Yourcenar, Marguerite. 1903-87. French writer; First woman in Académie Française.

Yü the Great. -2197BC. Legendary founder of First Chinese dynasty, Hsia.

Yüan. 1279-1368. Chinese Mongol dynasty founded by Kublai Khan. Grand Canal. Postal system. Marco Polo.

Yüan Shih-kai. 1859-1916. First president of Chinese Republic 1912-. Attempts to establish a new dynasty failed. Warlords.

Zadkine, Ossip. 1890-1967. Russian/French cubist sculptor. Musicians 1924. Christ 1939. Destroyed City 1951.

Zedekiah. King of Judah 597-586BC. Defeated by Nebuchadnezzar.

Zeeman, Pieter. 1865-1943. Dutch physicist. Magnetic effect on light polarization.

Zehrfuss. French architect: UNESCO bldg.

Zeno of Citium. c335-263BC. Greek founder of Stoicism. Early anarchist: “Compulsion perverts the nature of man”.

Zeno of Elea. Paradox: Arrow can never reach its target because it progresses in ever decreasing fractions of distance remaining. ½,¼... First use of dialectic reasoning.

Zeuxis. c5C BC. Greek painter using shading to achieve realism. Birds preferred his grapes.

Zinoviev, Grigori. 1883-1936. Russian triumvir with Stalin, Kamenev 1919-26. Executed in Purge. COMINTERN chairman 1919-.

Zinzendorf, Nikolaus. 1700-60. German Pietist. Founded Moravian church.

Znaim Armistice. 1809. Napoleon and Archduke Charles. Wagram Battle.

Zoë. 978-1050. Byzantine Empress 1028-. Married and murdered Romanus III. Crowned lover Michael IV and son Michael V. Married Constantine IX.

Zola, Emile. 1840-1902. French “scientific” novelist: Nana 1880. Dreyfus supporter. Realist. Founded Naturalist Movement. Thérèse Raquin 1867. J’accuse 1898.

Zosimus. 300. Alexandrian alchemist.

Zouaves. 1831-71. French African infantry. Algeria. Crimean War.

Zwingli, Huldrych. 1484-1531. Swiss humanist and religious reformer. Zurich Reformation 1522. Urged priests to marry. Attacked Roman mass and worship of images. Swiss Evangelical Church. Killed in Kappel Wars.