Malone, Edmund. 1741-1812. English Shakespearean scholar. Exposed W Ireland.

Malpighi, Marcello. 1628-94. Italian physician. Early microscopic anatomy. Malpighi skin layer.

Malplaquet, Battle. 1709. Marlborough defeats French in war of Spanish Succession.

Malta. c800BC Phoenecia...Carthage. 218BC Rome. 5C Vandal/ Goth. 6C Byzantine. 870 Arab. 1090 Sicily. 1530 Knights of St. John. 1798 French. 1814 British. 1964 Indepependent. 1974 Republic. Population awarded George Cross 1942.

Malta, Knights of. 1530-1798. Knights of St. John.

Malvinas Is. Argentine name for Falkland Is.

Mameluks. Egyptian slave bodyguards who formed 1250-1382 Bahrite, 1382-1517 Burjite dynasties. Overthrown by Turks. Ali Pasha.

Man in the Iron Mask. Anonymous Bastille prisoner 1698-1703.

Manchukuo. 1932-45. Japanese puppet state in Manchuria under P’u-i. Manchu.

Manchuria. 926 Khitan Empire. 1234 Mongol. 1644 Manchu. 1898 Port Arthur. 1932 Manchukuo. 1946 China.

Mandate, League of Nations. Territory controlled by outside power. E.g. ex-German colonies, non-Turkish ex-Ottoman lands. 1946- UN Trusteeship.

Mandeville, John. 14C. English author. Travels of John Mandeville, Knight 1356.

Manfred. 1232-66. Sicilian king 1258-. Opposed papal authority.

Manlius Capitolinus. -384BC. Roman Consul. Geese awaken...Gaul attack repulsed, 390BC.

Mann, Thomas. 1875-1955. German/US novelist. Opposed Nazism. Buddenbrooks 1900. Magic Mountain 1927. Death in Venice 1929. Dr Faustus.

Mannerheim, Carl. 1867-1951. Finnish president. 1944-6. Led fight vs Bolsheviks 1918-21, army 1939-44.

Mansfield, Katherine. 1888-1923. NZ/English short story writer.

Manson, Patrick. 1844-1922. Scottish parasitologist. Associated malaria with mosquito, 1894.

Manuel I. 1469-1521. Portuguese king 1495-. Overseas expansion and trade.

Manzikert, Battle. 1071. Seljuks defeat Byzantines, gain Anatolia.

Maratha. 1674 Kingdom in India. 1761 Confederacy. 19C British.

March First Movement. SAMIL. 1919 Korean demonstration for independence from Japan.

March on Washington. 1963. 200,000 in civil rights march led by King-“I have a dream”.

Marduk. Babylonian Lord of gods.

Margaret. 1353-1412. Queen of Denmark, Norway, Sweden. Formed Kalmar Union 1397.

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