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17 matches to Pei
Bulwer-Lytton. 1803-73. English novelist. Last Days of Pompeii, 1834. -“It was a dark and stormy night”.
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.
Cassiopeia. Andromeda’s mother.
Gempei War. 1180-5. Japanese civil war. Established Kamakura shogunate.
Louis XV. 1710-74. French King 1715-. Incompetence led to lost prestige, French Revolution. Philippe, duc d’Orléans.
Lytton, Bulwer-. 1803-73. English novelist: Last Days of Pompeii 1834. “It was a dark and stormy night”.
Orléans, Philippe II, duc d’. 1674-1723. French soldier Wars of Grand Alliance, Spanish Succession. Regent for Louis XV.
Pei, I.M. 1917-. Chinese/US architect. Kennedy Airport 1960. Place Ville-Marie. Louvre Pyramid.
Peipus, Battle of Lake. 1242. Russians repel Livonian Knights’ attack on Novgorod.
Peirce, Charles. 1839-1914. US philosopher. Pragmatism. -“logic is keystone of all knowledge”.
Peisistratus. -527BC. Athenian Tyrant 560BC~. Attacked Ionia. Supported external trade, arts.
Pompeii. Destroyed 79 by Vesuvius eruption. Rediscovered 1592.
Pompeius, Sextus. 67-35BC. Pompey’s son. Fought Caesar after father’s death.
Regency. France. 1715-23. Philippe, duc d’Orléans regent for Louis XV.
Tarpeian Rock. Rome. Tarpeia, who betrayed Rome to Sabines is buried beneath. Traitors thrown to death from it.
Vesuvius, Mt. 79 Eruption destroys Pompeii, Herculaneum.
Wu P’ei-fu. 1873-1939. Warlord. Fought, failed to unify China 1916-26.