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Love Generation. 1960-9. Term applied to hippies who rejected past values for instant pleasures of drugs and music.
Low Countries. Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands.
Lowell, Percival. 1855-1916. US astronomer. Predicted Pluto 1905 (erroneously). PL of Pluto name after him. Studied Mars’ “canals” 1906. Schiaparelli.
Lower Canada. 1791-1841. 1841 «Province of Canada. 1867 = Quebec.
Loyola, St. Ignatius. 1491-1556. Spanish soldier, founder of ascetic Jesuit Order, army of God working directly for the Pope. Spiritual Exercises 1548.
Lubbock, John. English MP. Bank Holidays Act 1871.
Lübeck. 1386-1669. Headquarters of Hanseatic League.
Lublin Union. 1569-1792. Poland and Lithuania.
Lucan. 39-65. Roman poet. Conspired vs Nero. Bellum Civile.
Lucian. c120-80. Greek satirist. Dialogues of the Dead.
Luckner, Felix. 1886-1966. German naval officer. Attacked commercial vessels in WWII.
Lucretius. 99-55BC. Roman poet: De rerum natura, advocating moral truth without religious belief.
Ludlow, Battle. 1459. War of Roses. York, Warwick routed by Lancastrians.
Lukács, György. 1885-1971. Hungarian Marxist writer: History of Class Conscioussness 1923.
Luna 2. 1959 Russian spacecraft. Hard moon landing.
Luna, Pedro de. = Antipope Benedict XIII.
Luna 9. 1966 Russian spacecraft. Soft moon landing.
Luna. Roman moon goddess, = Selene.
Lundy’s Lane, Battle. 1814. Canada defeats US invasion. War of 1812.
Lurçat, Jean. 1892-1966. French painter, revived the art of tapestry. Apocalypse 1948.
Lusitania. 1915. British passenger ship sunk by German U-boat. Led to US joining WWI. 1198 lost.
Lusitania. Roman province ≈Portugal + west Spain.
Luther, Martin. 1483-1546. German Christian reformer opposed to indulgences. Wittenberg. -’Even if heaven and hell do not exist, education is important’ Justification by faith alone. Melanchthon. 95 Theses 1517. Treatise on Christian Liberty. New Testament translated to vernacular 1522. Catechisms 1529. Canticles 1533. Excommunicated 1520, burns Papal Bull. Choral composer: moral effects of music.
Lutheranism. Conservative Protestant sect of Germany and Scandinavia. Salvation through faith alone.