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361 matches to Port Arthur
George III. 1738-1820. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-. Supported King’s Friends. Political instability. American Revolution. Insane 1810-.
Glinka, Mikhail. 1804-57. First important Russian Nationalist composer. A Life for the Czar 1836.
Goes, Hugo van der. c1440-82. Flemish painter. Mystical, emotional. Portinari Altarpiece c1476.
Gold Coast. 1481 Portugal. 1642 Dutch. 1874 Britain. 1957 Independent +British Togoland = Ghana.
Goldman, Emma. 1869-1940. Russian/US anarchist. Deported from US, 1919.
Gonçalves, Nuno. 15C. Founded Portugal school of painting. Sao Vicente altarpiece.
Gothic Art. 13C-. Church sculpture, illuminated manuscripts. Less idealized than Classical. Emotions portrayed.
Greenbacks. US banknotes issued to support Civil War not backed by gold.
Guinea-Bissau. 1446 Tristao discovers. 16-18C Slave source. 1879 Portuguese Guinea. 1974 Independent.
Hals, Frans. c1580-1666. Dutch portrait painter: Laughing Cavalier 1624. Nurse and Child c1620.
Hansard. 1774-. Official British parliamentary report.
Henry, O. 1862-1910. US short-story writer. Surprise endings and irony. Gift of the Magi. Porter.
Henry the Navigator. 1394-1460. Portuguese prince. Sponsored African exploration. School of Navigation 1423.
Herculano, Alexandre. 1810-77. Portuguese Romantic poet.
Hispania. Roman for Spain and Portugal.
Holbein, Hans, the Younger. 1497-1543. German/English Realist portrait painter. St. Mary 1525. Danse Macabre 1526. Henry VIII 1540.
Houdon, Jean. 1741-1828. French portrait sculptor. Diderot 1771. Diana 1777.
Hyde, Edward. 1609-74. English statesman, historian. Supported Charles II.
Idealism. Artistic school of thought holding the aesthetic ideal more important than the representation of the subject. vs Realism.
Indonesia.16C Portuguse influence. 1602 Dutch East India Co. 1798 Netherlands(Java). 1811-16 Britishs occupy. 1910 Unified as Dutch colony. 1945 Independent. Java. Borneo. Bali. Sumatra.
Infanta/te. Daughter/son of king of Spain or Portugal.
Iran-Iraq War. 1980-90. Iraq seeks oil rich Khuzestan. US supports war on Islamic regime.
Jacobites. 1688-1753. Supporters of exiled James II and Stuart line after Glorious Revolution. 1715 “Old Pretender” James fails to claim British throne. 1745-6. Bonnie Prince Charlie unable to reclaim throne of England/Scotland. Stuart supporters aided rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Culloden Moor.
Jacquerie Revolt. 1358. French peasants revolt vs tax increases to support Hundred Years War. Marcel.
Jaffna. 14C Tamil kingdom in Sri Lanka. 1617 Portugal. 1656 Dutch. 1796 British.