Irgun Zvai Leumi. 1931-48. Jewish right-wing terrorist group in Palestine.

Isabella I. 1451-1504. Queen of Castile. Financed Columbus. United Spain by marrying Ferdinand II. Inquisition.

Israel, Lost Tribes of. 772BC. 10 tribes exiled. Unknown fate.

Iturbide, Augustin de. 1783-1824. Emperor of Mexico 1822-3. Led Mexican independence movement. Exiled.

Jacobites. 1688-1753. Supporters of exiled James II and Stuart line after Glorious Revolution. 1715 “Old Pretender” James fails to claim British throne. 1745-6. Bonnie Prince Charlie unable to reclaim throne of England/Scotland. Stuart supporters aided rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Culloden Moor.

James II. 1633-1701. King of Great Britain 1685-8. Exiled 1689- in France. Supported Catholics. Bloody Assizes. Glorious Revolution overthrew him.

Jaques-Dalcroze, Émile. 1865-1950. Swiss composer. Developed Eurhythmics 1905.

Jerusalem, Council. 50. Exempted Gentiles from Mosaic Law, circumcision.

Jewish Revolts. vs Romans. 66-73: Failed, Temple destroyed. 132-5: Suppressed by Hadrian. Jews banished from Jerusalem.

John of Damascus, St. 675-749. Syrian Iconophile. Source of Knowledge 743.

Judas of Galilee. Jewish zealot. Led revolt vs Rome over tax census.

Kalevala. Finnish national epic poem compiled by Lönnrot, 1835.

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

Kapp Putsch. 1920. Failed German revolt vs Weimar Republic.

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

Kennedy, Robert. 1925-68. US attorney-general 1961-4. Assassinated while running for presidential nomination.

Kerensky Offensive. 1917. Failed attack on Germans in Galicia by Kerensky Provisional government.

Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah. 1901-89. Iranian Shi’ite Moslem Fundamentalist leader. Exiled 1963-79. Dictator 1979-. Islamic Revolution.

Kinetic Art. 20C. Works which move, or give the illusion of movement. Calder. Riley.

Knights’ War. 1522-3. Failed German rebellion vs Reformation.

Kornilov, Lavr. 1870-1918. Russian general. Kerensky’s Commander-in-Chief, 1917. Failed coup vs Kerensky. Led Anti-Bolshevik White Army.

Krakatoa. 1883. Volcanic eruption heard 2200 miles away. 120 ft tidal wave.

Kreuger, Ivar. 1880-1932. Swede. Failed attempt at world match monopoly.

Lapua. 1929-32. Finnish-Estonian Fascist movement. Failed putsch, 1932.

League of Nations. 1920-46. Versailles. For everlasting peace. Idea of US, who did not join. Germany 1926-33. Maximum 63 nations. Failed 1931 when Japan attacked Manchuria. USSR expelled1939. Dissolved 1946. Mandates.

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