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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.
Valens. 328-78. East Roman Emperor 364-. Killed at Adrianople.
Valkyries. Sisters of Odin, choosers of the doomed in battle.
Van Dyck, Anthony. 1599-1641. Flemish portrait painter. Subjects showed dignity, elegance. Charles I 1635.
Van Rensselaer, Stephen. 1764-1839. US politician. Key to Erie Canal.
Vandals. Germans fleeing Huns, invaded Gaul, Spain 409 and Africa 429-534. Sacked Rome 455. Arians, persecuted other Christians. Routed by Byzantines 533.
Varna, Battles. 1444 Ottoman Turks defeat Hungarians, expand to Balkans. 1828 Russians defeat Turks.
Varro, Marcus. 116-27BC. Prolific Roman scholar, satirist. 600 books. “Know thyself”.
Vasa. 1628. Swedish warship sank in harbour before maiden voyage.
Vasarely, Victor. 1908-97. Hungarian/French Op art kinetic painter.
Vauban, Sébastien de. 1633-1707. French military engineer. Invented trenches 1673, socket bayonet 1688.
Vaughan Williams, Ralph. 1872-1958. English Nationalist composer of symphonies, ballads, songs. Combined folk idiom with 16C polyphony. Sea 1910. Pastoral Symphony 1922.
Vedanta. Philosophy of Hinduism from 6C BC Upanishads. Developed by Sankara 7C and Ramanuja 11C.
Velikovsky, Immanuel. 1895-1979. Russian/US writer of controversial scientific theories. Worlds in Collision 1950.
Vellore Mutiny. 1806. Indians resenting removal of caste markings kill 130 British soldiers.
Venezuelan Claims. 1902-7. European countries blockade ports to press for loan repayment.
Venus de Milo. 150BC Greek statue found on Milos, 1820.
Vera Cruz Incident. 1914. Mexico seizes US ship. US attacks Vera Cruz.
Verner, Karl. 1846-96. Danish philologist of Indo-European languages. Phonetics 1875.
Veronica, St. Legendary woman who gave kerchief to Christ at Calvary.
Versailles, Treaty. 1783. Recognized US Independence. 1871. Bismarck wins Franco-Prussian war. 1919. Ended WWI. Founded League of Nations. Germans to cede territory and pay reparations of £6.6/$32B. Only 1/8 paid when cancelled in 1932. US did not ratify.
Verwoerd, Hendrik. 1901-66. South African Prime Minister 1958-66. Apartheid. Left Commonwealth 1961. Assassinated.
Vicksburg Campaign. 1862-3. Major Union victory for Grant on Mississippi.