Mantuan Succession, War. 1628-31. French fight Hapsburgs over Mantua in 30 Years War.

Mar, John, Earl of. 1675-1732. Led unsuccessful Jacobite Rebellion, 1715.

Marlowe, Christopher. 1564-93. English dramatist: Tamerlane 1586. Dr. Faustus 1588-92. Edward II. May have written some of Shakespeare.

Masada. 66-73. Last Zealot stronghold vs Rome. 2 Year siege.

Matthias. 1557-1619. Holy Roman Emperor 1612-. Catholic Revival led to Thirty Years War.

Maximilian I. The Great. 1573-1651. Duke of Bavaria. Founded Catholic League 1609. Thirty Years War.

Mayo, Charles. 1865-1939, William 1861-1939. Founded clinic, medical research foundation, 1915.

Mazarin, Jules. 1602-61. French Cardinal, politician. Power during Louis XIV rule, regent 1643-61. Ended 30 Years war. Defeated the Fronde 1653. Supported strong monarchy.

Mazowiecki, Tadeusz. 1927-. Polish Prime Minister 1989. First non-communist Prime Minister in Eastern Europe in 40 years.

Mermaid Tavern. 15C-1666. London meeting place of Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne et al.

Mesmer, Friedrich. 1734-1815. Austrian hypnotist. “animal magnetism” 1767. Earliest psychotherapist.

Methusaleh. Biblical patriarch. Lived 969 years.

Midgard. Norse middle earth. Home of the human race.

Millenialism. Belief in the Millenium, 1000 Year reign of Christ before world ends.

Minden, Battle. 1759. Prussia and Britain defeat French. Seven Years War.

Minorca. Balearic Islands.

Modernism. Early 20C literary movement. Lawrence. Eliot. Yeats.

Montcalm, Louis. 1712-59. French general killed defending Quebec against the English. Seven Years War.

Moral Rearmament. 1938 =Buchmanism. Oxford Group.

Moray, James Stuart, Earl of. c1531-70. Scottish Regent 1567-. Promoted Reformation after Mary’s abdication.

Mountbatten, Louis, First earl. 1900-79. British admiral and statesman. Allied commander SE Asia. Last Viceroy of India. Killed by IRA terrorists.

Muybridge, Eadweard. 1830-1904. English/US Photographic studies of motion 1872.

Nabu. Assyrian/Babylonian god of learning and writing.

Nagano, Osami. 1880-1947. Japanese admiral. Attacked Pearl Harbor.

Narrative Art. Late 19C. Pictures should tell a story. Hogarth.

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