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Alyscamps. Gallo Roman cemetery, Arles.
ANZAC. Australian+New Zealand forces in WWI. Gallipoli.
Apollinaire, Guillaume. 1880-1918. Italian/French avant-garde poet, coined term Surrealism to describe Chagall work.
Boccioni, Umberto. 1882-1916. Italian artist. Founded Futurism. Riot in the Gallery 1909.
Bourges, Pragmatic Sanction. 1438. French Charles VIII supports Gallicanism vs pope.
Busta Gallorum, Battle. 552. Narses defeats Goths. Italy comes under Byzantine Empire.
Caesar, Julius. 100-44BC. Roman general. 58BC conquered Gaul. 55BC Invaded Britain. 49BC Crossed Rubicon. Established Julian calendar. de Bello Gallico 51BC. Assassinated.
Chagall, Marc. 1887-1985. Russian/French painter of biblical scenes. Stained glass. Ceiling, Paris Opera 1964.
Dardanelles. Mediterranean-Black Sea channel. = Hellespont. Gallipoli. Bosphorus.
Duval, Claude. 1643-70. French/English gallant highwayman.
Filibusters. 1850s. US adventurers who illegally organized revolutions in Central America. Walker.
Galicia. Gallaecci. c137BC Rome. 411 Suevi. 585 Visigoth. 1072 León.
Gall, Franz. 1758-1828. Phrenology founder 1770.
Galland, Antoine. 1646-1715. French translator of Arabian Nights, introduced the story to Europe 1704.
Gallas, Matthias. 1584-1647. General for Holy Roman Empire during Thirty Years War. Troops annihilated.
Galle, Johann. 1812-1910. German. Discovered Neptune 1846.
Gallic Wars. 58-51BC. Julius Caesar conquers Gauls, last independent Celts on continent.
Gallican Confession. 1559. French Calvinists’ statement of faith.
Gallicanism. 13-19C. French Catholic independence from papal authority. Conciliarism vs Ultramontanism.
Gallienus, Publius. -268 Roman Emperor. 253-. Lost Gaul, eastern areas. Revolt of 30 Tyrants.
Gallipoli. 1915-16. Unsuccessful Allied attempt to secure Dardanelles from Turkey. Churchill resigns as Lord of Admiralty.
Gallon. 1707 Queen Anne’s wine gallon=US gallon (231 cubic inches). 1824 Imperial gallon defined as 10 pounds of water.
Galloway, Joseph. c1731-1803 British loyalist leader in American Revolution. Peaceful settlement proposal defeated.
Gallup, George. 1901-84. US public opinion pollster 1932-.
Ginsberg, Allen. 1926-97. US Beat poet. Howl 1956.