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Acadia. 1605 French colony centerd in Nova Scotia. 18C resettled by British.
Confederation. 1867. United Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Upper and Lower Canada as Dominion of Canada.
Nova Scotia. Micmac. 10C Norse discover? 1497 Cabot discovers. 1605 French settle = Acadia. 1614 English. 1667 French. 1689 English. 1697 French. 1710 English. 1848 First British colony with Responsible Government. 1867 Canada.
Utrecht, Treaties. 1713-14. Ended War of Spanish Succession. Austria gains Netherlands. France cedes Newfoundland, Hudson’s Bay, Nova Scotia to England. Spain cedes Gibraltar, Minorca to England.
Canova, Antonio. 1757-1822. Venetian graceful Neoclassical sculptor. Tomb of Clement XIII. Orpheus 1779. Daedalus 1779. 3 Graces 1815.
Cánovas, Antonio. 1828-97. Spanish premier. Helped restore Alfonso XIII. Wrote constitution.
Casanova, Giovanni. 1725-98. Venetian womanizer, famous for his amorous adventures. Memoirs 1787.
Joyce, James. 1882-1941. Innovative Irish writer in Stream of Consciousness style. Experimented with linguistic techniques. Dubliners 1914. Portrait of the Artist 1916. Ulysses 1922. Finnegan’s Wake 1939.
Leningrad Affair. 1948. Purge of Zhdanov associates by Stalin.
Leo XIII. 1810-1903. Pope 1878-. Rerum Novarum 1891: right to private property. Ended opposition to scientific progress. Longest papal rule.
Liszt, Franz. 1811-86. Hungarian pianist, Romantic composer. Harmonic innovator.
Machaut, Guillaume de. c1300-77. French composer of secular and church music in Ars Nova style.
Novalis. 1772-1801. German Romantic poet.
Novara. 1513. Swiss defeat French. 1849. Austrians defeat Sardinians.
Novatian. c200-58. Antipope. Founded strict sect -6C. Novation Schism.
Ockeghem, Johannes. c1430-96. Innovative Franco-Flemish polyphonist composer. Masses, motets.
Steinway, Henry. 1797-1871. German/US innovative piano manufacturer.
Stesichorus. c632-556BC. Innovative Greek lyric poet.
Vitry, Philippe de. 1291-1361. French composer, codified rules of composition. Ars Nova 1320.
Zhdanov, Andrei. 1896-1948. Russian Politburo member. Created Cominform. Restricted Soviet cultural activities.