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193 matches to William I
Cody, William F. Buffalo Bill.
Collins, William. 1721-59. English pre-Romantic lyric poet. Ode to Simplicity.
Congreve, William. 1670-1729. English playwright of manners. Way of the World 1700.
Convention Parliament. 1660. Restored monarchy. William and Mary 1689.
Cowper, William. 1731-1800. English poet. The Task.
Crookes, William. 1832-1919. English physicist. Invented Crookes tube. Discovered thallium. Radiometer.
Dampier, William. 1651-1715. First English scientific explorer. Pirate, 1678-91. New Voyage Round the World, 1697.
Davies, William. 1871-1940. Welsh peripatetic poet. Autobiography of a Super-Tramp 1907.
Davis, William. 1850-1934. US geologist. Effect of erosion.
Donnelly, Ignatius. 1831-1901. US author. “Proved” Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays. Great Cryptogram 1888.
Douglas. 1200-. Prominent Scottish family. Accused of treason, William Douglas murdered by James II 1452.
Du Bois, William. 1868-1963. US writer. Founded Niagara movement, NAACP 1909.
Duer, William. 1747-99. American Revolution financier. Imprisoned for debt causing 1792 panic.
Dundee, Viscount “Bonnie”. c1649-89. Killed leading revolt vs William of Orange for James II.
Durant, William. 1861-1947. US founder GM 1908, Chevrolet 1911.
Ealdred. -1069. Anglo-Saxon archbishop of York 1060-: crowned William the Conqueror.
Ems Dispatch. 1870. Bismarck alters telegram from Wilhelm, causing Franco-Prussian War.
Family Compact. Small conservative group dominates government of Upper Canada leading to 1837 Rebellion. Mackenzie.
Fargo, William. 1818-81. Founded American Express 1850, Wells Fargo 1852.
Faulkner, William. 1897-1962. American novelist of US south. The Sound and the Fury 1929.
Filibusters. 1850s. US adventurers who illegally organized revolutions in Central America. Walker.
Garrison, William. 1805-79. US anti-slavery promoter. Weekly Liberator 1831-65.
George I. 1845-1913. Danish Prince William, chosen king of Greece 1863-. Assassinated.
Gilbert, William. 1540-1603. English scientist. Earth’s magnetic field, 1600. Coined term ’electricity’.