King Cotton. 1850s belief in southern US that cotton would guarantee success of independent Confederacy.

King George’s War. 1744-8. France vs Britain, War of Austrian Succession in North America. No territorial changes. Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748.

King William’s War. 1689-97. Britain vs France in North America. War of Grand Alliance. First French-Indian War.

King’s Peace. 387BC. Sparta, Persia, Athens. Corinthian War.

Kircher, Athanasius. 1602-80. German scientist. Disease caused by microbes. Magic Lantern.

Klebs, Edwin. 1834-1913. Diphtheria bacillus, 1883.

Kleist, Heinrich von. 1777-1811. German dramatist. Schroffenstein 1803.

Klemperer, Otto. 1885-1973. German conductor of Stravinsky, Mahler, Beethoven.

Klopstock. 1724-1803. German Movement poet. -“love of the Fatherland”. Odes.

Knights of Columbus. 1882-. US RC men’s lay organization.

Knights of the Golden Circle. 1859-66. Secret US organization of South supporters during Civil War.

Know-Nothing Party. 1845-56. Secretive anti-immigrant US party. Fillmore.

Koch, Robert. 1843-1910. German doctor. Identified bacilli for anthrax 1876, tuberculosis 1882, cholera 1883.

Korah. Led Hebrew revolt vs Moses. Swallowed up by the earth.

Korean War. 1950-3. China supports Communist invasion of South Korea. Repelled with UN aid-mainly US troops. MacArthur. 38th parallel border reestablished. 5M dead.

Kosovo. Predominantly Albanian province of southwest Serbia, Yugoslavia. 1996-99 KLA rebels seek autonomy. Serbian ethnic cleansing.

Kossuth, Lajos. 1802-94. Hungarian Revolution leader, 1848-9.

Kosygin, Aleksey. 1904-80. Russian Prime Minister 1964- with Brezhnev.

Krishnamurti, Jiddu. 1895-1986. Indian religious philosopher. Headed World Order of the Star with Besant.

Krsna. Hindu god. 8th incarnation of Vishnu.

Kulturkampf. c1871-87. Bismarck tries to control Roman Catholic Church. Accomodation reached.

Kuomintang. KMT. 1911-49. Chinese nationalist party in power 1928-49. Founded by Sun Yat-sen. Overthrew Manchu dynasty. Expelled to Taiwan by Communist Party. Chiang Kai-shek.

Kushan. 78-220. Dynasty ruling Afghanistan, north India.

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

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

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