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42 matches to Dow
Peter, St. -64. Leader of Jesus’ disciples. First pope. Crucified upside-down by Nero.
Philippe de Champagne. Cartoonist 1631. Windows of St-Eustache.
Pulitzer, Joseph. 1847-1911. Hungarian/US publisher. Endowed prize awarded since 1917.
Radowitz, Joseph von. 1797-1853. Prussian. Worked for unified Germany.
Rhodes, Cecil. 1853-1902. English colonialist in South Africa. Endowed Oxford scholarship to preserve Empire.
Richthofen, Manfred von. 1892-1918. WWI German air ace. Downed 80 Allied planes.
Sadowa, Battle. 1866. Königgrätz.
Sisley, Alfred. 1839-99. English/French Impressionist painter. Meadows in Spring.
Suttee. Sati. -1829. Indian widow’s suicide on husband’s pyre.
Suttner, Baroness von. 1843-1914. Austrian pacifist writer. Lay Down your Arms 1889.
Tithonus. Prince endowed with immortality, but not eternal youth. Became grasshopper.
Tromp, Marten. 1598-1653. Dutch admiral. Defeated Spain 1639 at Downs.
Tudor, Owen. 1400-61. Welsh. Married Henry V’s widow, Catherine of Valois. Founded Tudor dynasty.
Tz’u-hsi. 1835-1908. Dowager empress of China 1861-. Regent for T’ung-chi. Resisted reforms. Boxer Rebellion.
U-2 Incident. 1960. US spy plane shot down over USSR. Summit cancelled. Pilot Powers traded for Russian spy Abel 1962.
Vinland. ~1000. Region of northeast North America discovered by Leif Eriksson. L’Anse aux Meadows.
Windows. 12C Glass first used. 14C Mullioned (divided into panes). Tudor introduced bay and oriel. 18C curved bow windows.