PERSON/EVENT | PERIOD | DATE | INFORMATION | DISCIPLINE | POLITICAL HISTORY | MENU |
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XAVIER, FRANCIS | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1534 |
Via Jesuits - Spanish missionary |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
Y | ||||||
YAA ASANTEWAA | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via War of the Golden Stool - Queen |
History (HY) | WEST AFRICA (WAF) | MENU |
YALE UNIVERSITY | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1718 |
Via Harvard University - Connecticut |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
YALE, ELIHU | CHARLES I (C1) 1625-1649 |
1718 |
Via Yale - Welsh benefactor |
Education (ED) | XNA | MENU |
YALU RIVER, THE BATTLE OF | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1894 |
Via First Sino-Japanese War |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YANDABO, THE TREATY OF | GEORGE IV (G4) 1820-1830 |
1826 |
Via First Anglo-Burmese War |
History (HY) | SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) | MENU |
YANK OR YANKEE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1865 |
Via American Civil War - term used |
History (HY) | AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (ACW) 1861-1865 |
MENU |
YARA, THE CRY OF | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Cuban Revolt - for independence |
History (HY) | CUBA (CUB) | MENU |
YEAR OF REVOLUTIONS, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 | Series of European rebellions | History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
YELLOW FORD, THE BATTLE OF THE | ELIZABETH I (L1) 1558-1603 |
1598 |
Via Ireland - Irish defeat English |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
YEOMEN OF THE GUARD | HENRY VII (H7) 1485-1509 |
1485 |
Via Snippets - Tower of London |
History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
MENU |
YERSIN, ALEXANDRE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1884 |
Via Pasteur - French-Swiss physician |
Medicine (MD) | XNA | MENU |
YORITOMO, MINAMOTO | RICHARD I (R1) 1189-1199 |
1192 |
Via Shugunate - founder of system |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YORKISTS, THE | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1461 | To King Richard III 1485 | History (HY) | ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES to May 1707 (ESW) |
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YORKTOWN, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 | Americans gain their independence | History (HY) | AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (AWI) 1775-1783 |
MENU |
YOSHIMASA, SHOGUN | EDWARD IV (E4) 1461-1483 |
1467 |
Via Onin War - period of arts/crafts |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YOSHIMITSU, SHOGUN | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1392 | Shogun 1368-1394 - reunites Japan | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YOSHINO, COURT OF, JAPAN | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1336 | Civil War - with rival court Kyoto | History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YOSHINOBU, SHOGUN | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1868 |
Via Boshin War - leader of revolt |
History (HY) | JAPAN (JAP) | MENU |
YOUNG IRELAND MOVEMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Va) 1837-1861 |
1848 |
Via Great Potato Famine - uprising |
History (HY) | IRELAND (IRE) | MENU |
YOUNG, ARTHUR | GEORGE III (G3b) 1783-1802 |
1792 |
Via Industrial Revolution - agriculture |
Agriculture (AG) | XNA | MENU |
YOUNG, BRIGHAM | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1830 |
Via Mormon Church - leader |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
YOUNG, EDWARD | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1745 |
Via Gray - Eng.poet - Night Thoughts |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
YOUNG, THOMAS | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 |
Via Dalton - English physicist |
Science (SC) | XNA | MENU |
YUAN EMPIRE, THE | HENRY III (H3) 1216-1272 |
1279 |
Via Kublai Khan - dynasty established |
History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
YUNG LO TA TIEN | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1407 | Vast Chinese encylopedia | Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
YUNG-LO, EMPEROR | HENRY V (H5) 1413-1422 |
1414 | to 1424 - builder of Forbidden City | History (HY) | CHINA (CHI) | MENU |
YUSUF I OF GRANADA | EDWARD III (E3) 1327-1377 |
1340 |
Via Battle of Rio Salado - survives |
History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
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ZALAKA, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM I (W1) 1066-1087 |
1086 | Alfonso VI is defeated by Almoravids | History (HY) | MOORS (MOO) | MENU |
ZEAMI, MOTOKIYO | RICHARD II (R2) 1377-1399 |
1385 |
Via Noh Drama - principal producer |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ZEDE, GUSTAVE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1888 |
Via Fulton - modern submarine |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ZENTA, THE BATTLE OF | WILLIAM III (W3) 1689-1702 |
1697 | Ottomans defeated - Karlowitz Treaty | History (HY) | OTTOMAN EMPIRE (OTT) 1301-1922 |
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ZEPPELIN, FERDINAND VON | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1900 |
Via Daimler- German airship designer |
Invention (IN) | XNA | MENU |
ZHU XI | HENRY (H2) II 1154-1189 |
1180 |
Via Maimonides - Confucian scholar |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
ZIMBABWE, GREAT EMPIRE OF | HENRY IV (H4) 1399-1413 |
1400 | Reaches the height of its power | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
ZIONIST MOVEMENT, THE | VICTORIA (Vc) 1881-1901 |
1897 |
Via Dreyfus Affair - Jewish state |
History (HY) | FRANCE (FRA) | MENU |
ZOFFANY, JOHANN | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1772 |
Via Reynolds - German artist |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ZOLA, EMILE | VICTORIA (Vb) 1862-1880 |
1880 |
French naturalist novelist - Nana |
Literature (LT) | XNA | MENU |
ZOLLVEREIN, THE | WILLIAM IV (W4) 1830-1837 |
1834 |
Via German Confed- a customs union |
History (HY) | GERMANY (GER) | MENU |
ZORNDORF, THE BATTLE OF | GEORGE II (G2) 1727-1760 |
1758 |
Via Seven Yrs War - Prussian victory |
History (HY) | SEVEN YEARS WAR (SYW) 1756-1763 |
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ZUCCHI, ANTONIO | GEORGE III (G3a) 1760-1783 |
1781 |
Via Kaufmann - Venetian painter |
Visual Arts (VA) | XNA | MENU |
ZULU EMPIRE, RISE OF THE | GEORGE III (G3c) 1802-1820 |
1817 | Founded by King Shaka | History (HY) | SOUTH AFRICA (SAF) | MENU |
ZWINGLI, ULRICH | HENRY VIII (H8) 1509-1547 |
1523 |
Via Luther - Swiss protestant reformer |
Religion (RN) | XNA | MENU |
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