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162 matches to Estates General
Estates General. States General.
Necker, Jacques. 1732-1804. Swiss Finance Minister of France before the Revolution. Compte Rendu 1781. Called Estates General leading to French Revolution. Dismissal led to riots.
Jesuit Estates Act. 1888. Quebec awards restitution to Jesuits for British land appropriation 1773.
Orléans, Louis Philippe, duc d’. 1747-93. Became Citizen Égalité 1892. Joined Third Estate. Father of King Louis-Philippe.
Aetius, Flavius. -454. Roman general, defeated Attila at Catalonia, 451.
Agrippa, Marcus V. 63-12BC. Roman general, supported Octavian.
Alcibiades. c450-404BC. Athenian egoist general, Peloponnesian War. Murdered.
Alexander, Harold (of Tunis). 1891-1969. British. Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean 1944-45. Directed Dunkirk evacuation. Governor General of Canada, 1946-52.
Annan, Kofi. 1938-. Ghana. UN Secretary General. Bosnian peacekeeping.
Antipater. -319BC. Macedonian general and regent.
Aristides. 540-468BC. Athenian general at Marathon.
Arnold, Benedict. 1741-1801. American Revolution general. Betrayed US.
Aumale, Henri, duc d’Orleans. 1822-97. French general, Orleanist leader.
Averescu, Alexandru. 1859-1938. Romanian General and Prime Minister. Suppressed 1907 peasant revolt.
Baden-Powell, Robert. 1857-1941. English General, founded Boy Scouts 1908; Girl Guides with sister Agnes, 1910.
Baldwin, Stanley. 1867-1947. British Conservative Prime Minister. 1923~37. General Strike. Opposed rearmament. “Safety First”.
Balkan Wars. 1912-13. Balkan League defeats Ottoman Empire. Turkish territory distributed. General dissatisfaction termed the “powder keg of Europe”.
Beaufort, François. 1616-69. Adored Fronde general. King of Halles.
Beauregard, Pierre. 1818-93. Confederate general. Ordered attack on Ft. Sumter.
Belisarius. ~505-564. Byzantine general vs Persia, Vandals, Goths, Huns.
Birdseye, Clarence. 1886-1956. US inventor of frozen foods. Founded General Foods, 1924. 300+ patents.
Blücher, Gebhardt von. 1742-1819. Prussian general at Waterloo.
Bradley, Omar. 1893-1981. US D-Day General.
Bulow, Friedrich. 1755-1816. Prussian general against Napoleon.
Byng, Julian. 1862-1935. British General. Commanded Canadian forces, captured Vimy Ridge 1917. Canadian Governor General 1921-6.