History Flashcards
Muslim Male revolt in what country
Brazil
Boundary between them and the British settled at Fort Stanwix, Great Law of Peace
Iroquois
Reforms by the Iranian Shah Pahlavi, including the enfranchisement of women and a relationship with the USSR
White Revolution
Author of Ten Days that shook the world, about the Russian revolution
Jack Reed
Instructions for the Bolsheviks written by Lenin
April Theses
Secret police was the DINA, who assassinated Orlando Letelier
Pinochet
Country whose leader was investigated in the Rettig Report
Chile
Sent Scylax of Caryanda to explore his empire’s eastern territories
Darius I
President who passed the Hart-Celler act
LBJ
William of Malmesbury wrote an account of it
Hastings
Shirley Temple was ambassador to this country and Ghana
Czechoslovakia
Loser of the battle of Manila Bay
Patricio Mantojo
Joseph Chamberlain wanted to give Zionists this country following World War II (not Israel)
Uganda
Battle of Samichon and battle of the Hook were fought during this war
Korean War
Kama School taught the use of this weapon
Tanks
Battle of Colenso, Winston Churchill covered it as a journalist
Second Boer War
Issachar Roberts refused to baptize him
Hong Xiuqian
Operation Blue star was on this temple
Golden Temple of Amritsar
Lee Teng-hui was the first democratically elected president here
Taiwan
Preceded by half brother Henry IV “the impotent”, forces won the battle of Toro against Joanna
Isabella
Paul Nakhimov won the battle of Sinop during it
Crimean war
Supported the Targowica Confederation of Poland against the Great Sejm government
Catherine the Great
Saved Cusco by praying to the Gods that rocks would turn into warriors, built Machu Pichu
Pachacuti
Native American Clarence Tinker died at this battle
MIdway
Plan by Vincente Guerrero and Emperor Augustine to establish Mexico
Plan of Iguala
Married Maria Theresa of Spain
Louis XIV
Put down the Pullman Strike as well as the surrender of Geronimo
Nelson Miles
Succeeded Bismarck as chancellor and names a strip in Namibia
Caprivi
Treaty that established Bulgaria between Russians and Ottomans
San Stefano
General called “Granny” “Marble Man” and “King of Spades”
Robert E Lee
Oliver Miller and James McFarlane killed at Bower hill during it, “Light Horse” Harry Lee
Whiskey Rebellion
Wilcox Rebellions here
Hawaii
Split Vietnam into two neutral countries, Ho Chi Minh said “our real enemies are the Americans”
Maneli Affair
Won’t the battles of Ilipa and Utica
Scipio Africanus
Cornwallis and Tarleton won it in North Carolina prior to Yorktown
Guilford Courthouse
Won the battle of Berlin and commanded Operation Polar Star
Georgy Zhukov
River between North Korea and CHina
Yalu River
Trajan’s wife Plotina chose him as the next emperor
Hadrian
Alexander declared “I will not steal my victory” before fighting a guy who would later be killed by Bessus
Gaugamela
Company founded by Robert Harley
South Sea
Planned the assassination of the Cairo Gang, later killed by Anti-Treaty Forces (who wanted a place to the North)
Michael Collins
Wrote “Message to the Black Man in America”, succeded by Warith Dean
Elijah Muhammad
Third member of the Second Triumvirate after Mark Anthony and Octavian who was Governor of Gaul
Lepidus
Anglo-French alliance at this place between Francis I and Henry VIII
Cloth of Gold
Ethnic group who invaded the Kingdom of Dahomey in Southern Nigeria
Yoruba
Battle lost by the Umayyad Marwan II that began the Abassids
Zab
Treaty that ended the war of Austrian Secession that had Austria cede Silesia to Prussia
Aix la Chapelle
Affair in which it was discovered that Willy Brandt’s secretary was a Communist spy
Guillaume Affair
Abolished slavery following a conversation with Gaspar Coelho
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Night of the Pencils took place during this campaign
Dirty War
Tughril Beg led these people in taking over the Buyid dynasty
Seljuk Turks
Assyrian king who defeated the Urartu and took power after the Bronze age collapse
Sennacherib
Case that ruled that slaves arriving in Britain were free
Somerset case
Burmese king of the Konbuang dynasty who tried to invade Thailand
Bowdapaya
Action supported by Cecil Rhodes in which guerillas tried to take over the Cape Colony, Hercules Robinson
Jameson raid
Tariff wrote partly by a polygamist which taxed imported goods during the Great Depression
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Grandmaster of the Teutonic Knights
Ulrich von Jungingen
British and French forces lined up on the Nile
Fashoda crisis
War that gave Roman citizenship to everyone in Italy
Social War
Spy ring involving Hercules Mulligan and Cato created by George Washington
Culper Ring
“Custodian of the two holy mosques” who was the father of the “Sudairi Seven”
Abdulaziz al-Saud
Lindisfarne gospel written in this country
Ireland
Breakfast chat with Richard Nixon was recorded in which he talked disparagingly about Jewish news anchors
Billy Graham
Song written about him was the hymn of Solidarity Forever
John Brown
Commander of the first all black regiment (Massachusetts)
Robert Gould Shaw
T and O versions of these
Maps
Minneconjou man refused to give up his rifle here
Wounded Knee
Slogan was “Enrich the country, strengthen the military”, led to the Satsuma Rebellion and ultimately followed by the Bakusmatu period
Meiji Restoration
Cat and Mouse act passed by this Liberal PM’s government
HH Asquith
Fulani Ethnic group in this country
Nigeria
Tang emperor who Xuanzhong brought back Buddhism to
Taizong
Patron of Cassiodorus and Boethius who killed Odoacer to be King of Italy
Theodoric
Treaty that cut off Russian trade with Britain, its violation resulted in the creation of Finland
Tilsit
Opposition to the Indian removal act led him to break off with Andrew Jackson, Tocqueville called him an uneducated backwoodsman
Davy Crockett
King of the Gupta empire who is the holder of Buddhist scriptures in Journey to the West
Harsha
Chancellor who created a new military force following WWII in the Himmerod memorandum, succeeded by Erhard
Adenauer
King Susenyos supported Catholicism over their church, Salmonic dynasty
Ethiopia
Upton Sinclair lost in 1934 to this governor who put down striking Longshoreman
Frank Merriam
Boston anti-busing activist and congresswoman
Louise Day Hicks
“Doctrine” of popular sovereignty was created by Stephen Douglas here
Freeport
Filipino Nationalist, Doctor, and Poet who was executed by the Spainish
Jose Rizal
Polish confederation that opposed Russian influence and King Stanislaus II, lost the battle of Lanckrona
Bar Confederation
Worked in a New Orleans CIgar Factory and created the Rurales Police Force, overthrown briefly by Maximilian
Benito Juarez
Defeated the Teutonic knights in the “Massacre on the Ice” at the battle of Lake Peipus
ALexander Nevsky
Korean dynasty that founded the Jogye Buddhist order and was invaded the the Mongols
Goryeo
Boleslaw the Brave and St. Olga ruled this city
Kiev
Agreement that ended the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and tried to end the war in Kashmir
Tashkent Declaration
John L. Stevens conspired with Sanford Dole and the Committee of Safety to overthrow her
Queen Liliolakani
Held after Leo X released Papal Bull, called for by Charles V
Diet of Worms
People who supported voluntary poverty who were massacred at Piedmont
Waldensians
Philip Payton have hundreds of homes to black workers here
Harlem
Actress who said that the “royal purple is the noblest shroud” during the Nika Riots
Theodora
Mamluks defeated the Mongols under Hulagu Khan at this battle in the Levant
Ayn Jalut
General Allenby entered Jerusalem on foot to spite this ruler, who also said the English were “mad as march hares”
Wilhelm II
Yarubid and al-Busaid dynasty ruled this country governed from Muscat
Oman
French General Lazar Hoche tried to aid rebels such as Wolfe Tone in this country
Ireland
Roman censor who constructed a namesake road and aqueduct
Appius Claudius
People of Peru who preceded the Inca, namesake lines
Nazca
Chinese wars over women in San Francisco
Tong Wars
Uprisings in Spain against Isabella II largely because she was female
Carlist Wars
Movement started by Robert Finley and Bushrod Washington
American Colonization Society
Egyptian Operation to cross the Suez canal that began the Yom Kippur war
Operation Badr
Won the battle of Mohi against Bela IV while trying to attack the Cumans
Batu Khan
North African caliphate founded by Ibn Tumart who overthrew the Almoravids, lost at Las Navas de Tolosa
Almohads
Document written by Pierre Soule which argued for the annexation of Cuba as a slave state
Ostend Manifesto
First President of the Frnehc Republic who ordered McMahon to get rid of the Paris Commune
Adolphe Thiers
Korean dynasty ruled by Taejo and Seijong who invaded Ryukyu
Joseon
Civilization of the cities of Eshnunana and Nippur who succeded thee Ubaid period and were followed by the Akkadians
Sumerians
General under Leopold I who led the Holy League to defeat the Ottomans at the battle of Zenta
Eugene of Savoy
Queen was was usurped by Stephen of Blois during the Anarchy
Matilda
Leader of the Branch Davidians during the Waco Siege
David Koresh
City that was the culmination of the “race to the sea”, as well as the battle of Paschendale
Ypres
The Barmakid family advised the dynasty, anarchy of Samarra
Abbasids
Santebal secret police force under this government
Khmer Rouge
His attempted assassination by Algerian nationalists was basis for the novel “Day of the Jackal”, Empty Chair crisis
Charles de Gaulle
Asked Frederick Douglass if God was dead, briefly a Millerite
Sojurner Truth
Sun Yat-Sen museum is in this Malaysian state
Penang
Began after Herschel Grynszpan killed Ernst von Ramth
Kristallnacht
King who was assassinated because he gave Baca Beccarris a medal after massacring protesters in Milan
Umberto I
Last emperor of Vietnam who was forced to abdicate by the Viet Minh
Bao Dai
Soldiers refused to fight Irishmen after Irish home rule was passed
Curragh Mutiny
Finance minister of Louis XIV who taxed the nobility and drafted the COde Noire
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Song dynasty family members kidnapped by Jurchens
Jingkang incident
Treaty that formed a relationship between Italy and Menelik II, which Italy thought meant they could invade Ethiopia. Italians lost at Adwa
Wuchale
Simeon I was tsar and prime minister of this country
Bulgaria
Radical Humanist who JOhn Calvin burned at the stake
Michael Servetus
General who fought a civil war against Sulla and won the Jugurthine war
Marius
Jewish Prime Minister of France following World War II, opposed Vichy France
Leon Blum
Author of the Tamworth Manifesto whose secretary’s assassin was the namesake of the M’Naghten rules regarding the insanity defense
Robert Peele
Empire in Persia ruled by Khosrau and Shapur, Julian the Apostate died fighting them
Sassanid
Crisis during the Ming dynasty in which the Oirat captured Emperor Yinzhong
Tumu Crisis
Bacurius pushed back against a wagon circle, Valens died in fire fighting Fritgern
Adrianople
Mulligan letters doomed his candidacy
James Blaine
Dictator who was protected by the Securatae police force and wrote the “July Theses”. Highway was his folly
Ceausescu
Workers in this system were called Zeks
Gulag
Anson Burlingame challenged this man to a duel after this man heard a speech about “Harlot Slavery”
Preston Brooks
Roosevelt’s Secretary of State Elihu Root defended him from charges of corruption
Boss Tweed
President of the Republic of Sonora, invaded Nicargua
William Walker
Rebelled against his father Charles VII in the Praguerie, later fought Charles the Bold
Louis XI (Universal Spider)
War between Bolivia and Paraguay over Oil rich region, Czechoslovakia helped Bolivia but Paraguay won
Chaco War
Country governed by Hoxha with “blood feuds”
ALbania
“adolescent butcher” in his youth, lost the battle of Pharsalus to Julius Caesar, subdued Armenia
Pompey
Attempted Communist coup during the SUkarno regime
30 September movement, or Gustapu
Last emperor was the child Zhao Bing, who died following the battle of Yamen
Song dynasty
Military alliance of Lutheran princes allied against CHarles V, lost the battle of Muhlberg
Schkamaldic leauge
Delivered the Rivers of Blood speech denouncing immigration
Enoch Powell
Empire that succeeded the Mongols but lost the third battle of Panipat to the Durrani. Founded by Shivaji
Maratha
President who normalized Czechoslovakia following the Prague Spring, reversed predecessor Dubcek’s reforms
Gustav Husak
Empire succeeded by Mali, capital at Koumbi Saleh
Ghana
First major Protestant victory, Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Count Tilly in Saxony
Brietenfeld
“White Death” sniper was during this war, where the battle of Suomussalmi was fought
Winter War
War that saw one group create that Twelve articles, they lost the battle of Frankenhausen under Thomas Muntzer
German Peasants revolt
Battle during King Philip’s war in Rhode Island in which Pequots and New Englanders defeated Narragansetts
Great Swamp Fight
Orange riots between people from this country, compromised most of the Molly Maguires
Irish
Dynasty founded by King Wu following the battle of Muye, followed by Spring and Autumn period
Zhou dynasty
Captured by Leopold V of Austria while returning from THird Crusade
RIchard the Lionheart
Advised by Abraham Theben (pro-jews) and Gottfried von Sweiten (vampires)
Maria Theresa
Cardinal de Rohan tried to buy something for the queen, conceived by the COuntes de la Motte
Affair of the Diamond Necklace
Invaded Korea after a request by Queen Myeongsong to put down the Donghak rebellion, made Pu Yi abdicate and himself became emperor
Yuan Shikai
Battle lost by Erwin Rommel in Egypt, Bernard Montgomery organized Operation Supercharge
El Alamein
Woman who helped this government had their head shaves afterward, “Work, family, fatherland.”
Vichy France
Last of the “Rightly Guided Caliphs”, wielded the sword Zulfiqar and was the nephew of Muhammad
Ali
Pope Sixtus IV tried to kill Lorenzo de Medici
Pazzi conspiracy
McGrain v. Daugherty grew out of it, investigation was headed by Thomas Walsh
Teapot Dome
Began after the fall of Edessa, Wendish crusade against Slavs also took place during it
Second Crusade
Gavin Menzies said they discovered the world, took power following the Red Turban Rebellion (Defeated Yuan at Lake Poyang)
Ming Dynasty
Cornelius Vanderbilt worked for the ferry company in this case, founded the Commerce Clause
Gibbons v. Ogden
Ethnic group that killed cows to drive the British out and prevent “lung disease”
Xhosa
Invasion by Pakistan of Bangladesh during the famine
Operation Searchlight
Supporters of him were called the Frateschi, who were mad after the first trial by fire in 400 years was cancelled. Excommunicated by Alexander VI
Savanorola
Archbishop who forced the book of common prayer on the Scots
William Laud
Declared “I have no patriotism. I cannot have any love for this country” in his “Fifth of July” speech.
Frederick Douglass
Quasi-independent states that the National party created for the African population
Bantustans
Persian Mardonius died at this battle on Mount Cithaeron against Pausanius
Plataea
“Jerusalem of the North”, Chain of Freedom during Singing revolution between it and Talinn
Vilnius
First wife of Muhammad and convert to Islam
Khadijah
Pope Gregory VII absolved this King following his walk to Canossa
Henry IV
Wrote a history of the Jugurthine War
Sallust
DINA under him killed Orlando Letelier in a car bombing
Pinochet
Tamil empire in SOuth India and Sri Lanka governed by Rajendra
Chola
Delano grape strike was started by these people, Larry Itliong
Filipinos
Thai kingdom that had Elephant Duels, brought down with war with the Konbuang dynasty, Narai appointed a Greek merchant as ambassador
Ayutthaya
Group that assassinated Tsar Alexander III, split from land and Liberty society
Peoples Will
Street Thug Shaban the Brainless was bribed to overthrow Mohamad Mossadegh in this operation
Operation Ajax
Daughter of Isabella I and mother of Charles V who the COmneros rebellion tried to put back on the Spanish throne
Joanna the Mad
Won the battles of Maipu and Chacobuco, met Bolivar at Guyaquil conference
Jose de San Martin
Sri Lankan kingdom whose fall led to the Uva Rebellion
Kandy
Hungarian dictator who took power following the Soviet deposition of Imre Nagy’s government
Janos Kadar
Developed “Morton’s Fork” tax policy, put down Perkin Warbeck
Henry VII
Queen of Palmyra who revolted against Aurelian
Zenobia
Casimir III and Miezko were members of this Polish dynasty
Piast
Orban constructed canons for him, installed Radu the Hansome in place of Vlad the Impaler
Mehmed II
Married son Arthur off to Catherine of Aragon, won the battle of Bosworth field
Henry VII
Claimed Brazil for the Portugese king Manuel I
Pedro Cabral
Constructed Akosombo Dam, founded Convention Peoples Party
Kwame Nkrumah
First President of South Korea, forced out by the April revelution
Syngman Rhee
Maurice Papon tortured FLN prisoners in this country, who were led by Ahmad Ben Bella, battle if Phillipeville
Algeria
Defeat of Mitsunari which led to the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Sekigahara
Acts that gave money for the buying of land to establish universities, introduced by Vermont Senator
Morrill Land Grant Act
Emperor who created the “Law of Fratricide”, able to take Albania following the death of Skanderberg
Mehmed II
Genoan Doge who won the battle of Preveza against the Ottoman Hayreddin Barbarossa
Andrea Doria
Agreement regarding the changing of Macedonia’s name
Prespa agreement
Dynasty that saw a rivalry between Wang Anshi and the conservative Sima Guang
Song dynasty
“African Che Guevara” who was dictator of Burkina Faso
Thomas Sankara
“Father of the American Cavalry” who died at the battle of Savannah, also leader of the bar confederation
Casimir Pulaski
Taoist revolt against the Han dynasty, “way of the supreme peace”
Yellow Turban
Red army general who couldn’t invade Berlin because of his Polish ancestry, planned out Operation Bagration
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Prehistoric period of Japanese history
Jomon
Treaty that ended the War of the League of Augsburg, which was everyone against Louis XIV’s France
Ryswick
Hephtatlites (White Huns) invaded this kingdom, founded by Ardashir, Valerian was forced to drink gold by Shapur
Sassanid
Banker who tried to replace Elizabeth I with Mary queen of Scots
Ridolfi
First President of Tanzania, drafted the Arusha Declaration stressing relocation to ujamaa villages, forced Idi Amin out of Uganda
Julius Nyerere
Close advisers of FDR, who included Rexford Tugwell and Harold Ickes
Brain Trust
Won the battle of Didgori against the Seljuk Turks, Orthodox King of Georga
David IV (the builder)
Hindu Kingdom of Southern Vietnam, succumbed to Dai Viet attacks
Champa
Dynasty founded by Wang Mang who usurped the Han dynasty, Red eyebrows rebellion
Xin Dynasty
Woman who photographed Boer WAr concentration camps, which led to the Fawcett Commission
EMily Hobshouse
Commited the Asiatic Vespers (not allowed to speak Latin), apparently immune to poison, lost the battle of Charonea
Mithridates
Northwestern Spainish Celtic language
Galician
Met Richard II at Smithfield, killed by William Walworth
Wat Tyler
Namesake of acts against obscene materials, “Society for the Suppression of Vice”
Anthony Comstock
Resigned as leader of Conservatives following Carleton CLub, negotiated Locarno Pact
Austen CHamberlain
1890s war between Brazil and the state of Bahia
Canudos
Mass murders caried out by Franco regime Blueshirts,
White Terror
Founded the short lived Yan dynasty, fought against te Tang emperor Xuanshong
An Lushan
Succeeded Constantius II, fought against Chnodomar and other tribes, died at the battle of Samarra fighting the Sassanids
Julian the Apostate
Father of Louis the Spider, employed Joan of Arc, won 100 years war
Charles VII
Hugeonaut admiral whose attempted assasination led to the St. Bartholomews day massacre
Gaspard de Coligny
UnionAdmiral who won the battle of Mobile bay
David Farragut
Treaty of Rastatt signed during it, battles of Malpaquet and Malega
Spanish Succesion
Viachelsev Plev assasinated, Russians lose at Port Arthur. Treaty of Portsmouth
Russo-Japanese War
German general who helped Americans during RW, wrote “blue book”
Von Steuben
Illegitimate son of Charles V who won the battle of Lepanto
John of Austria
Pope who saved Rome from Atilla the Hun and convened the council of Chalcedon
Leo I
Battle won by Lord Kitchener against the Mahdi’s forces in Sudan
Omburman
Signed the “Black Decree”, husband of Carlota
Maximilian
Revolt in Namibua against Germans
Herero Revolt
Michael Vii Komnenos was declared emperor by Doukas following it, fought near Lake Van
Manzikert
Kingdom in Western Afganistan that rebelled against the Seleucids, ruled by Diodotus
Bactria
Mexican president who nationalized the oil industry , ended the “maximoto” period
Lazaro Cardenas
Ketts rebellion was because if this policy, “levelers and diggers”
Enclosure
Advised by Bethune and Sully, assasinated by Francois Ravaillac for the edict of Nantes
Henry IV
League established by pope Alexander Iii to fight fredrick Barbarossa
Lombard League
Emperor who won the Child’s war, won the Battle of Samugarh against his brother Dara
Aurangzeb
Tried to get Nazi Germany to help with Indian independence, established Indian Legion and killed in Taiwanese plane crash
Subash Chandra Bose
Daughter of William X who dressed as an Amazon during the 2nd crusade, married both Louis VII and Henry II
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Won the battle of Tong pass, emperor of Wei
Cao Cao
Died of a plague along with sons Paralus and
Xanthippus, husband of Aspasia
Pericles
Family who fought against Louis XII of France but encouraged Charles VIII to invade, Ludovico commissioned the last supper
Sforza
Group led by James Stuart and his son Bonnie Prince Charlie who lost to Hanover at the battle of Culloden
Jacobites
Communist Peruvian Guerilla group that Fujimori got rid of
Shining Path
Robert D’Aubussion ordered the assasination of Socialist Priest Oscar Romero in this country, civil war ended by the Chalputec accords
El Salvador
Ferdinand Foch and Douglas Haig led the British at this battle, mine was filmed exploding at Hawthorne Ridge
Somme
Conquered the Lydians under Croesus at the battle of Lydia, probably killed by the Queen Tomyris
Cyrus the Great
Began the Jury system in his Wantage code, killed all the English Danes on St. Brice’s Day
Aethelred the Unready
Patron of Diderot who hosted the largest salon
Geoffrin
Trial in which Clarence Darrow defended white men who had killed boxer Joseph Kahahawai
Massie Affair
El Cid died fighting them, defeated Castile and Aragon at the battle of Sagrajas
Almoravids
Established by Dragutin Dimitrijević (or Apis), killed the Serbian royal family in the May coup
Black Hand
Battle in which Napoleon occupied Moscow, Raevsky Redoubt
Borodino
Father of Vegetarianism, namesake cracker
Sylvester Graham
The Derg regime under Mengistu Haile invaded this country in Operation Fenkil
Eritrea
Conservative who succeded Anthony Eden, gave the “winds of change” speech criticizing Apartheid, resigned following Profumo affair
Harold Macmillan
Emperor who appointed Trajan as successor, first of the Five Good emperors
Nerva
Forerunner to NAACP that was founded by Trotter and Du Bois
Niagara
Succeeded by Andropov, shown kissing Erich Honecker in My God, Help Me Survive This Deadly Love, served alongside Kosygin
Leonid Brezhenv
Walter F. White investigated it, began in Phillips County, Arkansas, worst ever race riot
Elaine Massacre
“John Day” letter records his first voyage, financed by Henry VII
John Cabot
Daughter of James II and sister of Mary who was aided by Sarah Churchill
Anne
Hungarian dynasty that included St. Stephen and Bela I
Arpad
Captured Richmond in the Mud March, 1st president of NRA
Ambrose Burnside
Polish National hero who fought off the Soviets at the battle of Warsaw, launched the May Coup and the Sanitation movemement
Józef Piłsudski
John XII crowned Otto I HRE after it, caused Magyars to settle in Hungary
Lechfeld
Allied with Eugene of Savoy to win the battle of Blenheim, earlier helped James II defeat the Monmouth Rebellion
Duke of Marlborough
Author of War is a Racket who exposed the business plot
Smedley Butler
Former ally of Oda Nobunaga who won the battle of Yamazaki and launched the Imjin war against Korea
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Launched the Wuxu coup to end Guangxu’s Hundred Days reform, supported Prince Gong in the Self Strengethening movement
Cixi
Converted the Rus to Christianity, married Basil the Bulgar Slayer’s sister Anna
Vladamir
Rebels fighting Jurgen Stroop died in the Mila 18 bunker in this city, Operation Tempest
Warsaw
First modern political campaign, Gladstone talked of the “Bulgarian Horrors”
Midlothian campaign
Silkworker Canut revolts during his reign, became King following the July revolution, Les Miserables’s June Days uprising
Louis-Phillipe
Honorius moved the WEstern Roman capital from Milan to this city
Ravenna
Facist rulers of Croatia who were opposed by Tito
Ustase
Abbbasid caliph who was killed by being rolled up in a carpet
al-Mustasm
Political machine founded by Martin Van Buren that split over slavery
Albany Regency
Time as Prime Minister ended at the Carlton club meeting after he mishandled the Chanak crisis with Turkey
David Lloyd George
Won the battle of Asculum, died after being hit in the head with a roof tile
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Babur defeated this dynasty’s leader Rana Sanga at the battles of Khanwa and 1st Panipat
Lodi
Us acquired German scientific data in this operation, Werner Van Braun
Operation Paperclip
Father of Bindusara who was advised by Chanakya
Chandragupta
Followed a speech delivered by Henry Hunt, The Observer named it after a Napoleonic battle
Peterloo Massacre
Preceded Langton Cheves as secretary of state, stopped supporting War of 1812
Henry Clay
Southwestern part of the Mongol empire established by Hulagu, present day Iran
Ilkhanate
Won the battle of Kleidon, founded the Varangian guard
Basil II
Lost the battle of Celaya to Obregon, John Pershing ran after him
Pancho Villa
Succeeded Sherman as leader of the Ohio army, battle of Perryville against Bragg
Don Carlos Buell
Succeeded by Eric of Pomerania, created Kalmar Union, rival of Albert of Mecklenberg
Margaret I
Led by Manga Colorado and Coshise during the civil war, Bascom massacre
Apache
Critisized for response to Mississippi river flood, granted citizenship to Native Americans in Snyder Act
Coolidge
Senator from Pennsylvania and Secretary of state under Taft who encouraged bankers to invest in foreign countries
Philander Knox
Revolt of Florentine woolworkers and artisans
Chiompi
Author of “A History of the Kings of Britain”
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Conflict between Sukarno’s Indonesia and Malaysia
Konfrontasi
Rebellion to achieve Universal White Male suffrage in Rhode Island, King elected governor
Dorr’s rebellion
Aviator and governor of Libya who opposed Italy’s alliance with Hitler
Italo Balbo
Roman historian who wrote Germania and the Agricola
Tacitus
Journalist who broke the Mai Lai massacre
Seymour Hersh
Led by Prince Sabhaddin and Ahmed Riza during Tripolitan war, Sutan Abdülhamid II reestablished the constitution following their revolution
Young Turks
Defeated the Gutian hill people, father of Sennacherib
Sargon
Ruled by Askia Muhammad, Muhammad Ture, and Sonni Ali, lost to Morrocan Sodi sultanate at Tondibi
Songhai
Became a catholic following the Gorham judgement, ended a dock strike and featured in “eminent Victorians”
Cardinal Manning
Somalians supported by US invade Derg Ethiopia
Ogaden War
Son of Emma of Normandy and Aethelred who promised Britain to WIlliam I
Edward the Confessor
Battle in which Prussians tried to invade France during the War of the First Coalition, Charles Demouriez
Battle of Valmy
President of Zaire who deposed Lumumba and promoted the “rumble in the jungle”
Mobutu Sese Seko
Leader of Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs during Spanish Succession
Rákóczi
Ruler who converted Bulgaria to Christianity, gave Cyril and Methodius refuge
Boris I
Trial held in a bunker which convicted members of the Sicilian mafia
Maxi Trial
Adviser to Louis XIV who was appointed by Louis’s mother Anne of Austria, ended Le Fronde at the peace of Rueil
Cardninal Mazarin
Author of Capitalism and Slavery who founded Trinidad and Tobago
Eric Williams
Enemy of Hugh Despenser and Piers Gaveston who launched an invasion of England, lover of Robert Mortimer
Isabella of France
“The Driver” was set during it, Depression in Denver
Panic of 1893
Son of Cyrus II who hurled cats fighting the Egyptians at the battle of Pelusium
Cambyeses II
Capitol of Pontus, Diogenes
Sinope
Coined the name “plumed knight” for James Blaine, “the great agnostic”
Robert Ingersoll
Swiss confederacy during the time of the thirty years war in which authorities tried to erase any traces of the peasants revolt
Ancien Regime
Party that warred with the Blanco’s under Fructuoso Rivera and was later led by “Colonel Trunk” Alfredo Stroessner
Colorado
Unionized the Catholic and Orthodox churches in the council of Lyon
Michael V Paleogolous
James Barron was court-martialed because of it, Stephen Decatur was killed
Chesapeke-Leopard Affair
Sisters who called themselves “the butterflies” and opposed the Trujillo regime
Mirabal
General and later emperor who invaded the Sassanid capital Ctesiphon under Diocletian
Galerius
