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331 matches to North West Company
North West Company. 1783-1821. Rival of Hudson’s Bay Co. Merged.
Abd al-Mumin. 1094-1163. Founded Almohad Empire in north Africa and Spain. Massacred Almoravids.
Acid Rain. 1940-. Rain and fog of pH<5.5 caused by industrial air pollution. Prevalent in North America, Eastern Europe.
Akkad. Ancient region in modern Iraq, north of Sumer. c24C BC; center of Sargon’s Semitic Empire.
Alba. 843 Kingdom of Picts and Scots, north of Clyde. 1034 +Strathclyde +Cumbria +Lothian.
Alexis. 1629-76. Russian czar 1645-. Recognized serfdom. Northern War. Peasant Revolt 1667-71.
American Civil War. 1861-5. Abolitionist North defeats slave-owning South. Britain and France support South, Russia supports North. Union. Confederacy.
Amish. 17C-. Conservative Mennonites. 19-20C migrated to North America.
Amundsen, Roald. 1872-1928. Norwegian explorer, first to South Pole, 1911; NW Passage, 1906.
Anglo-Irish Agreement. 1985. Irish Republic gets voice in governing N. Ireland.
Anglo-Irish Treaty. 1921. Partitioned Ireland. Irish Free State as Dominion. N. Ireland in UK.
Annam. 2000BC Kingdom in north Vietnam 1883 French protectorate.
Antonine Wall. 142. Scotland. North of Hadrian’s. Abandoned ~196. Antoninus.
Apache. Natives of SW North America. Geronimo. Cochise.
Atlantic Cable. 1866. Telegraphic link between North America and Europe.
Atom Bomb. 1945 US. 1949 USSR. 1952 Britain. 1960 France. 1964 China. 1974 India. 1989 South Africa (dismantled). 1998 Pakistan. ? Israel. 1990s Argentina, Brazil. Soon: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. H-Bomb. Neutron Bomb.
Augustus II. 1670-1733. King of Poland, 1697-. Provoked Northern War.
Barbary. 16-19C. Name given to North African coast. Berbers.
Belgae. 150BC Celts in north Gaul. 75BC to south of England.
Berbers. Caucasian North African peoples, mostly Moslem. Nomadic since 12C Arab invasions. Almohads. Almoravids. Barbary.
Bernicia. 6C Anglian kingdom in Northumbria. Deira.
Boreas. Greek personification of the north wind.
Brendan, St. 484-578. Celtic abbot, legendary Atlantic navigator to North America.
British North America Act. 1867. Granted Canada self-governing Dominion status.
Byrd, Richard. 1888-1957. US aviator, explorer. Flight over North Pole, 1926.