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322 matches to Kent State Massacre
Armenian Church. c303. First Christian state church. 506 schism with Rome.
Augustine, St. 354-430. Author of Confessions, City of God. Bishop of Hippo. “God is omnipotent.” Introduced Neoplatonic Determinism to Christianity. Church should rule state.
Austrian State Treaty, 1955. Ended Allied occupation of Austria.
Baltic States. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Baltic Wars of Liberation. 1918-20. Established independent states of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Bancroft, George. 1800-91. “Father of American history”. History of United States 1834-74.
Baruch, Bernard. 1870-1965. US financier/elder statesman; adviser to US presidents, Churchill.
Basel, Confessions. 1531, 1536. Statements of Reformation doctrines.
Bastille. 1370. Paris fortified residence for Charles V, became a state prison, arsenal 1397. Stormed July 14, 1789. Symbolic overthrow of monarch’s power. Lettres de Cachet.
Bevin, Ernest. 1881-1951. British labour leader, statesman. TUC. Initiated Colombo Plan.
Black and Tans. 1920-22. Brutal British police sent to suppress Irish unrest. Irish Free State.
Borgia, Cesare. 1476-1507. Ruthless Italian Machiavellian statesman. Son of Pope Alexander VI.
Bourgeois, Léon. 1851-1925. French statesman. League of Nations.
Breda Declaration. 1660. Charles II conciliatory statement. Amnesty and religious toleration.
Briand, Aristide. 1862-1932. French Prime Minister 1909~29, orator. “Separation of Church and State”, 1905. Advocated union of Europe. Kellogg-Briand.
Brown, George. 1818-80. Scottish/Canadian statesman. Founded Toronto Globe 1844.
California. 1542 Spain. 1769 Spanish colonize. Serra. 1822 Mexico. 1848 US. 1850 State.
Capital Punishment. Abolished: 1863 Venezuela; 1870 Netherlands; 1877 Costa Rica; 1949 Germany; 1965 Britain; 1969 Vatican City; 1972 US (reinstated 1976); 1976 Canada; 1981 France; (96 countries). Retained: Iran, Iraq, N Korea, USA (95 countries).
Cato, Marcus. 234-149BC. Roman statesman, censor, writer. Opposed Greek influence.
Chaeronea, Battle. 338BC. Philip of Macedon defeats Greek city-states.
Chamberlain, Austen. 1863-1937. British Statesman. Locarno Pact.
Chamberlain, Neville. 1869-1940. English statesman, Prime Minister, 1937-40. Appeasement Policy towards Hitler. Munich Agreement.
Chaos. Greek mythical pre-creation state of universe.
China. T’ang(leg). Yü (leg). c1994BC Hsia. c1500 Shang. c1027 Chou. 481 Warring States. 221 Ch’in. 202BC Han. 220 AD Three Kingdoms. 265 Chin. 386 Northern Dyn(N)/420 Southern Dyn(S). 581 Sui rebuild. 618 T’ang. 10C Five dyn/Ten kingdoms. 960 Sung. 1279 Yüan (Mongol). 1368 Ming. 1644 Ch’ing (Manchu). 1912 Republic. 1938-44 Japanese occupation. 1949 People’s Republic.
Cincinnatus. 5C BC. Roman hero and statesman.