Mountbatten, Louis, First earl. 1900-79. British admiral and statesman. Allied commander SE Asia. Last Viceroy of India. Killed by IRA terrorists.

Munda, Battle. 45BC. Caesar defeats Pompey in Spain to establish rule.

Munich Agreement. 1938. Recognition of Italian and German conquests by Chamberlain and Daladier. Dismembered Czechoslovakia. Appeasement Policy. Sudetenland.

Munich Olympics. 1972. 11 Israelis killed by PLO terrorists.

Munich Putsch. Beer Hall Putsch.

Müntzer, Thomas. 1488-1525. Anabaptist founder 1520. Supremacy of inner light vs scripture. Peasant Revolt 1524. Executed.

Muret, Battle. 1213. French nobles defeat Albigenses. Spanish influence ends in S France. Montfort.

Murray, James. 1722-94. First British governor of Quebec. Supported French residents. Recalled.

Muslim Civil War. 656-61 Sunni Muawiya defeats Shi’ite Ali for leadership starting Umayyad dynasty. 683-92 Umayyad put down Syrian rebellion. 809-13 Iraq vs Iran. 1008-31 Moslem Spanish gain autonomy from Umayyad.

Murphy, Gerald and Sara. 1920-33 US expatriates in Paris, Antibes. Parties, salons for artists and writers. Models for Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night.

Mutsuhito. Japanese Emperor 1867-1912.

Mutual Assistance Pact. 1950. USSR supports China, sends arms to N Korea.

My Lai Massacre. 1968. US troops kill all residents of Vietnamese village. Calley.

Mycale, Battle. 479BC. Greek navy defeats Persians.

Mylae, Battle. 260BC. Roman navy defeats Carthaginians in first Punic War.

Mysteries. Secret Roman/Greek religious cults. Orphic.

NAACP. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 1909-. For US black civil rights. Niagara Movement. Du Bois.

Nantes, Edict. 1598. Tolerance of Protestant faith by Henry IV. Revoked by Louis XIV, 1685 driving Huguenots from France.

Napoleonic Code. 1804-. French laws standardized. Personal liberty, equality, justice, divorce, marriage, property rights. Still in use.

Narodniki. 19C Russian Socialist movement advocating land for peasants. Assassinated Alexander II. Populism.

Narragansett. North American Indians fought with colonists in Pequot War.

Narvaez, Ramon. 1800-68. Spanish general supporting Isabella II vs Carlists. Prime Minister 1844-66.

Naseby, Battle. 1645. English Civil War. Fairfax and Cromwell defeat Royalists.

Nashville, Battle. 1864. US. Union defeats Confederates.

National Assembly. 1789-91. French legislature of Third Estate. 1946-. Lower house of French parliament. Rights of Man. Legislative Assembly.

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