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395 matches to Legal Tender Act
Vigilante. US extralegal law enforcers on frontier.
West Wall. 1934-9. German illegal fortification of Rhine frontier.
Westmeath Act. 1871. Declared Ribbonism illegal. Whiteboys.
Westminster, Statute of. 1275,85,90. First reference to Great Council of England as Parliament. Reformed civil and criminal law. Legal protection for poor. 1931. British affirmation of autonomous dominion of British Empire countries. Established British Commonwealth.
Charlie, Bonnie Prince. 1720-88. Scottish Stuart pretender to the English throne. Unsuccessful revolt 1745. Exiled.
Jacobites. 1688-1753. Supporters of exiled James II and Stuart line after Glorious Revolution. 1715 “Old Pretender” James fails to claim British throne. 1745-6. Bonnie Prince Charlie unable to reclaim throne of England/Scotland. Stuart supporters aided rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Culloden Moor.
Juan Carlos I. 1938-. Spanish king 1975-. Son of Carlist pretender Don Juan. Withstood coup, 1981.
Miguel, Dom. 1802-66. Pretender to Portuguese throne 1828- causes Civil War 1831-4.
Murphy, Gerald and Sara. 1920-33 US expatriates in Paris, Antibes. Parties, salons for artists and writers. Models for Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night.
Simnel, Lambert. c1475-1535 Pretender to English throne 1487.
Stuart, Arabella. 1575-1615. Pretender to English throne. Died in Tower.
Stuart, James. 1688-1766. “The Old Pretender”. Catholic Prince of Wales, claimant to British throne. Jacobites.
Warbeck, Perkin. 1474-99. Flemish. Posed as Richard, Duke of York, pretender to the English throne. Executed.
Abdul Rahman, Tunku. 1903-90. First Prime Minister of independent Malaya 1957-70. United Malay, Chinese, Indian factions.
Abjuration, Act. 1581. Dutch declaration of independence from Spain. Republic 1588.
Abolition Act. 1833. Ends slavery in British Empire.
Abstract Art. 20C. Color, line and form without subject. Begun by Cezanne.
Abstract Expressionism. 1940s New York style of Pollock, Rothko. Spontaneous expression, free of traditional values. Expressionism.
Acta. 59BC-330. Minutes of Roman public business, published daily.
Actaeon. Mythical Greek hunter, turned into a stag for watching Artemis bathing.
Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.
Actium, Battle. 31BC. Octavian defeats Antony to become sole ruler of Roman Empire.
Acts of the Apostles. c70-90. Luke’s history of early Christian church.
Aeschylus. 524-456BC. Founded Greek tragic drama. Introduced 2nd actor, reduced chorus. Prometheus Bound. Seven Against Thebes, 467.
Albania. Balkans. 3-5C Visigoth, Huns invade. 6-7C Bulgars, Serbs, Slavs invade.12-15C Bulgar, Norman, Angevin, Serb, Venice contest.15C Ottoman. 1912 Independent republic. 1928 Monarchy (Zog). 1939 Italy occupies. 1945 Communist (Hoxha). 1961 Left Warsaw Pact. 1991 Democratic Constitution.