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27 matches to Vera Cruz Incident
Vera Cruz Incident. 1914. Mexico seizes US ship. US attacks Vera Cruz.
Alfonso XIII. 1886-1941. King of Spain 1886-1931. Survived 5 assassination attempts. Support for Primo de Rivera weakened monarchy.
Falange. 1933-37. Spanish Fascist party founded by Primo de Rivera. Merged with Franco 1937. Won civil war.
Kahlo, Frida. 1907-54. Mexican painter in brilliant colors. Self portraits. Rivera.
Laveran, Charles. 1845-1922. French pathologist. Discovered Malaria parasite 1880.
Mahdi. Shi’ite messiah who will appear at end of the world. Several claimants have appeared.
Primo de Rivera, Miguel. 1879-1930. Spanish fascist dictator 1923- by coup. Ended Moroccan War 1927.
Revera, Miguel Primo de. Primo de Revera, Miguel.
Rivera, Diego. 1886-1957. Mexican mural painter. Murals at Rockefeller Center 1933. Kahlo.
Silver Age. c14-130. Roman literary period.
Amethyst Incident. 1949. Escape of British frigate from China.
Baltimore Incident. 1891. Chileans attack US seamen; pay reparations to avert war.
Corfu Incident. 1923. Italy occupies Corfu.
Curragh Incident. 1914. 57 British army officers resign rather than fight Ulstermen.
Delcassé, Théophile. 1852-1923. French statesman. Fashoda. Anglo-French Entente. Treaty of London.
Dogger Bank Incident. 1904. Russians sink British North Sea fishing trawlers believing them to be Japanese torpedo boats. Compensation paid. Russo-Japanese War.
Fashoda Incident. 1898. British/French dispute over Sudan. French renounce claims. Entente Cordiale 1904.
Faure, Felix. 1841-99. French president. Fashoda. Dreyfus.
Mayaguez Incident. 1975. Cambodia seizes US ship. 38 killed in rescue.
Mukden Incident. 1931. Japan takes over Manchuria on pretext of attempted railway sabotage.
Panay Incident. 1937. Japanese sink US gunboat in China. US restraint exemplified isolationism.
Powers, Francis Gary. 1929-77. US pilot in U-2 incident.
Salisbury, Third Marquess. 1830-1903. British Imperialist Prime Minister 1885~1902. Fashoda. Boer War. Splendid Isolation.
Sussex Incident. 1916. Germans sink passenger ferry hastening US entry into WWI.
Tsushima, Battle. 1905. Russian fleet destroyed by Japan after sailing from Atlantic. Ends Russo-Japanese war. Embarasses Nicholas II. Dogger Bank.