Ile St-Louis, Paris.1627-64. Classical style buildings.

Ili Crisis. 1871-81. Russia invades Chinese Ili province.

Illuminati. 16-18C. Term applied to rationalistic anticlerical Christian sects.

Illyria. 6C BC Greek colony. NW Balkans. 1809 Kingdom of Illyria. 1814 Austria. Yugoslavia.

Immigration Acts. 1962. Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth.

Immigration Laws. 1852. US bars Chinese. 1900 Japanese. 1921- set quotas by country of origin.

Imperial Conferences. 1907-37. Meetings of British Empire/Commonwealth countries.

Imperial Preference. 1932-58. British movement for preferential tarrifs within British Empire.

Impressionism. 1867-86. European art movement named 1874 for Monet’s Impression Sunrise. Direct from nature with colors to render surfaces and lighting effects. Rejected primacy of subject. Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, Cezanne, Manet. Music: 1892-1910. Restraint and ambiguity. Mood music. Debussy.

Inauguration Day. Jan 20. US president takes office after election.

Inca. 12-16C Peruvian empire of 12M people. 1533 Pizarro conquers.

Income Tax. Britain: 1193 Walter to ransom Richard I. 1799-1815 To finance war vs Napoleon. 10% over £200; 1842 Peel 3%. US: 1862-72 3% over $800 (5% if outside US); 1913 over $3000 only.

Incunabula. Books printed before 1500. Caxton. Gutenberg.

Independence Day. Annual US holiday since July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence.

Independent Labour Party. 1893. Britain. Founded by Hardie....Labour Party 1906.

Independent Treasury. 1846-1913. US financial system not using private banks. Federal Reserve System.

Independents. Separatists. 17C English Christian sects believing that congregation should control its own affairs. Congregationalism. Puritans.

Index Expurgatorius. 1601- Vatican list of books to be expurgated.

Index Librorum Prohibitorium. 1564-1966. Vatican list of prohibited reading.

India. North: c2500BC Indus valley civilization. c2000BC Aryans invade. 6C Achaemenid. 5C Persia. 326 Alexander(NW). c300 Maurya Empire. 2C BC Greek, Parthian, Kushan invade. 1C AD Kushan. c320 Gupta Empire. 6C Divided. 5-15C Huns, Arabs, Persians invade 12C Moslem. 1526 Mogul. South: 3000BC Dravidian civilization. 12-13C Rashtrakutas, Cholas. 14C Moslem inv. 15C Vijayanagar Empire. 1498 daGama discovers sea route. 18C British East India Co. 1858 British Empire. 1947 Independent. 1950 Republic.

India Act. 1784. Transferred control of British East India Co to Parliament. 1858. All power over India from East India Co to British crown. 1919-35. Created bicameral parliament of limited authority.

India-Pakistan Wars. 1949. Splits Kashmir. 1965. India gains most of Rann of Kutch. 1971. Bangladesh Independence.

Indian Councils Act. 1909. British create an Indian representative legislature.

Indian Independence Act. 1947. Freed and partitioned India/Pakistan.

Indian Mutiny. 1857-9. Indian troops rebel vs British officers. Months of violence, massacres. East India Act. Ended Mogul Empire.

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