Neerwinden. 1693 Victory of Luxembourg over William of Orange.

Nehemiah. Judaea governor. Rebuilt walls of Jerusalem 444BC.

Nehru, Pandit Jawaharial. 1889-1964. Congress Movement 1929-. First Indian Prime Minister 1947-. Rationalized Hindu laws.

Nelson, Horatio. 1758-1805. English Admiral, victor at Aboukir and Trafalgar, where he died.

Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir. 1858-1943. Russian author/director. Founded Moscow Art Theater with Stanislavsky.

Neolithic. 10,000-2,000BC. New Stone age.

Neoplatonism. 3C Plotinus’ philosophy of the “One”. Union with the “Good” by using intelligence.

Neoptolemus. Mythic Greek hero. Killed Priam in Trojan War.

Neorealism, Italian. 1920-60. Literary movement supressed by Fascists. Moving autobiographical accounts of the war years. Quasimodo.

Nepal. Newars, Mongolians. 1769 Gurkhas unite. 1845 Rana dynasty.

Nernst, Walther. 1864-1941. German scientist: Third law of thermodynamics. Physical chemistry.

Nero. 37-68. Cruel, licentious Roman Emperor 54-. Persecuted Christians. Killed mother, wife. Blamed for fire, 63. Golden House.

Neruda, Pablo. 1904-73. Chilean surrealist poet. A New Decade

Nestor. Legendary Greek king, famed for eloquence, wisdom and foresight.

Nestorianism. 392-. Jesus had divine + human personalities with moral union. Monophysitism.

Neuilly, Treaty. 1919. Bulgaria and Allies. Bulgaria cedes land and pays WWI reparations, loses outlet to Mediterranean.

Neumann, Balthasar. 1687-1753. German Baroque architect. Residenz in Würzburg 1719-44.

Neustria. Western of 4 Merovingian kingdoms. Austrasia.

Neuve-Chapelle, Battle. 1915. Failed WWI artillery attack by British on Western Front.

Neva, Battle. 1240. Swedish invasion of W Russia defeated.

Neville, Ralph. 1364-1425. Aided Henry IV vs Richard II. Grandfather of Edward IV and Richard III.

Neville, Richard. Earl of Warwick.

New Amsterdam. 1624-64 Dutch settlement. = Manhattan.

New Brunswick. Micmac. 1534 Cartier discovers. 1604 French settle. 1713 British. 1867 Canada.

New Caledonia. 1774 Cook discovers. 1843 French. 1864-94 Penal colony. 1954 French Overseas Territory.

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