Kyd, Thomas. 1558-94. English playwright. First ‘revenge’ play: The Spanish Tragedy 1592.

Kyi, Aung San Suu. 1945-. Burmese. Leader of nonviolent movement for human rights in Myanmar. House arrest 1989-95.

Kyrgyzstan. 8C Arabs. 10-13C Kyrgyz settle from Siberia. 1758 China. 19C Uzbek. 1876 Russia. 1926 Kyrgyz SSR. 1991 Independent. CIS.

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

Labour Party. 1888 Scotland. 1890 NZ. 1891 Australia. 1900 Britain. 1930 Israel. Founded by unions, Fabians for democratic change towards socialism. First UK MPs elected 1906. First UK Labour government 1924.

Labourers, Statute. 1351. Parliament’s freezing of rising wages after plague leads to Peasants Revolt.

Labrouste, Henri. 1801-75. French architect. Early use of iron. Bibliothèque Nationale 1862.

LaBruyère, Jean de. 1645-96. French satiric moralist writer. Caractères 1688.

LaCierva y Codorniu, Juan de. 1895-1936. Spanish. Invented autogiro 1923. First vertical take-off 1934.

Ladd, William. 1778-1841. US pacifist writer. Founder of US Peace Society 1828.

Lady of the Lake. Gave Excalibur to Arthur. Lived in castle under the lake.

Laënnec, René. 1781-1826. French. Invented stethoscope 1819.

LaFayette, Marie. 1634-93. First psychological novelist. Princess of Cleves 1678.

Laforgue, Jules. 1860-1887. French symbolist poet. Invented verse libre. Les Complaintes 1885.

Lagides. 306-30BC. Egyptian dynasty.

Lagos, Battle. 1759. British navy stops French invasion of England.

Lagrange, Louis. 1736-1813. French mathematician. Analysis of mechanical systems. Celestial mechanics.

LaHire. 1390-1443. French commander with Joan of Arc.

Laing, R.D. 1927-89. British Existential psychologist. Madness as form of self-expression.

Lake Poets. 19C. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey of English Lake District.

Lamaism. 1577-. Buddhist state religion of Tibet.

Lamarck, Jean de. 1744-1829. French evolutionary biologist. Classified vertebrates 1809. Transformism 1809. Lysenko.

Lamb, Charles. 1775-1834. English poet and essayist. Essays of Elia 1820-33.

Lamian War. 323-322BC. Greek city-states rebel vs Macedonian rule. Defeated by Antipater.

Lammenais, Félicité de. 1782-1854. French RC priest. Liberal writer influenced Christian Democrats. Paroles d’un Croyant 1833.

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