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150 matches to Abo
Abo, Treaty. 1743. Sweden cedes SE Finland to Russia.
Abolition Act. 1833. Ends slavery in British Empire.
Abolitionists. 1774-1868. US anti-slavery party. Merged into Republicans. Radical Republicans.
Abortion. Legalized 1968 Britain, 1969 Canada, 1973 USA, 1975 France. Roe v Wade.
Aboukir, Battle. Nelson defeats French fleet, 1798. Napoleon defeats Turks, 1799.
Adams, John Q. 1767-1848. US President 1825-9. Abolitionist.
Admonition to Parliament. 1572. Puritans demand episcopacy abolition.
AFL-CIO. American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL 1886. CIO 1935. Merged, 1955. US labour union federation.
American Civil War. 1861-5. Abolitionist North defeats slave-owning South. Britain and France support South, Russia supports North. Union. Confederacy.
Apollonius of Perga. c262-190BC. Greek mathematician: named conic sections: ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.
Asgard. Scandinavian abode of the gods.
Attlee, Clement. 1883-1967. British Labour Prime Minister. 1945-51. National Health. Nationalization.
Barbey d’Aurevilly, Jules. 1808-89. French dandy, social critic.Diaboliques 1874.
Ben Gurion, David. 1886-1973. Polish/Israeli Labour pol. First Prime Minister of Israel, 1948~63. “Architect of Israel”.
Benin.1625 Abomey kingdom = Dahomey. 1892 France. 1895 French West Africa. 1959 Autonomous. 1960 Independent =Dahomey. 1975 =People’s Republic of Benin.
Bevin, Ernest. 1881-1951. British labour leader, statesman. TUC. Initiated Colombo Plan.
Booth, Charles. 1840-1916. English social reformer. 17 volume Life and Labour of the People in London 1891-1903.
Bourgeoisie. French merchant, craft class. Marxist term for those who do not live by the sale of their labour. Proletariat.
Brown, John. 1800-59. US slavery abolitionist. Harper’s Ferry. Hung.
Brumaire, Coup of 18. Napoleon abolished Directory, est’d Consulate.
Buchenwald. 1937-45. Nazi concentration camp. Medical research, slave labour. 52,500 dead.
Cabochiens. 1411-18. Paris tradesmen. Supported Burgundians vs Armagnacs.
Cabot, John. c1450-99. Genoese explorer for England. Discovered Newfoundland, Labrador, 1497.
Cabot, Sebastian. c1474-1557. Venetian explorer for Spain and England. Hudson’s Bay, South America.
Callaghan, James. 1912-. British Labour Prime Minister 1976-9.