Noah. Biblical figure. Survived flood in ark.

Nobel Prize. Nobel legacy funded. Peace Prize and prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature. 1969 +Economics. . Declined: Le Duc Tho, Pasternak, Sartre.

Nobile, Umberto. 1885-1978. Italian general, flew over South Pole in a dirigible, 1926, with Amundsen, Ellsworth.

Nobiles. 3C- Roman ruling aristocracy. Patricians and office holding Plebeians.

Noguchi, Hideyo. 1876-1928. Isolated yellow fever microbe 1918.

Noguchi, Isamu. 1904-88. Japanese/US abstract sculptor. UNESCO Garden, Paris 1958.

Nolde, Emil. 1867-1956. German Expressionist painter.

Nominalism. Philosophy. Abstractions do not exist. Things are their names. Vs Realists. Aristotle. Roscelin. Hobbes.

Nonconformists. Those who do not subscribe to a state religion. Act of Uniformity.

Noncooperation Movement. 1920-22. Ghandi’s non-violent protest in India. Amritsar Massacre.

Nonjurors. 1689. Clergy refusing to take oath of Allegiance to William and Mary.

Nopopery Riots. 1780. Gordon Riots.

Nordenskjöld, Erik. 1832-1901. Sweden. First successful navigation of North-East passage 1878-9.

Nordic Council. 1953-. Denmark, Norway, Sweden. 1955 +Finland. Promotes cultural unity, reciprocal rights.

Nordlingen, Battle. 1634. Sweden defeated, ending influence in S Germany. Heilbronn alliance dissolved.

Nore Mutiny. 1797. British North Sea fleet protest conditions. Parker hung.

Norgay, Tenzig. Tenzig Norgay.

Norman Conquest. 1066. Brought Norman laws, customs, feudal system to England. Hastings.

Normandy. Rome. 911 Norse(Rollo). 1066 + England. 1204 French. 1420 English. 1450 French.

Normandy Invasion. 1944. Eisenhower’s D-Day assault of Allies on German-occupied France. WWII turning point.

Norns. Norse goddesses of Past, Present, Future.

Norsemen. Danes, Norwegians and Swedes who colonized Britain, France, Russia, 9-11C. Also called: Northmen, Vikings, Varangians. Beseiged Paris 885.

North, Frederick. 1732-92. English Prime Minister during American Revolution.

North Africa Campaign. 1940-3. Montgomery, Alexander defeat Rommel’s Afrikan Korps.

North German Confederation. 1867-71. 22 states led by Prussia. German Empire.

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