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105 matches to Round Table Conference
Round Table Conference. 1930-32. Established federal system, provincial autonomy in India; not implemented.
Arthur. c500. Legendary king of Camelot. Knights of the Round Table.
Attica. Region around Athens in ancient Greece.
Aurelian. 214-75. Roman Emperor 270-. Restored rule of Europe. Began wall around Rome.
Baker, Benjamin. 1840-1907. English engineer: London Underground 1869. Forth Bridge 1882. Aswan Dam.
Champ-de-Mars. Garden under the Eiffel Tower. Originally Gabriel’s parade ground for École Militaire.
Charles V, the Wise. 1338-80. King of France 1364-. New rampart around Paris.
Copernicus, Nicolaus. 1473-1543. Polish astronomer, who demonstrated planetary motion around sun 1528. De Revolutionibus. Aristarchus. Galileo.
Dampier, William. 1651-1715. First English scientific explorer. Pirate, 1678-91. New Voyage Round the World, 1697.
Diaz, Bartolomeu. c1450-1500. Portuguese. First to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/8.
Drake, Francis. 1540-96. English pirate/explorer. Sailed around the world 1580. Vice Admiral at defeat of Spanish Armada, 1588. Privateers.
Fowler, John. 1817-98. English engineer: London Underground.
Gama, Vasco da. c1460-1524. Portuguese explorer who rounded Cape of Good Hope 1488. Captured Calicot, India, 1503.
Heliocentricity. Revolution of the earth around the sun. Once considered heretical. Galileo. Copernicus.
Hipparchus. c190-120BC. First star catalogue. Epicyclic planetary motion around earth. Astrolabe 130.
Kaliningrad. 1946- On site of Königsberg, destroyed 1945. Russian enclave surrounded by Poland, Lithuania.
Kennedy Round. Liberalized tarrifs negotiated by 50 countries, 1964-7.
Lancelot. Knight of King Arthur’s Round Table. Guinevere’s lover. Galahad’s father.
Necho. -595BC. Egyptian pharaoh 610-. Aided Assyria vs Babylonians. Expedition sailed around Africa.
Northwest Passage. Attempts 1497- to find a sea route around Canada to Asia. Amundsen succeeded 1903-6. McClure 1853.
Philippe Auguste Wall. 1210. First defensive wall around Paris.
Plague. 429-425BC Athens. 33% died. 1347-53 Europe. (Black Death). Killed 25-50% population. 1603~65 England. 1720 Provençe. 1710 Scandinavia. 1894 China, Hong Kong. 100,000 died, 10M around world.
Post, Wiley. 1899-1935. US aviator. First solo flight around world 1933.
Resistance. WWII underground paramilitary groups in German-occupied countries, notably France. Partisans. Maquis.
Rollo. 860-932. Norse pirate. Colonized Normandy 911. 885 Rolled boats around Paris when seige failed.