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

Karl-Marx-Stadt. 1953-90. = Chemnitz, (East). Germany.

Kautsky, Karl. 1854-1938. German Marxist leader.

Keitel, Wilhelm. 1882-1946. German marshal who signed capitulation 1945. Executed at Nuremberg.

Kiangsi Soviet. 1931-4. Chinese Communist Provincial government vs Nationalists under Mao. Long March.

Kiel, Treaty. 1814. Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.

Kiel Mutiny. 1918. Navy mutiny causes German uprising. Weimar Republic.

Kierkegaard, Sören. 1813-55. Danish founder of Existentialism. Either-Or 1843. Fear and Trembling 1843. Influenced Heidegger. Individual must consciously choose among life’s alternatives.

Kilkenny Statute. 1367. Banned English-Irish marriage, use of Irish names by English. Established Pale.

King, Martin Luther, Jr. 1929-68. US non-violent black Civil Rights activist. Assassinated.

King’s Law. 1665. Justified Christian V’s Absolute Monarchy in Denmark + Norway.

Knights of Labor. 1869-1917. Secret (-1879) US anti-capitalist labour organization. Haymarket. AFL.

Kulturkampf. c1871-87. Bismarck tries to control Roman Catholic Church. Accomodation reached.

Kyi, Aung San Suu. 1945-. Burmese. Leader of nonviolent movement for human rights in Myanmar. House arrest 1989-95.

LaFayette, Marie. 1634-93. First psychological novelist. Princess of Cleves 1678.

Laissez-Faire. Motto of 19C liberals calling for free markets and trade. Smith. “Laissez-faire, laissez-passer, laissez-aller”-Legendre 1680.

Lamarck, Jean de. 1744-1829. French evolutionary biologist. Classified vertebrates 1809. Transformism 1809. Lysenko.

Lamartine, Alphonse de. 1790-1869. French Romantic poet. Méditations Poétiques 1820.

Lapse, Doctrine of. British East India Company claimed control of any state where direct royal line ended causing Indian Mutiny 1857. Dalhousie.

Latimer, Hugh. 1485-1555. English Protestant Reformation churchman. Executed by Mary I.

Laudon, Gideon. 1717-90. Estonian/Austrian Hapsburg field marshal in Seven Years War.

Lawrence, St. -258. Martyr with Pope St Sixtus II.

Leakey, Louis. 1903-72. British anthropological archeologist. With wife Mary, discovered homo habilis and other ancient humanoid fossils.

Lebanese Crisis. 1958. US Marines intervene in Civil War vs Communists.

Lebanese National Pact. 1943-75. Compromise government of Maronite President, Sunni Prime Minister, Shi’ite Speaker.

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