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Lima Declaration. 1938. W. Hemisphere solidarity vs Fascist threat.
Limburg, Pol, Herman and Jehanequin. c1835-c1416. Dutch Gothic illuminators. Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry 1416.
Limerick Capitulation. 1691. Confirmed English rule and Protestant land ownership in Ireland.
Limited Liability. 19C. Sale of limited liability stock stimulated Industrialization.
Limoges. 16-17C Gothic painted enamels.
Limon von Sanders, Otto. 1855-1929. German general. Led Turks at Galipoli.
Lin Piao. 1907-71. Chinese Communist. general, political leader. Died after coup attempt.
Linacre, Thomas. 1460-1524. English physician, translator of Galen.
Lincoln, Abraham. 1809-65. US Republican president 1861-. Civil War. Gettysburg. Emancipation Proclamation. Assassinated. Booth.
Lincoln, Battle. 1217. Henry III defeats nobles supporting Louis VIII of France.
Lincolnshire Insurection. 1536. Against taxes, Dissolution of Monasteries.
Lindbergh, Charles. 1902-74. US aviator: first solo non-stop flight across Atlantic, 1927.
Lindos. c700-408BC. Major Rhodes city. Colonized Spain and Italy.
Linear A. 1700BC Undeciphered Cretan script.
Linnaeus, Carolus. 1707-78. Swedish botanist. Created Latin genus/species naming convention. Systema Naturae 1735. Philosophia Botanica 1751. Classified Homo Sapiens 1766.
Liotard, Jean Etienne. 1702-89. Swiss pastel portrait painter.
Lippershey, Hans. 1570-1619. Dutch. First telescope, 1608.
Lippi, Fra Filippo. 1406-69. Florentine Renaissance painter. Madonna and Child 1437. Coronation of the Virgins.
Lisbon, Treaty. 1668. Spain recognizes Portuguese sovereignty.
Lisbon Earthquake. 1755.
List, Friedrich. 1789-1846. German economist. Advocated protectionism. National System of Political Economy 1846.
Lister, Joseph. 1827-1912. English surgeon. Introduced carbolic acid for antiseptic surgery, 1865.
Liszt, Franz. 1811-86. Hungarian pianist, Romantic composer. Harmonic innovator.
Lithuania. 1238 Mindaugas unites. 1385 +Poland. 1569 Lublin Union under Poland. 1795 Prussia/ Russia. 1918 Independent. 1926 Smetona putsch. 1940 USSR. 1991 Independent.
Little America. Antarctic base founded by Byrd 1928.