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10 matches to Rütli Oath
Bailly, Jean. 1736-93. French astronomer. Paris mayor, 1789-91. Led Tennis Court Oath. Guillotined.
Bradlaugh, Charles. 1833-91. Radical atheist MP, 1880-. Oath Act, permitting affirmation for swearing in.
David, Louis. 1748-1825. French republican. Neoclassical painter. Oath of the Horatii 1784. Marat 1793. Coronation of Napoleon 1808.
Glencoe Massacre. 1692. Campbells kill 38 MacDonalds for late oath of allegiance to King William.
National Covenant. 1638. Oath to maintain Scottish Presbyterianism against Charles I episcopacy. 1638-90. Presbyterians persecuted in Scotland. 1643-67 Solemn League allied with Parliament in Civil War. 1647-supported Charles. 1661 illegal.
Nonjurors. 1689. Clergy refusing to take oath of Allegiance to William and Mary.
Rütli Oath. 3 Swiss cantons vow to rebel vs Austria.
Strasbourg Oath. 842. Charles II, Louis II oppose Lothair I. Earliest example of written French.
Supremacy, Act of. 1534 Henry VIII establishes Church of England under monarch. 1554 Repealed by Mary I. 1559 Elizabeth I re-established Church of England. Oath required of all MPs.
Tennis Court Oath. 1789. French Third Estate vows to obtain constitution. Declaration of authority of National Assembly.