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25 matches to Pacific
ANZUS, Pact. 1951. Australia, NZ, US mutual defence in Pacific.
Balboa, Vasco de. 1475-1519. Spanish. Crossed Panama to Pacific 1513. Beheaded.
Canadian Pacific Railway. 1871-87. Joined BC to Canada. Condition of BC joining Canada.
Chile. Inca/Araucanian. 1520 Magellan discovers. 1540 Spain. 1818 Independent. 1884 +War of Pacific. O’Higgins. Pinochet.
Clark, William. 1770-1838. US explorer of Pacific NW with Lewis.
Clay, Henry. 1777-1852. “Great Pacificator”. US statesman. Missouri Compromise.
Crédit Mobilier of America. 1865-72. Scandal involving illegal profits, graft in Union Pacific Railroad construction.
Don Pacifico Affair. 1850. Britain siezes Greek ships. Causes international protest.
Entente Cordiale. 1904. Anglo-French agreement. Defined spheres of influence in Africa and Pacific allowing co-operation vs Germany.
Fleming, Sir Sandford. 1827-1915. Scottish/Canadian scientist, engineer. CPR. Standard Time zones 1884.
Four Power Pacific Treaty. 1921. Britain, France, Japan, USA agree to mutual respect of rights.
Genghis Khan. c1160-1227. Founder of the Mongol Empire. Black Sea to Pacific.
LaPérouse, Jean. 1741-88. French explorer in Pacific 1785.
Lewis, Merriwether. 1774-1809. US explorer with Clark overland to Pacific NW, 1804-6.
MacArthur, Douglas. 1880-1964. US Pacific Allied commander, WWII. Commanded Japanese occupation. Led UN forces in Korean War.
MacDonald, John A. 1815-91. Key to British North America Act, Conservative. First Prime Minister of Canada 1867~91. Pacific Railway.
Michener, James. 1907-97. US writer. Tales of the South Pacific. Hawaii.
Nimitz, Chester. 1885-1966. US Admiral of Pacific Fleet, WWII. Received Japanese surrender on Missouri.
Pacific, War of. 1879-84. Chile wins land from Peru, Bolivia’s coastline.
Pacification of Ghent. 1576. Catholic, Protestant truce in Netherlands to revolt vs Spanish occupiers.
Railways. 1795 England(horse-drawn). 1827 First US charter. 1827 Europe (St. Etienne-Andrézieux). 1869 US Central/Union Pacific. 1887 Canadian Pacific 1905 Trans-Siberian.
Rodgers, Richard. 1902-79. US musical comedy composer. Oklahoma 1943. South Pacific 1949. Sound of Music 1959. Hart. Hammerstein.
Strathcona and Mount Royal, First Baron. 1820-1914. Canadian statesman key to Canadian Pacific Railway; drove last spike.
Tacna-Arica Controversy. 1883-1929. Chile, Peru argue over provinces after War of Pacific.
Washington Conference. 1921-2. Naval arms limitation treaty. Four Power Pacific Treaty: US, Japan, Britain, France.