Family Pact. 1863. Maximilian renounces claims to Austrian throne to be Emperor of Mexico.

Fellow Travellers. 1917. Russian writers not actively supporting the revolution. Communist sympathizers who are not party members.

Fibonacci, Leonardo. 1170-1240. Pisa mathematician. Book of Abacus 1202. Fibonacci Numbers 1203. Practica Geometrica 1220.

Five Mile Act. 1665. English Nonconformist clergy banned 5 miles from towns where they had preached.

Flagellants. 13C-. Christian sects who practise self-whipping as means of salvation.

Foreign Ministers, Council of. 1945. Allies and Axis meet to create WWII Peace treaties.

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

Fugitive Slave Acts. 1793-1850. Required return of runaway slaves. American Civil War.

Garrick, David. 1717-79. English actor, theater manager.

Gaspee. British boat burned 1772 by American rebels. Response, Intolerable Acts.

Gauguin, Paul. 1848-1903. French Post-Impressionist painter typified by abstracted figures and flat planes of color. Tahitian Landscape. Day of the God 1894.

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

German Democratic Republic. (GDR). 1949-90. East Germany. People’s Republic in Soviet mould. COMECON. Warsaw Pact. 1990 Germany.

German-Soviet Pact. 1939-41. Nonaggression agreement. Divided Poland, Baltic between USSR/Germany. Left Hitler free to invade Poland, starting WWII.

Gordon Riots. 1780. NoPopery Riots led by Lord Gordon to demand Catholic Relief Act repeal.

Government of India Act. 1858. India Act.

Gräfe, Albrecht. 1828-70. German ophthalmologist. Glaucoma, 1857. Cataract treatment, 1867.

Great Britain. 1707 Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales. United Kingdom. Act of Union.

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

Grenville, George. 1712-70. British Prime Minister 1763-65. Revenue Act. Stamp Act.

Guelfs and Ghibellines. 1154-15C. Rival factions responsible for feuds in Germany and Italy. Welfs.

Gwyn, Nell. 1650-87. English actress. Popular mistress of Charles II 1669-.

Habeas Corpus Act. 1679. England. Right of prisoner to appear in court before being imprisoned.

Halepa, Pact. 1878. Turks grant self-government to Cretan Greeks.

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

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