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41 matches to Tet Offensive
Tet Offensive. 1968. Giap-led Vietcong attack 100 South Vietnamese cities, proof of strength creates US disenchantment with war.
Vo Nguyen Giap. 1912-. Viet Minh commander 1946-54, 1966-75. Minister of Defence 1954-. Tet Offensive. Defeated Japanese 1942-5, French 1946-54, US 66-76.
Aristotle. 384-322BC. Greek philosopher, founder of Peripatetics: Unified theory of knowledge. Matter, potentially alive, strives to attain its living form. Stressed observation and logic. Deductive Reasoning. Free Will.
Austrian State Treaty, 1955. Ended Allied occupation of Austria.
Behring, Emil. 1854-1917. German bacteriologist: founded Immunology. Diphtheria (1892), Tetanus (1904) serums.
Cailletet. First to liquify air, 1877.
Capote, Truman. 1924-84. US novelist. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1958. In Cold Blood 1965.
Charlottetown Conference. 1864. Canadian provinces plan Confederation.
Classical Music. ~1750-1820. Development of sonata, symphony, string quartet. Mozart. Beethoven. Haydn.
Davies, William. 1871-1940. Welsh peripatetic poet. Autobiography of a Super-Tramp 1907.
DesPrés, Josquin. c1440-c1521. Franco-Flemish contrapuntal composer. Motets, chansons.
Dolet, Étienne. 1509-46. French scholar. Executed for denying the soul’s immortality.
Dufay, Guillaume. c1400-74. Burgundian composer. Clever counterpoint, flowing melody. Motets, songs.
Durrell, Lawrence. 1912-90. British erotic writer. The Alexandria Quartet 1957-60.
Epictetus. 1 C. Stoic ex-slave, philosopher.
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. 1901. Br-US re Panama Canal.
Haydn, Joseph. 1732-1809. Austrian Classical composer. Father of modern symphony and string quartet. Solomon Symphony 1791-5. English Symphony 1794. Seasons 1801.
Ile de la Cité, Paris. Originally Lutetia 250BC. Renamed by Clovis, 506, when he made it his capital.
Josquin des Prés. c1445-1521. Flemish composer of motets and masses. Advanced musical expressiveness. -“Father of Musicians”.
Kitasato, Shibasaburo. 1852-1931. Japanese. Discovered tetanus antitoxin 1890, plague bacillus 1894.
Laënnec, René. 1781-1826. French. Invented stethoscope 1819.
Lasso, Orlando di. c1530-94. Flemish polyphonic Renaissance composer. Motets 1556.
Lutetia. Original name for Ile de la Cité, Paris, when settled in 250BC.
Lyceum. c335BC. Athenian school founded by Aristotle, called ’Peripatetics’.
Marprelate Tracts. 1588-9. Anonymous seditious Puritan pamphlets for which Penry was executed.