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Kammu. 737-806. Japanese Emperor. Established Kyoto as capital -1868. Heian Period 794-1185.
Kao Kang. 1902-55. Chinese Communist leader. Purged 1954. Suicide.
Karageorge, George. 1762-1817. Serbian. Led revolt vs Turks, 1804. Murdered by Milos, starting 100 year feud.
Karaiism. 8C-. Jewish sect. Rejects Talmud. Accepts only Biblical authority. vs Rabbinical Judaism.
Karakhan Manifesto. 1919. USSR renounces Czarist rights in China. Spurs Chinese Communist Party.
Kean, Edmund. 1789-1833. English Shakespearean actor.
Key, Francis Scott. 1779-1843. US lawyer/poet. Star Spangled Banner 1814 based on music from English drinking song To Anacreon in Heaven. US National anthem 1931-.
Khmer Rouge. 1960-79. Cambodian Communists. Overthrew Lon Nol, creating Kampuchea 1975. Forced relocations, torture, executions. Millions killed. 1979 Overthrown by Vietnamese. 1982-95 guerilla war. 1995 Amnesty. Pol Pot.
Kiangsi Soviet. 1931-4. Chinese Communist Provincial government vs Nationalists under Mao. Long March.
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.
Klimt, Gustav. 1862-1918. Vienna Sezession allegorical mural painter. Kiss 1908.
Klinger, Friedrich. 1752-1831. German writer. Sturm und Drang 1776 inspires movement.
Kodály. 1882-1967. Hungarian composer and collector of folk melodies. Corpus Musicae 1951.
Koran. (Qur’an.) 615-32. Islamic sacred book of God’s revelations to Muhammad.
Korean War. 1950-3. China supports Communist invasion of South Korea. Repelled with UN aid-mainly US troops. MacArthur. 38th parallel border reestablished. 5M dead.
Krishnamurti, Jiddu. 1895-1986. Indian religious philosopher. Headed World Order of the Star with Besant.
Kuomintang. KMT. 1911-49. Chinese nationalist party in power 1928-49. Founded by Sun Yat-sen. Overthrew Manchu dynasty. Expelled to Taiwan by Communist Party. Chiang Kai-shek.
Kyrle Society. 1875. Founded by Hill sisters to develop taste for literature and music among London poor.
LaBarre, Jean. 1747-66. French nobleman, beheaded for mutilating a crucifix.
Lake Poets. 19C. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey of English Lake District.
Lapse, Doctrine of. British East India Company claimed control of any state where direct royal line ended causing Indian Mutiny 1857. Dalhousie.
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.
Lebanese Crisis. 1958. US Marines intervene in Civil War vs Communists.