John, St. The Baptist. -28. Baptised Christ. Beheaded for Salome by Herod Antipas.

John I. 925-976. Byzantine Emperor 969-. Extended Empire to Balkans, Syria.

John II. The Good. 1319-64. King of France 1350.- Hundred Years War. Captured at Poitiers, ransomed for 3M écus. Annexes SW France.

John II. The Perfect. 1455-95. King of Portugal 1481-. Sponsored Diaz.

John Baptist de la Salle, St. 1651-1789. French priest. Founded Reims school.

John of Leiden. 1509-36. Dutch leader of Anabaptist rebellion 1534.

Johnson, Andrew. 1808-75. US President 1865-9. Reconstruction. Civil Rights Act 1866. Barely acquitted in impeachment trial.

Jones, Inigo. 1573-1652. English architect who introduced Palladian style. Greenwich House 1616. Whitehall Banquet Hall 1619.

Jordan. 13C BC Hebrew(W). 6C BC Nabataean(E). 4C Seleucid(N)/Ptolemy(S). 63BC Rome. 637 Moslem. 1918 British mandate, Hashimite kingdom. 1946 Independent Transjordan. 1949 = Jordan.

Joseph, St. Husband of Mary, mother of Jesus.

Joukov, Gheorgi. 1896-1974. Soviet marshal, won battles of Moscow 1941, Stalingrad 1943.

Jourdan, Jean. 1762-1833. French Revolutionary marshal. Introduced conscription 1798. Victor at Fleurus.

Jutland, Battle. 1916. Jellicoe’s indecisive attempt to trap German fleet.

Ka’bah. Shrine in Great Mosque. Moslem Hijrah pilgrimage objective. Contains Black Stone of Mecca given to Adam to absorb his sins. Kidnaped 930-950.

Kaffir Wars. 1779-1879. Bantu vs British in South Africa. Cape Frontier Wars.

Kalmar War. 1611-13. Denmark defeats Sweden, dominates Baltic.

Kalmyks. Nomadic Mongolian peoples. 17C Settled Lower Volga. 1771 Forced back at great loss of life. 1945 Exiled to Siberia. 1957 Restored.

Kamikaze. 1281 “Divine Wind”. Typhoon that destroyed Mongol invasion of Japan. 1944- suicide pilots. Okinawa.

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

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

Kennedy, John. 1917-63. US President 1961-. -“New Frontier”. Peace Corps. Apollo Program. Cuban Missile Crisis. Assassinated by Oswald. Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.

Key, Francis Scott. 1779-1843. US lawyer/poet. Star Spangled Banner 1814 based on music from English drinking song To Anacreon in Heaven. US National anthem 1931-.

Khartoum, Battle. 1885. Mahdi defeat British in Sudan.

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

Killiecrankie, Battle. 1689. Jacobites massacre Royalists.

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