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75 matches to Philippe Auguste Wall
Piccard, Auguste. 1884-1962. Swiss physicist. Balloon to stratosphere. Bathyscaphe below ocean.
Polignac, Auguste de. 1780-1847. French minister to Charles X. Disolved Chamber of Deputies, causing July Revolution 1830.
Positivism. Knowledge based on senses alone. Personal knowledge. Natural laws lead to social engineering to secure a happy society. Comte. Mill. Spencer. Logical Positivism.
Rodin, Auguste. 1840-1917. French sculptor: Thinker 1879-89. Balzac. Beethoven. Kiss 1886. Burghers of Calais 1884-6. Gates of Hell.
Antonine Wall. 142. Scotland. North of Hadrian’s. Abandoned ~196. Antoninus.
Antoninus, Pius. 86-161. Roman Emperor 138-. Built Antonine Wall.
Aurelian. 214-75. Roman Emperor 270-. Restored rule of Europe. Began wall around Rome.
Balthazar. (Belshazzar). -539BC. Babylonian co-regent. Daniel read writing on his wall 539BC.
Berlin Wall. 1961-89. Soviet troops erect. US guarantees West Berlin’s freedom.
Breton. Language of Brittany, Cornwall.
Cadwaller. -689. Last Briton king; led people to Brittany.
Carothers, Wallace. 1896-1937. Invented nylon, 1935 at duPont.
Cornwallis, Charles. 1738-1805. British General. Ended American Revolution by surrender at Yorktown.
Cornwallis Code. 1793. For civil servants in India. No private trade. No Indians in important posts.
Creek War. 1813-14. Creek Indians defeated by Jackson, give up lands to US.
Cronus. Greek Titan = Saturn. Swallowed own children.
Edward VIII. 1894-1972. King of UK 1936. Abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson, became Duke of Windsor.
Flemings. Dutch speakers of north Belgium. Walloon.
Great Wall of China. Parts 4C BC. Joined 214-204BC.
Gropius, Walter. 1883-1969. German architect. Bauhaus director. Modern horizontal buildings, glass walls.
Hadrian. 76-138. Roman Emperor 117-. Built wall across England 122-36, Aelius Bridge 134. Rebuilt Greek cities.
Hsiung-nu. 5C BC-5C AD. Asian empire. Great Wall completed to keep them out 214-204BC.
Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall”. 1824-63. Mexican War and Confederacy general. Bull Run, Shenandoah, Antietam.
Jericho. c9000BC. First walled city. 2300BC Amorite. 1900BC Canaanite. c1300BC Israelites destroy.
Khrushchev, Nikita. 1894-1971. Soviet leader 1953-64. Berlin Wall 1961. Hungarian Uprising 1956. Malenkov.