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89 matches to Helen of Troy
Chrétien de Troyes. 12C. French poet. Legend of King Arthur.
Copenhagen, Battle. 1801. Nelson destroys Danish fleet. 1807. British bomb Copenhagen.
Corinth. 1350BC “Founded by Sisyphus”. 243BC Achaean League. 146 Rome destroys, rebuilds 46BC. Byzantine. 1458 Ottoman. 1687 Venice. 1715 Ottoman 1822 Greece.
Cressida. Unfaithful to Troilus, she deserted Troy for the Greeks.
Dardanus. Greek ancestor of Trojan kings.
Dares Phrygius. Trojan Priest. Wrote about Trojan Wars.
Dresden. 1945. Massive Allied air raid. Firestorm caused 35,000-135,000 casualties, destroyed city.
Eretria. Greek city. Destroyed 490BC by Persia.
Falklands, Battle. 1914. British destroy German fleet.
Gomorrah. Licentious city destroyed by God. Sodom.
Hector. Prince, defender of Troy, killed by Achilles.
Henry V. 1387-1422. King of England 1413-. Claimed France. Victor at Agincourt. Treaty of Troyes.
Hiroshima. Japanese city destroyed 1945 by first A-bomb. 75000 killed.
Ionia. 1000BC Greeks colonize. 546BC Cyrus. 479 Independent. 334 Alexander. 133BC Rome. 15C Ottomans destroyed cities.
Isabella of Bavaria. 1371-1435. French Queen consort/regent 1389-1422. Recognized British heir to French throne. Treaty of Troyes. Hundred Years War.
Jericho. c9000BC. First walled city. 2300BC Amorite. 1900BC Canaanite. c1300BC Israelites destroy.
Jewish Revolts. vs Romans. 66-73: Failed, Temple destroyed. 132-5: Suppressed by Hadrian. Jews banished from Jerusalem.
Joshua. Old Testament hero. Led conquest of Canaan. Destroyed Jericho.
Kaliningrad. 1946- On site of Königsberg, destroyed 1945. Russian enclave surrounded by Poland, Lithuania.
Kamikaze. 1281 “Divine Wind”. Typhoon that destroyed Mongol invasion of Japan. 1944- suicide pilots. Okinawa.
Luddites. 1811-16. Workers who destroyed machines to stop the Industrial Revolution. Led by mythical Ned Ludd.
Magdeburg. 1631. German republic destroyed by Tilly in Thirty Years War.
Mahmud II. 1785-1839. Ottoman sultan 1808-. Lost Greece, Syria. Destroyed Janissaries.
Maine. 1898. US battleship destroyed at Havana. Excuse for Spanish American War.
Medway, Battle. 1667. Dutch destroy British fleet. Breda Treaty.