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44 matches to Petit Pont
Petit Pont. 1852. Bridge across Seine at site of original Roman crossing.
Bloody Sunday. 1887. Police kill 2 Socialists in Trafalgar Square Riot. 1905. Slaughter of petitioners to Winter Palace of Nicholas II leads to Russian Revolution. 1972. 13 killed in Londonderry riot.
Breda Compromise. 1566. Dutch petition against Inquisition. Dutch Revolt -1579.
Chartists. 1836-58. British workers’ reform movement. Petitions 1838,40,48 for universal male suffrage, ballot vote led to riots 1839. Lovett.
Cordeliers. 1790-4. French moderate revolutionaries. Met at convent. Petitioned vs king. Most executed. Marat.
Gabriel, Jacques-Ange. 1698-1782. French Architect: École Militaire 1752. Champ-de-Mars. Place de la Concorde 1755. Petit Trianon 1762.
Humble Petition. 1657. English Constitution of Protectorate. Cromwell as Lord Protector.
Instrument of Government. 1653-7. First written constitution in Europe. Established Protectorate in England. Humble Petition.
Isthmian Games. 582BC-393 AD. Corinthian athletic, musical competitions. Olympics.
Millenary Petition. 1603. Presented by 1000 Puritan ministers to James I. Calls Hampton Court Conference.
Odeon. Athenian place of music and poetry competition. Parisian theater 1728.
Olive Branch Petition. 1775. Moderate Americans attempt to avoid war. Ignored by George III.
Petit Palais. Built for 1900 World Exhibition. Paris Museum of Fine Arts.
Petition of Rights. 1628. Accepted by Charles I, limiting British monarch’s powers.
Pompadour, Mme de. 1721-64. Louis XV’s intelligent, beautiful mistress. Built École Militaire. Sponsored Petit Trianon, Place de la Concorde.
Protectionism. Levying of import duties to make domestic production more competitive. 1337 England. 1870s Germany creates Depression. 1930 US deepens Depression. List. Smoot-Hawley.
Quesnay, François. 1694-1774. French economist, Physiocrat. “Laissez-faire” is a natural divinely appointed law. Tableau Économique 1758 -systematic study of political economy. Can maximize social satisfaction under free competition.
Abstract Expressionism. 1940s New York style of Pollock, Rothko. Spontaneous expression, free of traditional values. Expressionism.
Aquila Ponticus. 2C. Translated Old Testament from Hebrew to Greek. Version adopted by Jews.
Carothers, Wallace. 1896-1937. Invented nylon, 1935 at duPont.
Cerceau, Baptiste du. 1545-90. Designer of Pont Neuf, 1578.
Christo, (Gabrovo Javacheff). 1935-. Bulgarian/US artist with wife Jeanne-Claude. Pont Neuf Packaged 1985. Reichstag 1995.
Dardanelles. Mediterranean-Black Sea channel. = Hellespont. Gallipoli. Bosphorus.
Dvorák, Antonin. 1841-1901. Czech Nationalist composer. New World Symphony 1893. Classical form with folk spontaneity.
Hellespont. Greek name for Dardanelles.