Millikan, Robert. 1868-1953. US physicist. Charge on electron 1911. Cosmic rays 1925.

Mindon Min. 1814-78. Burmese king 1853-. Founded Mandalay. Golden age. Ceded lower Burma to British.

Mindszenty, József. 1892-1975. Hungarian cardinal. Anti-Nazi, anti-communist. Jailed by both. Spent 1956-71 in US consulate.

Minimalism. 1960s. US movement of simplified non-expressive art. Kelly. Stella.

Minorca. Balearic Islands.

Minos. Legendary King of Crete. Kept Minotaur, controlled Aegean islands.

Minotaur. Half-man, half-bull killed by Theseus in the Labyrinth on Crete. Fed tribute of children.

Mir. 17C-1906. Russian system of communal landholding and taxation. Serfdom abolished 1861.

Mirabeau, Comte de. 1749-91. French revolutionary writer. Physiocrat. Dominated National Assembly 1789-.

Miranda, Francisco de. 1750-1816. Venezuelan rebel. Dictator 1811-12.

Mishna. 3C. Collection of Jewish oral laws in the Talmud.

Mississippi Scheme. 1717-20. Law’s attempt to develop Louisiana. Speculation led to financial disaster.

Missouri Comromise. 1820-54. Simultaneous admission to US of Maine, Missouri, maintaining balance of free, slave states.

Mistral, Frédéric. 1830-1914. French Provençale revival poet. Mirèi 1859. Félibrige 1878.

Mnesicles. 5C BC. Greek architect of Propylae on Acropolis.

Modernism. 19C Movement to reinterpret Roman Catholicism based on science, psychology. Declared heretical, 1907. Loisy. Tyrrell.

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

Mogul. (Mughal). 1526-1857. Moslem dynasty in India.

Moholy-Nagy, László. 1895-1946. Hungarian Bauhaus painter, designer, photographer.

Moissan, Henri. 1852-1907. French. Isolated flourine 1886. Electric furnace 1897.

Molay, Jacques de. 1243-1314. Last Grand Master of the Order of Templars. Burned.

Moldavia (former). 14C Vlachs establish. 1349 Independent. 14C +Bessarabia. 16C Autonomous/Ottoman. 1774 Russian protectorate. 1774 -Bessarabia. 1859 +Walachia =Romania. 1940 Part ceded to MSSR.

Molière, Jean-Baptiste. 1622-73. French comedy actor, playwright. School for Wives 1662. Tartuffe 1664. Don Juan 1665. Misanthrope. Died in role of Malade Imaginaire.

Molly Maguires. 1835-55 Irish anti-landlord society. 1862-77 Irish terrorists in PA coal mining area.

Mommsen, Theodor. 1817-1903. German historian. History of Rome 1854.

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