Tennis. 12C French game. 1870 English invent lawn tennis. 1877 First Wimbledon.

Tereshkova, Valentina. 1937-. Russian. First woman in space 1963.

Thales. c624-546BC. Greek philosopher/scientist. Predicted eclipse, 585. First to enunciate the existence of natural laws of science. Water as basis of all matter. Critical discussion leads to knowledge. Static electricity.

Thatcher, Margaret. 1925-. Britain’s first woman Prime Minister 1979-. Conservative. Monetarist. Falklands War.

Thiers, Adolphe. 1797-1877. French. Led July Revolution. Paris wall 1841. Crushed Paris Commune 1871. First president of Third Republic 1871-3.

Thimmonier. French tailor. First practical sewing machine 1829. Saint.

Thirty Years’ Peace. 445-415BC Ended First Peloponnesian War.

Thompson, Robert Wm. 1845 First pneumatic tires.

Thutmose I. Egyptian king c1525-12BC. First tomb in Valley of Kings.

Timothy, St. -c97. Christian Martyr. First bishop of Ephesus.

Tombaugh, Clyde. 1906-97. US. First to see Pluto, 1930.

Tontine. 1653-1789. Fund, first created by Tonti. Members invest for increasing annuity as others die, with the last receiving the balance.

Torah. 5-2C BC God’s revealed teaching to Jews. Pentateuch (First 5 chapters of Old Testament). Oral Torah=Hebrew bible.

Trajan. 53-117. Spanish Roman Emperor 98-. First bridge across Danube. Column 106. Aqueduct 109. Extended Suez Canal.

Trotsky. Lev Bronstein. 1879-1940. Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, with Lenin anti-Stalin. “Worldwide Permanent Revolution”-socialism in Russia requires revolution everywhere. Favoured International Communism over Stalin’s Russian nationalism. Organized First Soviet 1905. Twice banished to Siberia by Czar. 1918 War Commissar...Red Army. Banished by Stalin 1929. Murdered in exile in Mexico.

Tyndale, William. 1494-1536. English Protestant martyr. First English language bible.

Udall, Nicholas. c1505-56. English dramatist.Ralph Roister Doister 1553. First English secular play, comedy.

Uncle Sam. Personification of US government first appeared in Troy Post based on “Uncle” Sam Wilson who supplied army beef stamped US 1813.

Vallee, Rudy. 1901-86. US. First pop music star.

Vergara, Convention. 1839. Ends first Carlist War vs Isabella II.

Victor-Emmanuel II. 1820-78. First king of united Italy, 1861-. Peace of Milan, 1848. Cavour.

Victoria, Guadalupe. 1786-1843. First Mexican president 1824-9.

Villiers, G. 1592-1628. First Duke of Buckingham. Incompetent favourite of Charles I who dissolved parliament to prevent his impeachment, 1626 causing Civil War.

Virginia. Algonkian, Sioux, Iroquoia. 1587 British settle Roanoke Colony. 1607 First successful colony. 1619 Slaves brought. 1776 Independent. USA.

Vladimir I, St. 956-1015. First Christian Russian ruler. Ordered people to convert.

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