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92 matches to March Laws
March Laws. 1848. Hungarian independence during Revolution.
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.
Chu Teh. 1886-1976. Commander-in-Chief of Chinese Red Army. Long March.
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.
Ides of March. (March 15th). Day on which Caesar was assassinated.
Kiangsi Soviet. 1931-4. Chinese Communist Provincial government vs Nationalists under Mao. Long March.
Leclerc, Jacques-Philippe. 1902-47. French WWII resistance leader. Led 1500 mile march to liberate Paris, 1944.
Lexington and Concord, Battle. 1775. First American Revolution battle. British march on Concord supply depot. Established guerilla warfare as colonist strategy. 273 British, 95 Americans killed. Paul Revere.
Long March. 1934-5. 100,000 Chinese Communists march from Kiangsi, 6,000 miles to Shensi. Mao became leader. 50,000 die.
Mao Tse-tung. 1893-1976. Chinese Communist leader 1935-. Long March. Cultural Revolution.
March First Movement. SAMIL. 1919 Korean demonstration for independence from Japan.
March on Rome. 1922. Mussolini’s planned Fascist insurrection. Facta resigned.
March on Washington. 1963. 200,000 in civil rights march led by King-“I have a dream”.
March Revolution. 1848 Germany. Led to Louis I abdication in favour of Maximilian II in Bavaria, Metternich resignation.
Marche. 10C Independent feudal state. 1631 Papal States. 1860 Italy.
Marchfeld, Battle. 1278. Rudolf I defeats Bohemians.
Marseillaise. French national anthem, by Rouget de Lisle, 1792. Named for volunteer militia who adopted song on march to Paris.
Montez, Lola. 1818-61. Irish dancer. Mistress of Louis I of Bavaria. Power resented, leading to March Revolution 1848. Banished.