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42 matches to Dow
Abu Moslem Revolt. 747-50. Umayyad downfall.
Boyar. 10-17C. Russ. noble landowners.
Caravaggio. 1573-1610. Italian painter. Dramatic light, shadow. Naturalism. Fortune Teller, Guitarist 1590.
Defenestration of Prague. 1419. Hussites eject aldermen. 1618. Protestants throw regents out window. Begins Thirty Years War.
Dow, Herbert. 1866-1930. US chemist. Founded Dow Chemical Co.
Dowding, Hugh. 1882-1970. WWII air marshal. Fighter Commander, Battle of Britain.
Dowie, John. 1847-1907. Scot. founder of Christian Catholic Church and Zion City, IL, USA.
Downs, Battle. 1639. Dutch def Spain = end of Spain’s sea power.
Dowson, Ernest. 1867-1900. English Decadent poet. -“I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion”.
Gang of Four. Chinese leaders, including Mao’s widow, convicted 1980 of Cultural Revolution abuses.
Glendower, Owen. c1354-1416. Led last Welsh revolt vs English rule 1400-12.
Glyndwr, Owain. Glendower, Owen.
Harvard, John. 1607-38. Endowed University with £800 + 320 books.
Joséphine, Empress. 1763-1814. Widow of beheaded General de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon 1796-1809; divorced.
Junkers. Prussian landowner class. Dominated admin., military.
Königgrätz, Battle. 1866. Ended 7 Week War. Left Prussia dominant over Germany. = Sadowa.
Landowski, Paul. 1875-1961. Sculptor: St. Genevieve on Tournelle Bridge, Paris, 1928; la Réformation, Geneva, 1912-18.
Lansdowne, Henry. 1845-1927. British statesman. Governor General of Canada, India. Secretary of War 1895-1900.
Lockerbie Scotland. 1988 Terrorist bomb downs PanAm plane killing 270. Libya.
MacDowell, Edward. 1860-1908. US piano composer. Symphonic poems. Saracens 1891.
Malherbe, François de. 1555-1628. French poet. Foreshadowed classicism. Odes 1601.
Marie Thérèse. 1638-83. Queen Consort to Louis XIV. Daughter of Philip IV. Unpaid dowry caused War of Devolution.
Mountain Meadows Massacre. 1857. Paiute Indians and Utah Mormons kill 137 Arkansas emigrants en route to California.
Muslim Civil War. 656-61 Sunni Muawiya defeats Shi’ite Ali for leadership starting Umayyad dynasty. 683-92 Umayyad put down Syrian rebellion. 809-13 Iraq vs Iran. 1008-31 Moslem Spanish gain autonomy from Umayyad.
Nystad, Treaty. 1721. Russia/Sweden. Russia gains window on Baltic. Ends Great Northern War.