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51 matches to Place
Mansart, Jules Hardouin-. 1646-1708. French architect, city planner. Dome Church 1677. Grand Trianon 1687. Place de Vendôme.
Maori Wars. 1843-7. 1863-4. 1869-70. NZ settlers displace native Maori.
Mathura. Indian city sacred to Hindu as birthplace of Krsna.
Matthias, St. Replaced Judas as one of 12 Apostles.
Mecca. Holy city of Islam. Muhammad’s birthplace. Captured by Muhammad 630. Ka’bah.
Mermaid Tavern. 15C-1666. London meeting place of Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne et al.
New Economic Policy. 1921-8. Russian economic program. Limited free enterprise. Replaced by Five Year Plans.
New Model Army. 1645. English parliamentary army replaced private armies. Won Civil War.
Obelisk. 3300 year old Luxor gift of Muhammad Ali to Charles X, 1829. Place de la Concorde, Paris.
Odeon. Athenian place of music and poetry competition. Parisian theater 1728.
Pei, I.M. 1917-. Chinese/US architect. Kennedy Airport 1960. Place Ville-Marie. Louvre Pyramid.
Percy, Thomas. 1528-72. Failed attempt 1569 to rescue Mary Stuart, replace Elizabeth.
Place, Francis. 1771-1854. Fought Combination Act, 1822. Advocated birth control, 1827.
Place de Grève. -1830 Meeting place for Paris unemployed in Middle Ages.
Place de la Concorde. 1775. Paris. Designed by Gabriel 1755. Site of guillotine 1793.
Polish Succession, War of. 1733-38. Russia, Austria defeat Poland, France, Spain; place Augustus III on throne.
Pompadour, Mme de. 1721-64. Louis XV’s intelligent, beautiful mistress. Built École Militaire. Sponsored Petit Trianon, Place de la Concorde.
Poor Laws. 1597, 1601, 1834. British parishes to aid poor, establish workhouses, abolish slavery. Replaced 1930-50.
Sachs, Hans. 1494-1576. German shoemaker/poet, composed songs of commonplace.
Samos. Greek island birthplace of Pythagoras.
St-Denis Basilica. 1137-44. Romanesque-Gothic transformation point. Burial place of French kings. Suger.
St Médard Convulsionnaires. Believers in miraculous cures at St. Médard cemetery forbidden by Louis XV in 1732: “By Order of the King, Let God No Miracle Perform in this Place!”
Transportation. Removal of criminals to a distant place. 1783-1868 British send 160,000 to Australia. 1854-1946. French send to French Guiana. 1710- Russia banishes to Siberia.
Trusteeship. 1946. United Nations method of governing territories. Replaces League of Nations Mandates.
Van Goyen, Jan. 1596-1656. Dutch landcape painter of familiar, commonplace.