Kämpfer, Engelbert. 1651-1716. Travels 1690 to Japan source of valuable info.

Kandinsky, Wassily. 1866-1944. Russian/French. First pure nonfigurative abstract painter. Influenced by Anthroposophy. Blaue Reiter 1903.

Kao Tsu. 256-195BC. Chinese Emperor 202-. Established Han dynasty.

Karadzic, Vuk. 1787-1864. Serbian scholar. Adapted cyrillic alphabet for Serbian. Collected folk stories and songs 1814.

Karaiism. 8C-. Jewish sect. Rejects Talmud. Accepts only Biblical authority. vs Rabbinical Judaism.

Kassem, Abdul Karim. 1914-63. Iraqi Prime Minister 1958-. Overthrew monarchy. Overthrown by Ba’ath.

Kassites. 2nd Babylonian Empire 18-12C BC.

Keats, John. 1795-1821. English Romantic sensuous lyric poet: Odes 1819, Isabella.

Keiti. Last Japanese Shogun. Abdicated, 1867 after humiliation by foreigners.

Kelvin, Lord. 1824-1907. British engineer/ mathematician. Absolute temperature scale. Thermodynamic theory.

Kent. 449-860. Kingdom in SE England absorbed by Wessex.

Kenya. 7C Arab. 1498 Portugal. 1729 Arab. 1887 British East Africa Company...1895 British protectorate = British East Africa. 1920 British colony = Kenya. 1963 Independent kingdom. 1964 Republic.

Khwarizimi, Al-. c780-850. Persian discoverer of algebra c810. Introduced Arabic numerals.

Kilkenny Statute. 1367. Banned English-Irish marriage, use of Irish names by English. Established Pale.

Kindl. -c870. Arab philosopher. Translated Aristotle.

King’s Law. 1665. Justified Christian V’s Absolute Monarchy in Denmark + Norway.

Kingsley, Charles. 1819-75. English didactic social novelist/clergyman. Alton Locke 1850. Water Babies 1863. Founded Christian Socialism.

Kitasato, Shibasaburo. 1852-1931. Japanese. Discovered tetanus antitoxin 1890, plague bacillus 1894.

Kitchen Cabinet. A. Jackson’s unofficial advisers.

Klee, Paul. 1879-1940. Swiss abstract artist of original delicate small-scale fantasy. Mocker Mocked 1930.

Knights of Labor. 1869-1917. Secret (-1879) US anti-capitalist labour organization. Haymarket. AFL.

Kokhba, Bar. -135. Led Hebrew revolt vs Hadrian.

Kolin, Battle. 1757. Austrian victory forced Prussia to abandon Bohemia.

Königgrätz, Battle. 1866. Ended 7 Week War. Left Prussia dominant over Germany. = Sadowa.

Korean War. 1950-3. China supports Communist invasion of South Korea. Repelled with UN aid-mainly US troops. MacArthur. 38th parallel border reestablished. 5M dead.

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