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57 matches to Hudson’s Bay Company
Abbaye Prison. Principal site of 1792 September Massacres.
Bay of Pigs. 1961. CIA-financed Cuban invasion by exiles fails. Cuban Missile Crisis.
Bayard, Pierre. 1476-1524. French knight in Italian wars. “The fearless and blameless knight.”
Bayer, Johann. 1572-1625. German astronomer. Star charts, 1603, include magnitude Greek symbols.
Bayeux Tapestry. c1104. 70 meter illustration of Norman Conquest of England.
Bayle, Pierre. 1647-1706. French religious sceptic: Dictionnaire Historique et Critique 1697.
Baylen, Battle. 1808. Spanish mob defeats French army, humiliating Napoleon.
Cabot, Sebastian. c1474-1557. Venetian explorer for Spain and England. Hudson’s Bay, South America.
Cambridge Agreement. 1629. Allowed Puritans to manage Massachussets Bay Company.
Hudson, Henry. -1611. English navigator to Hudson’s Bay.
Hudson’s Bay Company. 1670-. England. Explored Canada. Sought NW passage. Trading posts. Fur trade. Monopoly 1821-58. Seven Oaks Massacre.
Hutchinson, Anne. 1591-1643. Expelled from Massachussets. by Puritans, founded Rhode Is. 1637.
Kobayashi Kokei. 1883-1957. Japanese artist. Ideyu 1918.
Manila Bay, Battle. 1898. US defeats Spain, wins Philippines.
Massachussets Bay Co. 1620-84. English charter company established Theocracy in Mass. Charter annulled 1684. Plymouth Colony.
Massasoit. c1580-1661. American Indian chief, friend of Massachussets colonists.
Mayflower. 1620. Pilgrims’ ship to Massachussets.
North West Company. 1783-1821. Rival of Hudson’s Bay Co. Merged.
Plymouth Colony. 1620 Founded by Pilgrims in New England. Massachussets Bay Company.
Prince Rupert’s Land. Hudson Bay drainage area, NW Territory.
Quiberon Bay, Battle. 1759. British defeat French navy preventing French invasion of Scotland.
Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.
Rupert, Prince. 1619-82. Royalist commander in English Civil War. First President of Hudson’s Bay Co.
San Francisco. 1769 Portola discovers bay. 1776 Mission founded. 1835 Yuerba Buena cove settled. 1846 US. 1847 = San Francisco. 1906 Earthquake, fire kill 315.
Seven Oaks Massacre. 1816. Northwest Company. agents kill 20 settlers in Red River rivalry with Hudson Bay Company. Settlement destroyed.