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Pole, Edmund de la. 1472-1513. Yorkist claimant to British throne. Beheaded.
Pole, John de la. c1464-91/2. Yorkist claimant to British throne. Killed in battle.
Roses, War of. 1455-85. York (white) vs Lancaster (red) for English throne. Lancaster rule ended. Henry VII (Tudor/Lancaster) married Elizabeth (York). Bosworth Field. Plantagenet.
Rye House Plot. 1683. Failed plot to kill Charles II and Duke of York.
Somerset. 2nd duke. c1406-1455. English general. Lost English territory in France. Quarrel with Duke of York led to War of Roses.
St Albans. 1455. First battle of War of Roses. Henry VI captured by Yorks.
Telephone, Wireless. 1926 London-New York.
Tewkesbury, Battle. 1471. Yorkists regain English throne for 12 years.
Thirteen Colonies. 1776. British colonies in North America which formed the United States: Virginia, Massachussets, New York, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia.
Thurber, James. 1894-1961. US humorist. Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1942. New Yorker Cartoons 1931-40.
Tory. Term (Irish = outlaw) applied 1679 to Duke of York supporters. English Royalist political party 1690-1830, refounded as Conservative Party 1833. In US: =colonists loyal to Britain during American Revolution.
Towton, Battle. 1461. York victory in War of Roses. Henry VI fled England. Edward IV took crown.
Turpin, Dick. 1706-39. Romanticized English highwayman. Mythical York-London ride.
Warbeck, Perkin. 1474-99. Flemish. Posed as Richard, Duke of York, pretender to the English throne. Executed.
Warwick, Earl of. 1428-71. “The Kingmaker”-. Helped York Edward IV, then restored Lancaster Henry VI.
Wilfrid, St. 634-709. Bishop of York 665-. Urged Roman usages at Whitby Synod.
WorldTradeCenter, 1972-2001. New York. Attacked 1993, destroyed September 11, 2001 by al-Qaeda terrorists. Osama bin Laden.
York. Branch of the Anjou-Plantegenet family, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III. War of Roses.
York, Alvin. 1887-1964. US WWI hero.
Yorktown, Siege. 1781. British surrender to American and French forces. American Revolution.
Amiens Cathedral. 1220-1270. Romanesque/Gothic.
Arnolfo di Cambio. c1245-1302. Architect, Florence Cathedral.
Becket, St. Thomas à. 1118-70. Archbishop of Canterbury 1162-, murdered in Cathedral by Henry II’s knights.
Brunelleschi, Filippo. 1377-1446. Florentine architect. Dome of Florence Cathedral 1420. Perspective 1415.
Canterbury Cathedral. 1070-89. First double transept.