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Abbaye Prison. Principal site of 1792 September Massacres.
Abd al-Mumin. 1094-1163. Founded Almohad Empire in north Africa and Spain. Massacred Almoravids.
Acre. 1450BC- Egypt/ Assyria/ Persia/ Macedonia. 336BC Alexander...Egypt. 1C Rome. 614 Persia. 638 Moslem. 969 Egypt. 1079 Seljuk. 1099 Crusaders. 1104 Jerusalem. 1187 Saladin. 1191 Crusaders. 1291 Mameluks. 1517 Turks. 1918 British. 1948 Israel.
Adi Granth. Sacred Sikh scripture.
Amboina Massacre. 1623. 20 British and Japanese merchants executed by Dutch for plotting overthrow.
Amboise Conspiracy. 1560. Failed Huguenot plot to kidnap French king. Led to massacre of 1200 Huguenots.
Anacreon. c582-485BC. Greek lyric poet.
Armenian Massacres. 1894-1918. 1.8M Armenians killed in Turkey.
Barrackpore Mutiny. 1824. Indian troops vs British commanders. Troops massacred.
Bartholemew’s Day, St. St. Bartholemew’s Day.
Bible. Hebrew and Christian sacred scriptures translated from Hebrew and Aramaic. 3C BC Greek translation. 1382 Wycliffe, Rogers, English. 1522-34 Luther, German. 1611 King James version. Vulgate by St. Jerome. Apocrypha.
Boston Massacre. 1770. British soldiers kill 5 colonists rioting vs Townshend Acts. A cause of the American Revolution.
Boxer Rebellion. 1900. Massacre of ‘foreign devils’ by Chinese led to reprisals and Peking Protocol.
Caldwell, Erskine. 1903-87. US author. Tobacco Road. God’s Little Acre 1933.
Calley, Wm. Convicted of My Lai Massacre.
Campbell, John. 1635-1716. Glencoe massacre organizer.
Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Charles IX. 1550-74. King of France 1560-. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Cholula, Massacre. 1519. Cortes razes Mexican town; 3000 dead.
Coligny, Gaspard de. 1519-72. Huguenot leader 1562-. Influence on king caused Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Delacroix, Eugène. 1798-1863. French Romantic painter. Dante and Virgil. Massacre at Chios 1824.
Edward I. 1239-1307. King of England 1272-. Conquered Wales. Limited power of church and nobles. 1290 expelled Jews. Defined acre 1305.
Fetterman Massacre. 1866. Red Cloud-led Sioux kill 80 US Soldiers.
Gabrieli, Giovanni. c1557-1612. Nephew of A. Wrote sacred symphonies of voice and instrument.