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Laud, William. 1573-1645. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45. Supported Charles I. Beheaded.
Legitimists. 19C French Royalist supporters of Bourbon Chambord vs Orleanists, Bonapartists.
Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. 722BC. Deported when Assyria invaded.
Louis-Philippe. 1773-1850. French King 1830-48. 1790 Jacobin liberal who became absolutist monarch. Supported by bourgeoisie, defeated by workers in Revolt.
Mazarin, Jules. 1602-61. French Cardinal, politician. Power during Louis XIV rule, regent 1643-61. Ended 30 Years war. Defeated the Fronde 1653. Supported strong monarchy.
Merciless Parliament. Wonderful Parliament. 1388. Impeached 5 Richard II supporters.
Moriscos. 1492-1614. Moors in Spain forcibly converted to Catholicism after Reconquista. Secretly remained Moslem. Revolted 1569. Deported 1609-14.
Muckrakers. 1906-12. US reporters expose corruption. Sinclair. Collier. McClure.
Mujahideen. 1978. Afghan guerilla militia. Supported by US vs Soviet occupation.
Murray, James. 1722-94. First British governor of Quebec. Supported French residents. Recalled.
National Covenant. 1638. Oath to maintain Scottish Presbyterianism against Charles I episcopacy. 1638-90. Presbyterians persecuted in Scotland. 1643-67 Solemn League allied with Parliament in Civil War. 1647-supported Charles. 1661 illegal.
National Republican Party. 1825-36. US Adams supporters. Merged into Whigs.
Nesselrode, Count. 1780-1862. Russian foreign minister 1822-56. Supported Holy Alliance.
New South Wales. 1788-1852 British colonize with transported convicts. 1856 Self-government. 1901 Australia.
Nicot, Jean. 1530-1600. French diplomat who first imported tobacco 1550.
Ojibwa. (Chippewa). North American Indians near Great Lakes. Supported French vs British in 7 Years War, British vs Americans in Revolution.
Orléanists. 1830-48. French supporters of Louis-Philippe vs republicans and Bonapartists.
Orléans, Louis, duc d’. 1372-1407. Began Armagnac/Burgundy conflict. Assassinated by supporters of John the Fearless.
Ormonde, Duke of. 1610-88. Irish Stuart supporter during Civil War.
Peisistratus. -527BC. Athenian Tyrant 560BC~. Attacked Ionia. Supported external trade, arts.
Porte, Sublime. Constantinople Ottoman government.
Porte St-Denis. Paris. 1672. Celebrates Louis XIV’s victories on the Rhine.
Porte St-Martin. Paris. 1674. Commemorates the capture of Besançon.
Porter, Cole. c1893-1964. US composer/lyricist. Kiss Me Kate 1948, Can Can 1953.
Porter, David. 1780-1843. US. Captured first British warship of 1812 war.