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Iron Cross. 1813. Prussian military decoration.
Alsace-Lorraine. Iron rich region along Rhine. 1C BC Rome. 5C Alemanni. 496 Franks. 870 German. 1648(A)/1766(L) French 1871 Prussia. 1919 France 1940 Germany. 1945 France.
Biron, Charles. 1562-1602. French marshal, beheaded for treason.
Bronze Age. 3500-500BC. First uses of metal for arms and tools. Began in Near East. Society more structured. Specialization begins. Iron Age.
Chiron. Greek centaur.
Constitution. 1797. US warship Old Ironsides.
Crystal Palace. 1851. Built for the Great Exhibition, London. First iron-framed. Burned, 1936. Paxton.
Danton, Georges. 1759-94. French Cordelier, Jacobin. Girondin leader 1792-3. Defeated foreign interveners. Executed by Robespierre.
Darby, Abraham. 1678-1717. Iron coking process, 1709.
Edmund II Ironside. c993-1016. English King 1016. Defeated by Canute 1016, kept Wessex.
Enragés. 1793. Parisian extremists overthrow Girondins.
Girondins. 1791-3 Moderate French republicans. Tried to save king’s life. Most executed. Danton.
Hallstatt. ~1100BC. Pioneer iron-age culture in Austria. Spread to Spain, Greece.
Henry, O. 1862-1910. US short-story writer. Surprise endings and irony. Gift of the Magi. Porter.
Hittites. c2300-1170BC. Asia Minor Empire c1400-. Discovered iron smelting. Hieroglyphics.
Iron Age. 1200BC. Hittites begin to use iron for tools and weapons. 1000BC Europe. 600BC China.
Iron Curtain. 1946. Churchill’s name for Russia’s increasing influence in Eastern Europe. Dining à la Russe refers to carving being done behind an iron screen.
Iron Guard. 1924-41. Romanian anti-semite fascist party.
Ironclads. 1858-60. Iron-protected wooden warships.
Labrouste, Henri. 1801-75. French architect. Early use of iron. Bibliothèque Nationale 1862.
Man in the Iron Mask. Anonymous Bastille prisoner 1698-1703.
Merrimack. 1862. Fought Monitor in first battle of iron-clad ships. American Civil War.
Old Ironsides. 1797. US frigate Constitution. Tripolitan War. War of 1812.
Ships. Iron- Foss 1777. Clipper 1832. Paddle- Charlotte Dundas 1801. Screw- Archimedes 1839. Nuclear- Nautilus 1955.
Sydenham, Thomas. 1624-89. English doctor. Popularized quinine vs malaria, iron for anemia. Described scarlet fever.