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25 matches to Mile
Anaximander. c611-547BC. Miletan (Greek) philosopher. First Greek maps. Attempted systematic explanation of Universe. Named zodiac signs 560BC.
Anaximenes. -c570BC. Miletan (Gr) philosopher: quantitive differences of substances. All matter is air.
Awami League. 1954-71. For Bangladesh independence. Rahman.
Bannister, Roger. 1929-. English. Ran first 4 minute mile at Oxford, 1954.
Bataan Death March. 1942. Japanese force 60 mile march; 54 of 70,000 prisoners arrive.
Clarendon Code. 1661-5. Suppressed religious dissent in England. Five Mile Act.
Cod War. 1972-6. Britain upset at Iceland’s unilateral expansion of fishing limits to 50 miles.
Coué, Émile. 1857-1926. French Positivist psychotherapist. Autosuggestion. “Every day and in every way I am getting better and better.” 1920.
Coverdale, Miles. 1488-1569. English religious reformer, psalm + bible translator.
Dreyfus, Alfred. 1859-1935. Jewish French officer. Trial divided France, 1894-1906. Unjustly sent to Devil’s Island on forged evidence. Zola. Esterhazy.
Durkheim, Emile. 1858-1917. French sociologist. Division of Labour in Society 1893.
Five Mile Act. 1665. English Nonconformist clergy banned 5 miles from towns where they had preached.
Grand Canal. 4C BC-1400. China. World’s longest, 1,000 miles.
Jaques-Dalcroze, Émile. 1865-1950. Swiss composer. Developed Eurhythmics 1905.
Krakatoa. 1883. Volcanic eruption heard 2200 miles away. 120 ft tidal wave.
Leclerc, Jacques-Philippe. 1902-47. French WWII resistance leader. Led 1500 mile march to liberate Paris, 1944.
Littré, Paul-Émile. 1801-81. French positivist philosopher. Dictionary of the French Language 1863-73.
Long March. 1934-5. 100,000 Chinese Communists march from Kiangsi, 6,000 miles to Shensi. Mao became leader. 50,000 die.
Mile. 1593. English statute mile based on Roman Mille Passus, 1000 paces.
Naturalism. 19-20C Literary movement presenting life objectively. Zola.
Oregon Trail. 1840-70. 2,000 mile route from Missouri to Oregon.
Phrynichus. c512-476BC. Athenian playwright. First women characters. Capture of Miletus 494BC.
Rahman, Mujibur. 1920-75. Bangladesh Awami Leader. Prime Minister 1972-, President 1974-. Murdered in coup.
Three Mile Island. 1979. US nuclear power station accident.
Zola, Emile. 1840-1902. French “scientific” novelist: Nana 1880. Dreyfus supporter. Realist. Founded Naturalist Movement. Thérèse Raquin 1867. J’accuse 1898.