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13 matches to Oregon Question
Oregon Question. 1818-46. Britain vs US on Canadian border. Treaty established 49°N 1846.
Polk, James. 1795-1849 US Democratic president 1845-. Oregon Question. Mexican War. “54°40' or fight”.
Hamilton-Gordon, George. 1784-1860. British Prime Minister 1852-55. Oregon Treaty. Crimean War.
Oregon Trail. 1840-70. 2,000 mile route from Missouri to Oregon.
Transcontinental Treaty. 1819. Spain renounces Florida, Oregon to US. Keeps Texas.
Balkans. Inhabited c6000BC. 6C BC Illyria. 148BC Rome(Illyricum)(N). 285 Byzantine(E). 4-7C Goths, Avars, Huns, Ostrogoths, Lombards, Slavs, Bulgars, Serbs invade. 890 Bulgar Empire. 1159 Serbian empire. 1389 Ottoman. 1699 Austria(E,N)/Venice(S,W). 19C Eastern Question. Albania. Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bulgaria. Croatia. Greece. Macedonia. Montenegro. Romania. Serbia. Slovenia. Yugoslavia.
Berengar of Tours. c999-1088. Questioned transubstantiation 1044.
Eastern Question. 19-20C. Instability caused by decline of Turkish rule led to Crimean War and WWI.
Gilded Age. Post American Civil War period of materialism, questionable ethics. Named by Mark Twain.
Honorius I. Pope 625-638. Condemned posthumously as heretic. Infallibility questioned.
Montreux Convention. 1936. Abolished 1923 Straits Convention. Straits Question.
Ottoman Empire. 1300-1922. Turkish empire in Balkans, Near East, N Africa. Conquered Byzantine Empire. 1402 Destroyed by Tamerlane. 1413 Rebuilt by Mehmed. 1453 Conquered Constantinople. Eastern Question. Mehmed II. Süleiman the Magnificent. Turkey.
Roman Question. 1861-1929. Italy vs Papacy over control of Rome. Lateran Treaty.