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Anglo-American War. 1812-14. US, angry at British blockade of France, and Tippecanoe interference, invades Canada. Toronto and White House burned. US defeated. Ghent Treaty.
Beardsley, Aubrey. 1872-98. Controversial Art Nouveau illustrator in black and white. Salomé 1894. Lysistrata 1896.
Belarus. (White Russia). 1386 Lithuania. 1569 Poland. 1780s Russia. 1917 USSR. 1991 Belarus. CIS.
Berlin, Irving. 1888-1989. Russian/US popular composer. White Christmas, Annie Get Your Gun 1946.
Brooke, James. 1803-68. British “White Raja”; family ruled Sarawak 1841-1946.
Collins, Wilkie. 1824-89. First British detective novel writer. Woman in White 1860. No Name 1862.
Creole. 16-18C White person born in America of Spanish parents. Now varied meanings.
Crosby, Bing. 1904-77. US singer and actor. White Christmas-best selling record until 1998.
Denikin, Anton. 1872-1947. Russian general of White Army, 1918-20.
Disney, Walt. 1901-1966. US producer of animated cartoons. Mickey Mouse 1928. Snow White 1937. Disneyland 1955.
Georgian Architecture. 1714-1830. Palladian, 1720-60. Adam, 1760-1800. Regency, 1810-37. Often red brick with white trim.
Hepplewhite, George. 1593-1633. English devotional poet.
Hepplewhite, George. -1786. English Neoclassical furniture designer.
Hoban, James. 1762-1831. US architect. White House 1792.
Indian Wars. 1794-1891. US expansion leads to native vs white conflicts.
Jackson, Andrew. 1767-1845. US President 1829-37. General 1812-18. Opposed tarrifs. Retired public debt 1835. Spoils system. Universal white male suffrage. Kitchen Cabinet. New Orleans.
Jones, Inigo. 1573-1652. English architect who introduced Palladian style. Greenwich House 1616. Whitehall Banquet Hall 1619.
Kipling, Rudyard. 1865-1936. English/Indian writer. Compelling, emotional, poetic. Jungle Book 1894. Kim 1901. Imperialist:- “White Man’s Burden”.
Kornilov, Lavr. 1870-1918. Russian general. Kerensky’s Commander-in-Chief, 1917. Failed coup vs Kerensky. Led Anti-Bolshevik White Army.
Ku Klux Klan. KKK. 1867-71. Secret US White Supremacist terrorist organization. Founded by Forrest. 1915- Recreated by Simmons.
Palissy, Bernard. 1510-89. French potter. Discovered white porcelain.
Parks, Rosa. 1913-. US ‘mother’ of Civil Rights Movement. Arrested, 1955, for not relinquishing her seat to a white man. King.
Páros. Greek island source of white marble. Parthenon.
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 1848-53. British painters vs Royal Academy. Advocated return to simple classical naturalism. Painted with bright colors on white vs dark tones of the time. Rossetti. Millais. Hunt.
Putnam. American General at Bunker Hill. “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.”