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311 matches to Ile St-Louis
Ile St-Louis, Paris.1627-64. Classical style buildings.
ABC Powers. 1905. Argentina, Brazil, Chile.
Aediles. 494BC-3C AD. Minor Roman magistrates.
Aiken, Conrad. 1889-1973. US poet, short story writer. Silent Snow, Secret Snow 1934.
Alarcos, Battle. 1195. Moslems defeat Christians in Spain, go on to conquer Castile.
Alberti, Leon. 1404-72. Italian Renaissance Man. Artist, poet, geographer, mathematician.
Alcaçovas, Treaty. 1479. Portugal renounces claim to Castile.
Alcalá Zamora, Niceto. 1877-1949. President, Spanish Republic, 1931-6. Died in exile.
Alfonso X (the Wise). 1221-84. King of León and Castile. Codified laws, first history of Spain.
Aljubarrota, Battle. 1385. Confirmed Portugal’s independence from Castile.
Allen, Ethan. 1738-89. Led Green Mountain Boys in American Revolution. Failed to take Montreal, 1775.
Allende, Salvador. 1908-73. Marxist president of Chile 1970-3.
Amboise Conspiracy. 1560. Failed Huguenot plot to kidnap French king. Led to massacre of 1200 Huguenots.
Amin, Idi. c1926-. Uganda dictator 1971-9. Exile to France.
Anaximander. c611-547BC. Miletan (Greek) philosopher. First Greek maps. Attempted systematic explanation of Universe. Named zodiac signs 560BC.
Anaximenes. -c570BC. Miletan (Gr) philosopher: quantitive differences of substances. All matter is air.
Andalusia. Region of S Spain. 9C BC Phoenecia. 210BC Rome. 5C Vandal, Visigoth. 8C Moslem. 14C Christian. 1492 Castile.
Aragon. 2C BC Rome. 711 Moors. 1035 Independent kingdom. 1076 +Navarre. 1134 -Navarre. 1137 +Catalonia. 1238 +Valencia. 13C +Balearics, Murcia. 1479 +Castile =Spain. Ferdinand.
Araucanian Wars. 1530-1870. Chile, Argentina. Natives forced onto reservations.
Aristocracy. Gov’t by a privileged class.
Austrian Succession, War. 1740-48. Jenkins Ear and King George’s Wars. Maria Theresa recognized. Francis I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Prussian power shown. Aix-la-Chapelle Treaty. Silesian War.
Autumn Harvest Uprising. 1927. Failed Chinese peasant revolt led by Mao.
Awami League. 1954-71. For Bangladesh independence. Rahman.
Babylonian Captivity. 586-538BC. “70 Years” of Jewish exile by Nebuchadnezzar.
Bailey, Donald. 1901-85. British inventor of portable Bailey bridge 1941.