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168 matches to General Strike
Caesar, Julius. 100-44BC. Roman general. 58BC conquered Gaul. 55BC Invaded Britain. 49BC Crossed Rubicon. Established Julian calendar. de Bello Gallico 51BC. Assassinated.
Campbell, John. 1678-1743. Scottish general. Suppressed Jacobite revolt 1715.
Carausius, Marcus. 245-293. Rebel Roman General. Ruled Britain 286-.
Cardigan, James Brudenell, Earl of. 1797-1868. British General. Led Charge of the Light Brigade. Tennyson. Crimean War.
Catulus, Gaius. 3C BC. Roman General. Defeated Carthage. Ended First Punic War.
Chuikov, Vasily. 1900-82. Russian WWII General. Defended Stalingrad.
Conciliarism. 12C-. General Council has greater power than pope. Popular during Great Schism.
Cornwallis, Charles. 1738-1805. British General. Ended American Revolution by surrender at Yorktown.
Custer, George. 1839-76. US general killed at Little Bighorn.
Dabrowski, Jan. 1755-1818. Polish general under Napoleon, hero in rebellion vs Russia.
Dalhousie, First Marquess. 1812-60. British Governor General of India 1847-56. Annexed Punjab, 1849, Rangoon, Burma. Built railway, telegraph. Lapse doctrine caused Indian Mutiny.
Daugherty, Harry. 1860-1941. US attorney general. Acquitted in Teapot Dome scandal.
Davout, Louis. 1770-1823. Napoleon’s general, Minister of War 1815.
Dayan, Moshe. 1915-81. Israeli general in Arab-Israeli Wars. Cabinet Minister 1967~79.
De Wet, Christiaan. 1854-1922. Boer general. Led 1914 Rebellion.
Deakin, Alfred. 1856-1919. Australian Prime Minister 1903~10. First Attorney General 1901. Led federation movement.
Denikin, Anton. 1872-1947. Russian general of White Army, 1918-20.
Desaix, Louis. 1768-1800. French general. Killed at Marengo.
Diadochi, Wars of. 321-281BC. Partition of Empire among Alexander’s generals.
Dufour, Henri. 1787-1875. Swiss General with Napoleon. Led 1864 Geneva Convention.
Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. German/Swiss/US physicist. Special Theory of Relativity 1905. Quantum theory 1905. General Theory of Relativity 1916. Pacifist, Zionist.
Elgin, James Bruce, 8th Earl of. 1811-63. Governor General. Worked for independent Canadian government.
Epaminondas. c410-362BC. Thebian general, statesman. Defeated Sparta at Leuctra. Permanently changed balance of power.
Estates General. States General.
Eugène of Savoy, Prince. 1663-1736. French General of H.R. Imperial armies. Defeated Turks in Vienna and Hungary.