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74 matches to Long March
Night of the Long Knives. 1934. Hitler’s SS murder 77+ Nazi opponents and others.
Observatory, Paris. 1667-72. Claude Perrault. Dimensions of the solar system 1672, meridians of longitude. Sets Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
O’Neill, Eugene. 1888-1953. US playwright: Iceman Cometh 1946. Long Day’s Journey into Night 1956.
Pilon, Germain. c1537-90. Fench. sculptor. Three Graces 1561.
Pius IX. 1792-1878. Pope 1846-. Longest reign. Defined Immaculate Conception 1854 Papal Infallibility. Syllabus Errorum 1864 criticized Liberalism.
Pym, John. 1583-1643. English Puritan. Led Long Parliament. Civil War.
Richardson, Samuel. 1689-1761. English novelist using personal letters. Influenced novel form: Pamela 1740 Clarissa 1747 (at 1M words, the longest English novel).
SA. 1921-34. Brownshirts. Nazi force for breaking up rival party meetings. Purged on Night of Long the Knives.
Schleicher, Kurt von. 1882-1934. Last chancellor of Weimar Republic 1932-3. Opposed Hitler. Murdered by SS on Night of Long Knives.
Shou Hsing. Chinese god of longevity.
Sillitoe, Alan. 1928-. English writer of working class life. Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1959.
St-Germain, Comte de. 1707-84. Won favour of Europe’s courts with “elixir of long life”.
Stalin Line. Soviet defensive fortifications along Polish border.
Wagner, Richard. 1813-83. German Romantic opera composer/librettist. Leitmotif. Unified drama and music in long and complex operas. Tannhäuser 1845. Lohengrin 1850. Nibelung Ring 1853-76. Tristan and Isolde 1857-9. Parsifal 1882.
Westminster Assembly. 1643-52. Convened by Long Parliament to inaugurate Presbyterianism in England and Wales. Westminster Confession of Faith.
Westminster Confession of Faith. 1647. Doctrine of Presbyterian religion of Westminster Assembly called by Long Parliament.
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Bataan Death March. 1942. Japanese force 60 mile march; 54 of 70,000 prisoners arrive.
Beaumarchais, C de. 1732-99. French satirical writer vs nobility. Barber of Seville 1772, Marriage of Figaro 1784.
Bonus Army. 1932. US WWI vets march to demand accelerated bonus payment. Dispersed by force.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND. 1958- Founded by Russell. Aldermaston Marches. The peace symbol, overlaid semaphore ND, was designed for the CND.
Civil Rights Movement. 1950-91. US movement to obtain rights for blacks. 1955 Parks. 1963 March on Washington. King speech. 1991 Civil Rights Act.
Coldstream Guards. 1650. Marched to London to restore Charles II.
Fontainebleau, Treaty. 1807. Established Napoleon’s right to march on Portugal through Spain.
Hundred Days. 1815. March 20 to July 8; Napoleon’s escape from Elba to his second abdication. 1933. Began Roosevelt’s administration. New Deal enacted.