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82 matches to Mark
Frederick III. 1609-70. King of Norway and Denmark, 1648-. Lost much of territory to Sweden.
Frederick IV. 1671-1730. King of Norway and Denmark, 1699-. Abolished serfdom. Educational system.
Frederick VI. 1769-1839. King of Norway and Denmark, 1808-. Sided with Napoleon. Lost Norway to Sweden.
Free Enterprise. Capitalist economic doctrine of a market free from government control.
Fulvia. -40BC. Wife of Antony. Led revolt vs Octavian.
George’s Day Revolt, St. 1343-5. Estonians vs Danes. Suppressed by Teutonic Knights who bought Estonia from Denmark.
Gilded Age. Post American Civil War period of materialism, questionable ethics. Named by Mark Twain.
Greenland. 986-1482 Scandinavian. colony. 1721 Denmark. 1979 Home rule.
Halles Market. 1110. Paris site of pillory. Covered 1854-6. Moved 1969.
Hallmark. 1300. First required in Britain.
Harald Blue Tooth. c910-985. First Christian Danish king c940-. Unified Denmark, conquered Norway.
Hardecanute. c1019-42. King of English 1014-, Denmark 1028-.
Haymarket Riot. 1886. Anarchist bomb kills 7 police at Chicago labour demonstration.
Heath, Edward. 1916-. British Conservative Prime Minister 1970-4. Common Market.
Hopper, Grace. 1906-92. US Admiral. Pioneer computer programmer 1944. “Debugged” Mark I by removing moth.
Iceland. 9C Irish discover. 870 Norway colonized. 930 Althing. 1262 Norway. 1380 Denmark 1904 Home rule. 1918 Sovereignty. 1944 Republic.
Ipsus, Battle. 301BC. Antigonus’ defeat marks end of Alexander’s Empire.
Kalmar Union. 1397-1523. Denmark, Norway, Sweden. Established by Queen Margaret of Denmark.
Kalmar War. 1611-13. Denmark defeats Sweden, dominates Baltic.
Kiel, Treaty. 1814. Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.
King’s Law. 1665. Justified Christian V’s Absolute Monarchy in Denmark + Norway.
Knights of Labor. 1869-1917. Secret (-1879) US anti-capitalist labour organization. Haymarket. AFL.
Laissez-Faire. Motto of 19C liberals calling for free markets and trade. Smith. “Laissez-faire, laissez-passer, laissez-aller”-Legendre 1680.
Lepidus, Marcus. -13BC. Roman triumvir with Antony, Octavian 43-36BC. Failed revolt vs Octavian, 36BC.
Magnus I. The Good. 1024-47. King of Norway 1035-, Denmark 1042-, uniting them. Failed in claim to England.