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72 matches to Sacre Coeur
Guise, Henri, duc de. 1550-88. Partipated in St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Founded Catholic League 1576. Led revolt against Henry III. Murdered.
Herod. 73-4BC. King of Judaea 37BC-. Massacre of the Innocents.
Heydrich, Reinhard. 1904-42. Deputy head SS. Assassination led to Lidice massacre.
Hudson’s Bay Company. 1670-. England. Explored Canada. Sought NW passage. Trading posts. Fur trade. Monopoly 1821-58. Seven Oaks Massacre.
Huguenots. 1510-18C. Persecuted French Calvinist Protestants. 300,000 expelled 1685. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Wars of Religion. Edict of Nantes. Henry of Navarre. Declaration of Rights of Man, 1789.
Huron. North America Indian tribe massacred by Iroquois 1648-50. Oklahoma.
Indian Mutiny. 1857-9. Indian troops rebel vs British officers. Months of violence, massacres. East India Act. Ended Mogul Empire.
Innocents, Massacre of. 4BC. Herod has all Bethlehem infants murdered.
Janissaries. 1330-1826. Ottoman sultan’s powerful bodyguard. First recruited from Christian children. Massacred by Mahmud II after revolt.
Jonestown Massacre. 1978. 913 followers of US cult leader James Jones commit suicide in Guyana.
Katyn Affair. 1940 massacre of Polish officers by Russian troops discovered 1943. Denied, blamed on Nazis. Ignored by Allies. Soviets admit responsibility, 1992.
Kent State Massacre. 1970. Ohio National Guardsmen kill 4 student anti-Vietnam War demonstrators.
Killiecrankie, Battle. 1689. Jacobites massacre Royalists.
Koran. (Qur’an.) 615-32. Islamic sacred book of God’s revelations to Muhammad.
Mahavira, Vardhamana. 599-527BC. Indian founder of Jainism: -“All life is sacred”.
Maronite. Syrian Roman Catholic Church. 7C Settled Lebanon. 1182- Under Vatican. 1860 Druze massacre Maronites. 1920 Lebanon. Phalangists.
Mathura. Indian city sacred to Hindu as birthplace of Krsna.
Menendez de Aviles, Pedro. 1519-74. Spanish colonist. Massacred Huguenots in Florida 1565.
Mountain Meadows Massacre. 1857. Paiute Indians and Utah Mormons kill 137 Arkansas emigrants en route to California.
Muses. Nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne that preside over the areas of knowledge: Calliope-epics, Clio-history, Erato-love poems, Thalia-comedy, Melpomene- tragedy, Terpsichore-dance, Euterpe-music, Polyhymnia-sacred poems, Urania-astronomy.
My Lai Massacre. 1968. US troops kill all residents of Vietnamese village. Calley.
Noncooperation Movement. 1920-22. Ghandi’s non-violent protest in India. Amritsar Massacre.
Palladium. Sacred image of Athena protecting Troy. Stolen by Odysseus.
Peterloo Massacre. 1819. Peaceful Manchester demonstration for parliamentary reform suppressed by cavalry. 500 casualties. Ultra tories limit freedom of press, assembly.
Pottawatomie Massacre. 1856. John Brown’s abolitionists kill 5 pro-slavery settlers.