Spanish Revolt. 1868-9.Military overthrows Isabella. Prim y Prats.

Strauss, Richard. 1864-1949. Traditional German composer of symphonic poems, operas. Don Juan 1889. Salome 1905. Also Sprach Zarathustra 1909.

Achilles. Greek hero of Trojan Wars, invulnerable except for his heel, subject of Homer’s Iliad.

Baruch, Bernard. 1870-1965. US financier/elder statesman; adviser to US presidents, Churchill.

Bazaine, Achille. 1811-88. French marshal, surrendered Metz, 1870. Condemned as traitor. Escaped 1874.

Bonivard, François de. 1494-1570. Prior of St. Victori, Geneva. Reformer, imprisonned at Chillon, 1530-4. Subject of Byron poem.

Bunker Hill, Battle. 1775. Early American victory in Revolution. Putnam.

Chesterton, G.K. 1874-1936. English satirical essayist/novelist: Napoleon of Notting Hill 1904. “Socialism aims to take capital out of the hands of the few and put it into the hands of the fewer-the politicians.”

Chillida, Edouardo. 1924-. Spanish sculptor.

Chillon Castle. 900-1200. Mostly built by Peter II of Savoy. Subject of Byron poem.

Churchill, John. 1650-1722. Marlborough.

Churchill, Winston. 1874-1965. British WWII Prime Minister. 1940-5,51-5.

Edgehill, Battle. 1642. First battle of English Civil War.

Gallipoli. 1915-16. Unsuccessful Allied attempt to secure Dardanelles from Turkey. Churchill resigns as Lord of Admiralty.

German Movement. 18C Nationalist cultural movement. Lessing, Goethe, Schiller.

Hector. Prince, defender of Troy, killed by Achilles.

Hill, Mildred and Patty. Wrote Happy Birthday 1893.

Hillary, Sir Edmund. 1919-2008. New Zealand, first to climb Mt. Everest, 1953, with Tenzig Norgay.

Hillary, William. Founder of English Royal National Lifeboat Institute, 1824.

Hillel. c30BC-9. Jewish commentator. 7 Rules for interpreting Bible.

Hilliard, Nicholas. 1547-1619. English miniature painter.

Iron Curtain. 1946. Churchill’s name for Russia’s increasing influence in Eastern Europe. Dining à la Russe refers to carving being done behind an iron screen.

Karsh, Yousuf. 1908-. US/Canadian portrait photographer of international celebrities. Churchill 1941.

Kyrle Society. 1875. Founded by Hill sisters to develop taste for literature and music among London poor.

Malplaquet, Battle. 1709. Marlborough defeats French in war of Spanish Succession.

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