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1406 matches to Ba
Ndebele. Formerly Matabele. Bantu-speaking people of SW Zimbabwe.
Nebuchadnezzar II. c638-562BC. King of Babylon. 586 Destroyed Jerusalem and Temple. Babylonian Captivity. Built Hanging Gardens.
Necho. -595BC. Egyptian pharaoh 610-. Aided Assyria vs Babylonians. Expedition sailed around Africa.
Nelidov Project. 1895. Abandoned Russian plan to sieze Bosphorus.
Nelson, Horatio. 1758-1805. English Admiral, victor at Aboukir and Trafalgar, where he died.
Neoclassical. 17-18C. French-originated revival of classical order of arts, architecture. Order, balance, simplicity. Poussin. David. Molière. Adam. 1920-. Music based on 18C style + popular taste. Milhaud. Stravinsky. Les Six.
Netherlands. Celts, Germans. 1C Rome. 400 Franks...Carolingian. 9C HRE. 1477 Hapsburg. 1555 Spain. 1581 Independent(N) = United Provinces. 1795 France. Batavian Republic. 1806 Kingdom of Holland. 1810 «France. 1815 United Kingdom of the Netherlands. 1830 -Belgium. 1940-45 Germans occupy.
Neumann, Balthasar. 1687-1753. German Baroque architect. Residenz in Würzburg 1719-44.
Neuve-Chapelle, Battle. 1915. Failed WWI artillery attack by British on Western Front.
Neva, Battle. 1240. Swedish invasion of W Russia defeated.
Neville’s Cross, Battle. 1346. English defeat Scottish invaders, capture King David II.
New Orleans, Battle. 1815 Andrew Jackson, unaware, devastates British 2 weeks after War of 1812 ends.
Newcomen, Thomas. 1663-1729. First steam engine, 1706, as mine pump. Basis of Watt’s.
Newgate Prison. 12C-1880. London. Execution site 1783-1868. On site of Old Bailey. Demolished 1902.
Newspapers.1566 Venice (first). 1594 Mercurius Gallobelgious England. 1621 Batter England. 1662 First censorship. 1690 Boston. 1702 Daily Courant, first daily.
Nibelungen. Rich subterranean dwarfs of 12C German epic poem c1200. Basis of Wagner’s Ring.
Nicaea, Council. 325. Debate of Athanasius and Arius resolved Nicene Creed, not Easter dates. 787. Temporarily resolved Iconoclasm.
Nicholas I. 1796-1855. Czar 1825-. Autocratic. Russification of Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Baltic. Established Third Section. Policy of autocracy, orthodoxy, Nationalism.
Nicopolis, Battle. 1396. Turks crushed Crusaders. Ended European opposition to Ottoman expansion into Balkans.
Nicot, Jean. 1530-1600. French diplomat who first imported tobacco 1550.
Nigeria. c5C BC Nok. c12C Yoruba(SW). 13C Hausa(N)/Kanem-Bornu/Ibo(E). 15C Portugal reach. Slave source. 1851 British colony. 1884 British protectorate. 1960 Independent. 1963 Republic. 1993-98 Abacha military dictatorship. Biafra.
Nijinsky, Vaslaw. 1890-1950. Russian ballet dancer of Diaghilev Company.
Nkomo, Joshua. 1917-99. Zimbabwe nationalist. Founded ZAPU.