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Mao Tse-tung. 1893-1976. Chinese Communist leader 1935-. Long March. Cultural Revolution.
Maskeyline, Nevil. 1732-1811. English astronomer. Longitude from moon position 1763. Nautical Almanac 1766.
Modigliani, Amadeo. 1884-1920. Italian/French artist. Elongated necks and simplified figures. Head 1911-12. Recining Nude 1919.
Night of the Long Knives. 1934. Hitler’s SS murder 77+ Nazi opponents and others.
Observatory, Paris. 1667-72. Claude Perrault. Dimensions of the solar system 1672, meridians of longitude. Sets Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
O’Neill, Eugene. 1888-1953. US playwright: Iceman Cometh 1946. Long Day’s Journey into Night 1956.
Pilon, Germain. c1537-90. Fench. sculptor. Three Graces 1561.
Pius IX. 1792-1878. Pope 1846-. Longest reign. Defined Immaculate Conception 1854 Papal Infallibility. Syllabus Errorum 1864 criticized Liberalism.
Richardson, Samuel. 1689-1761. English novelist using personal letters. Influenced novel form: Pamela 1740 Clarissa 1747 (at 1M words, the longest English novel).
SA. 1921-34. Brownshirts. Nazi force for breaking up rival party meetings. Purged on Night of Long the Knives.
Schleicher, Kurt von. 1882-1934. Last chancellor of Weimar Republic 1932-3. Opposed Hitler. Murdered by SS on Night of Long Knives.
Shou Hsing. Chinese god of longevity.
Sillitoe, Alan. 1928-. English writer of working class life. Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1959.
St-Germain, Comte de. 1707-84. Won favour of Europe’s courts with “elixir of long life”.
Stalin Line. Soviet defensive fortifications along Polish border.
Wagner, Richard. 1813-83. German Romantic opera composer/librettist. Leitmotif. Unified drama and music in long and complex operas. Tannhäuser 1845. Lohengrin 1850. Nibelung Ring 1853-76. Tristan and Isolde 1857-9. Parsifal 1882.
Addled Parliament. 1614. England. Criticized James I; achieved nothing.
Admonition to Parliament. 1572. Puritans demand episcopacy abolition.
Althing. 930~. Icelandic parliament. World’s oldest.
Asquith, Herbert. 1852-1928. Liberal Prime Minister of England, 1908-16: Pensions and unemployment insurance. Parliament Act.
Ballot Act. 1872. Established secret ballot in English Parliamentary elections.
Barebones Parliament. 1653. Cromwell’s Nominated Puritan Parliament. Named for MP, Praise-God Barbon.
Barry, Charles. 1795-1860. English architect: Westminster Parliament 1840. Trafalgar Square 1840-3.
Brazzaville Declaration. 1944. Established colonial representation in French parliament, but not autonomy.
Bristol Riots. 1831. For British parliamentary reform.