Lancaster. 1399~1471. Dynasty ruling England. Henry IV to VI. War of Roses.

Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of. c1277-1322. English. Led barons vs Edward II. Beheaded.

Landowski, Paul. 1875-1961. Sculptor: St. Genevieve on Tournelle Bridge, Paris, 1928; la Réformation, Geneva, 1912-18.

Landsteiner, Karl. 1868-1943. Austrian/US. Discovered ABO blood types 1901, Rh factor 1940.

Langland, William. 1330-1400. English Christian allegorical poet. Piers Ploughman 1362.

Langton, Stephen. 1151-1228. Archbishop of Canterbury. Encouraged Magna Carta.

Lansbury, George. 1859-1940. British Labour MP. Women’s suffrage. Pacifist, opposed to WWI.

Lansdowne, Henry. 1845-1927. British statesman. Governor General of Canada, India. Secretary of War 1895-1900.

Laocoön. Trojan priest, distrusted Trojan Horse. Killed with sons by serpents.

Laos. 14C Buddhist Lan Xang. 18C Vientiane(C)/ Luang Prabang(N)/ Champassak(S). 19C Siam. 1893 French protectorate. 1942 Japanese occupy. 1946 French. 1953 Independent...civil wars. 1975 Lao People’s Democratic Republic. 1991 New Constitution and freedoms.

Laplace, Pierre. 1749-1827. French mathematician, astronomer. Celestial mechanics 1779-1825. Solar system origin from condensed gas.

Lapse, Doctrine of. British East India Company claimed control of any state where direct royal line ended causing Indian Mutiny 1857. Dalhousie.

Lapua. 1929-32. Finnish-Estonian Fascist movement. Failed putsch, 1932.

Largo Caballero, Francisco. 1869-1946. Spanish socialist Prime Minister, 1936-7. Radical polemics led to Civil War.

LaRochefoucauld, Francois. 1613-80. French epigramist, moralist. Memoires and Maxims 1665-78.

Las Casas, Bartolomé de. 1474-1566. Spanish missionary to South America. New Laws 1542. Historia de las Indias.

Lassalle, Ferdinand. 1825-64. German Socialist. 1848 Revolutionary Movement.

Lassus, Roland de. 1531-94. Composer of masses, madrigals in Franco-Belgian style.

Last Supper. Jesus’ last meal with Discliples.

Lateran Treaty. 1929. Established Vatican as sovereign state.

Latimer, Hugh. 1485-1555. English Protestant Reformation churchman. Executed by Mary I.

Latin Empire of Constantinople. 1204-61. Established by 4th Crusade leaders.

La Tour, Maurice de. 1704-88. French portraitist. Influenced by Caravaggio.

La Trémoille, Georges de. 1382-1446. French nobleman. Obstructed Joan of Arc.

Lauderdale, John. 1616-82. Scottish statesman. Cabal Ministry. Repressive rule of Scotland.

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