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902 matches to Seven Years War
Heptarchy. 5-9C. Seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England: Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia, E. Anglia, Northumbria. Frequent wars.
Hudson’s Bay Company. 1670-. England. Explored Canada. Sought NW passage. Trading posts. Fur trade. Monopoly 1821-58. Seven Oaks Massacre.
Jackson, A.Y. 1882-1974. Canadian landscape painter. Led Group of Seven.
Königgrätz, Battle. 1866. Ended 7 Week War. Left Prussia dominant over Germany. = Sadowa.
Lawrence, Thomas (of Arabia). 1888-1935. English writer, officer. Led Arabs against Turks, 1914-18: Seven Pillars of Wisdom 1926.
Mausolus. Persian Satrap c377-353BC. Tomb at Halicarnassus was one of Seven Wonders.
Ojibwa. (Chippewa). North American Indians near Great Lakes. Supported French vs British in 7 Years War, British vs Americans in Revolution.
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.
Pyramids. c2686-2160BC. Oldest of Seven Wonders.
Red River Colony. 1812 Selkirk. Wars vs Métis -1821. 1836 Hudson Bay Co. 1870 =Manitoba. Riel. Seven Oaks.
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 Wonders of the Ancient World. Pyramids 4700-2160BC. Mausolus Tomb 353BC. Artemis Temple at Ephesus c550BC. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 600BC. Colossus of Rhodes 280BC. Zeus Statue at Olympia 450BC. Lighthouse at Alexandria c282BC.
Seventeenth Parallel. 1954-76. Divided North/South Vietnam.
Thomson, Tom. 1877-1917. Canadian landscape painter. Influenced Group of Seven.
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.
Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.
Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.
Apprentices Statute. 1563-1814 England. 7 Years apprenticeship required for all trades.
Australopithecus. Hominid ancestor to man, discovered in Africa. Lived 1 to 5 million years ago.