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336 matches to Nation
Christian X. Danish king 1912-47. Symbol of Danish Resistance. Imprisoned by Nazis 1943-5. Women’s vote 1915. Independent Iceland 1918.
Church of England. 1534. Anglican Church. National English church, founded by Henry VIII. Redefined by Elizabeth I, 1559. Act of Supremacy.
Church of Scotland. National Church of Scotland. Reformation led by Knox. 1560 Abolished pope. 1689 Presbyterian.
CIA. Central Intelligence Agency. 1947-. US information gathering agency. Replaced OSS. National Security Act. Activities: 1953 Iran. 1954 Guatemala. 1967 Guevara. 1973 Chile. 1976 Nigeria.
Civil Rights Acts. US. 1866 Black citizenship. 1964 Ends all legal discrimination. 1968 Bans housing discrimination. 1991 Equal employment.
Combination Acts. 1799, 1800. Britain outlaws trade unions. Repealed 1824.
Comédie-Francaise. Oldest National theatre. Founded by Louis XIV in 1680. Molière.
COMINTERN. Third International 1919-43.
Commune. 1789-94. Paris council. Overode the National Assembly by controlling administration.
Concentration Camps. 1862-65 USA. 1899-1902. British internment of Boers in South Africa. 1922-91. USSR. 1933-45 Nazi prisons for extermination and slave labour. Buchenwald. Auschwitz. Dachau. 1942-6 US Relocation Centers. 1942-46 Canada. 1950’s Kenya. 1973 Chile.
Confederation Group. 19C Canadian nationalistic poets. Carmen.
Copyright ©. 1518 Pynson, king’s printer. 1710 Britain. Copyright Act. 1789 Ramsey in US. 1831 US Act. 1838 International. 1886 Berne Convention. 1952 Universal Copyright Convention. 1988 US joins Berne. 1998 US Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Corinthian Wars. 395-387BC. Athens and allies overcome Spartan domination.
Cortes. Spanish National Assembly.
Covenant, National. National Covenant.
Dachau. 1933-45. Nazi concentration camp.
Dail Eireann. 1919. Irish national parliament.
D’Annunzio, Gabriele. 1863-1938. Italian nationalist writer. Siezed Fiume 1919. Revived Roman salute.
David, Louis. 1748-1825. French republican. Neoclassical painter. Oath of the Horatii 1784. Marat 1793. Coronation of Napoleon 1808.
Declaration of the 26 Nations. 1942. Washington. First reference to United Nations. Agreement to no separate truce with Axis.
Dialectical Materialism. Exploited workers...capital concentration...socialist revolution...dictatorship of proletariat...elimination of class...Communism. Hegel. Marx. Engels. Lenin.
Disarmament Conference. 1932-4. 60 Nations fail to agree due to Hitler’s rise in Germany.
Don Pacifico Affair. 1850. Britain siezes Greek ships. Causes international protest.
Donation of Constantine. 8C. Forged document granting land to the papacy. Exposed 1440.
Donation of Pepin. 756. Land exchanged for Pope’s recognition. Basis of Papal States.