Know-Nothing Party. 1845-56. Secretive anti-immigrant US party. Fillmore.

Kobayashi Kokei. 1883-1957. Japanese artist. Ideyu 1918.

Korah. Led Hebrew revolt vs Moses. Swallowed up by the earth.

Korean War. 1950-3. China supports Communist invasion of South Korea. Repelled with UN aid-mainly US troops. MacArthur. 38th parallel border reestablished. 5M dead.

Kosciusko, Tadeusz. 1746-1817. Polish. Led Rebellion 1794-7 vs occupiers. 3rd Partition of Poland. American Revolution war officer.

Kuomintang. KMT. 1911-49. Chinese nationalist party in power 1928-49. Founded by Sun Yat-sen. Overthrew Manchu dynasty. Expelled to Taiwan by Communist Party. Chiang Kai-shek.

Kutuzov, Mikhaïl. 1745-1813. Russian general. Repelled Napoleon, 1812.

Labour Party. 1888 Scotland. 1890 NZ. 1891 Australia. 1900 Britain. 1930 Israel. Founded by unions, Fabians for democratic change towards socialism. First UK MPs elected 1906. First UK Labour government 1924.

Lady of the Lake. Gave Excalibur to Arthur. Lived in castle under the lake.

LaFollette, Robert. 1855-1925. US Progressive Party leader. Presidential candidate 1924.

Lamartine, Alphonse de. 1790-1869. French Romantic poet. Méditations Poétiques 1820.

Lancelot. Knight of King Arthur’s Round Table. Guinevere’s lover. Galahad’s father.

Langton, Stephen. 1151-1228. Archbishop of Canterbury. Encouraged Magna Carta.

Lansbury, George. 1859-1940. British Labour MP. Women’s suffrage. Pacifist, opposed to WWI.

Las Casas, Bartolomé de. 1474-1566. Spanish missionary to South America. New Laws 1542. Historia de las Indias.

Laurier, Wilfrid. 1841-1919. First French-Canadian Prime Minister 1896-1911. Liberal. Boer War.

Lawrence, St. -258. Martyr with Pope St Sixtus II.

Lawrence, Thomas. 1769-1830. English portrait artist.

Layamon. c1200. English poet. First mention of King Arthur, Lear, Merlin.

Leda. Spartan Queen. Mother of Helen, Castor, Pollux.

Legion of Honour. French national order instituted by Napoleon, 1802. Five ranks: Grands Croix, Grands Officiers, Commandeurs, Officiers, Chevaliers.

Legitimists. 19C French Royalist supporters of Bourbon Chambord vs Orleanists, Bonapartists.

Leipzig, Battle. 1813. Napoleon loses Germany and Poland. 500,000 troops involved.

Leipzig Debate. 1519. Luther vs Eck. Both claim victory.

Leonidas. King of Sparta. Killed resisting Persians at Thermopylae, 480BC.

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