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125 matches to Peloponnesian League
Athenian League. 378-338BC. Refounded Delian League. War with Sparta 378-371BC.
Augsburg League. 1686-9. Holy Roman Empire and allies vs France. Replaced by Grand Alliance.
Awami League. 1954-71. For Bangladesh independence. Rahman.
Balkan League. 1912-13. Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro. Balkan Wars.
Balkan Wars. 1912-13. Balkan League defeats Ottoman Empire. Turkish territory distributed. General dissatisfaction termed the “powder keg of Europe”.
Barricades, Day of the. 1588. Paris. Catholic League rebels vs Henry III.
Besant, Annie. 1847-1933. English Theosophist. Founded Indian Home Rule League 1916.
Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.
Bourgeois, Léon. 1851-1925. French statesman. League of Nations.
Boycott, Charles. 1832-97. English land agent boycotted in Ireland, 1879. Land League.
Breitenfeld, Battles. 1631,42. Swedish victories over Catholic League in 30 Years War. Sweden a great power.
Bright, John. 1811-89. English Quaker MP: Free Trade Movement. Cobden. Anti-Corn Law.
Buisson, Ferdinand. 1841-1932. French educator. Founded League of Human Rights 1898.
Cambrai League. 1508-10. Holy Roman Empire, Aragon, France, Rome vs Venice.
Cameron, Richard. 1648-80. Scottish preacher. Defended Solemn League and Covenant at Airds Moss.
Carlowitz, Treaty. 1699. Ottoman/Holy League. Austria gains Transylvania, Hungary.
Catholic League. 1576-93. Opposed Henry IV and Huguenots. Holy Leagues.
Cleomenes III. -c219BC. Spartan King 235-222. Defeated Achaean League. Lost to Macedonia.
Cobden, Richard. 1804-65. British Radical MP. Anti-Corn Law League.
Corinth. 1350BC “Founded by Sisyphus”. 243BC Achaean League. 146 Rome destroys, rebuilds 46BC. Byzantine. 1458 Ottoman. 1687 Venice. 1715 Ottoman 1822 Greece.
Cyclades. Greek Islands in Delian League.
Delian League. 478-404BC. 140-400 Greek cities allied for mutual protection vs Persia. Basis of Athenian power. Revived 378 as Athenian League.
Dreikaiserbund. League of 3 Emperors. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia. First 1873-78. 2nd 1881-7 (secret).
Frontenac. 1622-98. French Governor of New France. Defeated Iroquois. Expanded fur trade.
Fürstenbund. “League of Princes” 1785. Prussian-led association of German states vs Joseph II.