Morosini. Venetian leader. Blew up Parthenon, Athens, 1687.

Morpheus. Greek god of dreams about people.

Morris, Gouverneur. 1752-1816. US statesman. Wrote final version of Constitution. Planned coinage.

Morris, Robert. 1734-1806. US “financier of the Revolution”.

Morris, William. 1834-96. English poet, craftsman opposed to 19C ugliness and social inequality. Founder of Socialist League. Wallpaper, fabrics 1861.

Morris Dance. English ritual folk dance of ancient Indo-European origins.

Morris Pillars. Parisian advertising columns erected in 1869.

Morse, Samuel. 1791-1872. US inventor of electric telegraph 1835, code 1838.

Mortimer. English royal family. Edmund’s royal marriage 14C led to 15C Yorkist claims vs Henry IV. Edward IV.

Mortimer, Roger. c1287-1330. Lover of Queen Isabella. Deposed Edward II and ruled 1327-. Executed by Edward III.

Mortimer’s Cross, Battle. 1461. Yorks defeat Lancastrians. Edward IV declares himself king.

Mortmain. Land ownership by a corporation unable to die or provide services.

Morton, William. 1819-68. US dentist. Advocated ether anaesthesia 1846.

Mosadeq, Mohammed. 1880-1967. Iran Prime Minister. Nationalized oil 1951. Briefly forced out Shah 1953. Pyjama speeches.

Mosaic Law. Jewish law ascribed to Moses. Torah.

Moscow Conferences. 1942,3,4,5. Allied meetings during WWII.

Moscow Declaration. 1943 Allies declare need for International peacekeeping organization...UN. 1956 Officially ends WWII between USSR and Japan.

Moscow Olympics. 1980. Boycotted by Western nations opposed to Afghanistan invasion.

Moseley, Henry. 1887-1915. English x-ray physicist. Atomic number and charge.

Moses. c14C BC. Hebrew leader who led his people from Egypt to Palestine. Received the Ten Commandments from God. Founded Israel.

Moses, Anna. “Grandma”. 1860-1961. US folk artist. Began painting in her 70s.

Mosley, Oswald. 1896-1980. British Fascist union leader 1932-.

Mother Goose. Perrault. Contes de ma mère l’oye 1697. From an old French expression = “old wives’ tales”....Mother Goose’s Melody 1781.

Motherwell, Robert. 1915-91. US Abstract Expressionist painter. Created New York school. Elegy to the Spanish Republic 1949-59.

Mott, Lucretia. 1793-1880. Organized first US women’s rights conference with Stanton, 1848.

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