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291 matches to Victor Emmanuel III
Castiglione. 1796. Napoleonic victory kept Austria out of Italy.
Charles Martel. The Hammer. 685-741. Unified Franks. Poitiers victory. Charlemagne’s grandfather.
Constance, Council. 1414-18. Ended Great Schism. Church council victory over papal power. Martin V elected pope.
Crapper, Thomas. 1836-1910. British plumber. Installed Queen Victoria’s toilets. Manufacturer, but not inventor of syphonic flush toilets.
Dien Bien Phu, Battle. 1954. Decisive Vietnamese victory; ends French rule.
Dorylaeum, Battle. 1097. First Crusade victory over Turks. 1147. 2nd Crusade Turkish victory.
Dresden, Battle. 1813. Last major Napoleonic victory in Germany.
Eckmühl. Battle. 1809. Bavaria. Napoleon’s victory over Austria who lose German support.
Edward, The Black Prince. 1330-76. Son of Edward III. Victor at Poitiers, 1356. Captured John II of France.
Escurial. 1557. Spanish monastery near Madrid built by Philip II to commemorate St-Quentin victory.
Fairfax, Thomas. 1612-71. English Parliamentarian Civil War general. Commander-in-Chief of New Model Army. Victor at Marston Moor.
Fleurus, Battle. 1794. Key French victory over First Coalition.
Fontenoy, Battle. 1745. French victory in War of Austrian Succession.
Gettysburg, Battle. 1863. Union victory. Turning point in Civil War.
Granicus, Battle. 334BC. Alexander’s First victory; defeats Darius III of Persia.
Henry V. 1387-1422. King of England 1413-. Claimed France. Victor at Agincourt. Treaty of Troyes.
Heraclea. 280BC. “Pyrrhic” victory over Romans.
Herbert, Victor. 1859-1924. Irish/US operetta composer. Babes in Toyland 1903.
Hugh of St. Victor. 1096-1141. Led prominent school of St. Victor, Paris.
Hugo, Victor. 1802-85. French Romantic poet/writer. Notre Dame 1831. Les Misérables 1862. Exiled 1852-70.
Iwo Jima, Battle. 1945. US Marine WWII victory over Japan. 40,000 casualties.
Java Sea, Battle. 1942. Japanese naval victory over Allies.
Jena-Auerstadt, Battles. 1806. Napoleonic victories over Prussians led to fall of Berlin.
Jourdan, Jean. 1762-1833. French Revolutionary marshal. Introduced conscription 1798. Victor at Fleurus.
Kesselring, Albert. 1887-1960. German Commander-in-Chief in Italy, 1943. Delayed Allied victory. WWII.