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81Saul — /sawl/, n. 1. the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9. 2. Also called Saul of Tarsus. the original name of the apostle Paul. Acts 9:1 30; 22:3. 3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning asked for. * * * I Hebrew Shaul flourished 11th century BC …
82Franziska Von Reventlow — Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow or Fanny Reventlow (18 may 1871, Husum 26 july 1918, Locarno) was a German novelist. Reventlow is best known as one of the most unorthodox voices of the early women s movement in Europe. While many of her peers were… …
83Greek legislative election, 1923 — After the defeat of the Liberals in 1920, Venizelos left the country, King Constantine I returned and Greece was soundly defeated by the newly reformed Turkey in the war in Asia Minor. After the death of King Constantine, his eldest son George… …
84Alcott, Louisa May — born Nov. 29, 1832, Germantown, Pa., U.S. died March 6, 1888, Boston, Mass. U.S. author. Daughter of the reformer Bronson Alcott, she grew up in Transcendentalist circles in Boston and Concord, Mass. She began writing to help support her mother… …
85Rocky Road to Caribbean Unification — ▪ 1997 by David Renwick The 14 member nations of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) struggled in 1996 to advance their unification movement but with much less success than had been envisioned. Leaders in the Caribbean… …
86Powhatan War — ▪ North American history (1622–44), relentless struggle between the Powhatan Indian confederacy and early English settlers in the tidewater section of Virginia and southern Maryland. The conflict resulted in the destruction of the Indian… …
87Krasnoi, Battles of — (1812) A series of running skirmishes fought around Krasnoye Selo, southwest of St. Petersburg** (see below), during Napoleon Bonaparte ’s retreat from Moscow. As Napoleon closed in on Smolensk in August, he sent Murat’s cavalry against… …
88Francisco Solano López (politician) — Francisco Solano López Carrillo (24 July 1826 ndash; 1 March 1870) was president of Paraguay from 1862 until his death in 1870. He was the eldest son of president Carlos Antonio López, whom he succeeded. Considered ambitious, perhaps arrogant,… …
89James William Adams — VC (24 November 1839 ndash; 24 October 1903) was born in Cork and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.… …
90Julia Antonia — Julia Caesaris (104 BC after 39 BC) or Julia Antonia (known from the sources to distinguish her from the other Juliae Caesares) was a daughter to consul Lucius Julius Caesar III and mother to the future triumvir and deputy of Caesar, Mark Antony …
