Gibbon, Edward. 1737-94. English historian. Decline and Fall of Roman Empire 1776-88.

Ginsberg, Allen. 1926-97. US Beat poet. Howl 1956.

Gladstone, William. 1809-98. English Liberal reform Prime Minister 1868~94. Secret ballot. Public Education. Irish land reforms.

Glencoe Massacre. 1692. Campbells kill 38 MacDonalds for late oath of allegiance to King William.

Gödel, Kurt. 1906-78. Czech/US logician. Theorem, 1931, asserts that no logical system can prove all its own propositions.

Golden Fleece. Greek myth. Chrysomallus’ fleece taken by Jason.

Grand Alliance, War of. 1689-97. Spain, Sweden, England, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands vs French expansionism. Negotiated Peace. King William’s War. Namur. Augsburg League.

Grande Armée. 1805-12. Napoleon’s 1,000,000 man army; combined smaller armies for central control.

Grande Gallery of Louvre. Longest gallery in the world, 300m.

Great Wall of China. Parts 4C BC. Joined 214-204BC.

Greek Fire. 648. Byzantine secret weapon. Flammable substance that ignited on contact with water invented by Callinicus of Heliopolis.

Greek Independence, War. 1821-29. Greek rebels, plus England, France, Russia defeat Turkey and Egypt. London Treaty. Otto I. Constantinople Treaty, 1832....End of Holy Alliance.

Green Mountain Boys. 1770. Ethan Allen’s Vermont militia in American Revolution.

Grenville, William. 1759-1834. British statesman. Ministry of All Talents 1806-7. Abolished Slave Trade, 1807.

Grey, Edward. 1862-1933. British statesman. Triple Alliance. Treaty of London.

Gropius, Walter. 1883-1969. German architect. Bauhaus director. Modern horizontal buildings, glass walls.

Gulf War. 1990-91. Allies (US, Britain, France, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia +26 others) expel Iraq from Kuwait.

Hadrian. 76-138. Roman Emperor 117-. Built wall across England 122-36, Aelius Bridge 134. Rebuilt Greek cities.

Hall, Charles. 1863-1914. US. Aluminum manufacturing process 1886.

Hall, G. Stanley. 1844-1924. US child psychologist. Founded American Journal of Psychology 1887.

Haller, Albrecht von. 1708-77. Swiss anatomist. “Father of experimental physiology”.

Halles Market. 1110. Paris site of pillory. Covered 1854-6. Moved 1969.

Halley, Edmund. 1656-1742. English astronomer who explained comets 1705. First meteorological chart 1686.

Hallmark. 1300. First required in Britain.

Hallstatt. ~1100BC. Pioneer iron-age culture in Austria. Spread to Spain, Greece.

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