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Gran Colombia. 1819-30. Bolivar’s independent republic of former Spanish colonies. Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador. New Granada.
Granada. 745-1492 Moors. Last Moslem kingdom in Spain. Alhambra.
Granadine Confederation. 1858-63. = Colombia.
Granados, Enrique. 1867-1916. Spanish Nationalist composer. 7 Operas. Set of Tonadillas. Dances. Goyescas 1911-13.
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.
Grand Army of the Republic. 1866-1956. Political organization of American Civil War veterans.
Grand Canal. 4C BC-1400. China. World’s longest, 1,000 miles.
Grand Palais. Built for 1900 World Exhibition in Paris.
Grand Remonstrance. 1641. Grievances presented to Charles I by Long Parliament.
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.
Grandee. 13C-. Highest rank of Spanish nobility.
Grandfather Clause. -1915. S US states limited vote to those enfranchised by 1866/7.
Grands-Augustins, Quai de. 1313. Oldest quay in Paris, by Philip the Fair.
Grands Rhétoriqueurs. 15-16C. French poets. Deschamps, DeMachaut.
Granicus, Battle. 334BC. Alexander’s First victory; defeats Darius III of Persia.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-85. Commander-in-Chief Union army 1864-5 in US Civil War. President 1869-77.
Grass, Günter. 1927-. German writer. Tin Drum 1959.
Gratian. Italian monk. Codified canon Law. Decretum Gratiani c1142.
Grattan, Henry. 1746-1820. Irish independence leader. Irish Parliament 1782. Poyning’s Law repeal movement.
Gravelines, Battle. 1558. Spanish defeat French.
Graves, Robert. 1895-1985. English poet and novelist. I, Claudius 1934.
Gray, Elisha 1835-1901. Dev telephone receiver 1874.
Gray, Thomas. 1716-71. English poet. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 1751.
Great Britain. 1707 Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales. United Kingdom. Act of Union.