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193 matches to William II
Bowdler, Thomas. 1754-1825. English publisher of expurgated Family Shakespeare 1818.
Bragg, William. 1862-1942. English discoverer of crystallography by x-ray diffraction. with son Lawrence (1890-1971).
Bryan, William Jennings. 1860-1925. US Democrat vs Gold Standard. Scopes prosecutor.
Bryant, William. 1794-1878. US poet/journalist. Founded Republican Party. Evening Post.
Buffalo Bill. (William Cody). 1846-1917. US western adventurer, showman.
Burroughs, William. 1855-98. Cash Register 1888.
Byrd, William. c1543-1623. British madrigal, church keyboard composer.
Caroline Affair. 1837. Canadians destroy US vessel at Niagara for supplying rebels. Mackenzie.
Caxton, William. c1422-91. Printed first English book 1473/4. First printer in England, 1476. Published Chaucer, Aesop. First woodcuts appear in Game and Playe of Chesse 1476. First poster 1477.
Chambers, William. 1726-96. English Palladian architect. Somerset House 1776-86.
Chambers, William and Robert. 19C.Scottish reference book publishers.
Clapham Sect. 1790-1830. Wilberforce’s social reformers and missionaries.
Clark, William. 1770-1838. US explorer of Pacific NW with Lewis.
Clinton, William J. 1946- US president 1993-2001. Impeached, acquitted over Lewinsky affair. Signed NAFTA. Raised taxes.
Cobbett, William. 1763-1835. English working class pamphleteer.
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.
Domesday Book. 1086. Census and survey of England. Ordered by William I as basis for taxation.