Volunteers, Departure of. 1792. Sang Marseillaise.

Wallace, George. 1919-98. Alabama segregationist governor, presidential candidate. Shot 1972.

White Plains, Battle. 1776. Washington retreats before British advance.

Wycherley, William. 1640-1716. English satirical Restoration dramatist: Country Wife 1675. Plain Dealer 1676.

Xanadu. (To-lun). 1256. Mongol Kublai Khan’s summer capital.

Yellow Hats. 14C. Monastic Tibetan Buddhist sect. Ruled 1642-1950. Dalai Lama.

Young, Edward. 1683-1765. English poet, playwright. Complaint 1742-5.

Yüan. 1279-1368. Chinese Mongol dynasty founded by Kublai Khan. Grand Canal. Postal system. Marco Polo.

Zuiderzee. Netherlands. 13C. Floods caused by storms. 1927-32 Dam built. 1930s Land reclaimed. 1944 Flooded by Nazis. 1946 reclaimed.

Abbaye Prison. Principal site of 1792 September Massacres.

Abd al-Mumin. 1094-1163. Founded Almohad Empire in north Africa and Spain. Massacred Almoravids.

Amboina Massacre. 1623. 20 British and Japanese merchants executed by Dutch for plotting overthrow.

Amboise Conspiracy. 1560. Failed Huguenot plot to kidnap French king. Led to massacre of 1200 Huguenots.

Armenian Massacres. 1894-1918. 1.8M Armenians killed in Turkey.

Barrackpore Mutiny. 1824. Indian troops vs British commanders. Troops massacred.

Bartholemew’s Day, St. St. Bartholemew’s Day.

Boston Massacre. 1770. British soldiers kill 5 colonists rioting vs Townshend Acts. A cause of the American Revolution.

Boxer Rebellion. 1900. Massacre of ‘foreign devils’ by Chinese led to reprisals and Peking Protocol.

Campbell, John. 1635-1716. Glencoe massacre organizer.

Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Charles IX. 1550-74. King of France 1560-. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Cholula, Massacre. 1519. Cortes razes Mexican town; 3000 dead.

Coligny, Gaspard de. 1519-72. Huguenot leader 1562-. Influence on king caused Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

Delacroix, Eugène. 1798-1863. French Romantic painter. Dante and Virgil. Massacre at Chios 1824.

Fetterman Massacre. 1866. Red Cloud-led Sioux kill 80 US Soldiers.

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