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189 matches to Napoleonic Wars
Chouans. 1793-1815. Breton peasants and smugglers, joined Vendée Royalists.
Cimon. c510-451BC. Athenian hero of Persian Wars.
Colonial Wars. 1834-1902. British wars against Sikhs, Burmese, Crimeans, Boers.
Constitution. 1797. US warship Old Ironsides.
Corinthian Wars. 395-387BC. Athens and allies overcome Spartan domination.
Crusades. 1095-1272. European Christian wars to regain Holy Land after Seljuk Turks take Jerusalem in 1072. Literature and the arts benefitted from Eastern cultural infusion. Peasants 1096. Annihilated. First. 1096-99. Genoa financed Godfrey of Bouillon to recapture Jerusalem. Only successful crusade. Second. 1147-49. Louis VII and Conrad III pillage Byzantium. Third. 1189-92. Richard I and Philip II Truce with Saladin allows access to Jerusalem. Fourth. 1202-4. French and Flemish nobles conquer, sack Constantinople, form Latin Empire. Childrens. 1212. Stephen of Cloyes led 30,000 unarmed French youths. Nicholas of Cologne led 20,000 German. All died or enslaved. Fifth. 1218-21. John of Brienne in Egypt. Sixth. 1228-29. Frederick II crowned king of Jerusalem. Seventh. 1248-54. St Louis of France captured by Egypt and ransomed. Eighth. 1270. St Louis dies of plague. Ninth. 1271-2. Prince Edward of England.
Czechoslovakia Intervention. 1968. Russian troops end Dubcek reform policies. Warsaw Pact maintains right to intervene anywhere Socialism is threatened.
Dares Phrygius. Trojan Priest. Wrote about Trojan Wars.
Dayan, Moshe. 1915-81. Israeli general in Arab-Israeli Wars. Cabinet Minister 1967~79.
Defenestration of Prague. 1419. Hussites eject aldermen. 1618. Protestants throw regents out window. Begins Thirty Years War.
Diadochi, Wars of. 321-281BC. Partition of Empire among Alexander’s generals.
Dost Muhammed. 1793-1863. Afghanistan ruler 1826-. Provoked Afghan Wars.
Dover, Treaty. 1670. Secret agreement. Louis XIV and Charles II. led to Third Dutch War. Ends Triple Alliance.
Dresden, Treaty. 1745. Prussia gains Saxony. Ends 2nd Silesian War.
Dutch Wars. 1672-8. French expansionism thwarted by United Provinces. Anglo-Dutch Wars.
Edward IV. 1442-83. First York king of England. 1461~83. Revived monarch’s power. Wars of Roses.
Edward V. 1470-83. King of England 1483. Imprisoned and probably killed by Richard III. Wars of Roses.
Family Compact. 1733,43,61. Spanish Bourbons support French wars.
Ferdinand VII. 1784-1833. Spanish King, 1808, 1814-33. Favoured Isabella II to succeed. Carlist Wars led to loss of Spanish power and possessions.
Fleurus, Battle. 1794. Key French victory over First Coalition.
Francis I. 1708-65. Holy Roman Emperor, 1745-. Husband of Maria Theresa. Wars of Polish and Austrian Succession.
French-Indian Wars. 1754-63. North American part of Seven Years War. France loses all possessions in Canada to Britain.
French Revolution. 1789-99. Monarchy overthrown. Republic established 1792. Caused by Absolutism, financial crisis, Enlightenment. Terror. Napoleon. French Revolutionary Wars.
French Wars. 1701-1815. Second Hundred Years War.
Galilee. N Israel. (Ancient N Palestine). Jesus’ homeland. Absorbed in Arab-Israeli War, 1949.