW Territory.
Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.
Rupert, Prince. 1619-82. Royalist commander in English Civil War. First President of Hudson’s Bay Co.
Seven Oaks Massacre. 1816. Northwest Company. agents kill 20 settlers in Red River rivalry with Hudson Bay Company. Settlement destroyed.
Utrecht, Treaties. 1713-14. Ended War of Spanish Succession. Austria gains Netherlands. France cedes Newfoundland, Hudson’s Bay, Nova Scotia to England. Spain cedes Gibraltar, Minorca to England.
Alfonso XIII. 1886-1941. King of Spain 1886-1931. Survived 5 assassination attempts. Support for Primo de Rivera weakened monarchy.
Boulle, Pierre. 1912-94. French novelist. Bridge on the River Kwai 1952.
Cartier, Jacques. 1491-1557. French explorer, discovered St. Lawrence River 1534.
Charon. Ferryman on River Styx.
Falange. 1933-37. Spanish Fascist party founded by Primo de Rivera. Merged with Franco 1937. Won civil war.
Henze, Hans. 1926-. German/Italian composer. Combines German intellectualism with Italian lyricism. We Come to the River 1976.
Kahlo, Frida. 1907-54. Mexican painter in brilliant colors. Self portraits. Rivera.
Lethe. Greek mythical river of forgetfulness in Hades.
Livingstone, David. 1813-73. Scottish missionary, central Africa 1840-73. Discovered Victoria Falls, Zambesi River. Stanley.
Lorelei. Rhine river cliff. Siren lures sailors to death.
Maritsa River, Battle. 1371. Ottomans defeat Serbs. Turkey expands in Balkans.
Mesopotamia. 5000BC. Tigris-Euphrates river plain where civilization began. 550BC Persia. 331BC Alexander. 115 Rome. 637 Moslem. 13C Mongol. 1534 Ottoman. Babylon. Akkad. Ur. Iraq.
Primo de Rivera, Miguel. 1879-1930. Spanish fascist dictator 1923- by coup. Ended Moroccan War 1927.