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Amritsar Riot. 1919. British Dyer opens fire on unarmed Indians. 379 dead. 1200 injured.
Rowlatt Acts. 1919. Suppressed liberties in British India led to Amritsar Riots, Noncooperation Movement.
Amritsar. 1577 Sikh. 1761 Golden Temple destroyed; rebuilt 1764. 1849 India.
Noncooperation Movement. 1920-22. Ghandi’s non-violent protest in India. Amritsar Massacre.
Punjab. Aryan. c518BC Persia. 326BC Macedonia. c324BC Mauryan. c320 Gupta. 8C Moslem. 1206 Delhi. 16C Mogul. 1764 Sikh. 1849 Britain. 1947 Pakistan(W)/India(E). 1984 Amritsar Assault.
Aryans. 2000BC. Nomads from Steppes spread to India. Founded Indus Civilization, 3240-2750BC. Hyksos Empire in Syria, 1720-1550BC. Introduced horse chariots. Basis for all Indo-European languages.
Blériot, Louis. 1872-1936. French aviator. First plane to cross Channel, 1909.
Bloody Sunday. 1887. Police kill 2 Socialists in Trafalgar Square Riot. 1905. Slaughter of petitioners to Winter Palace of Nicholas II leads to Russian Revolution. 1972. 13 killed in Londonderry riot.
Blues and Greens. 5-9C. Byzantine political factions. Nika Revolt.
Boccioni, Umberto. 1882-1916. Italian artist. Founded Futurism. Riot in the Gallery 1909.
Boston Massacre. 1770. British soldiers kill 5 colonists rioting vs Townshend Acts. A cause of the American Revolution.
Bristol Riots. 1831. For British parliamentary reform.
Cairo Riots. 1919, 30, 52. vs British rule. Egypt.
Chartists. 1836-58. British workers’ reform movement. Petitions 1838,40,48 for universal male suffrage, ballot vote led to riots 1839. Lovett.
Daughters of the American Revolution. 1890-. Patriotic organization of revolutionaries’ descendants.
Draft Riots. 1863. New York City workers vs Union army draft laws.
Eistedfodd. 6C-. Congress of Welsh bards and minstrels to foster patriotic spirit.
Evil May Day. 1517. London apprentices riot.
Gandhi, Mohandas. 1869-1948. Indian patriot and non-violent philosopher. Home Rule. Opposed Partition. Assassinated.
Gordon Riots. 1780. NoPopery Riots led by Lord Gordon to demand Catholic Relief Act repeal.
Gracchus, Tiberius. c163-133BC. Roman tribune 133, reformer. Killed in riot. Scipio.
Haymarket Riot. 1886. Anarchist bomb kills 7 police at Chicago labour demonstration.
Hyksos. Semitic invaders of Egypt on horse and chariot. Ruled 1675-1550BC.
Judas Iscariot. c30. Apostle who betrayed Jesus. Suicide.
Justinian. 483-565. Eastern Roman Emperor, conquered Africa and Italy. Codified Roman law 529. Closed all non-Christian schools, beginning Dark Ages. Nika Riot. Corpus Juris Civilis. Hagia Sophia. Digest 553. Ulpian.