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50 matches to Family Compact
Family Compact. 1733,43,61. Spanish Bourbons support French wars.
Family Compact. Small conservative group dominates government of Upper Canada leading to 1837 Rebellion. Mackenzie.
Mackenzie, William Lyon. 1795-1861. Led failed revolt vs Family Compact in Upper Canada 1837.
Alcmaeonidae. 7-5C BC. Prominent Athenian family. Pericles.
Aldine Editions. 1490-1597. Quality books printed by Aldo Manuzio and family, Venice.
Amati. 16-17C. Italian family of violin makers-taught Stradivari.
Anastasia. 1901-18.Daughter of Nicholas II, allegedly survived family execution.
Barbuda. 1628 British Colony. 1680 Cordington family possession. 19C British Crown Colony. 1981 Independent Antigua and Barbuda.
Battenberg. Family name anglicized to Mountbatten.
Borghese. 13-18C. Italian noble family.
Bowdler, Thomas. 1754-1825. English publisher of expurgated Family Shakespeare 1818.
Brooke, James. 1803-68. British “White Raja”; family ruled Sarawak 1841-1946.
Caesar. 208-68BC Roman family. 68BC-138 Title of Roman Emperor.
Couperin. 17-18C French family of Baroque composers.
Dharma-sastra. 8C BC. Sanskrit books of Hindu family law.
Douglas. 1200-. Prominent Scottish family. Accused of treason, William Douglas murdered by James II 1452.
Elzevir. 16-18C. Family of Dutch printers of classics.
Family Pact. 1863. Maximilian renounces claims to Austrian throne to be Emperor of Mexico.
Fugger. 15-17C. German family of financiers and merchants.
Grimaldi. 1297~. Ruling family of Monaco.
Hachemite. Family which rules Jordan.
Hohenzollern. German family which ruled Prussia 1415-1918, united Germany 1871-1918. Kings of Romania 1866-1947.
Kano School. 15-17C. Family. 7 generations of influential Japanese painters. Moral symbolism.
Krupp. 1587-1968. German family of arms manufacturers. Steel works 1812. Canon 1847. Used slave labour in WWII.
Lie, Jonas. 1833-1908. Norwegian realistic novelist. Family at Gilje 1883.