Ile St-Louis, Paris.1627-64. Classical style buildings.

Ili Crisis. 1871-81. Russia invades Chinese Ili province.

Iliad. 8C BC. Homer’s epic of Trojan War.

Illuminati. 16-18C. Term applied to rationalistic anticlerical Christian sects.

Illyria. 6C BC Greek colony. NW Balkans. 1809 Kingdom of Illyria. 1814 Austria. Yugoslavia.

Illyrian Wars. 229BC~219BC. Romans defeat Illyrian pirates. Greeks recognize Romans as civilized, admit them to games.

Imagists. 1912-. Poets eschew sentimentality for precision and imagery. Pound. Lawrence. Lowell.

Imhotep. 27C BC. Egyptian vizier, architect of First (stepped) pyramid.

Immaculate Conception. 1854. Established as RC dogma.

Immigration Acts. 1962. Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth.

Immigration Laws. 1852. US bars Chinese. 1900 Japanese. 1921- set quotas by country of origin.

Immortals. Name given to members of Académie Française.

Imperial Conferences. 1907-37. Meetings of British Empire/Commonwealth countries.

Imperial Preference. 1932-58. British movement for preferential tarrifs within British Empire.

Imperialism. 19C European movement to expand control over larger territories.

Impressionism. 1867-86. European art movement named 1874 for Monet’s Impression Sunrise. Direct from nature with colors to render surfaces and lighting effects. Rejected primacy of subject. Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, Cezanne, Manet. Music: 1892-1910. Restraint and ambiguity. Mood music. Debussy.

IMRO. 1895-1934. Revolutionary movement for Macedonian autonomy.

Inauguration Day. Jan 20. US president takes office after election.

Inca. 12-16C Peruvian empire of 12M people. 1533 Pizarro conquers.

Income Tax. Britain: 1193 Walter to ransom Richard I. 1799-1815 To finance war vs Napoleon. 10% over £200; 1842 Peel 3%. US: 1862-72 3% over $800 (5% if outside US); 1913 over $3000 only.

Incunabula. Books printed before 1500. Caxton. Gutenberg.

Independence Day. Annual US holiday since July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence.

Independent Labour Party. 1893. Britain. Founded by Hardie....Labour Party 1906.

Independent Treasury. 1846-1913. US financial system not using private banks. Federal Reserve System.

Independents. Separatists. 17C English Christian sects believing that congregation should control its own affairs. Congregationalism. Puritans.

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