Definitions

by Perry Beahm, June 2014

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1914 - It was the year that saw the beginning of what became known as HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" \o "World War I" World War I .

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was an HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke" \o "Archduke" Archduke of HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Este" \o "Austria-Este" Austria-Este , Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" \o "Hungary" Hungary and of HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia" \o "Bohemia" Bohemia , and from 1889 until his death, HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heir_presumptive" \o "Heir presumptive" heir presumptive to the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary" \o "Austria-Hungary" Austro-Hungarian throne.

Paris Commune - The Paris Commune or Fourth French Revolution ( HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" \o "French language" French : La Commune de Paris, IPA: HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_French" \o "Help:IPA for French" [la kɔmyn də paʁi] ) was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 (more formally, from March 28) to May 28, 1871.

1917 - The Russian HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_Revolution" \o "February Revolution" February Revolution begins with the overthrow of the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar" \o "Tsar" Tsar .

Cecil Rhodes - was an English-born HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" \o "South Africa" South African businessman, mining HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnate" \o "Magnate" magnate , and politician. He was the founder of the diamond company HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers" \o "De Beers" De Beers , which today markets 40% of the world's rough diamonds and at one time marketed 90%

Zemstvos - An elective council responsible for the local administration of a provincial district in czarist Russia.

1918 – year of the end fo the WWI

October Revolution - a seizure of state power instrumental in the larger HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1917" \o "Russian Revolution of 1917" Russian Revolution of 1917

Second Republic - The Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed when HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Spain" \o "King of Spain" King HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII_of_Spain" \o "Alfonso XIII of Spain" Alfonso XIII left the country following HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_election" \o "Municipal election" municipal elections in which Republican candidates won the majority of votes. Its government went into exile on April 1, 1939, when the last of the loyalist Republican forces surrendered to rebel forces (calling themselves nacionales) led by Generalísimo Franco at the end of the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" \o "Spanish Civil War" Spanish Civil War .

Redshirts - is the name given to the volunteers who followed HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi" \o "Giuseppe Garibaldi" Giuseppe Garibaldi in HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzogiorno" \o "Mezzogiorno" southern Italy during his HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille_expedition" \o "Mille expedition" Mille expedition to southern Italy, but sometimes extended to other campaigns of his. The name derived from the colour of their shirts (complete uniforms were beyond the finances of the Italian patriots).

Dreyfus - Dreyfus was among the pioneers …

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