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83 matches to Siegfried Line
Siegfried Line. 1937-40 German fortifications on western frontier = West Wall. Also, part of Hindenburg Line.
Siegfried. Dragon slayer of German legend.
Abstract Art. 20C. Color, line and form without subject. Begun by Cezanne.
Aircraft Transport and Travel Ltd. 1916. World’s first airline, Britain.
Alvarez, Luis. 1911-88. US physicist. Linear accelerator, bubble chamber.
Athens. 3000BC. 6C BC growth. 5C decline. 4C Macedonia (aut). 27 BC Rome. 1458 Ottoman. 1834 Greek capital.
Ba’al Shem-Tov. 1700-60. Polish founder of Hasidism. Holiness of ordinary existence.
Barrès, Maurice. 1862-1923. French writer, politician. la Colline inspirée 1913.
Berliner, Emil. 1851-1929. Microphone 1877. Disk phonograph record 1887.
Bienvenüe, Fulgence. 1852-1936. “Père du Metro”. Engineered first Paris métro line 1898.
Brunei. 15C + Borneo. 16-18C Decline; European colonies. 1888 British protectorate. WWII Japanese occupy. 1971 Self-governing. 1983 Independent Sultanate.
Caroline Affair. 1837. Canadians destroy US vessel at Niagara for supplying rebels. Mackenzie.
Catiline. 109-62BC. Roman patrician who conspired against Cicero and the Senate.
Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. 1894-1961. French writer: Voyage au bout de la nuit 1932.
Chadwick, Edwin. 1800-90. English campaigner for cleanliness to prevent disease. Poor Law Commission, 1832-46. Board of Health 1848-54.
Concorde. 1962-76. French/British joint development of a supersonic airliner.
Cunard, Samuel. 1787-1865. Canadian. First regular steamship line.
Curzon Line. 1920. Russo-Polish armistice line. Became border, 1945.
Cymbeline. c40. Legendary British king, resisted Romans.
Daimler, Gottlieb. 1834-1900. German. Gasoline engine, 1885. Automobile, 1886. Benz. Maybach.
Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.
Dessalines, Jacques. c1758-1806. Cruel ex-slave Emperor of Haiti 1804-.
Diogenes (The Cynic). c413-327BC. Greek philosopher. Cynic. Looked for an honest man. Declined gifts of Alexander the Great. Lived in a tub. Sought virtue and moral freedom.
Dixie. US states south of Mason-Dixon line.
Durand Line. 1893. Divided Afghanistan from British India.