Tartini, Giuseppe. 1692-1770. Italian violinist, composer.

Tartu, Treaty. 1920. Estonia independent of Russia.

Taxation. On Income 1193. On Cooking Oil: 1000BC Egypt. Foreigners: 400BC Greece. Imports 1CBC Rome. Property: 453BC Greece, 1642 England. Sales: 49BC Rome. 1973 UK VAT. Inheritance: 23BC Rome. Salt: 1286-1790 France. Hair Powder: 1795-1869 Hearths: 1663-89. Cards: 1615. Whiskey. Eisphora. Boadicea. Godiva. Danegeld. Domesday Book. Tithes.

Tea Act. 1773. British give British East India Company effective monopoly in North America. Boston Tea Party.

Tegh Bahadur. 1621-75. 2nd Sikh martyr.

Tertullian. c160-220. Carthaginian theologian. Influenced Christianity. Became Montanist. Founded Tertullianism.

Test Ban Treaty. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Tetzel, Johann. c1465-1519. German monk. Sold indulgences by threats causing Luther’s protests.

Themistocles. c523-460BC. Athenian archon, naval leader 493-480BC. Defeated Persians at Salamis, 480. Rebuilt Acropolis. Started Piraeus harbour.

Thermopylae. 480BC. Spartans resist Xerxes 3 days before being overwhelmed.

Third Estate. Part of States General 1789. National Assembly. French Revolution.

Thirty Tyrants. 404-403BC. Ruled Athens after defeat by Sparta.

Thirty-nine Articles. 1571 Doctrine of Church of England.

Thistlewood, Arthur. 1774-1820. English failed Cato St Conspiracy.

Thurber, James. 1894-1961. US humorist. Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1942. New Yorker Cartoons 1931-40.

Tiffany, Louis. 1848-1933. US art-nouveau decorator. Colored glass works.

Tilsit, Treaties. 1807. Russia, Prussia join Continental System. Russia free to attack Finland. Prussia surrenders to Napoleon, reduced in size. France controls Central Europe. Creates Warsaw Duchy, Westphalia.

Timothy, St. -c97. Christian Martyr. First bishop of Ephesus.

Tissaphernes. -395BC. Persian satrap. Allied with Sparta. Reconquered Greek cities in Asia Minor.

Tito, Josip Broz. 1892-1980. Yugoslav WWII Partisan leader. Led government 1945-. President 1953-, for life 1974-. Defied Stalin 1948.

Togliatti, Palmiro. 1893-1964. Co-founder, Italian Communist Party. Leader 1926-.

Tokugawa. 1603-1868. Japanese Shogun dynasty. =Edo Period. Isolationist. Genroku arts of “floating world”.

Tolpuddle Martyrs. 1834. 6 British farmworkers transported despite protests for union organizing.

Tory. Term (Irish = outlaw) applied 1679 to Duke of York supporters. English Royalist political party 1690-1830, refounded as Conservative Party 1833. In US: =colonists loyal to Britain during American Revolution.

Toscanini, Arturo. 1867-1957. Italian virtuoso conductor of Verdi, Beethoven.

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