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25 matches to Porta
Aspern-Essling, Battle. 1809. First important loss for Napoleon.
Australia. c28,000BC Australoids. 1606 Sighted by Portuguese. 1668 Dampier lands. 1770 Cook claims for England. 1788-1868 Penal colonies. 1901 Independent commonwealth.
Bailey, Donald. 1901-85. British inventor of portable Bailey bridge 1941.
Bull. Important papal pronouncement of Church doctrine, canonizations.
Chevreuse, Duchesse de. 1600-79. Plot vs Richelieu. Important role in the Fronde.
Cornwallis Code. 1793. For civil servants in India. No private trade. No Indians in important posts.
Devil’s Island. French Guiana. South American penal colony 1854-1946.
Eucken, Rudolf. 1846-1926. German philosopher: personal ethics are more important than intellectual idealism.
French Guiana. 1604 French settle. 1809 France/Portugal. 1816 French. 1852-1946 Penal colonies. Devil’s Is.
Glinka, Mikhail. 1804-57. First important Russian Nationalist composer. A Life for the Czar 1836.
Idealism. Artistic school of thought holding the aesthetic ideal more important than the representation of the subject. vs Realism.
Luther, Martin. 1483-1546. German Christian reformer opposed to indulgences. Wittenberg. -’Even if heaven and hell do not exist, education is important’ Justification by faith alone. Melanchthon. 95 Theses 1517. Treatise on Christian Liberty. New Testament translated to vernacular 1522. Catechisms 1529. Canticles 1533. Excommunicated 1520, burns Papal Bull. Choral composer: moral effects of music.
Manchuria. 926 Khitan Empire. 1234 Mongol. 1644 Manchu. 1898 Port Arthur. 1932 Manchukuo. 1946 China.
Marcel, Gabriel. 1889-1973. French Existential philosopher. Experience more important than metaphysics.
Mary. Virgin mother of Jesus. Free from Original Sin. Most important Roman Catholic saint.
Mo-tzu. c470-391BC. Chinese philosopher. People should love each other universally. vs Confucianism: parents are more important.
Port Arthur. Chinese port. 1894 Japan. 1895 China (Shimonoseki Treaty). 1898 Russia. 1904 Japan. 1945 USSR/China. 1955 China.
Porta, Gianbattista della. 1558 Telescope.
Romantic. Art. Expression of emotion more important than form or reality. Delacroix. Turner.
Sao Tomé and Principe. 1470 Portugal discovers. 15C Convicts, exiled Jews settle. Important in slave trade. 1951 Portugal Overseas Province. 1975 Independent.
Shimonoseki Treaty. 1895. Ended first Sino-Japanese War. Japan gained Taiwan, Port Arthur. Korea independent.
Tasmania. 1642 Tasman discovers = Van Diemen’s Land. 1803-52 British penal settlement. 1856 Self-government = Tasmania. 1901 Australia.
Tolpuddle Martyrs. 1834. 6 British farmworkers transported despite protests for union organizing.
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.
Wilde, Oscar. 1854-1900. Irish writer. Imprisoned for homosexuality. “Art for art’s sake”. Dorian Gray 1891. Importance of Being Earnest 1895. Ballad of Reading Gaol 1898.