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María Cristina II. 1858-1929. Spanish queen consort. As regent, 1885-1902, lost Spanish American War.
Mary I. Bloody Mary. 1516-58. Tudor queen of England 1553-. Married Philip II of Spain. Reinstated Roman Catholicism 1555. Persecuted Protestants. Lost Calais.
Milton, John. 1608-74. English epic poet. Comus 1638. Lycidas 1638. Paradise Lost 1667. Paradise Regained 1671.
Papal States. 756-1870. Italian territory under Pope. Recognized 1279 by HRE; lost during Italian Unification. Pepin Donation.
Peacock Throne. Seized 1739 in Delhi by Nader Shah. Taken to Iran. Original lost.
Philip IV. 1605-65. Spanish king 1621-. Lost Portugal, Catalonia, Utrecht.
Philostratus. 3C Greek Sophist. Lives of Sophists. Imagines.
Reginald of Châtillon. -1187. Crusade leader. Broken truce led to new war. Kingdom of Jerusalem lost.
Rowley, William. 1585-1642. English actor, playwright. All’s Lost by Lust 1619.
Samson. Old Testament Israelite judge, prophet. Lost sight and strength when Delilah cut off his hair.
Schönbrunn, Peace. 1809. Austria lost land to France, Russia, Bavaria, Warsaw in Napoleonic Wars.
Senate. 509BC. Roman governing body. 401BC Plebians admitted. 44BC lost most power to Caesar.
Somerset. 2nd duke. c1406-1455. English general. Lost English territory in France. Quarrel with Duke of York led to War of Roses.
Stein, Gertrude. 1874-1946. US avante-garde writer. Autobiography of Alice B Toklas 1933. Coined “Lost Generation”.
Valentinian III. 419-55. Roman Emperor 425-. Lost Africa to Vandals, Gaul to Huns.
Victoria. 1819-1901. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-. Empress of India 1876-. Colonial expansion. Strict moralist. Lost Hanover Crown by Salic Law.
Wolsey, Thomas. c1475-1530. English cardinal. Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII. Lost influence when unable to secure divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Built Hampton Court Palace as gift for Henry VIII. Unpopularity a cause of Reformation.
Alaric II. -507. King of Visigoths 484-, beaten by Clovis, 507. Law code 506 for Roman subjects.
Alien Registration Act. 1940. Outlaws advocating violent overthrow of US government. Extended to include all advocates of Communism. McCarthy.
Anglo-French Entente. Entente Cordiale.
Anglo-Russian Entente. 1907. Defined spheres of influence.
Antony, Mark. c83-30BC. Caesar’s lieutenant. Triumvirate 43-32. Defeated at Actium with Cleopatra. Suicide.
Aristotle. 384-322BC. Greek philosopher, founder of Peripatetics: Unified theory of knowledge. Matter, potentially alive, strives to attain its living form. Stressed observation and logic. Deductive Reasoning. Free Will.
Assignats. French legal tender, 1789-96. Overissue caused inflation. Became worth 1% of face value.
Atalanta. Greek huntress beaten in race by Hippomenes.