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Niger. Tuareg. 7C Songhai Empire(W). 10C Berber(E). 16C Bornu Empire(SE). 17C Djerma/ Tuareg. 18C Sokoto kingdom. c1900 «French West Africa 1960 Independent.
Nineteen Propositions. 1642. Parliament’s demands, rejected by Charles I. Civil War.
Ninety-five Theses. 1517. Document Luther nailed to Wittenburg church door. Began Reformation.
Nivelle, Jean. 1422-77. Son of John II who refused to march against Burgundy.
Nkrumah, Kwame. 1909-72. Gold Coast/Ghana Prime Minister 1952-60, President 60-66.
Nobiles. 3C- Roman ruling aristocracy. Patricians and office holding Plebeians.
Nolde, Emil. 1867-1956. German Expressionist painter.
Nominalism. Philosophy. Abstractions do not exist. Things are their names. Vs Realists. Aristotle. Roscelin. Hobbes.
Noncooperation Movement. 1920-22. Ghandi’s non-violent protest in India. Amritsar Massacre.
Nonjurors. 1689. Clergy refusing to take oath of Allegiance to William and Mary.
Nordic Council. 1953-. Denmark, Norway, Sweden. 1955 +Finland. Promotes cultural unity, reciprocal rights.
Nordlingen, Battle. 1634. Sweden defeated, ending influence in S Germany. Heilbronn alliance dissolved.
Norman Conquest. 1066. Brought Norman laws, customs, feudal system to England. Hastings.
Normandy. Rome. 911 Norse(Rollo). 1066 + England. 1204 French. 1420 English. 1450 French.
Normandy Invasion. 1944. Eisenhower’s D-Day assault of Allies on German-occupied France. WWII turning point.
Normans. 9C. Norsemen who settled in northern France, Sicily, Naples, Albania, Thessaloniki.
North German Confederation. 1867-71. 22 states led by Prussia. German Empire.
Northcliffe, Viscount. 1865-1922. English publisher. Daily Mail 1896. Daily Mirror 1903. Times 1906.
Norton, Thomas. 1532-84. First English tragedy with Sackville, in blank-verse. Gorboduc 1561.
Norway. 872 United by Harald Fairhair. 1130- Civil wars. 1397 Danish. 1814 Swedish. 1905 Independent. 1940-45 Germans occupy.
Nova Scotia. Micmac. 10C Norse discover? 1497 Cabot discovers. 1605 French settle = Acadia. 1614 English. 1667 French. 1689 English. 1697 French. 1710 English. 1848 First British colony with Responsible Government. 1867 Canada.
Novalis. 1772-1801. German Romantic poet.
Numa Pompilius. c715-673BC. Second king of Rome. Organized the ceremony of state.
Nuremberg Laws. 1935. German Jews lose citizenship and rights.