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41Sicilian Vespers — • The traditional name given to the insurrection which broke out at Palermo on Easter Tuesday, 31 March, 1282, against the domination of Charles of Anjou Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sicilian Vespers Sicilian Vesp …
42Asiatic Vespers — The Asiatic Vespers (also known as the Vespers of 88 BC) refers to an infamous episode during the First Mithridatic War. In response to increasing Roman power in Anatolia, the king of Pontus, Mithridates the Great tapped into local discontent… …
43Scout vespers — is a traditional song that is usually mdash; like other vespers mdash; sung at the conclusion of the day or service, especially at the end of a campfire service.LyricsUnited Kingdom Tune of O, Christmas Tree Cub Scout Vesper Song [Campfiresongs… …
44Sicilian Vespers — a general massacre of the French in Sicily by the local population, begun at the sound of the vesper bell on Easter Monday, 1282. * * * (1282) Massacre of the French that began a Sicilian revolt against the Angevin king Charles I. Backed by Peter …
45Sicilian vespers — Sicilian Si*cil i*an, a. Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants. [1913 Webster] {Sicilian vespers}, the great massacre of the French in Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday, at the hour of vespers. [1913 Webster] …
46Jérémie Vespers — The Jérémie Vespers refer to a that took place in August, September and October 1964 in the Haitian town of Jérémie. It took place after a group of 13 young Haitians calling themselves Jeune Haiti landed on August 6 1964 at Petite Rivière de Dame …
47SICILIAN VESPERS — name given to a massacre of the French in Sicily at the hour of vespers on the eve of Easter Monday in 1282, the signal for the commencement being the first stroke of the vesper bell; the massacre included men and women and children to the… …
48Sicilian Vespers — The uprising in Sicily (q.v.) in March 1282 that thwarted Charles I of Anjou s (q.v.) planned attack on Constantinople (q.v.). Charles s fleet at Messina (q.v.) was destroyed, and with the arrival of Peter III of Aragon (son in law of Manfred… …
49Sicilian Vespers — /səˌsɪliən ˈvɛspəz/ (say suh.sileeuhn vespuhz) noun a general massacre of the French in Sicily by the Sicilians, begun at the sound of the vesper bell on Easter Monday, 1282 …
50Sicilian Vespers — a general massacre of the French in Sicily by the local population, begun at the sound of the vesper bell on Easter Monday, 1282 …
