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130 matches to James II
Expressionism. 20C Literary style expressing essence of subject by exaggerating characteristics. Sounds and symbols. Joyce. Kafka. O’Neill. Woolf. Beckman.
Fisk, James. 1834-72. Flamboyant US financier. Attempt to corner gold market led to Black Friday 1869.
Flodden, Battle. 1513. Repelled Scotish invasion of England. James IV of Scotland killed.
Garfield, James. 1831-81. American Civil War general, US President 1881. Assassinated.
Gunpowder Plot. Nov 5, 1605. Conspiracy of Catholics against James I. Betrayed, the Houses of Parliament were not blown up. Guy Fawkes is burned in effigy each year. Catesby.
Hamilton, James. 1606-49. Scottish Royalist. Defeated by Cromwell. Hanged.
Hampton Court Conference. 1604. James I authorizes bible translation. 300 Puritans ejected from office, a cause of Civil War.
Hargreaves, James. -1778. English. Invented spinning jenny 1764.
Harrington, James. 1611-77. English idealist utopian writer. Oceana 1656.
Hawaii. c400 Polynesians. 1778 Cook discovers = Sandwich Is. 1795 UK. 1894 Republic. 1898 US. 1959 State.
Hickock, James (Wild Bill). 1837-76. US frontier lawman.
Hoban, James. 1762-1831. US architect. White House 1792.
Hutton, James. 1726-97. Scot. geologist. Uniformitarianism 1785. Defined eras 1788.
James, Henry. 1843-1916. US psychological novelist. American 1877. Washington Square 1881. Turn of the Screw 1898. Compared innocence of New World with corruption of Old.-“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature”.
James, Jesse. 1847-82. US bank robber, outlaw leader.
James, St. -c44. One of 12 Apostles. Martyred by Herod Agrippa I.
James, St. -c62. Apostle. “Lord’s brother”. Wrote Epistle of James.
James, William. 1842-1910. US Pragmatic philosopher. Radical Empiricism. Principles of Psychology 1890. Will to Believe 1897.
James I. 1208-76. King of Aragon 1213-. Conquered Balearic Is. 1229-35. Drove Moors from Valencia.
James I. 1566-1625. James VI of Scotland 1567-. King of England 1603-. United Scotland and England. Authorized Bible 1611.“Wisest fool in Christianity”. Gunpowder Plot. Religious controversy.
James IV. 1473-1513. King of Scotland 1488-. Allied with France vs England. Killed at Flodden.
James V. 1512-42. Catholic king of Scotland, 1513-. Allied with France vs Henry VIII.
Jameson Raid. 1895. Abortive British-led revolt vs Boer government of Transvaal.
Jamestown. 1607. First permanent English settlement in North America.
Jeans, James. 1877-1946. English astronomer. Dynamic theory of gases.