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INDEX SEARCH RESULTS FOR: KITCHENER
Kitchener, Herbert - victory at Omdurman
- in the Boer War
- brief biography
Kit Kat (confectionery)
Kivu - Tutsi rebels against Mobutu
- Tutsi rebels against Kabila
Klaus, Brother - Convention of Stans
kleindeutsch - pattern for German unity
Kleist, E.G. von - and the Leyden jar
Kleomenes - king of Sparta
Klinger, Friedrich - and Sturm und Drang
Kliszow - battle in 1702
Klondike - gold rush of 1897-8
Knäred - peace in 1613
Knavesmire - York racecourse
Kneller, Godfrey
- Kit-Cat Club
Kneller Hall - military bands
Knight, John - motor car pioneer
Knight, Laura
Knight, W.H. - and Cheltenham
KNIGHTOOD, ORDERS OF
knights in armour - and the Franks
Knights of St John of Jerusalem
- and founding of hospitals
Knights of the Sword - and Livonia
Knights Templars
Knightsbridge safe deposit boxes
Knightshayes Court, Devon
knitting - origins
knitting machine - invented in 1589
Knole, Kent
Knoll, Max - develops first electron microscope
Knossos - palace in Minoan Crete
knot (nautical)
Knox, John
- in Geneva
- brief biography
Knox, Robert - receives Burke and Hare's victims
Knox-Johnston, Robin
koala - unique to Australia
- describes the healthy typhoid `carrier'
- discovers cholera bacterium
- discovers tuberculosis bacterium
- sterilises surgical instruments
Koestler, Arthur
Koffigoh, Kokou - prime minister of Togo
Koguryo - kingdom in Korea
- revived in 10th century
Kohima - battle in 1944
Koh-i-Nur - taken by Nadir Shah
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