Turgot, Robert. 1727-81. French Physiocrat. Finance Minister 1774-6.

Van de Graaff, Robert. 1901-67. US physicist. Particle accelerator 1929. High voltage generator 1932.

Walpole, Robert. 1676-1745. English Whig. First Prime Minister 1721-42. Free trade and peace.

Warren, Robert. 1905-89. US Fugitive novelist. All the King’s Men 1946.

Whitehead, Robert. 1823-1905. British engineer. Torpedo 1866.

ZANU. Zimbabwe African National Union. 1963-. Founded by Mugabe vs white minority rule. 1987 +ZAPU.

Zimbabwe. 11C Shona. 15C Karanga Empire. 16C Portugal explores. 1890 British South Africa Co. 1911 Southern Rhodesia. 1953 +Nyasaland. 1964 =Rhodesia. 1965 Declared indepence, international sanctions. 1979 Independent. =Zimbabwe. ZAPU. ZANU. Mugabe.

Abbasid. 750-1258. Second Empire of Caliphate dynasty. Overthrew Umayyads; destroyed by Mongols.

Achaeans. Greeks who beseiged Troy. May be originally Mycenaean or Doric.

Aeneas. Trojan hero of Virgil’s Aeneid.

Amazons. Mythical women warriors. Fought Greeks at Troy.

America’s Cup. 1851. Royal Yacht Squadron race won by Americans until 1983. Oldest international sports trophy.

Amritsar. 1577 Sikh. 1761 Golden Temple destroyed; rebuilt 1764. 1849 India.

Argentina. Tehuelch, Querandi, Puelche, Inca. 1536 Spanish. 1776 Viceroyalty of La Plata. 1816 Independent United Province of La Plata. 1862 =Argentina. 1943 Peron. 1982 Falklands War. 2001 Economic collapse.

Ascot. 1711. First Royal Meeting.

Athelstan. 895-939. First king of all England 925-. Regulated Royal Mint 928.

Babbage, Charles. 1792-1871. British. Invented Difference Engine, 1823-34 -first computer. Founded British Association for the Advancement of Science 1831, Royal Astronomical Society 1820, Royal Statistical Society 1834.

Bean, Roy. 1825-1903. US frontier judge. “The Law West of the Pecos”.

Bedlam. (Bethlehem Royal Hospital). 1247-1815. Bishopsgate asylum.

Bellerophon. Pegasus’ rider, destroyed the Chimera.

Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.

Brute. Descendant of Aeneas, said to have founded New Troy at London..

Burnette, Frances. 1849-1924. English/US writer. Little Lord Fauntleroy 1886.

Cadoudal, Georges. 1771-1804. French Royalist leader. Plotted Napoleon’s assassination. Executed.

Calchas. Wise Greek prophet at Troy. Advised use of Trojan Horse.

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