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118 matches to Augsburg League
Augsburg League. 1686-9. Holy Roman Empire and allies vs France. Replaced by Grand Alliance.
Grand Alliance, War of. 1689-97. Spain, Sweden, England, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands vs French expansionism. Negotiated Peace. King William’s War. Namur. Augsburg League.
Augsburg, Peace. 1555. Allowed both Lutheranism and Catholicism within Holy Roman Empire.
Augsburg Confession. 1530. Doctrine of faith of Lutheran Church. Consubstantiation. Predestination. Diet of Augsburg. Melanchthon.
Book of Concord. 1580. Lutheran liturgy: Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creeds, Augsburg Confession.
Melanchthon, Philip. 1497-1560. German Lutheran theologian educationist. Dogmatic Protestant 1521, introduced term. Augsburg Confession 1530. Ethics 1538.
Westphalia, Peace of. 1648. Conclusion of the Thirty Years War between Germany, France, and Sweden and Spanish-Dutch 80 Years War. Formal recognition of Swiss independence. Dutch independence. HRE weakened. Religious toleration. Confirmed Augsburg.
Abyssinian War. 1935-6. Italy invades Ethiopia. League of Nations ineffective.
Achaean League. 5-4C BC. Greek towns in common defence against pirates in Gulf of Corinth. 280-146BC. Model for federal government. Created to fight Macedonia. Dissolved by Romans.
Aetolian League. 4-2C BC. Confederation of Greek city states, led by Thebes.
Aga Khan III. 1877-1957. Indian Moslem leader. President, League of Nations, Gen Assembly, 1937.
Alboin. -572. Germanic Lombard King. Allied Germanic tribes and conquered N Italy.
Alcibiades. c450-404BC. Athenian egoist general, Peloponnesian War. Murdered.
Anjala League. 1788-89. Swedish, Finnish officers conspire vs Gustav III to end Russo-Swedish War.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Anti-Saloon League. 1893 US Temperance organization. Prohibition.
Arab League. 1945. Non-aggression and cooperation treaty of Arab states. Collective Treaty of Defence, 1950, to defend against Israeli aggression.
Arcadian League. 370-362BC. Union of states vs Sparta.
Athenian League. 378-338BC. Refounded Delian League. War with Sparta 378-371BC.
Awami League. 1954-71. For Bangladesh independence. Rahman.
Balkan League. 1912-13. Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro. Balkan Wars.
Balkan Wars. 1912-13. Balkan League defeats Ottoman Empire. Turkish territory distributed. General dissatisfaction termed the “powder keg of Europe”.
Barricades, Day of the. 1588. Paris. Catholic League rebels vs Henry III.
Besant, Annie. 1847-1933. English Theosophist. Founded Indian Home Rule League 1916.
Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.