Nicaea, Empire. 1204-61. Byzantine state reconquered Latin Empire to restore Byzantine Empire.

Nigeria. c5C BC Nok. c12C Yoruba(SW). 13C Hausa(N)/Kanem-Bornu/Ibo(E). 15C Portugal reach. Slave source. 1851 British colony. 1884 British protectorate. 1960 Independent. 1963 Republic. 1993-98 Abacha military dictatorship. Biafra.

Nihilistm. 19C Russian philosophy of skepticism associated with disheveled revolutionaries. Utilitarianism and rationalism.

Nirvana. Hindu and Buddhist final state of freedom.

Nixon, Richard. 1913-94. US president 1969-74. Hiss investigation. Checkers. China relations. Vietnam cease-fire. Watergate. Pardoned.

Noguchi, Hideyo. 1876-1928. Isolated yellow fever microbe 1918.

Nonconformists. Those who do not subscribe to a state religion. Act of Uniformity.

Nordlingen, Battle. 1634. Sweden defeated, ending influence in S Germany. Heilbronn alliance dissolved.

Norfolk, First Duke. c1366-99. Lord Appellant. Dominated Richard II 1387-89.

North German Confederation. 1867-71. 22 states led by Prussia. German Empire.

Northwest Rebellion. 1885. Saskachewan natives and Métis for land rights. Defeated. Riél.

Notables, Assembly. French deputies of states appointed by king.

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. 1963. US, UK, USSR, + 100 signatories. No atmospheric, underwater, or space tests. France, China decline, continue testing.

Nullification. US states’ rights to remedy federal abuse of power locally. Calhoun.

Numa Pompilius. c715-673BC. Second king of Rome. Organized the ceremony of state.

OAS. Organization of American States. 1948. Western Hemisphere organization for peace, security, and economic cooperation. Cuba expelled 1962.

Oates, Titus. 1649-1705. English Anglican priest. Invented Popish Plot. 35 Catholics executed.

OAU. Organization of African Unity. 1963. Formed to improve living standards and eliminate colonialism.

Oberammergau. 1634- Passion play every ten years commemorates plague of 1633.

Observatory, Paris. 1667-72. Claude Perrault. Dimensions of the solar system 1672, meridians of longitude. Sets Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

OCAS. Organization of Central American States. 1951-. For regional and economic unity. CACM.

October Manifesto. 1905. Nicholas II response to Russian Revolution. If enacted would have created a consititutional monarchy. Octobrists.

October War. 1973. Egypt, Syria attack Israel on Yom Kippur. Repulsed. UN creates buffer zone.

Odeon. Athenian place of music and poetry competition. Parisian theater 1728.

Odoacer. c435-93. German who deposed Romulus Augustus 476. Assassinated by Theodoric.

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