| PERSON/EVENT | PERIOD | DATE | INFORMATION | DISCIPLINE | POLITICAL HISTORY | MENU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NACHTIGAL, GUSTAV | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1869 |
Via Stanley - German explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
| NADAR (TOURNACHON, FELIX) | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Talbot - French photographer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| NADEJDA VON MECK | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1877 |
Via Tchaikovsky - wealthy patron |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
| NADIR SHAH OF IRAN | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1739 | Ruler 1736-1747 - Peacock throne | History (HY) | IRAN (IRA) | MENU |
| NAGELI, KARL WILHELM VON | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 |
Via Mendel - Swiss botanist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
| NAIRNE, LADY CAROLINA | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1824 |
Via Culloden - Scottish songwriter |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
| NANAK, SIKH | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1499 |
Via Sikhism - founder/spiritual leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
| NANCEN PINCO | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1370 |
Via Chimu People - later overrun |
History (HY) | INCAS (INC) | MENU |
| NANKING, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via First Opium War - settlement |
History (HY) | OPIUM WARS (OPW) 1839-1842, 1856-1860 |
MENU |
| NANSEN, FRIDTJOF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1893 |
Via Franklin - Norwegian arctic explorer |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
| NANTES, REVOCATION OF EDICT | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1685 | Further persecution of Huguenots | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
| NANTES, THE EDICT OF | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1598 | Protestants gain a measure of freedom | History (HY) | FRENCH RELIGIOUS WARS (FWR) 1562-1598 |
MENU |
| NAPIER, GENERAL CHARLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1842 |
Via Anglo-Afghan War - war in Sindh |
History (HY) | AFGHANISTAN (AFG) | MENU |
| NAPIER, GENERAL ROBERT CORNELIUS | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1858 |
Via Indian Mutiny - British general |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
| NAPIER, JOHN | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1614 | Scottish mathematician - logarithms | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
| NAPIER, SIR WILLIAM | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1828 |
Via Peninsular War - history of |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| NAPOLEON BONAPARTE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via The Consulate - French general |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
| NAPOLEON II | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via Waterloo - Napoleon's son |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
| NAPOLEON III | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1852 | Becomes emperor of France - 1870 | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
| NAPOLEONIC WARS, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 | To Battle of Waterloo 1815 | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
| NARODNISM (POPULISM) | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1861 |
Via Alexander II - popular movement |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
| NARVA, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1700 |
Via Great Northern War |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
| NASEBY, BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1645 | Royalists defeated in Eng.Civil War | History (HY) | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (ECW) 1642-1651 |
MENU |
| NASH, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1811 | English architect - Regent Street | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
| NASH, RICHARD BEAU | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1740 |
Via Gainsborough - Eng.dandy - Bath |
History (HY) | GREAT BRITAIN (GBR) May 1707-January 1801 |
MENU |
| NASHVILLE, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1864 |
Via Gettysburg - Union victory |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
| NASMYTH, JAMES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Brunel - Scot.engineer - hammer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
| NATAL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Battle of Blood River |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
| NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON, THE | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1824 |
Via Snippets - founded in Pall Mall |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, THE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1888 |
Via Bell - founded in Washington DC |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
| NATIONAL TRUST, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 |
Via Snippets - founded in Britain |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| NATIONS, THE BATTLE OF THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1813 | Coalition of forces defeat Napoleon | History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
| NAVARINO, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 |
Via War of Greek Independence |
History (HY) | GREECE (GRE) | MENU |
| NAYLOR, JAMES | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1651 |
Via Fox - English Quaker |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
| NAZARINES, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1809 |
Via Pre-Raphaelites - German artists |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| NECKER, JACQUES | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1778 |
Via States General - French minister |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
| NED KELLY | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 | Last stand of Australian outlaw | History (HY) | AUSTRALIA (AUS) | MENU |
| NEILSON, JAMES BEAUMONT | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1828 |
Via Industrial Rev.- Scottish engineer |
Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
| NELL GWYN | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1667 |
Via Dryden - King's mistress |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
| NELSON, HORATIO | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 |
Via Battle of Aboukir Bay - British admiral |
History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
| NELSON'S COLUMN, LONDON | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1843 |
Via Snippets -completed Trafalgar Sq. |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
| NEOCLASSICISM | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1762 |
Via Robert Adam- visual art |
Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
| NEO-IMPRESSIONISM | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Seurat - pointillism |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| NEPAL, KINGDOM OF NORTHERN INDIA | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1814 |
Via 2nd/3rd Anglo-Maratha Wars |
History (HY) | INDIA (IND) | MENU |
| NERCHINSK, TREATY OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1689 | Agreement on Russo-Chinese border | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
| NETHERLANDS, THE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1477 | Habsburgs take over Netherlands | History (HY) | NETHERLANDS (NET) | MENU |
| NEUVILLE, ALPHONSE DE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Rorke's Drift - Fr. battle artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| NEW ACADEMY, THE | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1500 |
Via Aldus Manutius - Greek studies |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| NEW AMSTERDAM | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1626 | Founded by Dutch - Manhattan Island | History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
| NEW ECHOTA, THE TREATY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1835 |
Via Trail of Tears - Indian expulsion |
History (HY) | UNITED STATES (USA) | MENU |
| NEW GRANADA, SOUTH AMERICA | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1819 |
Via Bolivar - gains independence |
History (HY) | SOUTH AMERICA (SAM) | MENU |
| NEW ORLEANS, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via War of 1812 - American victory |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
| NEW YORK, BRITISH CAPTURE | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1776 | American Independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
| NEW YORK, MANHATTAN ISLAND | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1664 |
Via New Amsterdam - seized by Brits |
History (HY) | NORTH AMERICA (NAM) | MENU |
| NEWBERY, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1765 |
Via Goldsmith - English bookseller |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| NEWBOLT, SIR HENRY | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1897 |
Via Drake - Eng.Poet - Drake's Drum |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| NEWCOMEN, THOMAS | ANNE (AN) 1702-1714 |
1712 | English engineer - steam engine | Engineering (EN) | XNA | MENU |
| NEWLANDS, JOHN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Mendeleev - English chemist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
| NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Oxford Movement - leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
| NEWPORT, CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER | JAMES I (J1) 1603-1625 |
1607 |
Via Jamestown - colonial leader |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
| NEWTON, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1856 |
Via Layard - English archaeologist |
Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
| NEWTON, ISAAC | JAMES II (J2) 1685-1688 |
1687 | English mathematician & scientist | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
| NEWTON, JOHN | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1779 |
Via Cowper - Olney hymns |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
| NEY, MARSHAL MICHEL | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1815 |
Via Hundred Days - French general |
History (HY) | NAPOLEONIC WARS (NAP) 1799-1815 |
MENU |
| NI TSAN | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1368 |
Via Ming Dynasty - Chinese artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| NICHOLAS I, TSAR | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1825 |
Via Decembrist Uprising in Russia |
History (HY) | RUSSIA (RUS) | MENU |
| NICHOLLS, ARTHUR BELL | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1854 |
Via Charlotte Bronte - husband |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| NICHOLSON'S NEK, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1899 |
Via 2nd Anglo-Boer War- Boer victory |
History (HY) | ANGLO-BOER WAR (2ND) (SBW) 1899-1902 |
MENU |
| NICOLAI, OTTO | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1846 |
Via Berlioz - German composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
| NICOLAIER, ARTHUR | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Pasteur - German physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
| NICOLE, PIERRE | COMMONWEALTH (CW) 1649-1660 |
1669 |
Via Arnauld - French theologian |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
| NICOPOLIS, THE BATTLE OF | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1396 |
Via Kosovo- Ottomans defeat crusade |
History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
MENU |
| NICOT, JEAN | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1558 |
Via Snippets- Italian diplomat- tobacco |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| NIEBUHR, BARTHOLD GEORG | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1832 |
Via Carsten Niebuhr-German historian |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| NIEBUHR, CARSTEN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1772 |
Via Bruce - German map maker |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
| NIEPCE, JOSEPH | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1827 | French inventor - first photograph | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1885 | German philosopher - will to succeed | Philosophy (PH) | XNA | MENU |
| NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1855 | English nurse in Crimean War | Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
| NIJMEGEN, THE TREATIES OF | CHARLES II (C2) 1660-1685 |
1678 |
Via Franco-Dutch War - and 1679 |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
| NILE, THE BATTLE OF THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1798 | Nelson destroys French fleet | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
MENU |
| NINEVEH, THE CITY OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1849 | Discovery of Ancient Assyrian capital | Archaeology (AY) | XNA | MENU |
| NINGYUAN, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1626 |
Via Manchu - defeat of Ming army |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
| NIZIP, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1839 |
Via Muhammad Ali - Egyptian victory |
History (HY) | EGYPT (EGY) | MENU |
| NOBEL PRIZES, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1895 | Awarded by Alfred Bernhard Nobel | Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
| NOBEL, ALFRED BERNHARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1866 | Swedish chemist - develops dynamite | Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
| NOBUNAGA, ODA | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1568 |
Via Onin War - feudal lord |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
| NOH DRAMA | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1385 |
Via Japan - Zeami Motokiyo |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| NOOTKA SOUND CONTROVERSY, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1790 |
Via Vancouver - Spain v GB |
History (HY) | CANADA (CAN) | MENU |
| NORDENSKIOLD, ADOLF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1879 |
Via Franklin - Northeast Passage |
Exploration (EX) | XNA | MENU |
| NORDLINGEN, THE BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1634 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Protestant defeat |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
| NORDLINGEN, THE SECOND BATTLE OF | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1645 |
Via Thirty Yrs War - Habsburg defeat |
History (HY) | THIRTY YEARS WAR (TYW) 1618-1648 |
MENU |
| NORDMAN, CHARLES | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1901 |
Via Marconi - French astronomer |
Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
| NORDRAAK, RICHARD | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1863 |
Via Grieg - Norwegian composer |
Music (MU) | XNA | MENU |
| NORE MUTINY, THE | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1797 | British naval mutiny -The Thames | History (HY) | FRENCH REVOLUTION (FRV) 1789-1802 |
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| NORMAN CONQUEST, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1067 | Norman rule imposed on British Isles | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
| NORMANS, THE | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1066 | To King Stephen 1154 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
| NORTH, LORD | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 |
Via George III - British PM |
History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
| NORTHAMPTON, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VI (H6) 1422-1461 |
1460 |
Via Wars of Roses - victory for York |
History (HY) | WARS OF THE ROSES (WOR) 1455-1485 |
MENU |
| NORTHAMPTON, TREATY OF | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1328 | Declares independence of Scotland | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
| NORTHEN, ADOLF | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1812 |
Via Retreat from Moscow - Ger.artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| NORTHUMBERLAND, DUKE OF | EDWARD VI (E6) 1547-1553 |
1549 |
Via Edward VI - Regent 1549-1553 |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
| NORTHUMBERLAND, EARL OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1403 |
Via Shrewsbury - defeat of Hotspur |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
| NORWAY | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1397 |
Via Union of Kalmar - with Den.& Sw. |
History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
| NORWICH SCHOOL, THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1803 |
Via Turner- landscape/marine artists |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
| NOSTRADAMUS | MARY I (M1) 1553-1558 |
1555 | French astrologer makes predictions | Astronomy (AS) | XNA | MENU |
| NOTRE DAME DE PARIS | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1163 | Early Gothic - completed in 1250 | Architecture (AR) | XNA | MENU |
| NOVALIS (VON HARDENBERG) | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1799 |
Via Schiller - German romantic poet |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| NOVARA, THE BATTLE OF | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1513 |
Via Italian Wars- Swiss defeat French |
History (HY) | ITALIAN WARS (ITW) 1494-1559 |
MENU |
| NOVARA, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1849 |
Via 1848 - Austrian victory in Italy |
History (HY) | ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE (ITI) 1831-1871 |
MENU |
| NTOMBI, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1879 |
Via Anglo-Zulu War - British defeat |
History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
| NURHACHI (KHAN KUNDULUN) | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1616 |
Via Manchu Dynasty - founder |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
| NUSSEY, ELLEN | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1847 |
Via Charlotte Bronte - life-long friend |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
| NYSTADT, TREATY OF | GEORGE I (G1) 1714-1727 |
1721 | Between Sweden and Russia | History (HY) | SCANDINAVIA (SCA) | MENU |
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