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291 matches to Victor Emmanuel III
Victor Emmanuel III. 1869-1947. Last Italian king 1900~46. Supported Mussolini. Abdicated.
Admiralty Arch. 1910 London memorial to Q Victoria.
Aegospotami. 405BC. Naval battle, ends Peloponnesian War. Victory of Lysander vs Athens.
Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.
Albert, Prince Consort. 1819-1861. Married Queen Victoria, 1840. Responsible for International exhibitions 1851, 62. Moderated Trent Affair.
Asculum, Battle. 279BC. “Pyrrhic” victory of Pyrrhus over Romans.
Badr, Battle. 624. Muhammad’s first military victory. Defeats Umayyad caravan.
Baksar, Battle. 1764. British victory. Confirmed control over Bengal.
Balaklava, Battle. 1854. Crimean War. Indecisive British victory at high cost. Charge of Light Brigade.
Baltard, Victor. 1805-74. French architect. First to employ metal girders: Les Halles. St-Augustine’s Church.
Barnet, Battle. 1471. Yorkist victory in War of Roses.
Bassano. 1796. Victory of Napoleon over the Austrians.
Blenheim, Battle. 1704. Bavaria. Marlborough’s victory in War of Spanish Succession. First French defeat in 50 years, saves Vienna.
Bonivard, François de. 1494-1570. Prior of St. Victori, Geneva. Reformer, imprisonned at Chillon, 1530-4. Subject of Byron poem.
Bosworth Field, Battle. 1485. Tudor victory, ended War of Roses. Richard III killed.
Brandywine, Battle. 1777. British victory in American Revolution. Diversion led to loss at Saratoga.
Breitenfeld, Battles. 1631,42. Swedish victories over Catholic League in 30 Years War. Sweden a great power.
Bruce, Robert the. 1274-1329. Scottish King 1306-. Vs Edward I and II. Bannockburn victory.
Bucharest, Treaty. 1812. Ended Russo-Turkish War. 1886. Serbia restores Rumelia to Bulgaria. 1913. Settled 2nd Balkan War. 1918. Romania capitulates to Central Powers. Voided by Allied victory.
Bull Run, Battles. 1861,2. Confederate victories.
Bunker Hill, Battle. 1775. Early American victory in Revolution. Putnam.
Camden, Battle. 1780 British victory. American Revolution.
Camel, Battle of the. 656. Basra. Ali victory in first Moslem Civil War.
Cannae, Battle. 216BC. Hannibal victory over Rome.
Carnot, Lazare. 1753-1823. French mathematician. Called “organizer of victory” by Revolutionaries. Member of Directory, Tribunal. Instituted conscription.