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466 matches to Josquin des Prés
Apprentices Statute. 1563-1814 England. 7 Years apprenticeship required for all trades.
Aramaeans. Ancient Semitic people of Mesopotamia, Syria. Language widespread 10C-5C BC. Alphabet 720 BC.
Archimedes. 287-212BC. Greek mathematician: lever, screw. Principle of displacement of liquid. Screw pump 260BC. Catapult 215BC.
Aristides. 540-468BC. Athenian general at Marathon.
Artemis. Greek goddess of hunting. =Roman Diana.
Astarte. Semitic goddess. =Aphrodite.
Ate. Greek goddess of mischief.
Athena. Greek goddess of wisdom. = Minerva.
Atomism. 5C BC. World is an infinity of small indestructible particles. Leucippus.
Auer, Carl. 1858-1929. Austrian chemist. Incandescent gas lamp 1898.
Augsburg Confession. 1530. Doctrine of faith of Lutheran Church. Consubstantiation. Predestination. Diet of Augsburg. Melanchthon.
Aurora. Roman goddess of dawn. = Eos.
Awami League. 1954-71. For Bangladesh independence. Rahman.
Badakhshan. 255BC-1584. Kingdom in Bactria claiming direct descendance from Alexander the Great.
Baden-Powell, Robert. 1857-1941. English General, founded Boy Scouts 1908; Girl Guides with sister Agnes, 1910.
Bangladesh. c200BC Maurya. 4C BC Gupta. 8C Buddhist(E). 12C Hindu. 13C Turk. 1576-Mogul. 1857 Britain. 1947 = East Pakistan. 1971 Independent = Bangladesh.
Banville, Théodore de. 1823-91. French Parnassian poet. Early Symbolist. Odes funambulesques 1857.
Barricades, Day of the. 1588. Paris. Catholic League rebels vs Henry III.
Bärwalde, Treaty. 1631. French pay Swedes to fight Hapsburgs.
Basel, Treaty. 1795. Spain cedes Santo Domingo to France.
Basque. Europe’s oldest racial group. NW Spain, SW France. Euzkadi. ETA.
Bateau-Lavoir. 1900. Paris birthplace of cubism (Picasso, Braque) and modern poetry (Jacob, Apollinaire, Orlan). Desmoiselles d’Avignon.
Baudin, Alphonse. 1811-51. French deputy, killed on the Barricades. Republican martyr.
Bede, St. (The Venerable). 673-735. English historian: De Temporum Ratione 725.Ecclesiastical History 731.
Beebe, Charles. 1877-1962. US biologist/undersea explorer. Record descent 923m 1934.