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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
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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)
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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
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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

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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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