PERSON/EVENT | PERIOD | DATE | INFORMATION | DISCIPLINE | POLITICAL HISTORY | MENU |
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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 |
MENU |
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) |
MENU |
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 |
MENU |
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) |
MENU |
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 |
MENU |
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 |
MENU |
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 |
MENU |
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 |
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LISSA, THE NAVAL BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Austro-Prussian War |
History (HY) | AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (APW) June/July 1866 |
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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 |
1853 | Scottish missionary and explorer | Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
LIVONIAN WAR, THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1557 |
Via Ivan IV - failure to gain Baltic |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
LLYWELYN AP GRUFFUDD | EDWARD I (E1) 1272-1307 |
1276 |
Via Wales - defeated by Edward I |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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LOCKE, JOHN | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1690 | English philosopher - empiricism | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
LODGE, OLIVER | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1898 |
Via Marconi - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LODI, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1796 |
Via Campo Formio - French victory |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
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LOFFLER, FREDERICH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Pasteur - German biologist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LOLLARDS, THE | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1401 | Trained followers of John Wycliffe | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LOMBARD LEAGUE, THE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1167 |
Via Frederick I - military alliance |
History (HY) | HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (HRE) | MENU |
LOMBARD, PETER | STEPHEN (ST) 1135-1154 |
1148 |
It. theologian - Books of Sentences |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LONDON BRIDGE | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1163 |
Via Notre Dame de Paris |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
LONDON CONFERENCE, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1830 |
Via War of Greek Independence - |
History (HY) | GREECE (GRE) | MENU |
LONDON CONVENTION, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via 1st A-B War- settlement modified |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (1ST) (FBW) 1880-1881 |
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LONDON UNDERGROUND, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Snippets - construction begins |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
LONDON UNIVERSITY | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1825 |
Via Mill - University and King's |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
LONDON, JACK | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1896 |
Via Klondike- Am.author - White Fang |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LONG PARLIAMENT, THE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1640 | Not dissolved until 1660 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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LONG, CRAWFORD WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Simpson-American surgeon-ether |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
LONGBOW, THE ENGLISH | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1346 |
Via Crecy - decisive weapon |
History (HY) | HUNDRED YEARS WAR (HYW) 1339-1453 |
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LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 |
American poet - Song of Hiawatha |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LOPE DE VEGA | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1613 |
Via Cervantes - Sp.playwright/poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA, GENERAL | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via Texan War of Independence |
History (HY) | TEXAS (TEX) | MENU |
LOPEZ, FRANCISCO SOLANO | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1862 |
Via War of Triple Alliance |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
LORENZO DI PIERFRANCESCO | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1478 |
Via Botticelli - member of Medici |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1469 | Head of Medici family - patron of arts | Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LORRAIN, CLAUDE | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1637 |
Via Poussin - French landscape artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LOTI, PIERRE (JULIEN VIAUD) | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1886 |
Via Rostand- French novelist- Aziyade |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LOUIS DE FOIX | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1581 |
Via Smeaton - French engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
LOUIS IV OF BAVARIA | EDWARD II (E2) 1307-1327 |
1322 |
Via John XXII - dispute with Pope |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LOUIS IX, KING OF FRANCE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1270 |
Via Eighth Crusade |
Religion (RN) | CRUSADES (CRU) 1095-1291 |
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LOUIS PHILIPPE, KING | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via July Revolution - King of France |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
LOUIS XII OF FRANCE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1513 |
Via Italian Wars - forced out of Italy |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
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LOUIS XIII OF FRANCE | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1614 | 1610-1643 - Richelieu chief minister | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
LOUIS XIV, KING OF FRANCE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1661 | Reigned 1661-1715 - The Sun King | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
LOUIS XVI OF FRANCE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1793 | Execution of Fr.king and his wife | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
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LOUISIANA PURCHASE, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 | USA buys territory from Napoleon | History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
LOURDES, FRANCE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Snippets - place of pilgrimage |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1833 |
Via Babbage - English mathematician |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LOVELACE, RICHARD | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1642 |
Via Herrick - English Cavalier Poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
LOVETT, WILLIAM | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1838 |
Via Chartism- English social reformer |
History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
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LOWELL, PERCIVAL | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via Schiaparelli - Am.astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
LOYOLA, IGNATIUS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1534 | Spanish soldier - founder of Jesuits | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LUBECK, THE TREATY OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1629 |
Via Thirty Yrs War- Protestant defeat |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
LUCAN, LORD | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Balaclava - cavalry commander |
History (HY) | CRIMEAN WAR (CRW) 1853-1856 |
MENU |
LUCCHESI, URBANO | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1894 |
Via Shelley - Italian sculptor |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
LUCHANA, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1836 |
Via First Carlist War - royal victory |
History (HY) | SPAIN (SPA) | MENU |
LUDDITES, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 | Riots against use of machinery | History (HY) | UNITED KINGDOM (UK) from May 1801 |
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LUKIN, LIONEL | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1785 |
Via Snippets -first unsinkable lifeboat |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LULLY, JEAN BAPTISTE | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1665 |
Via Louis XIV - Court musician |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
LUMBYE, HANS CHRISTIAN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1839 |
Via Strauss the Elder - Dan.composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
LUMIERE, AUGUSTE AND LOUIS | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 | Pioneers of motion film industry | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LUNAR SOCIETY, THE BIRMINGHAM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1766 |
Via Watt- promoting science/industry |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
LUNEVILLE, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1801 |
Via Marengo - French gains in Italy |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
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LUTHER, MARTIN | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1517 | German priest - initiates Reformation | Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
LUTINE BELL, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Snippets - Lloyds of London |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
LUTTER AM BARENBERGE, BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1626 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Catholic victory |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
LUTZEN, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1632 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Death of Gustav |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
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LUTZEN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 |
Via Retreat from Moscow - Fr.victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
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LUXEMBOURG, THE STATE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1867 |
Via Snippets - gains independence |
History (HY) | LUXEMBOURG (LUX) | MENU |
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 |
LYON, THE COUNCIL OF | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1274 |
Via Michael VIII-union E/W churches |
History (HY) | BYZANTIUM (EMPIRE) (BYZ) | MENU |
LYTE, HENRY FRANCIS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1847 |
Via Snippets - Abide With Me |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
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