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95 matches to Pius VII
Lunéville, Treaty. 1801. Austria quit French Revolutionary War. Pope Pius VII restored.
Pius VII. 1742-1823. Pope 1800-. Excommunicated Napoleon after French annexed Papal States. Imprisoned 1809-14.
Antonine Wall. 142. Scotland. North of Hadrian’s. Abandoned ~196. Antoninus.
Antoninus, Pius. 86-161. Roman Emperor 138-. Built Antonine Wall.
Appian Way. 312BC. Appius Claudius’ road from Rome to Brindisi.
Asclepius. Greek god of healing. Killed by Zeus to prevent immortality of man. Son of Apollo.
Bauhaus. 1919-33. German art institute. ’Arts and sciences should cooperate in architecture’ -Gropius.
Gropius, Walter. 1883-1969. German architect. Bauhaus director. Modern horizontal buildings, glass walls.
International. 1920-. Style of architecture. Glass and steel. Gropius. Le Corbusier.
Pius IX. 1792-1878. Pope 1846-. Longest reign. Defined Immaculate Conception 1854 Papal Infallibility. Syllabus Errorum 1864 criticized Liberalism.
Pius XII. Pope 1939-58. Proclaimed neutrality in WWII.
Procopius the Great. c1380-1434. Bohemian leader in Hussite War.
Amadeus VIII. Antipope Felix V 1439-49.
Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.
Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.
Anne of Cleves. 1515-57. Fourth wife of Henry VIII. Divorced.
Antony, Mark. c83-30BC. Caesar’s lieutenant. Triumvirate 43-32. Defeated at Actium with Cleopatra. Suicide.
Barton, Elizabeth. 1506-34. Maid of Kent. Executed for prophesy against Henry VIII marrying Anne Boleyn.
Baudricourt, Robert. Brought Joan of Arc to Charles VII.
Boleyn, Anne. 1507-36. 2nd Queen of Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth I. Beheaded.
Boniface VIII. c1235-1303. Pope 1294-. Claimed supremacy over kings. Captured by French adviser.
Bourges, Pragmatic Sanction. 1438. French Charles VIII supports Gallicanism vs pope.
Burgundians. French political faction. Fought Armagnacs during 100 Years War. Allied with England, 1420. Treaty of Arras 1435 with Charles VII.
Carlos, Don. 1788-1855. Claimed Spanish throne 1833, succeeding brother Ferdinand VII. Carlists.