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PERSON/EVENT PERIOD DATE INFORMATION DISCIPLINE POLITICAL HISTORY MENU
LA BRUYERE, JEAN DE JAMES II (J2)
1685-1688
1688

Via Edict of Nantes - French writer

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LA FAYETTE, MADAME DE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1678

Via Louis XIV - novelist & letter writer

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1667

Via Racine - French fabulist

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LA FRANCE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1884

Via Snippets - first practical airship

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LA GAZETTE, PARIS CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1631

Via Snippets- first French newspaper

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LA HOGUE, THE BATTLE OF WILLIAM III (W3)
1689-1702
1692

Via Grand Alliance - French defeated

History (HY) GRAND ALLIANCE (WGA)
1688-1697
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LA MARSEILLAISE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1792

Via Valmy - French marching song

History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
MENU
LA PEROUSE, JEAN GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1788

Via Botany Bay - French explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
LA POUPLINIERE, LE RICHE DE GEORGE I (G1)
1714-1727
1727

Via Rameau - wealthy patron

Music (MU) XNA MENU
LA SALLE, RENE-ROBERT DE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1680 French explorer- navigates Mississippi Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
LA SCALA OPERA HOUSE GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1778

Via Snippets - opens in Milan

Music (MU) XNA MENU
LA TOUR, GEORGES DE CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1640

Via Poussin - Fr. artist - candle light

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LA TOUR, MAURICE-QUENTIN DE GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1762

Via Rousseau - French pastelist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LABOULAYE, EDOUARD DE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1865

Via Statue of Liberty- French historian

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
LACAILLE, NICOLAS GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1750 French astronomer - S.hemisphere Astronomy (AS) XNA MENU
LACEPEDE, THE COMTE DE GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1788

Via Buffon - French naturalist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
LADY JANE GREY EDWARD VI (E6)
1547-1553
1553 Queen for nine days on death of E6 History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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LADYSMITH, THE RELIEF OF VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1900

Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War - March

History (HY) ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW)
1899-1902
MENU
LAENNEC, RENE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1817

Via Snippets - invents stethoscope

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LAFAYETTE, GENERAL GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1789

Via French Revolution- military leader

History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
MENU
LAGRANGE, JOSEPH LOUIS GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1788 Italian mathematician - mechanics Science (SC) XNA MENU
LAHORE, THE TREATY OF VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1846

Via First Sikh War - settlement

History (HY) INDIA (IND) MENU
LAING, ALEXANDER GORDON GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1825

Via West Africa - Scottish explorer

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
LAKE CHAMPLAIN, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1814

Via War of 1812 - Am.naval victory

History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
MENU
LAKE ERIE, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1813

Via War of 1812 - Am.naval victory

History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
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LALANDE, JEROME GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1801

Via Bode - French astronomer

Astronomy (AS) XNA MENU
LALLEMENT, PIERRE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1861

Via Snippets - first practical bicycle

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LAMARCK, JEAN BAPTISTE de GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1809 French naturalist - theory of evolution Science (SC) XNA MENU
LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE DE VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1848

Via Napoleon III - Fr.poet/politician

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LAMB, CHARLES GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1820 English essayist and literary critic Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LAMB, MARY GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1807

Via Lamb - Tales from Shakespeare

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LAMBERT, DANIEL GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1809

Via Snippets - England's fattest man

History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
from May 1801
MENU
LAMBERT, WILLIAM VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1890

Via Auto Industry- American engineer

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
LAMI, EUGENE GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1840

Via Battle of Yorktown - French artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LANCASTRIANS, THE HENRY IV (H4)
1399-1413
1399 To King Henry VI 1461 History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
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LANCET, THE GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1823

Via Snippets - British medical journal

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
LANCRET, NICOLAS GEORGE I (G1)
1714-1727
1717

Via Watteau - French rococo painter

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LANDER BROTHERS, THE GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1830

Via Africa - the river Niger

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
LANDSEER, SIR EDWIN VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1851

Via Great Exhibition - English artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LANDSHUT, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1760

Via Seven Yrs War - Prussian defeat

History (HY) SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW)
1756-1763
MENU
LANDSTEINER, KARL VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1900

Via Snippets - human blood groups

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
LANFRANC, ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM I (W1)
1066-1087
1070 Appointed by William the Conquerer Religion (RN) XNA MENU
LANG, ANDREW VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1889

Via Kipling - Scottish poet/writer

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LANGEN, EUGEN VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1876

Via Auto Industry - German engineer

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
LANGHANS, CARL GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1789

Via Snippets - Brandenburg Gate

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
LANGLAND, WILLIAM EDWARD III (E3)
1327-1377
1362

English poet - Piers Plowman

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LANGSIDE, THE BATTLE OF ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1568

Via Mary Qn of Scots - defeated

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
LANGTON, STEPHEN JOHN (JO)
1199-1216
1209 Archbishop of Canterbury 1207-1228 Religion (RN) XNA MENU
LANLEY, SAMUEL VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1896

Via Snippets - invents flying machine

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LANNER, JOSEF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1823

Via Strauss the Elder- Aus.composer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
LAOCOON HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1506 Discovery of ancient Greek sculpture Archaeology (AY) XNA MENU
LAOS, INDOCHINA VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1893

Via French Indochina - incorporated

History (HY) SOUTH EAST ASIA (SEA) MENU
LAPLACE, PIERRE-SIMON de GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1799

Via Lagrange - French astronomer

Astronomy (AS) XNA MENU
LAPORTE, ROLAND ANNE (AN)
1702-1714
1702

Via Camisards - leader of rebellion

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
LARGILLIERE, NICOLAS DE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1685

Via La Fontaine - French portraitist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LARREY, BARON DOMINIQUE-JEAN GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1812

Via Moscow retreat - French surgeon

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
LARTET, LOUIS VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1868

Via Altamira - French geologist

Archaeology (AY) XNA MENU
LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA, BATTLE JOHN (JO)
1199-1216
1212 Beginning of end for Moors in Spain History (HY) MOORS (MOO) MENU
LASCAUX GROTTO, THE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1940

Via Altamira-pre-historic wall paintings

Archaeology (AY) XNA MENU
LATHAM, WOODVILLE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1895

Via Lumière brothers - film maker

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LATIMER, HUGH MARY I (M1)
1553-1558
1555 English bishop - Protestant martyr Religion (RN) XNA MENU
LATREILLE, PIERRE-ANDRE GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1805

Via Lamarck - French entomologist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
LAUD, WILLIAM CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1625

Via Charles I- Archbishop Canterbury

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
LAUSTE, EUGENE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1895

Via Lumière brothers - film maker

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LAVERAN, ALPHONSE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1880

Via Lister - French physician

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
LAVOISIER, ANTOINE GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1777 French chemist- theory of combustion Science (SC) XNA MENU
LAW OF GUARANTEES, THE VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1871

Via Italian Unification - papal rights

History (HY) ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI)
1831-1871
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LAW, JOHN GEORGE I (G1)
1714-1727
1716

Via Mississippi Bubble - Scot financier

History (HY) FRANCE (FRA) MENU
LAW, WILLIAM GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1728

Via Wesley - English cleric

Religion (RN) XNA MENU
LAWES, HENRY CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1653

Via Herrick - English composer

Music (MU) XNA MENU
LAWRENCE, THOMAS GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1818

Via Davy - English portrait painter

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LAYAMON JOHN (JO)
1199-1216
1205 English poet - Arthurian Legend Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LAYARD, AUSTEN VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1849 English archaeologist - Nineveh Archaeology (AY) XNA MENU
LAZARUS, EMMA VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1883

Via Statue of Liberty - American poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LE BRUN, CHARLES CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1662

Via Versailles - French designer

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LE NOTRE, ANDRE CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1661

Via Versailles - landscape artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LE PRINCE, LOUIS VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1888

Via Motion Pictures - Fr.photographer

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LE VAU, LOUIS CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1669

Via Versailles - French architect

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
LE VERRIER, URBAIN VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1845

Via Adams - Fr.astronomer - Neptune

Astronomy (AS) XNA MENU
LEAGUE OF GERMAN PRINCES, THE GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1785

Via Frederick II - Prussian leadership

History (HY) PRUSSIA (PRU) MENU
LEAR, EDWARD VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1846

Eng.writer/artist - Books of Nonsense

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LEBON, PHILIPPE GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1799

Via Murdock - Fr.engineer - gas light

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LECONTE DE LISLE, CHARLES WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1866

Via Hugo - French Parnassian poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LEE, GENERAL ROBERT E. VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1862

Via Second Battle of Bull Run

History (HY) AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW)
1861-1865
MENU
LEECH, JOHN VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1850

Via Dickens - English Illustrator

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONI VAN CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1683 Pioneer in microscopic research Science (SC) XNA MENU
LEFEVRE d'ETAPLES ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1562

Via Fr.Religious Wars - Prot reformer

History (HY) FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS (FWR)
1562-1598
MENU
LEGENDRE, ADRIEN MARIE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1794

Via Lagrange - French mathematician

Science (SC) XNA MENU
LEGNANO, THE BATTLE OF HENRY (H2)
II 1154-1189
1176

Via Frederick I - defeated in Italy

History (HY) HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) MENU
LEHMANN, CASPAR JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1605

Via Snippets - first cut glass

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LEIBNIZ, GOTTFRIED ANNE (AN)
1702-1714
1714

Via Newton - German philosopher

Philosophy (PH) XNA MENU
LEICHHARDT, LUDWIG VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1845

Via Sturt-Prussian explorer - Australia

Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
LEIGHTON, FREDERICK VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1861

Via Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LEIPZIG, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1813 Coalition of forces defeat Napoleon History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
MENU
LELY, PETER COMMONWEALTH
(CW) 1649-1660
1651

Via Cromwell - Dutch portrait artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LEMOYNE, FRANCOIS GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1727

Via Boucher - French rococo artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LENARD, PHILIPP VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1896

Via Roentgen - German physicist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
LENOIR, ETIENNE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1863

Via Auto Industry - French engineer

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
LENORMAND, LOUIS-SEBASTIEN GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1783

Via Montgolfier - first parachute jump

Invention (IN) XNA MENU
LENS, THE BATTLE OF CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1648

Via Thirty Yrs War - Habsburg defeat

History (HY) THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW)
1618-1648
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LEONARDO DA VINCI HENRY VII (H7)
1485-1509
1497 Italian Renaissance artist and genius Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LEONCAVALLO, RUGGERO VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1890

Via Puccini - It.composer - Pagliacci

Music (MU) XNA MENU
LEOPOLD I, KING OF BELGIUM WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1832

Via Belgium - first king of Belgians

History (HY) BELGIUM (BEL) MENU
LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1885 Establishes Congo Free State History (HY) CONGO (CON) MENU
LEOPOLD II, ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1791

Via Flight to Varennes - Pillnitz

History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
MENU
LEPANTO, THE BATTLE OF ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1571 Ottoman fleet defeated by Holy League History (HY) OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT)
1301-1922
MENU
LERMONTOV, MIKHAIL WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1837

Via Pushkin - Russian poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LEROY, JULIEN-DAVID GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1758

Via Greek Revival - French architect

Architecture (AR) XNA MENU
LES TRES RICHES HEURES HENRY V (H5)
1413-1422
1413

Via Limbourg Brothers - Book of Hours

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LES VINGT (THE TWENTY) VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1888

Via Seurat - French artist group

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LESAGE, ALAIN-RENE GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1715

Via Fielding - Fr.novelist - Gil Blas

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LESLIE, JOHN ELIZABETH I (L1)
1558-1603
1571

Via Ridolfi Plot - Catholic bishop

History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
LESSEPS, FERDINAND DE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1881 Fr.builder Suez & Panama canals Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
LESSING, GOTTHOLD GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1767 German dramatist- modern foundation Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LETTERS OF JUNIUS GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1769

Via Gibbon - attacks upon George III

History (HY) GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)
May 1707-January 1801
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LEUTHEN, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1757

Via Seven Yrs War - Prussian victory

History (HY) SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW)
1756-1763
MENU
LEUTZE, EMANUEL GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1851

Via Washington - German artist

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LEVASSOR, EMILE VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1887

Via Auto Industry - French engineer

Engineering (EN) XNA MENU
LEVELLERS - REPUBLICANS CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1649

Via Trial of Charles I - John Lilburne

History (HY) ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW)
1642-1651
MENU
LEVSKI, VASIL VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1873

Via Russo-Turkish War 1877-78

History (HY) RUSSIA (RUS) MENU
LEWES, GEORGE HENRY VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1854

Via George Eliot - English critic

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LEWES, THE BATTLE OF HENRY III (H3)
1216-1272
1264 Simon de Montfort defeats Henry III History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1796

Via Blake - English terror novelist

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LEWIS, MERIWETHER GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1806 American explorer - crosses the USA Exploration (EX) XNA MENU
LEXINGTON, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3a)
1760-1783
1775 Opens War of Am.Independence History (HY) AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
(AWI) 1775-1783
MENU
LIBERIA, THE STATE OF GEORGE IV (G4)
1820-1830
1820

Via West Africa - founded

History (HY) NORTH AFRICA (NAF) MENU
LIEBIG, JUSTUS VON WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1831

Via Faraday - German chemist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
LIECHTENSTEIN, THE PRINCIPALITY OF GEORGE I (G1)
1714-1727
1719

Via Snippets- within Holy Roman Emp.

History (HY) HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) MENU
LIGNY, THE BATTLE OF GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1815

Via Hundred Days - French victory

History (HY) NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP)
1799-1815
MENU
LILBURNE, JOHN CHARLES I (C1)
1625-1649
1649

Via Trial of Charles I - Ldr of Levellers

History (HY) ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW)
1642-1651
MENU
LIMBOURG BROTHERS, THE HENRY V (H5)
1413-1422
1413 French manuscript illustrators Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LIMERICK, THE TREATY OF WILLIAM III (W3)
1689-1702
1691

Via Battle of the Boyne - ends revolt

History (HY) IRELAND (IRE) MENU
LIMOGES MASSACRE, THE EDWARD III (E3)
1327-1377
1370

Via Black Prince - Hundred Yrs War

History (HY) HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW)
1339-1453
MENU
LINACRE, THOMAS HENRY VIII (H8)
1509-1547
1518

Via Erasmus - English physician

Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1865 President USA 1861-1865 - Civil War History (HY) AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW)
1861-1865
MENU
LINCOLN, THE BATTLE OF STEPHEN (ST)
1135-1154
1141 King Stephen defeated by Qn.Matilda History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
to May 1707 (ESW)
MENU
LIND, JAMES GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1754 Scottish physician - cure for scurvy Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
LINDSAY, NICHOLAS VACHEL VICTORIA (Vc)
1881-1901
1914

Via Congo Free State- American poet

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LINNAEUS, CAROLUS GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1735 Swedish botanist - plant classification Science (SC) XNA MENU
LINNEAN SOCIETY, THE GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1788

Via Linnaeus - by James Smith

Science (SC) XNA MENU
LIPPERSHEY, HANS JAMES I (J1)
1603-1625
1608

Via Galileo - Dutch lens maker

Science (SC) XNA MENU
LIPPI, FRA FILIPP0 HENRY VI (H6)
1422-1461
1445

Via Donatello - Florentine painter

Visual Arts (VA) XNA MENU
LIPPMANN, GABRIEL VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1891

Via Maxwell - French physicist

Science (SC) XNA MENU
LISBON EARTHQUAKE, THE GEORGE II (G2)
1727-1760
1755 Plus tidal wave - 30,000 killed History (HY) PORTUGAL (POR) MENU
LISBON, THE TREATY OF CHARLES II (C2)
1660-1685
1668 Portugal regains independence History (HY) PORTUGAL (POR) MENU
LISLE, ROUGET DE GEORGE III (G3b)
1783-1802
1792

Via La Marseillaise - composer

History (HY) FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV)
1789-1802
MENU
LISSA, THE NAVAL BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1866

Via Austro-Prussian War

History (HY) AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (APW)
June/July 1866
MENU
LISTER, JOSEPH VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1865 English surgeon - antiseptic regime Medicine (MD) XNA MENU
LISZT, FRANZ VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
1839 Hungarian composer / piano virtuoso Music (MU) XNA MENU
LITTLE BIGHORN, BATTLE OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1876 Colonel Custer makes last stand History (HY) UNITED STATES (USA) MENU
LIVINGSTONE, DAVID VICTORIA (Va)
1837-1861
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1558-1603
1557

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1272-1307
1276

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1689-1702
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1881-1901
1898

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1783-1802
1796

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1789-1802
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1881-1901
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1399-1413
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II 1154-1189
1167

Via Frederick I - military alliance

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1135-1154
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It. theologian - Books of Sentences

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II 1154-1189
1163

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1820-1830
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1881-1901
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1802-1820
1825

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1881-1901
1896

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1625-1649
1640 Not dissolved until 1660 History (HY) ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
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1837-1861
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1327-1377
1346

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1837-1861
1855

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1603-1625
1613

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1830-1837
1836

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1862-1880
1862

Via War of Triple Alliance

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1461-1483
1478

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1461-1483
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1625-1649
1637

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1881-1901
1886

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1760-1783
1581

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1307-1327
1322

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1216-1272
1270

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1830-1837
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1485-1509
1513

Via Italian Wars - forced out of Italy

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1494-1559
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1603-1625
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1660-1685
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1783-1802
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1789-1802
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1802-1820
1803 USA buys territory from Napoleon History (HY) UNITED STATES (USA) MENU
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1837-1861
1858

Via Snippets - place of pilgrimage

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1830-1837
1833

Via Babbage - English mathematician

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1625-1649
1642

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1837-1861
1838

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1881-1901
1894

Via Schiaparelli - Am.astronomer

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1509-1547
1534 Spanish soldier - founder of Jesuits Religion (RN) XNA MENU
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1625-1649
1629

Via Thirty Yrs War- Protestant defeat

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1618-1648
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1837-1861
1854

Via Balaclava - cavalry commander

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1853-1856
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LUCCHESI, URBANO GEORGE III (G3c)
1802-1820
1894

Via Shelley - Italian sculptor

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1830-1837
1836

Via First Carlist War - royal victory

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1802-1820
1811 Riots against use of machinery History (HY) UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
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1783-1802
1785

Via Snippets -first unsinkable lifeboat

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1660-1685
1665

Via Louis XIV - Court musician

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1862-1880
1839

Via Strauss the Elder - Dan.composer

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1881-1901
1895 Pioneers of motion film industry Invention (IN) XNA MENU
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1760-1783
1766

Via Watt- promoting science/industry

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1783-1802
1801

Via Marengo - French gains in Italy

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1789-1802
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1509-1547
1517 German priest - initiates Reformation Religion (RN) XNA MENU
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1837-1861
1858

Via Snippets - Lloyds of London

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1625-1649
1626

Via Thirty Yrs War - Catholic victory

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1618-1648
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1625-1649
1632

Via Thirty Yrs War - Death of Gustav

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1618-1648
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1802-1820
1813

Via Retreat from Moscow - Fr.victory

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1799-1815
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LUXEMBOURG, THE STATE OF VICTORIA (Vb)
1862-1880
1867

Via Snippets - gains independence

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LYDGATE, JOHN RICHARD II (R2)
1377-1399
1420

Via Chaucer - Eng.poet - Troy Book

Literature (LT) XNA MENU
LYELL, CHARLES WILLIAM IV (W4)
1830-1837
1833 Scottish geologist - uniformitarianism Science (SC) XNA MENU
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1216-1272
1274

Via Michael VIII-union E/W churches

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1837-1861
1847

Via Snippets - Abide With Me

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