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714 matches to Pure Land Buddhism
MacLeod, J.J.R. 1876-1935. Scotland. Discovered insulin with Banting, Best.
Magnus I. The Good. 1024-47. King of Norway 1035-, Denmark 1042-, uniting them. Failed in claim to England.
Malan, Daniel. 1874-1959. South African Prime Minister 1948-54. Established Apartheid.
Malawi. c13C Chewa. 19C Yao, Ngoni. 1859 Explored by Livingstone. 1893 British protectorate. 1907 =Nyasaland. 1953 +Northern Rhodesia. 1964 Independent =Malawi. Zambia. Banda.
Malone, Edmund. 1741-1812. English Shakespearean scholar. Exposed W Ireland.
Malvinas Is. Argentine name for Falkland Is.
Man, Isle of. 5C Celtic. 9C Norse. 800 Tynwald. 1266 Scotland...England. 1828 Crown possession.
Mandate, League of Nations. Territory controlled by outside power. E.g. ex-German colonies, non-Turkish ex-Ottoman lands. 1946- UN Trusteeship.
Manorial System. (Seignorial). 11-15C. Lord grants peasant rights to till land for fixed payment.
Maori. Polynesian people of New Zealand. Migrated before 800 AD (1150 by their legend).
Margaret. Maid of Norway. 1283-90. Queen of Scotland 1286-. Betrothed to son of Edward I. Death led to England claiming Scotland, Civil War 1290-1314. Robert the Bruce.
Marvell, Andrew. 1621-78. English satirical poet. To His Coy Mistress. Poems on Affairs of State 1689.
Mary I. Bloody Mary. 1516-58. Tudor queen of England 1553-. Married Philip II of Spain. Reinstated Roman Catholicism 1555. Persecuted Protestants. Lost Calais.
Mary II. 1662-94. Queen of England with William III, 1689-. Expelled her father, James II.
Mary of Burgundy. 1457-82. Duchess. Marriage to Maximilian I gave Netherlands to Hapsburgs.
Mazepa, Ivan. 1644-1709. Cossack. Fought for Ukraine independence from Poland.
McCrae, John. 1872-1918. Canadian physician/poet. In Flanders Fields.
McNaughton, Andrew. 1887-1966. Canadian WWII commander in England. Invented direction finder.
Mercia. 7C-877. Anglo-Saxon kingdom in central England. Conquered by Danes, Wessex.
Merritt, William. 1793-1862. Upper Canada trade promoter. Welland Canal 1824-9.
Metaphysical Painting. 1911-20. Bizarre surreal imagery in stark landscape. De Chirico.
Methuen Treaty. 1703-1836. Reduced duty on port wine to England, textiles to Portugal. Hindered Portuguese industrial development.
Milan, Decree. 1807. Napoleon Continental System edict.