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155 matches to Rio Salado
Bristol Riots. 1831. For British parliamentary reform.
Brown, Lancelot “Capability”. 1715-83. English landscape architect. Created the definitive “English Garden”: assymmetric, harmonious, accidental. Blenheim. Prior Park.
Bushido. 12C- Samurai warrior code. Personal honour, loyalty.
Cacus. Son of Vulcan, a notorious thief, killed by Hercules.
Cairo Riots. 1919, 30, 52. vs British rule. Egypt.
Carissimi, Giacomo. 1604-74. Italian oratorio composer. Widened orchestral instrument variety.
Chalgrin, J-F. Architect of Arc de Triomphe 1806; Odéon.
Charpentier, Marc. 1634-1704. French composer. Oratorios.
Chartists. 1836-58. British workers’ reform movement. Petitions 1838,40,48 for universal male suffrage, ballot vote led to riots 1839. Lovett.
Ciceronian Period. 70-43BC. First great age of Latin literature.
Cochise. -1874. Apache warrior Indian chief.
Cohn, F. J. 1828-98. Founder of bacteriology.
Comic Opera. 18C revolt vs serious opera. Light style, familiar scenes. Italy: opera buffa; Fr: opéra comique; Eng: ballad opera; Ger: singspiel. Orig as intermezzo for opera.
Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.
Cuchulain. Legendary powerful Irish warrior.
Dario, Ruben. 1867-1916. Published Azul 1888, starting Modernismo movement.
Dark Ages. c500-1000. Period of decline, frequent war. Little documentation survives.
Daughters of the American Revolution. 1890-. Patriotic organization of revolutionaries’ descendants.
Deductive Reasoning. Aristotelian. Derivation of universal truths from prior certainties. Syllogisms.
Diaz, Porfirio. 1830-1915. Mexican rebel, dictator 1877-1911. Apparent prosperity, but resources sold to foreigners.
Draft Riots. 1863. New York City workers vs Union army draft laws.
Duluth. 1636-1710. French explorer of Lake Superior area.
Eclecticism. 2C BC. Philosophical doctrine combining elements of various, sometimes contradictory, philosophies. Cicero.
Ehrlich, Paul. 1854-1915. German bacteriologist. Salvarsan syphilis treatment, 1909. Idea of specific drugs as “magic bullets”.
Eistedfodd. 6C-. Congress of Welsh bards and minstrels to foster patriotic spirit.