Successes+and+reverses
111SPAIN — (in Hebrew at first אספמיא then ספרד), country in S.W. Europe. The use of the word Spain to denote Sepharad has caused some confusion in research. Spain came into being long after the Jews had been expelled from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon,… …
112Liam Lynch (Irish Republican) — For other people named Liam Lynch see Liam LynchInfobox Military Person name= Liam Lynch lived= November 9, 1893 April 10, 1923 placeofbirth= Co Limerick, Ireland placeofdeath= Co Tipperary, Ireland caption= nickname= allegiance= Irish Republican …
113Titus Manlius Torquatus (235 BC) — Titus Manlius Torquatus, son of Titus (or Titus Manlius T.f. Torquatus), was Roman Republican consul 235 BC and 224 BC, censor 231 BC, and dictator 208 BC. Family backgroundThe Manlii were one of the oldest and most distinguished patrician gens… …
114Suhungmung — (reign 1497 1539) (Swarganarayan, Dihingia Raja), was one of the most important Ahom kings, who ruled at the cusp of Assam s medieval history. His reign broke from the early Ahom rule and established a multi ethnic polity in his kingdom. Under… …
115Alexios Strategopoulos — ( el. polytonic|Ἀλέξιος Στρατηγόπουλος) was a Byzantine general during the reign of Michael VIII Palaiologos, rising to the rank of megas domestikos and Caesar . He is most notable for leading the reconquest of Constantinople from the Latins in… …
116Peloponnesian War — a war between Athens and Sparta, 431 404 B.C., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta. * * * (431–404 BC) War fought between Athens and Sparta, the leading city states of ancient Greece, along with their allies …
117Titus Manlius Torquatus (dictator) — For other people named Titus Manlius Torquatus, see Titus Manlius Torquatus (disambiguation). Titus Manlius Torquatus, son of Titus (or Titus Manlius T. f. Torquatus), was Roman Republican consul 235 BC and 224 BC, censor 231 BC, and dictator 208 …
118Halleck, Henry W — ▪ United States general born Jan. 16, 1815, Westernville, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 9, 1872, Louisville, Ky. Union officer during the American Civil War who, despite his administrative skill as general in chief (1862–64), failed to achieve an overall …
119Halleck, Henry W(ager) — born Jan. 16, 1815, Westernville, N.Y., U.S. died Jan. 9, 1872, Louisville, Ky. Union officer during the American Civil War. A graduate of West Point, he was commissioned in the engineers and sent on a tour of military facilities in Europe (1844) …
