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73 matches to Franco
Franco de Colonia. 13C. Systemized musical notation.
Franco-Prussian War. 1870-1. Unified Germany dominated by Prussia, wins Alsace-Lorraine. Commune. Ems Dispatch.
Franco-Russian Alliance. Dual Alliance.
Franconia. 843-. Nucleus of E Frankish kingdom. Duke = First elected German king Conrad I.
Frankfurt, Treaty. 1871. Ended Franco-Prussian War. France paid indemnity, gave up Alsace-Lorraine.
Gargantua. Hungry giant of Rabelais tale.
Giorgione. c1477-1510. Venetian painter. Tempest c1505. Madonna of Castel franco c1504.
Girardon, François. 1628-1715. French Baroque sculptor. Tomb of Richelieu 1675-7.
Guernica. Spanish Basque capital bombed by Germans for Franco, 1937. Euzkadi. Picasso. Spanish Civil War.
Guise, Francois, duc de. 1519-63. Massacred Huguenots at Vassy, 1562, starting War of Religion.
Haiti. Arawak. 1492 Columbus discovers. 16-18C Slaves brought. 1697 Spain cedes to France 1804 Independent. 1915-34 US occupies. 1957-86 Duvalier dictators. 1994 US overthrow of military regime. 1972-2002 US returns refugee boat-people.
Henry IV. of Navarre. 1553-1610. King of France 1589-. Converted to Catholicism. Edict of Nantes protected Protestant rights. ’Reign of Rebuilding’. Assassinated by Ravaillac. Margaret of France.
International Brigades. 1936-9. 60,000 volunteers who opposed Franco in Spanish Civil War.
Kellerman, François. 1735-1820. French general. Defeated Prussia at Valmy, 1792, saving Revolutionary France.
LaRochefoucauld, Francois. 1613-80. French epigramist, moralist. Memoires and Maxims 1665-78.
Lassus, Roland de. 1531-94. Composer of masses, madrigals in Franco-Belgian style.
Louis XV Style. 1715-74. Superior craftsmanship. Rococo decoration. Boucher.
Maintenon, Françoise de. 1635-1719. Mistress, then secret wife of Louis XIV. Founded St-Cyr.
Malherbe, François de. 1555-1628. French poet. Foreshadowed classicism. Odes 1601.
Mansart, Francois. 1598-1666. French architect. Val-de-Grâce 1645. Classical elements in Baroque style. Subtle elegance, harmony. Mansard roof.
Mauriac, François. 1885-1970. French Roman Catholic author of sombre novels. Thérèse 1927.
Millet, Jean-François. 1814-75. French painter of peasants. Sower 1850. Gleaners 1857.
Mitterand, François. 1916-96. Socialist president of France, 1981-95. Promoted European unity.
Ockeghem, Johannes. c1430-96. Innovative Franco-Flemish polyphonist composer. Masses, motets.
Pantagruel. Rabelais giant.