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88 matches to Joseph
Fürstenbund. “League of Princes” 1785. Prussian-led association of German states vs Joseph II.
Galloway, Joseph. c1731-1803 British loyalist leader in American Revolution. Peaceful settlement proposal defeated.
Gobineau, Joseph. 1816-82. Rationalized anti-semitism and Aryan supremacy. Essay on Inequality of Human Races 1353-5.
Goebbels, Joseph. 1897-1945. Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda 1933-. Suicide.
Guillotin, Joseph. 1738-1814. Recommended guillotine 1792. Earlier used in Scotland, England.
Haydn, Joseph. 1732-1809. Austrian Classical composer. Father of modern symphony and string quartet. Solomon Symphony 1791-5. English Symphony 1794. Seasons 1801.
Henry, Joseph. 1797-1878. US discoverer of electromagnetic induction. Electric motor, 1829.
International. Socialist revolutionary workers movements. First. 1864-76. Founded by Marx in London. Second. 1889-1914. Paris. IFTU. Revived in 1920s. Third. 1919-43. =COMINTERN. Stalin’s Vehicle for world-wide Communist Revolution. Fourth. 1938-53. Trotsky’s Transitional Program for reform.
Jacquard, Joseph. 1752-1834. French engineer: punched card loom for pattern weaving 1805.
Joachim, Joseph. 1831-1907. Hungarian violinist/composer.
Joffre, Joseph. 1852-1931. French marshal. Won at Marne 1914. French Commander-in-Chief 1914-16.
Joseph, St. Husband of Mary, mother of Jesus.
Joseph I. 1678-1711. Holy Roman Emperor 1705-. Supported Charles VI vs France in War of Spanish Succession.
Joseph II. 1741-90. Holy Roman Emperor, 1765-. Enlightened despot. Edict of Tolerance. Dominated by mother, Maria Theresa -1780.
Joseph of Arimathea, St. Buried Jesus in his own tomb. By legend, brought Holy Grail to England.
Joséphine, Empress. 1763-1814. Widow of beheaded General de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon 1796-1809; divorced.
Josephus, Flavius. 37-100. Jewish soldier/historian. History of the Jewish Wars 75-9.
Kamenev, Lev. 1883-1936. Russian Bolshevik leader in Triumvirate with Stalin, Zinoviev, 1922-. Executed in Purge.
Leningrad Affair. 1948. Purge of Zhdanov associates by Stalin.
Lister, Joseph. 1827-1912. English surgeon. Introduced carbolic acid for antiseptic surgery, 1865.
Lockyer, Joseph. 1836-1920. English. Discovered helium in sun 1868.
Maistre, Joseph de. 1753-1821. French moralist for Christianity, Absolutism vs progress. Spanish Inquisition 1837.
Marne, Battle. 1914. Paris defence vs Germans. Joffre. 1918 Allied victory is turning point in WWI. Foch.
Maximilian. 1832-67. Austrian archduke, Emperor of Mexico 1864-7. Francis-Joseph’s brother.
McCarthy, Joseph. 1909-57. US senator, fanatical anti-Communist demagogue.