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Le Corbusier. 1887-1965. Swiss Functionalist architecht, urbanist. -“A house is a machine to live in”.
Lee, Robert E. 1807-70. Brilliant Confederate general. Captured John Brown. Surrender at Appomatox ended Civil War.
Legion of Honour. French national order instituted by Napoleon, 1802. Five ranks: Grands Croix, Grands Officiers, Commandeurs, Officiers, Chevaliers.
Legitimists. 19C French Royalist supporters of Bourbon Chambord vs Orleanists, Bonapartists.
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of. 1532-88. Favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.
Leisler’s Rebellon. 1689-91. NY vs Catholic officials.
Le Jeune, Claude. c1527-1600. French composer of musique mésurée.
Lend-Lease. Agreement between Allies and US during WWII for sharing costs of supplies and foreign exchange obligations.
Leningrad Affair. 1948. Purge of Zhdanov associates by Stalin.
Leo X. 1475-1521. Pope 1513-. Excommunicated Luther. Depleted treasury.
León. 910-1230. Spanish kingdom. Ruled Galicia, Asturias; Portugal to 1143. 1230 +Castile.
Leopold and Loeb. 1924. Wealthy, intellectual partners ‘perfect’ murder of Bobby Franks leads to life imprisonment. Darrow plea avoids execution.
Le Verrier, Urbain. 1811-77. French astronomer: predicted existence of Neptune by calculation, 1845.
Lepanto, Battle. 1571. Major Christian naval victory vs Turks, saving Cyprus.
Lepidus, Marcus. -c77BC. Roman consul. Opposed Sulla’s reforms, 78. Defeated by Pompey in Etruria.
Lermontov, Mikhail. 1814-41. Russian Romantic Caucasus poet: Hero of Our Time 1840. Exiled 1837-38,40.
Lescot, Pierre. 1515-1578. Architect 1546 of current Louvre Palace.
Leucippus. -440BC. Greek philosopher. Atomism. “Nothing occurs at random”.
Levi, Primo. 1919-87. Italian writer. Survival in Auschwitz 1947. Periodic Table 1975.
Lévi-Strauss, Claude. 1908-. Belgian/French ethnologist. Theory of Symbolic Structures: Mythologiques 1964-8.
Lewes, Battle. 1264. English barons capture Henry III and Prince Edward, force concessions.
L’Hôpital, Michel de. 1505-73. French statesman, urged tolerance during the Wars of Religion.
Li Yüan. 566-635. First Tang Emperor of China 618-27. Led revolt 617, aided by Turks.
Liberty, Statue of. 1886. Bartholdi sculpture. Gift from France.