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217 matches to Leo IX
Consulate. 1799-1804. Napoleon’s military triumvirate after Directory overthrown.
Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.
Copernicus, Nicolaus. 1473-1543. Polish astronomer, who demonstrated planetary motion around sun 1528. De Revolutionibus. Aristarchus. Galileo.
Cuvier, Georges. 1769-1832. French creator of comparative anatomy and paleontology.
Dabrowski, Jan. 1755-1818. Polish general under Napoleon, hero in rebellion vs Russia.
Darrow, Clarence. 1857-1938. US defense lawyer for Leopold and Loeb, Scopes, Debs.
Daudet, Leon. 1867-1942. Cofounder of Action Française, 1908.
David, Louis. 1748-1825. French republican. Neoclassical painter. Oath of the Horatii 1784. Marat 1793. Coronation of Napoleon 1808.
Davout, Louis. 1770-1823. Napoleon’s general, Minister of War 1815.
Defender of the Faith. 1521. Title conferred by Pope Leo X on Henry VIII. Withdrawn after Act of Supremacy. Reconfirmed by Parliament, 1544 for all succeeding monarchs.
DeLeon, Daniel. 1852-1914. US Marxist. Founded IWW. Editor The People.
Delibes, Leo. 1836-91. French ballet composer: Coppélia 1870.
Deuteronomy. 5th Book of Bible. Includes 10 Commandments and other laws. Law code found c622BC in Temple of Jerusalem.
Dresden, Battle. 1813. Last major Napoleonic victory in Germany.
Dufour, Henri. 1787-1875. Swiss General with Napoleon. Led 1864 Geneva Convention.
Eckmühl. Battle. 1809. Bavaria. Napoleon’s victory over Austria who lose German support.
Egypt. 3100BC Menes unites. 2780 Old Kingdom. 2600 First pyramid. 2040 Middle Kingdom. 1570 New Kingdom. 663 Assyria. 525 Persia. 332 Alexander...323 Ptolemy. 30BC Rome...395 Byzantine. 642 Moslem. 1250 Mameluk. 1517 Ottoman. 1798 Napoleon. 1805 Ottoman. 1882 British occupy. 1914 British protectorate. 1922 Indepedent monarchy. 1952 Coup. 1953 Republic. 1958-61 UAR.
Egyptian Campaign. 1798-9. Napoleon invades.
Élysée Palace. 1718. Site of Napoleon’s abdication 1815. French president’s residence since 1873.
Empire. First. France under Napoleon I 1804-14. 2nd. Napoleon III, 1852-70.
Empire. Style of Art. 1804-14. Classical heroic grandiose trend from Napoleon’s court. Arc de Triomphe, 1806.
Enghien, Duc d’. Prince of Condé. 1772-1804. Executed for alleged plot against Napoleon.
Euler, Leonhard. 1707-83. Swiss mathematician. Calculus, optics. Analytic geometry.
Favre, Jules. 1809-80. French statesman. Opposed Napoleon III.