Estrées, Gabrielle d’. 1573-99. Mistress of French Henry IV.

Etaples, Treaty. 1492. England renounces claim to France, except Calais.

Evangelicalism. Protestant churches that follow literal biblical interpretation.

Everest, George. 1790-1866. British surveyor of India.

Faisal II. 1935-58. Pro-western last Iraqi king 1939-. Killed in coup.

Falklands, Battle. 1914. British destroy German fleet.

Fascism. 1919-45. Totalitarian movement combining Socialist theories and Nationalism. State as highest value. Mussolini. Falange. Nazism.

FBI. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 1908-. US indep. federal police force. Hoover.

February Manifesto. 1899-1905. Override of Finnish Constitution. Rule by Czar’s Edict. Russification 1890-1905.

February Revolution. 1848. Established French Second Republic.

Felletin. French tapestry works 15C-. Coarser weave in rustic motifs. Aubusson.

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

Festival of the Supreme Being. 8 June 1794. Declared by Robespierre and designed by David.

Festus, Sextus. 2C. Roman lexicographer. On the Meaning of Words.

Filioque. “and from the son” added to Nicene Creed in 6C, causing East-West Schism.

Flood, Great. c3000BC. Destruction of man and world by God. Forty days and night. Noah. Gilgamesh.

Fontainebleau, Treaty. 1807. Established Napoleon’s right to march on Portugal through Spain.

Forester, C.S. 1899-1966. English historical novelist. Captain Hornblower 1937-53.

Forrest, Edwin. Macready.

Fortuna. Roman goddess of destiny. = Tyche.

Four Forest Cantons. 1291 separated from Hapsburg rule. 1332 formed basis of Switzerland.

Four Nations, College of. 1661-1793. Paris, Established by Mazarin bequest...Institute of France.

France. 6C BC Celt, Greek colonies. 51BC Rome. 3-5C Franks, Visigoths inv. 481 Merovingian emp. 751 Carolingian. 843 Split = W Frankish Kingdom. 987 Capetian. 1016 + Burgundy. 1378 Valois dyn. 1589 Bourbon dyn. 1792 Republic. 1799 Consulate. 1804 Empire. 1814 Monarchy rest. 1848 2nd Republic. 1852 2nd Empire. 1870 3rd Republic. 1940 German occupation. 1946 4th Republic. 1958 5th Republic.

Francis I. 1494-1547. French king 1515-. Vs Charles V. Prosecuted Protestants. Began exploration, colonization. Field of Cloth of Gold.

Francis Joseph II. 1906-89. Ruled Liechtenstein 1938-. Neutral in WWII. High tech, banking, Europe’s richest nation. Woman suffrage 1984.

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