Lecompton Constitution. 1858. Rejected pro-slavery Kansas constitution.

Leconte de Lisle, Charles. 1818-94. French Parnassian poet.

Le Corbusier. 1887-1965. Swiss Functionalist architecht, urbanist. -“A house is a machine to live in”.

Ledoux, Claude Nicolas. 1736-1806. French Neoclassical architect. Tollhouses.

LeDuc, Viollet. 19C restorer of Notre Dame.

Le Duc Tho. 1911-90. Vietnamese Communist leader, revolutionary. Paris Peace Conference. (Refused)

Lee, Anne. 1736-84. English/US mystic Shaker leader.

Lee Kuan Yew. 1923-. First Singapore Prime Minister 1965-90.

Lee, Robert E. 1807-70. Brilliant Confederate general. Captured John Brown. Surrender at Appomatox ended Civil War.

Leeuwenhoek, Antony van. 1632-1723. Dutch. First to describe bacteria 1680, protozoa, corpuscles, spermatazoa 1675.

Legal Tender Act. 1862. US authorizes paper money without gold backing.

Legendre, Adrien. 1752-1833. French mathematician. Irrationality of pi, 1794. Elliptical integrals, 1786.

Léger, Fernand. 1881-1955. French painter. Modernist mechanistic forms of solid colors. Femme au Livre 1923. Grande Parade 1954.

Legion. Roman army unit of 4-6,000 men.

Legion of Honour. French national order instituted by Napoleon, 1802. Five ranks: Grands Croix, Grands Officiers, Commandeurs, Officiers, Chevaliers.

Legislative. Branch of a government that enacts laws.

Legislative Assembly. 1791-2. 1849-51. French national parliament...National Convention.

Legitimists. 19C French Royalist supporters of Bourbon Chambord vs Orleanists, Bonapartists.

Leibniz, Gottfried. 1646-1716. German philosopher, mathematician. Invented differential and integral calculus1675, binary arithmetic 1703. Multiplication machine 1671.

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of. 1532-88. Favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.

Leif Eriksson. Norwegian discoverer of Vinland, 1000.

Leipzig, Battle. 1813. Napoleon loses Germany and Poland. 500,000 troops involved.

Leipzig Debate. 1519. Luther vs Eck. Both claim victory.

Leisler’s Rebellon. 1689-91. NY vs Catholic officials.

Le Jeune, Claude. c1527-1600. French composer of musique mésurée.

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