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Ides of March. (March 15th). Day on which Caesar was assassinated.
Amnesty International. 1961. Human rights watchdog NGO fighting for political prisoners and victims of torture. MacBride.
Aramaeans. Ancient Semitic people of Mesopotamia, Syria. Language widespread 10C-5C BC. Alphabet 720 BC.
Aristides. 540-468BC. Athenian general at Marathon.
Baden-Powell, Robert. 1857-1941. English General, founded Boy Scouts 1908; Girl Guides with sister Agnes, 1910.
Bosnian Crisis. 1908-9. Russia sides with Serbian rebels after Austria-Hungary annexation. Black Hand.
Bruant, Libéral. 1635-97. Architect: Les Invalides 1671.
Constitution. 1797. US warship Old Ironsides.
Danaë. Mother of Perseus by Zeus. Danaïdes.
Danaïdes. 50 daughters of Danaus. 49 condemed to fill sieves for murdering their husbands. Hypermestra.
Demarcation Bull. 1493. Pope Alexander VI divides New World between Portugal/Spain. Tordesillas.
Dioscorides, Pedanius. 1C. Greek physician and pharmacologist. De Materia Medica used to 16C.
Euripides. c480-406BC. Greek tragic poet, sceptical of myths. Medea 431. Iphegenia. Electra.
Hesperides. Nymphs who guarded Hera’s tree of golden apples.
Hypermestra. Only daughter of Danaus who didn’t kill husband. Danaïdes.
Invalides. 1670-7. Louis XIV built to house 4,000 invalid soldiers. Architect: Bruant, dome by Mansart. Tomb of Napoleon.
Kepler, Johannes. 1571-1630. German astronomer, deduced elliptical planetary motions 1609. Explained tides 1598.
Lagides. 306-30BC. Egyptian dynasty.
Louvois, Marquis de. 1639-91. Louis XIV War Minister. Reformed army. Enforced Nantes revocation. Supervised construction of Invalides, Vendôme.
MacBride, Seán. 1904-88. Irish statesman. Founded Republican Party 1946. Foreign minister 1948-1951. Founder, chairman 1961-75 Amnesty International. Assistant UN Secretary General.
Maimonides, Moses of Cordova. 1135-1204. Jewish philosopher. Mishneh Torah 1168. Guide for the Perplexed 1180.
Megarian. 4C BC. School of philosophy founded by Eucleides. Good is a single quality by many names.
Mendelssohn-(Bartholdy), Felix. 1809-47. German Classical Romantic melodic composer. Hebrides 1829.
New Hebrides. Melanesians, Polynesians. 1606 de Quiros discovers. 1768 Bougainville rediscovers. 1774 Cook charts. 1887 Joint French/English admin. 1980 -Vanuatu.
Newton, Isaac. 1643-1727. English physicist. Calculus 1666. Reflecting telescope 1668. Binomial Theorem. 1676. Tides 1683. Law of Gravity and Acceleration 1684. Decomposition of light.Principia Mathematica 1687. Speed of sound 1698.Opticks 1704.