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1837 matches to Peking Man
Eugène of Savoy, Prince. 1663-1736. French General of H.R. Imperial armies. Defeated Turks in Vienna and Hungary.
Eulenspiegel, Till. -1350. German peasant prankster.
Europe, Council of. 1949-. To protect common heritage, human rights and harmonize legislation by replacing bilateral treaties.
European Union. 1958 European Economic Community (EEC) of Belgium, France, W Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands. To integrate economic development of members. 1967 =European Community (EC). 1973 +UK, Ireland, Denmark. 1981+Greece. 1985 -Greenland. 1986 +Spain, Portugal. 1990 +former E Germany. 1993 =European Union (EU). Maastricht Treaty. European Parliament. European Court of Justice.
Evatt, Herbert. 1894-1965. Australian statesman. Major influence on UN charter.
Eve. Biblical first woman. Wife of Adam. Ate forbidden apple, expelled from Garden of Eden.
Existentialism. Philosophy. Existence is concrete. Man has choice. Responsibility, freedom. Anti-conformism. Kierkegaard. Sartre. Heidegger.
Exodus. 13C BC. Jews escape Egyptian slavery. Moses. Ten Commandments.
Expressionism. 1920-24. German drama style showing writers’ feelings. Author/hero.
Expressionism. 20C Literary style expressing essence of subject by exaggerating characteristics. Sounds and symbols. Joyce. Kafka. O’Neill. Woolf. Beckman.
Fahrenheit, Gabriel. 1686-1736. German physicist, inventor of temperature scale 1712. Alcohol thermometer 1709. Mercury thermometer 1714.
Fair Deal. 1945,9. Truman’s program for jobs, housing, social insurance in US.
Fairfax, Thomas. 1612-71. English Parliamentarian Civil War general. Commander-in-Chief of New Model Army. Victor at Marston Moor.
Falklands, Battle. 1914. British destroy German fleet.
Falla, Manuel de. 1876-1946. Spanish composer influenced by folk music, Debussy. Nights in the Garden of Spain 1916.
Fates. Three goddesses who determines the birth, life, and death of a man.
Faunus. Roman woodland deity. = Pan.
Faust(us). c1540 German necromancer/astrologer who is said to have sold his soul to the devil. Goethe, Marlowe tragedies.
Favre, Jules. 1809-80. French statesman. Opposed Napoleon III.
February Manifesto. 1899-1905. Override of Finnish Constitution. Rule by Czar’s Edict. Russification 1890-1905.
Felton, Rebecca. 1835-1930. First US woman senator 1922. Symbolic appointment for 2 days.
Ferdinand. 1861-1948. Crown prince 1887-, First czar of Bulgaria 1908-18. Fought Ottomans. Gained independence.
Ferdinand. 1865-1927. Romanian king 1914-. Doubled size by treaties.
Festus, Sextus. 2C. Roman lexicographer. On the Meaning of Words.
Fetterman Massacre. 1866. Red Cloud-led Sioux kill 80 US Soldiers.