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366 matches to Free Will
Sims, William. 1858-1936. US WWI naval commander.
Sitter, Willem de. 1872-1934. Dutch radio astronomer. Expanding universe.
Slim, William. 1891-1970. British WWII general. Defeated Japan in Burma.
Social Credit Party. Canada. Aberhart. Douglas. 1935- Alberta, BC, federal parties. Social Credit.
Stair, First earl. 1648-1707. Scottish under-secretary of state to William III. Approved Glencoe Massacre.
Sullivan, Arthur. 1842-1900. British composer. Operetta form. Mikado 1885. HMS Pinafore 1878. Onward Christian Soldiers. Gilbert.
Taft, William. 1857-1930. US president 1909-13. Dollar diplomacy. Chief Justice 1921-.
Tell, William. 13-14C/Legendary Swiss hero of Altdorf. Shot apple off son’s head on orders of Austrian governor, Gessler.
Temple, William. 1628-99. English diplomat. Arranged Triple Alliance, marriage of William and Mary.
Thackeray, William. 1811-1863. English novelist. Vanity Fair 1849. Sentimental and cynical moralist.
Tippecanoe, Battle. 1811. US defeat Shawnee Indians. Ends Tecumseh power. Harrison.
Tostig. -1066. Brother of English Harold II. Aided William the Conqueror and Norway’s Harold III invasions of England.
Tower of London. 1066- Palace for William I. Used as prison and garrison at later dates. White Tower 1078.
Travis, William. 1811-36. Texas revolutionary commander killed at Alamo.
Tubman, William. 1895-1971. Liberia. President 1941-. Women’s and native suffrage. School system.
Tweed, William. 1823-78. NY city “boss” controlled patronage through Tammany Society. Exposed by NY Times.
Tyndale, William. 1494-1536. English Protestant martyr. First English language bible.
Vaughan Williams, Ralph. 1872-1958. English Nationalist composer of symphonies, ballads, songs. Combined folk idiom with 16C polyphony. Sea 1910. Pastoral Symphony 1922.
Vigny, Alfred de. 1797-1863. French Romantic writer. Shakespeare adaptations. Cinq-Mars 1826.
Walker, William. 1824-60. American filibuster. Nicaraguan president. 1856-7.
Walton, William. 1902-83. British composer influenced by Jazz, Elgar, Stravinsky.
Westminster Abbey. 7C Benedictine monastery. 1050-65 New Building, additions by Edward the Confessor; 1245 by Henry III. West towers 1745. Used for all British coronations since William I.
Wilberforce, William. 1759-1833. English campaigner vs slave trade.
Willard. Gamma rays 1900.
William I. (Wilhelm) 1797-1888. Hohenzollern King of Prussia 1861-. German Empire. 1871-. Supportedf Bismarck vs Austria and France.