-
50 matches to Ives
Matabele War. 1894-6. Rhodesia natives vs British. Mediated by Rhodes. Ndebele.
Molière, Jean-Baptiste. 1622-73. French comedy actor, playwright. School for Wives 1662. Tartuffe 1664. Don Juan 1665. Misanthrope. Died in role of Malade Imaginaire.
Mother Goose. Perrault. Contes de ma mère l’oye 1697. From an old French expression = “old wives’ tales”....Mother Goose’s Melody 1781.
Night of the Long Knives. 1934. Hitler’s SS murder 77+ Nazi opponents and others.
Northwest Rebellion. 1885. Saskachewan natives and Métis for land rights. Defeated. Riél.
Owen, Robert. 1771-1858. Welsh socialist. Began utopian cooperatives in England and US. Lanark 1799. Rochdale 1844.
Peelites. 19C Free Trade Conservatives under Peel, Aberdeen.
Pentecostalism. Protestant fundamentalist mystic sects. Baptism with Holy Spirit gives supernatural gifts, speaking in tongues.
Philostratus. 3C Greek Sophist. Lives of Sophists. Imagines.
Plutarch. c50-119+. Greek/Roman biographer and moralist. Influenced Rousseau. Parallel Lives.
Polyanov, Peace. 1634. Poland receives Smolensk for recognizing first Romanov czar, Michael.
Rayburn, Sam. 1882-1961. US Democratic Speaker of House. 48 yrs. in House of Representatives.
Republic. Government vesting power in representatives who govern for the good of the people.
Riis, Jacob. 1849-1914. Danish/US social reformer. How the Other Half Lives, 1890.
SA. 1921-34. Brownshirts. Nazi force for breaking up rival party meetings. Purged on Night of Long the Knives.
Sabines. Ancient Italian tribe whose women were seized by Romans as wives (legend). 290BC Conquered.
Schleicher, Kurt von. 1882-1934. Last chancellor of Weimar Republic 1932-3. Opposed Hitler. Murdered by SS on Night of Long Knives.
Suetonius. c69-122. Roman biographer. Lives of the Caesars.
Taiwan. Indonesians. 1590 Portugal discovers = Formosa. 17C Dutch/Spanish settle. 1662 Chinese settle, expel Europeans. 1895 Japan. 1945 China. 1949 Independent as Republic of China. 1971 United Nations gives Taiwan’s seat to People’s Republic of China.
Teleological Argument. God exists as master planner, because universe exhibits purpose. Duty derives from what is good as end to be achieved. Aristotle. Kant.
Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad: Arawak. 1498 Columbus discovers for Spain. Natives die. 1797 British. Tobago: Carib. 1781 France. 1814 British. 1962 Independent. 1976 Republic.
Underground Railroad. 1838-65. Northerners help US slaves escape to Canada, defying Fugitive Slave Acts.
Valentine, St. c270. 2 Christians martyred by Claudius II. Modern celebration derives from Roman Lupercalia fertility festival.
Vasari, Giorgio. 1511-74. Italian Mannerist painter, architect, writer. Coined term Renaissance. Painters Lives 1550. Uffizi Palace architect.
Yamasee War. 1715-16. American natives revolt vs English settlers. Dispersed.