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63 matches to York Cathedral
York Cathedral. 625 Original. 1070-1472 Current.
Abstract Expressionism. 1940s New York style of Pollock, Rothko. Spontaneous expression, free of traditional values. Expressionism.
Barnet, Battle. 1471. Yorkist victory in War of Roses.
Breda Treaty. 1667. Ends Anglo-Dutch War. England gains New York.
Cornwallis, Charles. 1738-1805. British General. Ended American Revolution by surrender at Yorktown.
Day, Benjamin. 1810-89. US founder New York Sun 1833. Brother Jonathan 1842.
Decorated English Architecture. 1250-1375. Introduced lighting and shade effects. York Minster.
Draft Riots. 1863. New York City workers vs Union army draft laws.
Dutch West India Company. 1621-1794. Commercial and colonial interests in Africa, South America. Driven from Brazil, 1654, New York, 1667.
Ealdred. -1069. Anglo-Saxon archbishop of York 1060-: crowned William the Conqueror.
Edward IV. 1442-83. First York king of England. 1461~83. Revived monarch’s power. Wars of Roses.
Empire State Building. 1930. New York.
Greeley, Horace. 1811-72. US founder of New Yorker, NY Tribune. Slavery critic. -“Go west, young man!”
Henry VII. 1457-1509. First Tudor King of England 1485-. Defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field, 1485. Ended War of Roses. United Lancasters, Yorks.
Lichtenstein, Roy. 1923-97. New York Pop ‘comic strip’ artist. Whaam! 1963.
Ludlow, Battle. 1459. War of Roses. York, Warwick routed by Lancastrians.
Mondrian, Piet. 1872-1944. Dutch neoplastic abstract De Stijl movement painter. Composition with Yellow and Blue 1929. New York City 1943.
Mortimer. English royal family. Edmund’s royal marriage 14C led to 15C Yorkist claims vs Henry IV. Edward IV.
Mortimer’s Cross, Battle. 1461. Yorks defeat Lancastrians. Edward IV declares himself king.
Motherwell, Robert. 1915-91. US Abstract Expressionist painter. Created New York school. Elegy to the Spanish Republic 1949-59.
New York City. 1609 Hudson discovers. 1624 Dutch New Amsterdam. 1626 Manhattan Purchase. 1664 English. 1785-90 US capital.
Northampton, Battle. 1460. War of the Roses. York victory earns right to succeed Henry VI.
Pilgrimage of Grace. 1536. Catholic uprising in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire against dissolution of monasteries, taxation and inflation.
Plantagenet. 1154-1485. English dynasty. Lancaster, York. Angevins. Geoffrey.
Plantagenet, Richard. Duke of York. 1411-60. Protector during king’s insanity, 1454. Claims to succession led to War of Roses.