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2657 matches to Cat and Mouse Act
Netherlands, Austrian. 1714-94.
Netherlands, Spanish. 1581-1714. = Belgium, Luxembourg.
Neuilly, Treaty. 1919. Bulgaria and Allies. Bulgaria cedes land and pays WWI reparations, loses outlet to Mediterranean.
Neville, Ralph. 1364-1425. Aided Henry IV vs Richard II. Grandfather of Edward IV and Richard III.
New Guinea. 1512 Portugal discovers. 1828 Netherlands(W). 1884 Dutch/British(SE)/German(NE). 1906 British part(SE) to Australia. 1921 League of Nations Australian mandate(NE). 1945 Mandate +Papua. 1963 Dutch part(W) to Indonesia. 1975 Papua New Guinea.
New Netherland. 1624-64. Dutch colonies in North America. Captured by British. New Amsterdam.
New Orleans, Battle. 1815 Andrew Jackson, unaware, devastates British 2 weeks after War of 1812 ends.
New Testament. Portion of Bible relating to life and teachings of Christ and his disciples.
New Zealand. <8C Maori. 1642 Tasman discovers. 1840 British. 1852 Autonomous. 1907 Dominion.
Newfoundland. Beothuk, Inuit. 10C Norse discover. 1497 Cabot rediscovers. 1583 Britain claims. 17-18C British, French dispute. 1713 British sovereignty recognized. 1855 Self-governing. 1934 Crown Colony. 1949 Canadian province.
Newspapers.1566 Venice (first). 1594 Mercurius Gallobelgious England. 1621 Batter England. 1662 First censorship. 1690 Boston. 1702 Daily Courant, first daily.
Newton, Isaac. 1643-1727. English physicist. Calculus 1666. Reflecting telescope 1668. Binomial Theorem. 1676. Tides 1683. Law of Gravity and Acceleration 1684. Decomposition of light.Principia Mathematica 1687. Speed of sound 1698.Opticks 1704.
Nicaea, Council. 325. Debate of Athanasius and Arius resolved Nicene Creed, not Easter dates. 787. Temporarily resolved Iconoclasm.
Nicaragua. 1502 Columbus discovers. 1523 Spanish settle. 1821 Mexican Empire. 1826 CAF. 1839 Independent. Sandinistas.
Nicias. -413BC. Athenian commander. Syracuse siege.
Night of the Long Knives. 1934. Hitler’s SS murder 77+ Nazi opponents and others.
Nihilistm. 19C Russian philosophy of skepticism associated with disheveled revolutionaries. Utilitarianism and rationalism.
Nineteen Propositions. 1642. Parliament’s demands, rejected by Charles I. Civil War.
Nirvana. Hindu and Buddhist final state of freedom.
Nobel Prize. Nobel legacy funded. Peace Prize
and prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature. 1969 +Economics.
. Declined: Le Duc Tho, Pasternak, Sartre.
Nobiles. 3C- Roman ruling aristocracy. Patricians and office holding Plebeians.
Nod. Biblical land where Cain fled.
Noncooperation Movement. 1920-22. Ghandi’s non-violent protest in India. Amritsar Massacre.
Nonjurors. 1689. Clergy refusing to take oath of Allegiance to William and Mary.