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Eakins, Thomas. 1844-1916. US Realist painter. Clinic of Dr. Gross 1875.
Ealdred. -1069. Anglo-Saxon archbishop of York 1060-: crowned William the Conqueror.
Earl. Third rank of British peerage.
Earth. According to geologists created 4,600,000,000BC. Ussher for Biblical version.
East Anglia. 6C Anglo-Saxon kingdom. c870 Denmark. 917 England.
East India Act. 1784. India Act.
East India Companies. British, Dutch, French. Danish 1614-1729. Austrian, 1720-7.
East-West Schism. 1054. Separation of Roman and Eastern Catholic churches over filioque.
Easter Rebellion. 1916. Ireland. Irish Free State.
Eastern Crisis. 1839-41. British suppression of Muhammed Ali’s Egyptian expansion.
Eastern Orthodoxy. Branch of Christianity. East-West Schism.
Eastern Question. 19-20C. Instability caused by decline of Turkish rule led to Crimean War and WWI.
Eastman, George. 1854-1932. US inventor of roll film and Kodak camera 1888. Bromide print 1871.
Eben, Abba. 1915-. English/Israeli statesman, diplomat.
Ebert, Friedrich. 1871-1925. First president of German Republic 1919-.
Eck, Johann. 1486-1543. Opposed Luther, Protestantism.
Eckhart, Johannes. c1260-1328. German mystic. “All existence is God” 1281.
Eclecticism. 2C BC. Philosophical doctrine combining elements of various, sometimes contradictory, philosophies. Cicero.
École Militaire. 1752. French Royal Military Academy. Gabriel.
École Polytechnique. 1794-. French college of high repute. Replaced Navarre. Graduates are the “X”.
Economic Crisis. 1873. Vienna stock market collapse leads to protectionism, Depression.
Economics, Classical. 19C. Followers of Adam Smith.
Ecuador. 1000 Quito Indian kingdom. 15C Inca. 1534 Spain. 1822 Independent «Gran Colombia. 1830 Republic. 1832 +Galapagos.
Edda. c1230. Collections of Icelandic literature, songs.
Eddy, Mary Baker. 1821-1910. US founder of Christian Science Religion. Wrote Science and Health 1875.