Zionist World Congress. 1897. Defined Basel Program to establish Palestinian Homeland. Herzl.

Znaim Armistice. 1809. Napoleon and Archduke Charles. Wagram Battle.

Zoë. 978-1050. Byzantine Empress 1028-. Married and murdered Romanus III. Crowned lover Michael IV and son Michael V. Married Constantine IX.

Zoroaster. Zarathustra. c628-551BC. Persian religious reformer, founder of Zoroastrianism. World is an eternal struggle between forces of good and evil.

Zosimus. 300. Alexandrian alchemist.

Zuccarelli, Francesco. 1702-88. Italian landscape artist. Influenced English. Florentine Royal Academy 1768.

Zuiderzee. Netherlands. 13C. Floods caused by storms. 1927-32 Dam built. 1930s Land reclaimed. 1944 Flooded by Nazis. 1946 reclaimed.

Zululand. c1800 Mtetwa Empire. 1843 British. 1897 Natal. Boer War.

Zutphen, Battle. 1586. Spanish victory in Holland.

Zwingli, Huldrych. 1484-1531. Swiss humanist and religious reformer. Zurich Reformation 1522. Urged priests to marry. Attacked Roman mass and worship of images. Swiss Evangelical Church. Killed in Kappel Wars.

Albee, Edward. 1928-. US playwright. Pulitzer-Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962.

Bacon’s Rebellion. 1676. Virginia colonists under N.Bacon defeat Indians, take Jamestown.

Monticello. 1770. Federalist style Virginian estate of Jefferson.

Parson’s Cause. 1755,58 Salary dispute of Anglican ministers in Virginia based on inflation of tobacco prices.

Peninsular Campaign. 1862. Failed Union attempt to take Richmond in American Civil War.

Petersburg Campaign. 1864-5. Virginia. Final action of American Civil War leading to Confederate defeat.

Raleigh, Walter. 1554-1618. English colonist in Virginia. Introduced tobacco, potato to Europe. Beheaded.

Richmond, Virginia. US Confederate capital 1861-5.

Roanoke Colony. 1587. English colony of 117 settlers in Virginia disappeared. Raleigh.

Rolfe, John. 1585-1622. English colonist in Virginia. Married Pocahontas.

Vernon, Mt. Washington’s Virginia home.

Virginia. Algonkian, Sioux, Iroquoia. 1587 British settle Roanoke Colony. 1607 First successful colony. 1619 Slaves brought. 1776 Independent. USA.

Virginia Company. London. 1606-24. To colonize North America. Founded Jamestown 1607.

Virginia Declaration of Rights. 1776. Model for US Bill of Rights.

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