Ursulines. 1535. Roman Catholic order founded by Angela Merci for the education of women.

Utraquists. 15C. Moderate Bohemian Hussite sect; most re-absorbed by Roman Catholic Church 1620. Moravian Church.

Whitby, Synod. 664. Settled dispute, favoring Roman over Celtic church. Defined Easter date as first Sunday after full moon after vernal equinox. March 22 to April 25. Wilfrid.

Whitefield, George. 1714-70. English evangelist, founder of Calvinistic Methodist Church. Stimulated 18C religious revival.

Williams, Roger. c1603-83. English Calvinist founder of Rhode Island, Providence 1636. Introduced separation of church, state.

Wittenberg. 1517. Church door on which Luther posted his 95 Theses.

World Council of Churches. 1948. Amsterdam.

Wren, Christopher. 1632-1723. English architect. Anglicized Classicism based on French and Dutch influence. Rebuilt 50 churches after 1666 London fire. St. Paul’s 1675. Greenwich Observatory 1675. Associated with craftsmanship of Tijou, Gibbons, Thornhill, Cibber. Sheldonian Theatre 1662. Trinity College Library 1676.

Yalta Conference. 1945. Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin. Decided partition of Europe after WWII. USSR enters war vs Japan. Potsdam. San Francisco Peace.

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

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.

Andrew, St. Apostle and martyr. Patron saint of Scotland and Russia. Peter’s brother.

Antonine Wall. 142. Scotland. North of Hadrian’s. Abandoned ~196. Antoninus.

Balliol, Edward. -1363. Invaded Scotland 1332. King 1332-56. Ceded crown to ally Edward III.

Balliol, John. c1249-1315. King of Scotland 1292-6. Defeated, deposed by Edward I.

Bank of England. 1694. Scotland 1695. N. America 1781. France 1800. Ireland 1783.

Caledonia. Roman name for north of Britain ≈Scotland.

Columba, St. c521-597. Irish monk. Missionary to Scotland.

David I. 1084-1153. King of Scotland 1124-. Introduced feudalism to Scotland.

Drunken Parliament. 1661. Scotland.

Edinburgh, Treaty. 1560. France and England withdraw from Scotland.

Fingerprints. 8C Chinese used as signatures. 1870 Indian classification system. 1901 Galton-Henry System, Scotland Yard.

Flodden, Battle. 1513. Repelled Scotish invasion of England. James IV of Scotland killed.

Gaelic. Celtic languages of Scotland and Ireland.

Great Britain. 1707 Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales. United Kingdom. Act of Union.

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