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Knights of Columbus. 1882-. US RC men’s lay organization.
Knights of Labor. 1869-1917. Secret (-1879) US anti-capitalist labour organization. Haymarket. AFL.
Knights of the Golden Circle. 1859-66. Secret US organization of South supporters during Civil War.
Knossos. 6500-1450BC. Capital of Minoan Empire.
Know-Nothing Party. 1845-56. Secretive anti-immigrant US party. Fillmore.
Knox, John. 1514-72. Scottish reformer, founder of austere Presbyterian Church of Scotland 1561.
Koch, Robert. 1843-1910. German doctor. Identified bacilli for anthrax 1876, tuberculosis 1882, cholera 1883.
Kodály. 1882-1967. Hungarian composer and collector of folk melodies. Corpus Musicae 1951.
Koenig, Friedrich. Cylinder printing press 1811.
Koffka, Kurt. 1886-1941. German. Founder of Gestalt psychology. Köhler.
Koguryo. 2C BC-668. Korean kingdom. Overrun by Silla, T’ang.
Köhler, Wolfgang. 1887-1967. Estonian founder of Gestalt psychology. Koffka.
Kokoschka, Oskar. 1886-1980. Austrian Expressionist painter, writer.
Kolin, Battle. 1757. Austrian victory forced Prussia to abandon Bohemia.
Kölliker, Rudolph. 1817-1905. German histologist. Discovered cellular structure of tissue. Spermatozoa 1841.
Konoe, Fuminaro. 1891-1945. Japanese Prime Minister 1937~41. Formed Axis alliance; USSR non-aggression pact.
Koran. (Qur’an.) 615-32. Islamic sacred book of God’s revelations to Muhammad.
Korea. 1C BC Koguryo/Silla/Paekche kingdoms. 676 Silla unified. 935 Koryo dynasty. 1259-1368 Mongol. 1392-1910 Yi dynasty. 1592, 97 Japan invades. 1627, 36 China invades. 1904 Japan occupies. 1945 US/USSR occupies. 1948 Divided: Republic of Korea(S)/Democratic Peoples Republic(N).
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.
Kornilov, Lavr. 1870-1918. Russian general. Kerensky’s Commander-in-Chief, 1917. Failed coup vs Kerensky. Led Anti-Bolshevik White Army.
Korolyov, Sergei. 1906-66. Russian scientist. Designed first satellite, first spacecraft.
Korzybski, Alfred. 1879-1950. Polish/US linguist. General semantics 1933.
Kosciusko, Tadeusz. 1746-1817. Polish. Led Rebellion 1794-7 vs occupiers. 3rd Partition of Poland. American Revolution war officer.
Kosovo. Predominantly Albanian province of southwest Serbia, Yugoslavia. 1996-99 KLA rebels seek autonomy. Serbian ethnic cleansing.