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Uzbeks. Siberian Turkic-Mongol peoples with Golden Horde from Siberia. Uzbekistan.
Uzziah. -c735BC. King of Judah 791-739BC. Defeated Philistines. Died of leprosy, punishment for pride.
Vagrancy Acts. England. 1459 Authorized imprisonment. 1530 whipping. 1535 mutilation. 1597 included entertainers. 1713 branding prohibited.
Vairagin. Hindu ascetic worshippers of Vishnu.
Val-de-Grace. Paris. 1645-1667. Built by Anne of Austria to thank God for birth of Louis XIV after 23 childless years of marriage. Mansart.
Valdemar I. 1131-82. King of Denmark 1157-. Conquered Norway. Allied with Sweden, France, Holy Roman Empire.
Valdemar IV. Atterdag. 1320-75. Danish king 1340-. Re-united Denmark. Opposed Hanseatic League. Sold Estonia to Teutonic Knights.
Valdivia, Pedro de. 1498-1554. Spanish conqueror of Chile, 1450. Founded Santiago.
Valentinian III. 419-55. Roman Emperor 425-. Lost Africa to Vandals, Gaul to Huns.
Valley Forge. 1777-8. Training camp of Washington’s Continental Army.
Valmy. Last French navy sailing ship.
Van Buren, Martin. 1782-1862. US president 1837-41. Independent treasury, US neutrality. Barnburner. Called “Little Magician” for his political dexterity.
Van de Graaff, Robert. 1901-67. US physicist. Particle accelerator 1929. High voltage generator 1932.
Van Dyck, Anthony. 1599-1641. Flemish portrait painter. Subjects showed dignity, elegance. Charles I 1635.
Van Gogh, Vincent. 1853-90. Dutch expressionist painter. Passionate intensity revealed in colors. Sunflowers. Potato Eaters 1885. Starry Night 1889. Wheat Fields. Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear 1889.
Van Goyen, Jan. 1596-1656. Dutch landcape painter of familiar, commonplace.
Vanbrugh, John. 1664-1726. English Restoration dramatist, Baroque architect: Castle Howard 1702. Blenheim Palace 1705.
Vancouver, George. 1757-98. English explorer to British Columbia 1791-4.
Vandals. Germans fleeing Huns, invaded Gaul, Spain 409 and Africa 429-534. Sacked Rome 455. Arians, persecuted other Christians. Routed by Byzantines 533.
Vanderbilt. 19C US Railroad magnate family. Founded university.
Varangian Guard. 977-15C. Byzantine infantry recruited from Scandinavia and later England.
Varangians. ‘Rus’. 9-10C. Norse conquerors of Russia, hence name.
Varèse, Edgard. 1883-1965. French composer of dissonant electronic music. Hyperprism 1923.