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242 matches to National Convention
Convention Parliament. 1660. Restored monarchy. William and Mary 1689.
Decadents. 19C. Writers who believed art should be above conventional morality. Mallarmé. Wilde. Verlaine.
Desmoulins, Camille. 1760-94. French journalist, lawyer and conventionnel. Speech inspired the storming of the Bastille. Executed as Moderate.
Dufour, Henri. 1787-1875. Swiss General with Napoleon. Led 1864 Geneva Convention.
Gastein, Convention. 1865. Schleswig-Holstein divided between Prussia and Austria.
Geneva Convention. 1864. Established humane treatment of war wounded. Sanctioned Red Cross. 1949. Agreements concerning wounded, prisoners, and civilians in war.
Ives, Charles. 1874-1954. First major US composer. Unconventional work anticipates 20C techniques. Very influential on later Americans. 3rd Symphony 1904.
Linnaeus, Carolus. 1707-78. Swedish botanist. Created Latin genus/species naming convention. Systema Naturae 1735. Philosophia Botanica 1751. Classified Homo Sapiens 1766.
Lomé Convention. 1975. 46 third World Countries gain free access to EEC. 1979 $7B aid from EEC to developing countries.
Montreux Convention. 1936. Abolished 1923 Straits Convention. Straits Question.
Pretoria Convention. 1881. Transvaal self-government under British suzerainty.
Rush-Bagot, Convention. 1817. Demilitarized Canada-US border.
Sansculottes. 1793-4. Radical French Revolutionaries. Demanded action of Convention vs counterrevolution. Terror.
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. 1815-1902. US suffrage leader. First woman’s rights convention 1848. Mott.
Straits Convention. 1841-1923. Banned warships from Dardanelles in peacetime.
Unkiar Skelessi, Treaty. 1833-41. Russia/Ottoman mutual defence alliance. Straits Convention.
Vergara, Convention. 1839. Ends first Carlist War vs Isabella II.