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896 matches to Western Roman Empire
Charlemagne. c742-814. King of France 768-. Restored Western Roman Empire, 800.
Holy Roman Empire. 962-1806. Germanic Empire with elected king. Successor to Western Roman Empire. Geographically: Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria; most of Italy, Bohemia; part of France. Hapsburg. Austrian Empire.
Leo III, St. -816. Pope 795-. Crowned Charlemagne recreating Western Roman Empire.
Pavia, Battle. 476. Odoacer defeats Romans, ending Western Roman Empire.
Ravenna. 402 Western Roman Empire capital. 476 Ostrogothic capital of Italy. 553 Byzantine. 751 Lombard. 754 Franks. 1278 Papal States. 1441 Venice. 1509 Papal States. 1859 Sardinia. 1861 Italy.
Western Roman Empire. Roman. Carolingian.
Anjou. Region, former province of western France. Under English 1151-1204, 1360. 1480 France. Angevin.
Barbarians. Greek = foreigners. Roman term for Goths, Huns and Vandals who conquered Western Empire 3-6C.
Bartók, Bela. 1881-1945. Modern Hungarian Nationalist composer. Bridged Hungarian folk to Western music.
Brussels, Treaty. 1948. = Western Union. 50 year alliance of Britain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands. 1954 + W Germany, Italy.
Buffalo Bill. (William Cody). 1846-1917. US western adventurer, showman.
Bulge, Battle. 1945. Last German offensive on the Western Front at Ardennes. WWII.
Ceausescu, Nicolae. 1918-89. Repressive Romanian dictator, 1965-. Advocated independence from USSR and western ties. Economic policy led to food, energy shortages. Overthrown and executed.
Empire of the West. 286-476. Rome and Western part of Roman Empire. Ends 476, Romulus Augustulus deposed.
Faisal II. 1935-58. Pro-western last Iraqi king 1939-. Killed in coup.
Hindenburg Line. 1917. German army’s Western Front. Breached 1918.
Hutterites. 16C-. Communal Hungarian Anabaptist sect. 1870s moved to Western North America.
Ito Hirobumi. 1841-1909. Westernizing Japanese statesman. First Parliament 1890.
K’ang-hsi. 1654-1722. Chinese Emperor 1661-. Expanded China. Encouraged western science education.
May Fourth Movement. 1915-21. Chinese intellectuals for modernization, westernization, freedom for women.
Mexican War. 1846-8. US acquires western territory (5 states). Guadalupe-Hidalgo. 1861-4. Napoleon III conquers Mexico, installs Emperor Maximilian.
Mexico.c1200-100BC Olmec. c300-900 Maya, Zapotec. c900-1200 Toltec. 14C Aztec. 1519-21 Cortes conquers = New Spain. 1821 Independent. 1822 Empire. 1824 Republic/Dictatorship. 1836 -Texas. 1848 -western US. 1863 French occupy. 1867 Independent republic. 1876-1911 Díaz dictator.
Monroe Doctrine. 1823. No interference by Europe in Western Hemisphere. No US interference in Europe.
Moscow Olympics. 1980. Boycotted by Western nations opposed to Afghanistan invasion.
NATO. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 1949- Collective defence alliance of Western European and North Atlantic countries to preserve democratic freedom. UK, Canada, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, US. 1952 Greece, Turkey, 1955 FRG. 1964 -Greece. 1966 -France. 1980 +Greece. 1982 +Spain. 1993 +France. 1999 +Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic. 2004 +Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.