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240 matches to My Lai Massacre
Calley, Wm. Convicted of My Lai Massacre.
My Lai Massacre. 1968. US troops kill all residents of Vietnamese village. Calley.
Alabama Claims. 1872. US claim damages caused by British built warships in Civil War. $15M=£3.25M awarded by arbitration.
Alcaçovas, Treaty. 1479. Portugal renounces claim to Castile.
Ambrose, St. c340-397. Bishop of Milan. Introduced Plainsong (chant) into church music.
Arthur I. 1187-1203. Duke of Brittany. Claimant to English throne. Defeated by John I.
Aryabhata. 476-550. Hindu astronomer. Explained eclipses, earth’s rotation.
Australia. c28,000BC Australoids. 1606 Sighted by Portuguese. 1668 Dampier lands. 1770 Cook claims for England. 1788-1868 Penal colonies. 1901 Independent commonwealth.
Badakhshan. 255BC-1584. Kingdom in Bactria claiming direct descendance from Alexander the Great.
Baudelaire, Charles. 1821-67. French modernist poet: Fleurs du Mal 1857. Influenced Symbolists.
Bellaud. 1532-88. Provencale truculent poet who inspired Marat, Rabelais and Petrarch.
Belloc, Hilaire. 1870-1953. French/English writer: Bad Child’s Book of Beasts 1896. Cautionary Tales 1907.
Bernard, St. 1090-1153. Founder of Clairvaux 1115, Second Crusade instigator.
Boffrand, Germain. 1667-1754. French architect. Palais Bourbon 1710.
Böhme, Jakob. 1575-1624. German mystic. Explained world in terms of opposing elements. Aurora 1612.
Boniface VIII. c1235-1303. Pope 1294-. Claimed supremacy over kings. Captured by French adviser.
Böttger, Johann. 1682-1719. European discoverer of porcelain making process, 1709, Dresden.
Brétigny, Treaty (Calais). 1360. After Poitiers defeat, French John II ransomed for 3M gold crowns; Aquitaine to England.
Bulganin, Nikolai. 1895-1975. Soviet Prime Minister 1955-8 with Khrushchev.
Calais. British siege 1346. Six burghers offer their lives to save town. Britain controls -1558.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. CND. 1958- Founded by Russell. Aldermaston Marches. The peace symbol, overlaid semaphore ND, was designed for the CND.
Canada. 1000 Norse visit. 1497 Cabot explores. 1534 French claim Quebec. 1583 English claim, settle Newfoundland. 1605 French settle Quebec. 1763 British conquer French territory. 1867 Independent Dominion. 1870 +northwest territories. 1871 +British Columbia. 1873 +PEI. 1949 +Newfoundland, Labrador.
Carlists. 1820-1937. Supporters, especially Basque, of Don Carlos’ claims vs Isabella under Salic Law.
Carlos, Don. 1788-1855. Claimed Spanish throne 1833, succeeding brother Ferdinand VII. Carlists.
Cateau-Cambresis, Treaty. 1559. Ended Italian Wars. Italy, Savoy to Spain. Calais to France.