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Leopold III. 1901-83. King of Belgians 1934-51. German prisoner 1940-5. Abdicated.
Lépine, Louis. 1846-1933. French administrator, prefect of police. Contest of inventors.
Leto. Mother of Apollo and Artemis.
Lettres de Cachet. 16C-1789. French royal warrants for arrest. Often political. Bastille.
Levellers. 1645-50. English Civil War republican democratic party. Sought religious, political equality and end to monarchy.
Lewis, C.S. 1898-1963. English fantasy writer, Christian apologist. Chronicles of Narnia 1950-6.
Liberty Poles. 1765-6. Symbolic anti-British poles in US.
Ligurian Republic. 1797-99, 1801-5. Genoese state formed by Napoleon.
Limburg, Pol, Herman and Jehanequin. c1835-c1416. Dutch Gothic illuminators. Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry 1416.
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.
List, Friedrich. 1789-1846. German economist. Advocated protectionism. National System of Political Economy 1846.
Lithuania. 1238 Mindaugas unites. 1385 +Poland. 1569 Lublin Union under Poland. 1795 Prussia/ Russia. 1918 Independent. 1926 Smetona putsch. 1940 USSR. 1991 Independent.
Livonia. 9C Livs. 1237 Teutonic Knights. 1569 Lithuania/ Poland. 1660 Sweden. 1721 Russia. 1918 Estonia/ Latvia.
Locofoco Party. 1835-8. US anti-monopoly Democratic Party faction.
Lodi, Battle. 1796. Napoleon defeats Austria in Italy.
Louis I. The Great. 1326-82. King of Hungary, 1342-, Poland 1370-. Rid kingdoms of Turks. Fought Venice, Naples.
Louisiana Purchase. 1803. Napoleon sells Louisiana to US for $27M to finance defence budget.
Lublin Union. 1569-1792. Poland and Lithuania.
Macaulay, Thomas. 1800-59. British politician, writer. Essays 1843. History of England 1849-61 the “Whig interpretation of history”.
MacLennan, Hugh. 1907-90. Canadian writer of social + political conflict. Two Solitudes 1945. The Watch that Ends the Night 1959.
Malinowski, Bronislaw. 1884-1942. Polish. Founded social anthropology.
Malus, Étienne. 1775-1812. French physician. Discovered polarized light 1808.
Mantua, Siege. 1796-7. Napoleon defeats Austria to rule Italy.