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879 matches to Eighty Years War
Eighty Years War. 1568~1648. Netherlands wins indep from Spain.
Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.
Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.
Apprentices Statute. 1563-1814 England. 7 Years apprenticeship required for all trades.
Australopithecus. Hominid ancestor to man, discovered in Africa. Lived 1 to 5 million years ago.
Babylonian Captivity. 586-538BC. “70 Years” of Jewish exile by Nebuchadnezzar.
Blenheim, Battle. 1704. Bavaria. Marlborough’s victory in War of Spanish Succession. First French defeat in 50 years, saves Vienna.
Breitenfeld, Battles. 1631,42. Swedish victories over Catholic League in 30 Years War. Sweden a great power.
Burgundians. French political faction. Fought Armagnacs during 100 Years War. Allied with England, 1420. Treaty of Arras 1435 with Charles VII.
Calypso. Nymph who entertained Ulysses, delaying his voyage for seven years.
Castillon, Battle. 1453. Final English defeat in the Hundred Years War.
Crépy, Treaty. 1544. Ends 23 years of war between Holy Roman Empire and France.
Dana, Richard. 1815-82. US writer. Two Years Before the Mast.
Defenestration of Prague. 1419. Hussites eject aldermen. 1618. Protestants throw regents out window. Begins Thirty Years War.
Diplomatic Revolution. 1756. Reversal of alliances led to Seven Years War.
Edward III. 1312-77. King of England 1327-. Claimed crown of France, causing Hundred Years War.
Fifteen Years War. 1591-1606. Austria vs Turkey over Transylvania. Stopped Turkish expansion in Europe.
Fire of London. 1666. Four days. 87 churches. 13,200 houses. 100,000 homeless. Rebuilt in 10 years. 1136 fire was previously known as Great Fire of London.
French-Indian Wars. 1754-63. North American part of Seven Years War. France loses all possessions in Canada to Britain.
French Wars. 1701-1815. Second Hundred Years War.
Froissart, Jean. c1333-1400. French Chronicles of the Hundred Years War 1391.
Galen. 129-c200. Greek doctor. Methods used 1000 years.
Gallas, Matthias. 1584-1647. General for Holy Roman Empire during Thirty Years War. Troops annihilated.
Garcia Iñiguez, Calixto. 1836-98. Cuban leader. Ten Years War. Spanish-American War.
Gettysburg. 1863. Lincoln’s address given to dedicate Civil War cemetery. “Four score and seven years ago...Government of the people, by the people, for the people”.