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Five Hundred, Council of. 508BC. Athens’ representative government.
Five Hundred, Council of. 1795. Lower House of French Parliament.
China. T’ang(leg). Yü (leg). c1994BC Hsia. c1500 Shang. c1027 Chou. 481 Warring States. 221 Ch’in. 202BC Han. 220 AD Three Kingdoms. 265 Chin. 386 Northern Dyn(N)/420 Southern Dyn(S). 581 Sui rebuild. 618 T’ang. 10C Five dyn/Ten kingdoms. 960 Sung. 1279 Yüan (Mongol). 1368 Ming. 1644 Ch’ing (Manchu). 1912 Republic. 1938-44 Japanese occupation. 1949 People’s Republic.
Clarendon Code. 1661-5. Suppressed religious dissent in England. Five Mile Act.
Five Dynasties. 907-60. China between T’ang and Sung dynasties. Upheaval stimulated arts. Art to represent metaphysical truth.
Five Mile Act. 1665. English Nonconformist clergy banned 5 miles from towns where they had preached.
Five Pecks of Rice. 206-20. Chinese Taoist political movement vs poverty, instability.
Five Year Plans. 1928- Russian planning cycles.
Legion of Honour. French national order instituted by Napoleon, 1802. Five ranks: Grands Croix, Grands Officiers, Commandeurs, Officiers, Chevaliers.
New Economic Policy. 1921-8. Russian economic program. Limited free enterprise. Replaced by Five Year Plans.
Ninety-five Theses. 1517. Document Luther nailed to Wittenburg church door. Began Reformation.
Schoenberg, Arnold. 1874-1951. Austrian/US pioneer of atonal twelve-note method-key to recent musical advances. Five Piano Pieces 1923.
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. 1922-. US satirical novelist, social critic. Player Piano 1952. Slaughterhouse Five 1969.
Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.
Black Hundreds. 1905-9. Russian movement. Opposed revolution. Persecuted Jews-50,000 dead.
Castillon, Battle. 1453. Final English defeat in the Hundred Years War.
Edward III. 1312-77. King of England 1327-. Claimed crown of France, causing Hundred Years War.
French Wars. 1701-1815. Second Hundred Years War.
Froissart, Jean. c1333-1400. French Chronicles of the Hundred Years War 1391.
Hundred Days. 1815. March 20 to July 8; Napoleon’s escape from Elba to his second abdication. 1933. Began Roosevelt’s administration. New Deal enacted.
Hundred Flowers Movement. China. 1956-7. Increased freedom of intellectuals. Criticism of Party led to backlash.
Hundred Years War. 1337~1453. English defend claims to French throne. Crécy. Poitiers. Agincourt. Joan of Arc. English driven from continent, except Calais.
Isabella of Bavaria. 1371-1435. French Queen consort/regent 1389-1422. Recognized British heir to French throne. Treaty of Troyes. Hundred Years War.
Jacquerie Revolt. 1358. French peasants revolt vs tax increases to support Hundred Years War. Marcel.
John II. The Good. 1319-64. King of France 1350.- Hundred Years War. Captured at Poitiers, ransomed for 3M écus. Annexes SW France.