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Food and Agriculture Organization. 1945- UN agency. Administers World Food Program.
Frederick VII. 1808-63. Danish king 1848-. Formed Constitutional Monarchy.
Frederick IX. 1899-1972. Danish king 1947-. Imprisoned by Nazis, 43-45.
French, Daniel. 1850-1931. US sculptor. Lincoln’s Memorial 1922. Minuteman 1875.
Galland, Antoine. 1646-1715. French translator of Arabian Nights, introduced the story to Europe 1704.
Gallipoli. 1915-16. Unsuccessful Allied attempt to secure Dardanelles from Turkey. Churchill resigns as Lord of Admiralty.
Gdansk. (Danzig). 1308 Teutonic Knights. 1466-1793 Sole Polish port. 1919 Independent. (Nazi 1933-). 1939 Germans annex, causing WWII. 1945 Poland. Solidarity.
George I. 1845-1913. Danish Prince William, chosen king of Greece 1863-. Assassinated.
George’s Day Revolt, St. 1343-5. Estonians vs Danes. Suppressed by Teutonic Knights who bought Estonia from Denmark.
German-Danish War. 1848. Danes gain Schleswig-Holstein. 1864. Danes lose S-H.
Girondins. 1791-3 Moderate French republicans. Tried to save king’s life. Most executed. Danton.
Gordon, Charles. 1833-85. British colonial administrator in Sudan, China. Taiping Rebellion.
Graces. Three beautiful attendants of Aphrodite. Aglaia, brightness. Euphrosyne, joy. Thalia, bloom.
Granados, Enrique. 1867-1916. Spanish Nationalist composer. 7 Operas. Set of Tonadillas. Dances. Goyescas 1911-13.
Gustav I. Vasa. 1496-1560. Elected Swedish king 1523-. Defeated Danes, dissolved Kalmar Union.
Hachemite. Family which rules Jordan.
Harald Blue Tooth. c910-985. First Christian Danish king c940-. Unified Denmark, conquered Norway.
Hebrews. Original name for Jews. Descendants of Abraham.
Hellespont. Greek name for Dardanelles.
Helnaes Stone. c800. Oldest Danish runic stone.
Herod Antipas. 21BC-39 AD. Galileen king 4BC-. Killed John the Baptist for Salome.
Hijrah. (Hegira). 622. Muhammed’s flight from Mecca to Medina. Begins Moslem calendar.
Holbein, Hans, the Younger. 1497-1543. German/English Realist portrait painter. St. Mary 1525. Danse Macabre 1526. Henry VIII 1540.
Holberg, Ludvig. 1684-1754. Norwegian/Danish poet, historian. ’Foundation of Danish Literature’. Peder Paars 1719.