Levites. Hebrew religious teachers, who slaughtered the idolators of the golden calf.

Liberty, Statue of. 1886. Bartholdi sculpture. Gift from France.

Linear A. 1700BC Undeciphered Cretan script.

Livingstone, David. 1813-73. Scottish missionary, central Africa 1840-73. Discovered Victoria Falls, Zambesi River. Stanley.

Lockyer, Joseph. 1836-1920. English. Discovered helium in sun 1868.

Loewe, Frederick. 1904-88. US composer; partner of Lerner.

Loisy, Alfred. 1857-1940. French Modernist religious scholar.

López de Legazpi, Miguel. -1572. Spanish explorer. Conquered Philippines, 1564.

Lotharingia. 843-870. Middle kingdom of split Carolingian Empire. Redivided.

Louis. The Younger. c830-882. Carolingian German King 876-. Acquired Lotharingia.

Louis I. 778-840. Charlemagne’s son. Last Emperor of unified Carolingian Empire 814~. Twice deposed and restored.

Louis IX. St. Louis. 1214-70. French King 1226-70. Last 2 crusades. Captured on 7th Crusade. Built Ste-Chapelle, 1243, in thanks for release.

Louis X. The Stubborn. 1289-1316. King of Navarre 1305-14, France 1314-. Chartered nobles.

Louis XI. 1423-83. French King 1461-. Acquired Burgundy, Anjou. Postal service 1477. Arras Treaty.

Louis XVIII. 1755-1824. Bourbon. Restored to French throne by Allies 1814-. Advisory Parliament. Ultraloyalists.

Lowell, Percival. 1855-1916. US astronomer. Predicted Pluto 1905 (erroneously). PL of Pluto name after him. Studied Mars’ “canals” 1906. Schiaparelli.

Lucan. 39-65. Roman poet. Conspired vs Nero. Bellum Civile.

Lumumba, Patrice. 1925-61. Congo independence leader. First Prime Minister of Zaire 1960-. Deposed, murdered.

Lunéville, Treaty. 1801. Austria quit French Revolutionary War. Pope Pius VII restored.

Lycia. Mountain district of Anatolia. 43 conquered by Rome. Xanthos.

Lysander. -395BC. Spartan admiral. Captured Athens 404BC. Ended Peloponnesian War.

Macedonian Wars. 214~148BC. 4 Wars vs Rome reduced Macedonia to Roman province.

MacLeod, J.J.R. 1876-1935. Scotland. Discovered insulin with Banting, Best.

Magellan, Ferdinand. c1480-1521 Portuguese navigator. Died leading first circumnavigation of the world. Discovered Straits of Magellan 1520.

Mahan, Alfred. 1840-1914. US naval officer/historian. Influence of Sea Power on History.

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