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1663 matches to Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Paris, Treaties. 1229 Ends Albigensian Crusade. Louis gains Toulouse. 1327. England loses territory to France. 1763 Ends Seven Years War. Britain gets French holdings in Canada. Spain gets American territory. 1783 Ends American Revolution. US borders fixed. 1814 Ends Napoleonic Wars, restoring 1792 borders. Napoleon exiled to Elba. 1815 Ends Hundred Days. 1790 borders, reparations. Napoleon to St. Helena. 1856 Ends Crimean War. Black Sea neutral. Regulated Laws of High Seas. 1898 Ends Spanish American War. Spain cedes Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico to US. 1947. Settled European borders after WWII.
Pharos. 280BC-13C. Alexandria lighthouse. 135m high. Seven Wonders.
Phidias. c490-430BC. Greek sculptor. Parthenon frieze. 42 foot gold and ivory statue of Zeus at Olympia. 7 Wonders.
Pitt, William, the Elder. 1708-78. English statesman, Prime Minister 1756~68. Pursued Seven Years War. “The Great Commoner”.
Prague, Battle. 1757. Austria defeats Prussia in Seven Years War.
Pyramids. c2686-2160BC. Oldest of Seven Wonders.
Quebec, Battle. 1759. British defeat French in Seven Years War. 1775 Quebec Campaign.
Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.
Rodney, George. 1718-92. British admiral. Seven Years War. American Revolution.
Seven Against Thebes. Legendary Greek heroes, fought to restore Thebes throne to Polynices.
Seven Bishops. 1688. Confined to Tower for opposing Declaration of Indulgence.
Seven Gods of Luck. Japanese. 16C-. Bishamon, Daikoku, Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Hotei, Jurojin, Benten.
Seven Hills of Rome. Palatine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine.
Seven Oaks Massacre. 1816. Northwest Company. agents kill 20 settlers in Red River rivalry with Hudson Bay Company. Settlement destroyed.
Seven Weeks War. 1866. Austro-Prussian War. Koniggratz.
Seven Years War. 1756-63. France, Russia, Austria vs England, Prussia who retain Silesia, emerge as major power. French colonial power reduced. England gains New France, India. French-Indian Wars.
Seventeenth Parallel. 1954-76. Divided North/South Vietnam.
Thomson, Tom. 1877-1917. Canadian landscape painter. Influenced Group of Seven.
Vaucreuil, Cavagnal, Marquis de. 1698-1765. Governor of New France. Surrendered to Britain 1760. Seven Years War.
Vienna, Treaty. 1725. Spain, Austria pledge to aid Stuart restoration in England. 1738 Ends War of Polish Succession. 1809 =Schönbrunn Treaty. 1864 Denmark cedes Schleswig- Holstein to Prussia. 1866 Seven Weeks War. Austria cedes Venice to Italy.
Wolfe, James. 1727-59. British general. Captured Quebec in Seven Years War 1759.
Aaron. c14C BC. Old Testament. Brother of Moses. Later his rival.
Abélard, Pierre. 1079-c1144. French Conceptualist theologian of Notre-Dame. Advocated discussion vs dogma. Famed love of Héloïse. Accused of heresy 1121. Letters to Heloise 1103. Sic et Non 1132. Theologia.
Abjuration, Act. 1581. Dutch declaration of independence from Spain. Republic 1588.
Abraham. c2000BC. Old Testament father of Jewish, Arab peoples. Sarah. Hagar.Ishmael.