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Lagos, Battle. 1759. British navy stops French invasion of England.
Leipzig, Battle. 1813. Napoleon loses Germany and Poland. 500,000 troops involved.
My Lai Massacre. 1968. US troops kill all residents of Vietnamese village. Calley.
Ops. Roman goddess of harvest, fertility. = Rhea.
Patriarch. Christian bishops with jurisdiction over other bishops. 325 Rome. 692 Antioch. Alexandria, Constantinople, Jerusalem. 1598 Moscow.
Pelops. Mythical Mycenaean king Tantalus served to gods as dinner.
Polyphemus. Cyclops blinded by Ulysses.
Poznán Riots. 1956. Polish workers strike for bread and freedom. 53 killed by Russian troops. Led to new regime, Hungarian Uprising.
Pullman Strike. 1894. Chicago. Broken by troops, injunction. National boycott call. Debs.
Quartering Acts. 1765-70,74. Forced Colonies to pay for British troops stationed there. Intolerable Acts. Stamp Act.
Revere, Paul. 1735-1818. Silversmith. American Revolution hero. 1775 Midnight ride warned militia of British troops marching on Concord.
Ripon, Treaty. 1640. Ended Bishops’ war between Scotland and England.
Sennett, Mack. 1880-1960. Canadian/US film maker. Keystone Cops.
Seven Bishops. 1688. Confined to Tower for opposing Declaration of Indulgence.
Theodore of Mopsuestia. 350-428. Greek bishop. Scientific bible study influenced Nestorius.
Worms, Concordat of. 1122. Agreement between Pope Calixtus and Emperor Henry V to share power to appoint bishops and abbots. Spiritualia, regalia vested separately.
Wounded Knee. 1890. 200 Sioux Indians massacred by US troops.
Yakima Indian Wars. 1855-8. Indians resist move to reservations. Defeated by US troops.