Troubadours. 11-13C. Wandering lyric poets of south France and Italy.

Troubles, Time of. 1604-13. Russian rival claims to throne by 3 “False Dmitris”. Polish Invasion. Romanov elected.

Trousers. 1820.

Trouvères. 11-13C. Lyric poets of north France. Imitated troubadours.

Troy. Asia Minor city settled c3000BC. Besieged for 10 yrs and destroyed by Greeks 1184BC. Trojan War. 7C BC-4C = Ilion.

Troyes, Treaty. 1420. Recognized English claim to French throne. Resisted by Dauphin.

Truce of God. Peace of God. 1027-13C. Fighting on certain days is sacrilegious.

Trucial States. 1820-1971. 7 Arab emirates under British protectorate, renewed truces annually. United Arab Emirates.

Trudeau, Pierre. 1919-2000. Canadian Liberal Prime Minister 1969~84. Constitution Act 1982; Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Truffaut, François. 1932-84. French New Wave film director. Fahrenheit 451 1966.

Trujillo. Rafael. 1891-1961. Ruthless Dominican Republic dictator 1930-. Assassinated.

Truman, Harry S. 1884-1972. US president, 1945-53. Decided to drop A-Bomb. Potsdam. NATO. Korean War. Taft-Hartley. Fair Deal.

Truman Doctrine. 1947. US aid vs communist expansion into Greece, Turkey.

Trusteeship. 1946. United Nations method of governing territories. Replaces League of Nations Mandates.

Truth, Sojourner. c1797-1883. US freed slave, evangelist, abolitionist, woman rights campaigner.

Tsankov, Aleksandur. 1879-1959. Dictatorial Bulgarian Prime Minister 1923-6 following coup.

Ts’ao Chan. c1715-63. Chinese novelist. Dream of Red Mansions 1742-63.

Ts’ao Ts’ao. 155-220. Shrewd unscrupulous Chinese general. Suppressed Yellow Turban Rebellion. Established Wei dynasty.

Tseng Kuo-fan. 1811-72. Chinese general. Suppressed Taiping Rebellion 1850-64.

Tsingtao. (Kiaochow). Strategic Chinese port. 1898 German. 1914 Japan. 1922 China. 1938-45 Japanese occupy.

Tsushima, Battle. 1905. Russian fleet destroyed by Japan after sailing from Atlantic. Ends Russo-Japanese war. Embarasses Nicholas II. Dogger Bank.

Tu Fu. 712-70. China’s greatest poet. Pessimistic, satirical.

Tuareg. Berber peoples of northwestern Africa.

Tubman, William. 1895-1971. Liberia. President 1941-. Women’s and native suffrage. School system.

Tucumán, Congress. 1816. Argentina attempts to declare independence.

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