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217 matches to Leo IX
Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.
Bonaparte, Napoleon. Napoleon I.
Borodino, Battle. 1812. Napoleon defeats Kutuzov on way to Moscow.
Bourgeois, Léon. 1851-1925. French statesman. League of Nations.
Brezhnev, Leonid. 1906-82. Soviet First Secretary 1964-. Detente. Brezhnev Doctrine.
Britain, Battle of. 1940-1. German blitz air raids on British civilian centers. RAF defeats Luftwaffe, averting invasion.
Brongniart, Adolph. 1801-76. French father of paleobotany.
Brumaire, Coup of 18. Napoleon abolished Directory, est’d Consulate.
Bulow, Friedrich. 1755-1816. Prussian general against Napoleon.
Cadoudal, Georges. 1771-1804. French Royalist leader. Plotted Napoleon’s assassination. Executed.
Caerleon. Wales. Possible site of Camelot.
Camel, Battle of the. 656. Basra. Ali victory in first Moslem Civil War.
Campo Formio, Peace. 1797. Austria surrenders to Napoleon. Independent Venice abolished.
Castiglione. 1796. Napoleonic victory kept Austria out of Italy.
Castile. 1029 Split off León 1230 + León. 1479 + Aragon. 1512 + Navarre = Spain.
Chesterton, G.K. 1874-1936. English satirical essayist/novelist: Napoleon of Notting Hill 1904. “Socialism aims to take capital out of the hands of the few and put it into the hands of the fewer-the politicians.”
Cisalpine Republic. 1797-1802. North Italy, created by Napoleon. 1802 Italian Republic. 1805-15 Kingdom of Italy.
Cleomenes I. Spartan King. c521-491BC. Maintained Spartan dominance.
Cleomenes III. -c219BC. Spartan King 235-222. Defeated Achaean League. Lost to Macedonia.
Cleon. -422BC. Athenian leader; advocated Pelop. War.
Cleopatra VII. 69-30BC. Queen of Egypt, lover of Caesar and Antony. Suicide.
Cleopatra’s Needles. c1500BC Thutmose III. Gift of Egypt to Britain, US. Erected London 1878, NY 1881.
Coalition, Wars of. 1792-1815. European powers oppose France’s revolutionary ideas and expansion. French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleonic Wars. Third Coalition War.
Code Napoleon. 1804. Napoleonic Code.
Concordat. 1801-1905. Regulation of French church instituted by Napoleon.