George III. 1738-1820. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-. Supported King’s Friends. Political instability. American Revolution. Insane 1810-.

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

George’s Day Revolt, St. 1343-5. Estonians vs Danes. Suppressed by Teutonic Knights who bought Estonia from Denmark.

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

German East Africa. 1891 German protectorate. 1919 Tanganyika, Ruanda Urundi.

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

German South-West Africa. 1884 Protectorate. 1892-1919 Colony. Namibia.

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

Germany, Federal Republic of. (FRG). 1949-90 West Germany. 1955 NATO. 1990 +GDR =Germany.

Ghetto. Jewish area of cities, esp: 1556-1885 Rome; 1239 Valencia; 1462 Frankfurt; 1516 Venice; 1066-1291 Old Jewry, London; 1939 Warsaw.

Ghirlandaio, Dominico del. 1449-1494. Florentine painter. Frescoes. Birth of the Virgin 1485-90.

Gide, André. 1869-1951. French writer. The Counterfeiters 1926.

Giolitti, Giovanni. 1842-1928. Italian Prime Minister 1892~1921. Universal male suffrage 1912.

Giorgione. c1477-1510. Venetian painter. Tempest c1505. Madonna of Castel franco c1504.

Giotto. c1266-1337. Florentine fresco painter. First to abandon Byzantine style. Arena Chapel frescoes 1305. Madonna and Child c1314.

Girardon, François. 1628-1715. French Baroque sculptor. Tomb of Richelieu 1675-7.

Girondins. 1791-3 Moderate French republicans. Tried to save king’s life. Most executed. Danton.

Giscard d’Éstaing, Valéry. 1926-. French UDF President 1974-81.

Glasnost. Openness. Gorbachev’s policy to promote freedom of expression, reduce secrecy.

Gloire. 1859. French. World’s first armour-plated vessel.

Godfrey of Bouillon. c1061-1100. First Crusade leader. Ruled Palestine 1099-.

Godiva, Lady. c1040-80. Rode naked through Coventry to protest taxes. Wife of Earl Leofric.

Golan Heights. 1967 Israel seizes fr Syria. 1973 UN buffer zone. 1981 Israel annexes.

Gold Rush. 1550 Bohemia. 1849 California. 1851 Australia. 1880s Rhodesia. 1886 South Africa. 1897 Klondike.

Gold Standard. 1821-1937. Definition of national currencies in terms of gold purchasing power. Ended: 1931 Britain, 1933 USA, 1936 France. Friedman. Bretton Woods.

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