Festival of Federation. 14 July,1790. Celebration of first anniversary of Storming the Bastille. 300,000 people.

Fiji. Melanesians. 1643 Tasman discovers. 1874 British 1970 Independent.

Fire brigade. 4000BC China. 2000BC Egypt. 150BC Rome. 1722 Paris.

Fischer von Erlach, J.B. 1656-1723. Austrian architect. Intro. baroque. Schönbrunn Palace 1696, Church of St Charles Borromeo 1716-37.

Fisher, Ronald. 1890-1962. British scientist. Mathematical statistics. Variance.

Flanders. Historical region of France, Belgium, Neth. 13C Cloth industry. Ghent. Bruges.

Flaubert, Gustave. 1821-1880. French Realist novelist. Madame Bovary 1851. Novembre 1842. Acquitted of corrupting public morals, 1857.

Flaxman, John. 1755-1826. British Neoclassical sculptor.

Fleming, Ambrose. 1849-1945. British vacuum tube inventor 1904.

Flemish. 15-17C school of painting. Technical skill, detail. VanEyck. Bruegel. Rubens.

Florence, Union of. 1439. Brief reconciliation of Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches.

Florey, Howard. 1898-1968. British. Isolated Penicillin with Chain,1928. Fleming.

Fontana, Domenico. 1543-1607. Italian/Swiss architect. Vatican Library 1587. St. Peter’s Cupola 1588.

Ford, John. c1586-1639. English dramatist. Broken Heart 1627.

Four Power Pacific Treaty. 1921. Britain, France, Japan, USA agree to mutual respect of rights.

Four Power Pact. 1933. Br, Fr, Ger, It for peace in Europe.

Fourier, Charles. 1772-1837. French socialist philosopher. His utopia was attempted in US, Brook Farm, a voluntary cooperative.

France, College of. Created by Francis I in 1530 as the 3 Language College: Latin, Hebrew, Greek.

Fredegund. c545-597. Murderous Q of Neustria. 40 yr. feud vs Brunhild.

French-Indian Wars. 1754-63. North American part of Seven Years War. France loses all possessions in Canada to Britain.

French Polynesia. c3C Polynesians settle. 1521 Magellan discovers. 1595 Spanish discover Marquesas. 1767 British discover Tahiti. 1880/81 French colony. 1946 French Overseas Territory.

Freyr. Norse god of fertility, sun, rain. Freyia’s brother.

Frobisher, Martin. 1535-94. British navigator in search of North-West passage 1576.

Fuchs, Klaus. 1911-88. German/British nuclear physicist. Communist spy 1943-50.

Gabriel. Archangel. God’s messenger. Made Annunciation to Mary, and revealed Koran to Muhammad.

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