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186 matches to 26th of July Movement
26th of July Movement. 1956-9. Castro rebels in Cuban Revolution. Named for date of failed attack on Santiago barracks 1953.
Armstrong, Neil. 1930-. US astronaut, first man on the moon, 22:56 EDT, July 20,1969.
Bastille. 1370. Paris fortified residence for Charles V, became a state prison, arsenal 1397. Stormed July 14, 1789. Symbolic overthrow of monarch’s power. Lettres de Cachet.
Corday, Charlotte. 1768-93. Killed Marat July 13, 1793.
Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776. American colonies declare independence from British rule during War of Independence.
Festival of Federation. 14 July,1790. Celebration of first anniversary of Storming the Bastille. 300,000 people.
Hundred Days. 1815. March 20 to July 8; Napoleon’s escape from Elba to his second abdication. 1933. Began Roosevelt’s administration. New Deal enacted.
Independence Day. Annual US holiday since July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence.
July Conspiracy. Stauffenberg.
July Monarchy. Rule of Louis-Philippe.
July Offensive. Kerensky Offensive.
July Ordinances. 1830. Charles X attempts to censor press and alter electoral process causing July Revolution.
July Revolution. 1830. France. Thiers. Charles X abdicates and flees to England. Louis-Philippe ascends. Caused by July Ordinances.
Polignac, Auguste de. 1780-1847. French minister to Charles X. Disolved Chamber of Deputies, causing July Revolution 1830.
Swithin, St. c800-862. Rain fell when his body was moved, July 15, 971. (St. Swithin’s Day).
Thiers, Adolphe. 1797-1877. French. Led July Revolution. Paris wall 1841. Crushed Paris Commune 1871. First president of Third Republic 1871-3.
Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.
Anglo-Catholicism. High Church movement in Church of England. Stresses link with Roman Catholic church. Oxford Movement.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Anti-Saloon League. 1893 US Temperance organization. Prohibition.
Aragon, Louis. 1897-1982. French Romantic poet + Communist.
Arminianism. 17C-. Christian movement. Free-will is compatible with God’s sovereignty.
Bakunin, Mikhail. 1814-76. Russian anarchist revolutionary. International movement. Advocated assassination. Dieu et l’état 1871.
Black Hundreds. 1905-9. Russian movement. Opposed revolution. Persecuted Jews-50,000 dead.
Black Muslims. 20C US movement to apply Islam to Black life. Malcolm X.