Lone Star State.
The popular name for the State of Texas, derived from the single star in its coat of arms.
Long Diet.
A Diet which met at Zurich in 1813, and after declaring the Constitution of Mediation extinct, proceeded to evolve a new Federal Constitution, known as the Federal Pact, which was accepted by the Powers at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
Long Parliament.
The Parliament which met in the reign of Charles I, in 1640, and lasted till 1653, when all that was left of it, known as the Rump, was forcibly expelled from the House by Cromwell.
Long Parliament of Versailles.
The first Parliament of the Third French Republic, which was not dissolved till December 31, 1875.
Longjumeau, Paix de.
A treaty between Catherine de’ Medici and the Huguenots, signed March 20, 1568, by which various concessions were granted the Huguenots. It was signed by the Queen to save Chartres, which was in danger of falling, and was broken within six months. It is known as the Courte Paix, or the Paix Fourrée.