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88 matches to Joseph
Albee, Edward. 1928-. US playwright. Pulitzer-Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962.
Alien Registration Act. 1940. Outlaws advocating violent overthrow of US government. Extended to include all advocates of Communism. McCarthy.
Banks, Joseph. 1743-1820. English botanist with Cook’s explorations.
Bara, Joseph. 1779-93. French Republican child hero.
Barlaam. Legendary monk who converted Indian King Josephat to Christianity.
Beria, Laurenty. 1899-1953. Soviet commisar in charge of Stalin’s security police 1938-.
Black, Joseph. 1728-99. French/Scottish chemist. Latent heat 1757. CO2.
Bonaparte, Joseph. 1768-1844. King of Naples 1806-8. King of Spain 1808-13. Napoleon’s brother.
Bramah, Joseph. 1748-1814. English Invented combination lock 1784, hydraulic press, modern toilet.
Brant, Joseph. 1742-1807. Indian chief allied with British in American Revolution.
Bukharin, Nikolay. 1888-1938. Russian Bolshevik. Shot in Stalin’s Purge. Rehabilitated 1988.
Caillaux, Joseph. 1863-1944. French pacifist politician. Early supporter of Income Tax.
Chamberlain, Joseph. 1836-1914. English imperialist politician.
Classical Music. ~1750-1820. Development of sonata, symphony, string quartet. Mozart. Beethoven. Haydn.
Conrad, Joseph. 1857-1924. Polish/English novelist emphasizing relations between people and circumstances. Lord Jim 1900. Heart of Darkness 1902.
Crystal Palace. 1851. Built for the Great Exhibition, London. First iron-framed. Burned, 1936. Paxton.
Cugnot, Joseph. 1725-1804. French engineer. First steam car, 1769.
De-Stalinization. 1956. Soviet denunciation of Stalin’s regime and policies.
Dupleix, Joseph François. 1696-1763. French Administrator in India, failed to establish French Empire.
Elizabeth. 1837-98. Wife of Emperor Francis-Joseph. Assassinated by anarchist.
Ephraim. Son of Joseph. Founded one of 12 Tribes of Israel.
Fouché, Joseph. 1758-1820. French Revolutionary. Minister of Police 1779~1815. Secret police. Intrigued vs Robespierre 1794, Napoleon 1799,1807; Louis XVIII 1814.
Francis Joseph I. 1830-1916. Austrian Empire. 1848-. King of Hungary 1867-. Bismarck. Triple Alliance. Dual Monarchy.
Francis Joseph II. 1906-89. Ruled Liechtenstein 1938-. Neutral in WWII. High tech, banking, Europe’s richest nation. Woman suffrage 1984.
Fraunhofer, Joseph von. 1787-1826. German. Mapped spectral lines 1814-.