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302 matches to Ulster Peace Movement
Ulster Peace Movement. 1976-. Protestant and Catholic women attempt to end Northern Ireland violence.
Carson, Edward. 1854-1935. Irish. Formed Ulster Volunteers to resist Home Rule.
Curragh Incident. 1914. 57 British army officers resign rather than fight Ulstermen.
Ulster. 5C Independent kingdom. 1171 De Courci conquers for England. 1594-1601 Failed rebellion. 1610 Presbyterian Scots settle. 1920 Northern Ireland.
Ulster Troubles. 1969-. Unionist attack on civil rights march led to revival of hostilities.
Addams, Jane. 1860-1935. US social reformer. Founded NAACP, Hull House.
Altranstadt, Peace. 1706 Sweden-Poland: Augustus renounces Polish throne. 1707 Sweden-HRE: HRE buys Swedish neutrality in War of Spanish Succession. 1714 Louis XIV-Charles VI.
Amboise Peace. 1563. Gave limited rights of worship to French Huguenots.
Amnesty International. 1961. Human rights watchdog NGO fighting for political prisoners and victims of torture. MacBride.
Annan, Kofi. 1938-. Ghana. UN Secretary General. Bosnian peacekeeping.
Appeasement Policy. 1937-9. British yield to Nazi demands in hope of maintaining peace. Munich Agreement. Gentleman’s Agreement.
Arafat, Yasir. 1929-2004. Arab Fatah PLO leader. President of Palestinian Authority 1996-.
Atlantic Charter. 1941. British-US declaration of 8 principles of peace and security. Endorsed by >25 nations.
Augsburg, Peace. 1555. Allowed both Lutheranism and Catholicism within Holy Roman Empire.
Augustus. Octavian. 63BC-14 AD. 2nd Triumvirate. First Roman Emperor. Pax Romana-Peaceful reign: Virgil, Horace.
Austerlitz, Battle. Moravia. Napoleon defeats Austrians and Russians, Dec 2, 1805. Peace with Austria.
Baha’ism. 1863-. Founded by Baha (1817-92), disciple of Bab. Religion advocating world peace, through unification of mankind.
Balder. Scandinavian god of peace, felled by Hoder’s mistletoe arrow.
Bandung Conference. 1955. 29 Asian and African countries oppose colonialism, promote peace.
Basel, Peace. 1499. Holy Roman Empire grants Swiss independence.
Begin, Menachem. 1913-91. Polish/Israeli. Prime Minister, 1977-83. Camp David Accords. Sadat.
Bergerac, Peace. 1577. Ends 6th French War of Religion.
Bocskay, István. 1557-1606. Hungarian rebel vs HRE Catholicism. Gained Transylvania from Rudolf II. Vienna Peace, 1606.
Borlaug, Norman. 1914-. US wheat scientist responsible for Green Revolution.
Bourgeois, Léon. 1851-1925. French statesman. League of Nations.