Kuan Ti. 3C Chinese scholar, executed. Deified as god of war.

Kuwait. 1710 Arabs settle. 1899 British protectorate. 1961 Independent. 1963 Constitutional monarchy. 1990-91 Iraq occupation, Gulf War.

Labour Party. 1888 Scotland. 1890 NZ. 1891 Australia. 1900 Britain. 1930 Israel. Founded by unions, Fabians for democratic change towards socialism. First UK MPs elected 1906. First UK Labour government 1924.

Lamian War. 323-322BC. Greek city-states rebel vs Macedonian rule. Defeated by Antipater.

Lancaster. 1399~1471. Dynasty ruling England. Henry IV to VI. War of Roses.

Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of. c1277-1322. English. Led barons vs Edward II. Beheaded.

Langtry, Lily. 1853-1929. English beauty/actress. Favourite of Edward VII as Prince of Wales.

Lansdowne, Henry. 1845-1927. British statesman. Governor General of Canada, India. Secretary of War 1895-1900.

Laocoön. Trojan priest, distrusted Trojan Horse. Killed with sons by serpents.

Latin Wars. 340-338BC. Rome conquers Latium.

Laudon, Gideon. 1717-90. Estonian/Austrian Hapsburg field marshal in Seven Years War.

Laurier, Wilfrid. 1841-1919. First French-Canadian Prime Minister 1896-1911. Liberal. Boer War.

Lausanne, Peace. 1923. Greco-Turkish War. Resettlement of 1.35M Greeks, 430K Turks.

Lausanne, Treaty. 1912. Turkey cedes Tripoli to Italy after Italo-Turkish War. 1932. Ended German WWI reparations despite US rejection.

Lawrence, James. 1781-1813. US naval commander in War of 1812. -“Don’t give up the ship!”

Lear, Edward. 1812-88. 1846 Book of Nonsense popularized limericks.

Lebanese War. 1978-82. Israeli invasions vs PLO, Syria.

Lettres de Cachet. 16C-1789. French royal warrants for arrest. Often political. Bastille.

Leutze, Emanuel. 1816-68. US painter. Washington Crossing the Delaware 1851.

Lewes, Battle. 1264. English barons capture Henry III and Prince Edward, force concessions.

L’Hôpital, Michel de. 1505-73. French statesman, urged tolerance during the Wars of Religion.

Livonian War. 1558-83. Russia fails to conquer Livonia for access to Baltic.

Lloyd George, David. 1863-1945. British Liberal Prime Minister,1916-22. Unemployment insurance. Irish Free State. War cabinet, 1916.

Lloyd’s. English insurance society created in Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House 1688.

Llwelyn. Welsh prince, 1246-82. With Montfort in Barons War.

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