Viscount. 4th rank of British peerage, below earl.

V-1, V-2. 1944. WWII German missiles vs Britain, Belgium. V=Vergeltung(Revenge). 8,000 V-1s. 1300 V-2s. Basis for future space research.

Vorticism. 1900-20. Art movement of mechanical forms and angles. Lewis. Gaudier-Brzeska.

Wade-Davis Bill. 1864. Strict terms for US Reconstruction vetoed by Lincoln.

Wagner, Richard. 1813-83. German Romantic opera composer/librettist. Leitmotif. Unified drama and music in long and complex operas. Tannhäuser 1845. Lohengrin 1850. Nibelung Ring 1853-76. Tristan and Isolde 1857-9. Parsifal 1882.

Wagram, Battle. 1809. Napoleon defeats Austrian Archduke Charles. Znaim. Schönbrunn Treaty.

Wahabi. 18-19C. Militant Moslem Arab Puritan sect. Fought Porte 1813-15. Invaded Kuwait 1919,27,28; repulsed with British help. 2001 World Trade Center. Taliban.

Waìtangi, Treaty. 1840. Britain annexes New Zealand from Maori.

Wakley. Founded Lancet (British medical journal), 1823.

Wales, Prince of. 1301-. Title of heir apparent to the British throne.

Wallace, Alfred. 1823-1913. British naturalist. Theory of natural selection, 1838, independent of Darwin.

Wallenstein, Albrecht von. 1583-1634. Bohemian HRE general in Thirty Years War.

Wallis, Barnes. 1887-1979. British armament inventor.

Walton, William. 1902-83. British composer influenced by Jazz, Elgar, Stravinsky.

Wandiwash, Battle. 1760. British defeat French at Madras. French leave India.

Washington, Treaty. 1871. Britain/US recognize Canada, regulate Great Lakes navigation.

Washington Conference. 1921-2. Naval arms limitation treaty. Four Power Pacific Treaty: US, Japan, Britain, France.

Waugh, Evelyn. 1903-66. English satirical writer: Brideshead Revisited 1945.

Weather Forecasts. 1860. First regularly issued by British Admiralty Office.

Webb, Sidney. 1859-1947. Beatrice. 1858-1943. British Fabian Socialists. Founded London School of Economics, New Statesman 1913.

Webster-Ashburton, Treaty. 1842. Britain, US settle Eastern US-Canada border, suppress slave trade.

Weill, Kurt. 1900-50. German surrealist satirical opera composer. Socio-political operas of great influence on future composers. ThreePenny Opera 1928 with Brecht. Happy End 1929.

Wellesley, Richard. 1760-1842. British Governor General to India 1798-1805. Expanded British power. Wellington’s brother.

Wenceslaus, St. 907-29. Patron saint of Czechs. Murdered by brother Boleslav I.

West Indies Associated States. 1967 Association of self-governing former Britishcolonies under British suzerainty.

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