Gay-Lussac, Louis. 1778-1850. French chemist. Laws of combining gases, 1804. Meteorology.

Gellert, Christian. 1715-69. German Enlightenment poet, writer. Fables + Tales 1746-48.

Genêt, Edmond. 1763-1834. French diplomat. Failed to win US support for war vs Britain.

Genet, Jean. 1910-86. French dramatist. Theatre of the Absurd. The Blacks 1958.

Geneva Conference. 1954. Ends French control of Indo-China. Khrushchev, Eisenhower, Eden, Faure.

Geneva Protocol. 1924. League of Nations. Prohibits chemical and bacteriological warfare.

George, St. 3/4C. Chivalric Patron St. of England, Portugal., and soldiers. Slew dragon.

George I. 1660-1727. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-. First Hanover. Utrecht Peace. South Sea Bubble.

George I. 1845-1913. Danish Prince William, chosen king of Greece 1863-. Assassinated.

George II. 1683-1760. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-. Weakness led to constitutional monarchy.

George IV. 1762-1830. King of UK 1820-. Regent from 1811. Scandals led to decline in influence of monarchy. Brighton Pavillion. Regency.

George V. 1865-1936. King of UK 1910-. Repopularized monarchy with radio Christmas message.

Georgia. 6C BC Achaemenid. 4C BC Alexander. 65BC Rome. 330 Christian. 4-5C Sassanids, Byzantine dispute. 6C Sass. 7C Moslem. 8C 2 Kingdoms. c1000 United. 1220 Mongol(E). 14C United. 15C Turk/Persian. 1801 Russia. 1918 Independent. 1921 Soviet Republic. 1991 Independent. CIS.

Georgian Architecture. 1714-1830. Palladian, 1720-60. Adam, 1760-1800. Regency, 1810-37. Often red brick with white trim.

Gericault, Théodore. 1791-1824. French painter. First Romantic. Officers 1812. Raft of Medusa 1819.

German-Danish War. 1848. Danes gain Schleswig-Holstein. 1864. Danes lose S-H.

German Movement. 18C Nationalist cultural movement. Lessing, Goethe, Schiller.

Germany. HRE. 1806 Confederation of Rhine. 1815 German Confederation. 1818 Zollverein. 1866 -Austria =North German Confederation. 1871 German Empire. 1919 Weimar Republic. 1933 Third Reich. 1949 German Democratic Republic(E), Federal Republic of Germany(W). 1990 re-united.

Geronimo. 1829-1900. Apache Indian chief. Resisted Reservations 1876-86.

Gestalt. 1912. Psychological school of perception as an integrated whole.

Ghiberti, Lorenzo. c1378-1455. Florentine naturalistic sculptor and architect. John the Baptist 1414. Florence Baptistery doors 1425-50.

Giacometti, Alberto. 1901-66. Swiss sculptor. Stretched figures.

Gibbon, Grinling. 1648-1720. English woodcarver on Wren’s buildings. St. Paul’s. Blenheim.

Gibbon, John. First heart-lung machine 1953.

Gibraltar. 711 Moors. 1462 Spanis. 1704 British. Treaty of Utrecht.

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