Macready, William. 1793-1873. English actor. Rivalry with Forrest caused NY Opera House Riot, 1849.

Mahdi. Shi’ite messiah who will appear at end of the world. Several claimants have appeared.

Marlowe, Christopher. 1564-93. English dramatist: Tamerlane 1586. Dr. Faustus 1588-92. Edward II. May have written some of Shakespeare.

Marxism. Official dogma of Communism. Dialectical Materialism. “Perfect economic system will not require political state.” Marx. Engels. Value is based on labour. Maoism. Leninism.

Mary II. 1662-94. Queen of England with William III, 1689-. Expelled her father, James II.

Mayo, Charles. 1865-1939, William 1861-1939. Founded clinic, medical research foundation, 1915.

McAdoo, William. 1863-1941. Founded US Federal Reserve Board 1913. Raised $18B for war effort.

McKinley, William. 1843-1901. US President 1897-. Spanish American War. Gained Hawaii. Assassinated by anarchist.

Melville, Lord. 1742-1811. British minister under Pitt. Impeached, 1805; acquitted.

Mermaid Tavern. 15C-1666. London meeting place of Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne et al.

Merritt, William. 1793-1862. Upper Canada trade promoter. Welland Canal 1824-9.

Messerschmidt, Willy. 1898-1978. German plane designer and manufacturer, WWII.

Miller, William. 1782-1849. US founder of Adventists. Predicted Christ’s 2nd Coming for 1843.

Modernism. Early 20C literary movement. Lawrence. Eliot. Yeats.

Monaco. 10C BC Phoenicia. 5C BC Phocean. Rome. 9C Saracen. 1191 Genoa. 1297 Grimaldi family. 1524 Spanish protectorate. 1641 French protectorate. 1792 French. 1815 Sardinia.1861 Grimaldi, French protectorate. Will revert to France when no male heir.

Monothelitism. 622-713. Christian heresy. Jesus had human and divine natures but only divine will. Monophysitism.

Morris, William. 1834-96. English poet, craftsman opposed to 19C ugliness and social inequality. Founder of Socialist League. Wallpaper, fabrics 1861.

Morton, William. 1819-68. US dentist. Advocated ether anaesthesia 1846.

NAACP. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 1909-. For US black civil rights. Niagara Movement. Du Bois.

Narrative Art. Late 19C. Pictures should tell a story. Hogarth.

National Socialism. Nazism. 1919-45. German master-race nationalist Fascist movement. Anti- semitic. Individual surrenders to State will. Hitler. Drexler.

Neerwinden. 1693 Victory of Luxembourg over William of Orange.

Nietzche, Friedrich. 1844-1900. German philosopher. Superman doctrine. Survival of fittest. Thus Spake Zarathustra 1883-92. Will to Power influenced Fascists.

Nonjurors. 1689. Clergy refusing to take oath of Allegiance to William and Mary.

O’Brien, William. 1803-64. Irish revolutionary. 1848 Insurrection. Led Young Ireland. Banished.

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