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221 matches to Boston Tea Party
Christianity. World’s largest religion, based on acts and teachings of Jesus Christ, believed to be Son of God. Emphasises love for all..
Cocteau, Jean. 1889-1963. Montparnasse poet. Provençale figurative painter. Filmmaker.
Comte, Auguste. 1798-1857. French Positivist philosopher. Religion belongs to primitive society. Positivism 1830. Tejada Law.
Cousteau, Jacques. 1910-97. French underwater explorer.
Cugnot, Joseph. 1725-1804. French engineer. First steam car, 1769.
Cunard, Samuel. 1787-1865. Canadian. First regular steamship line.
Dante Alighieri. 1265-1321. Italian moralist poet. First vernacular. Banquet 1306. Divine Comedy 1321, printed 1472.
Daugherty, Harry. 1860-1941. US attorney general. Acquitted in Teapot Dome scandal.
Delaware. “First” US state. Owasco, Delaware, Nanticoke, Assateague. 1609 English exploredl. 1631 Dutch. 1638 Swedish. 1655 Dutch. 1664 England.
Donatus. c333 Roman teacher. Ars Grammatica used for centuries.
Druids. Celtic priests and teachers.
Ezzelino III da Ramono. 1194-1259. Cruel ruler of northern Italy. Subject of Dante’s Inferno.
Fall, Albert. 1861-1944. US senator convicted in Teapot Dome scandal.
Fitch, John. 1743-98. First US steamboat, 1787.
Folies-Bergère. 1869. Paris theater introduced striptease 1894.
Fulton, Robert. 1765-1815. US engineer: steam boat Clermont, 1807. Submarine, 1801.
Galatea. Sea nymph. Lover of Acis.
Giffard, Henri. First steam airship 1852.
Gurney, Goldsworthy. 1793-1875. British Steam-auto passenger service.
Halifax, First Earl of. 1661-1715. English Whig statesman. Started National Debt. Established Bank of England. 1694.
Halifax, First Earl of. 1881-1959. English statesman. Viceroy of India 1925-31, Foreign Secretary 1938-40.
Harding, Warren. 1865-1923. US Pres 1921-. Teapot Dome. Washington Conference.
Henry II. 1519-59. French king 1547-. Repressed Protestants. Captured Calais 1558. Treaties of Chambord, Cateau-Cambrésis.
Homestead Acts. 1862 US grants 160 acres free to 5yr settlers. 1885 NZ, 1893 W. Australia grant free land to immigrants. Canada 160 acres for $10..
Homestead Strike. 1892. Carnegie Steel hires breakers. Gun battle ensues.