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474 matches to Salon des Refusés
Blue Stockings. 1750s French literary salon held by educated women.
Murphy, Gerald and Sara. 1920-33 US expatriates in Paris, Antibes. Parties, salons for artists and writers. Models for Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night.
Normans. 9C. Norsemen who settled in northern France, Sicily, Naples, Albania, Thessaloniki.
Rambouillet, Marquise de. 1588-1665. First Paris literary salon.
Roland de la Platière, Jeanne. 1754-93. French wife of Jean. Held revolutionary salons. Executed.
Salon des Refusés. 1863. Paris exhibition of paintings by Cezanne, Manet, Whistler refused by Academy. Déjeuner sur l’herbe.
Salonika Campaign. 1915-18. Allies take Serbia, Romania. Force Constantine I to abdicate.
Thessaloniki. 315BC Rebuilt by Cassander. 168BC Rome...Byzantine. 42BC Independent. 8-12C Many conquerers. 904 Saracen. 1185 Norman. 1246 Byzantine. 1423 Venice. 1430 Turks. 1913 Greece.
Abbasid. 750-1258. Second Empire of Caliphate dynasty. Overthrew Umayyads; destroyed by Mongols.
Abo, Treaty. 1743. Sweden cedes SE Finland to Russia.
Abyssinian War. 1935-6. Italy invades Ethiopia. League of Nations ineffective.
Acre. 1450BC- Egypt/ Assyria/ Persia/ Macedonia. 336BC Alexander...Egypt. 1C Rome. 614 Persia. 638 Moslem. 969 Egypt. 1079 Seljuk. 1099 Crusaders. 1104 Jerusalem. 1187 Saladin. 1191 Crusaders. 1291 Mameluks. 1517 Turks. 1918 British. 1948 Israel.
Aditi. Hindu goddess, mother of Krsna and Vishnu.
Adrian VI. 1459-1523. Only Dutch pope 1522-. Taught Erasmus.
Alba Longa. Italian birthplace of Romulus and Remus. Oldest Latin city (1152BC).
Albigenses. (Cathars). Southern French ascetic Neo-Manichean heretic Christian sect. Eliminated by 13th Crusade, 1208-1229 and Inquisition.
Alcibiades. c450-404BC. Athenian egoist general, Peloponnesian War. Murdered.
Alexander VI. Pope. Demarcation Bull 1493 divided newly discovered land between Spain, Portugal. Tordesillas.
Alexius I. 1048-1118. Byzantine Emperor 1081-. Restored empire. Requested aid. First Crusade.
Allende, Salvador. 1908-73. Marxist president of Chile 1970-3.
Althing. 930~. Icelandic parliament. World’s oldest.
America’s Cup. 1851. Royal Yacht Squadron race won by Americans until 1983. Oldest international sports trophy.
Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.
Amnesty International. 1961. Human rights watchdog NGO fighting for political prisoners and victims of torture. MacBride.