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37 matches to Mons
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Astor, Nancy. 1879-1964. First woman to sit in British House of Commons, 1919-45.
Beelzebub. New Testament prince of Demons. Satan.
Calvinism. New concept of work. Diligence, frugality, beyond satisfaction of material needs. Predestination. Strict Rectitude. Presbyterianism. Calvin. Remonstrants.
Copernicus, Nicolaus. 1473-1543. Polish astronomer, who demonstrated planetary motion around sun 1528. De Revolutionibus. Aristarchus. Galileo.
Dollfuss, Engelbert. 1892-1934. Fascist Austrian Chancellor 1932-. Attacked Socialist demonstration led to 5 day civil war. Assassinated by Nazis.
Gorgons. Three mythical Greek monsters. Medusa.
Grand Remonstrance. 1641. Grievances presented to Charles I by Long Parliament.
Hambach Festival. 1832. Young Germany demonstration.
Haymarket Riot. 1886. Anarchist bomb kills 7 police at Chicago labour demonstration.
Hu Yaobang. 1915-89. Liberal Chinese Communist Party chairman. Death led to Tiananmen demonstrations.
Italo-Ethiopian War. 1935-6. Italy conquers Ethiopia. Demonstrated League of Nations ineffectiveness.
Kent State Massacre. 1970. Ohio National Guardsmen kill 4 student anti-Vietnam War demonstrators.
Ku Klux Klan. KKK. 1867-71. Secret US White Supremacist terrorist organization. Founded by Forrest. 1915- Recreated by Simmons.
Leviathan. Evil sea monster of Jewish mythology.
March First Movement. SAMIL. 1919 Korean demonstration for independence from Japan.
May Demonstrations. 1968 Paris student uprising for more money to education, less to defence. General Strike brought 33% increase in minimum wage.
Menno Simmons. 1496-1561. Dutch founder of Mennonites 1536.
Mons, Battle. WWI. 1914. Germans defeat British.
Mormon War. 1857-8. US vs Mormons re appointment of Utah governor.
Mormons. 1830-. Latter Day Saints. Christian sect founded by Joseph Smith after divine revelation. Settled Utah. Founded Salt Lake City 1847.
Mountain Meadows Massacre. 1857. Paiute Indians and Utah Mormons kill 137 Arkansas emigrants en route to California.
Myanmar. (Burma). Pyu. Mons. 849 Pagan kingdom. 1287 Mongol. 1303-1605 Split. 1852(S)/1886(N) British under India. 1948 Independent. 1974 Socialist republic. 1988 Military coup, dictatorship. 1989 = Myanmar. 1990 elections nullified. Suu Kyi.
Opium Wars. 1839-42 Hong Kong ceded to Britain. 1856-60. French, British force China to open trade, legalize opium. Demonstrated European weapon superiority. Nanking Treaty.
Paris Unrest. 1968. May Demonstrations.