Escalade. December 12 celebration of Savoy’s unsuccessful last attack on Geneva, 1602.

Estates General. States General.

Eugène of Savoy, Prince. 1663-1736. French General of H.R. Imperial armies. Defeated Turks in Vienna and Hungary.

Eugenics. Race improvement by selective mating. Galton.

Eugénie. 1826-1920. Spanish Empress of France, 1853-70.

Euripides. c480-406BC. Greek tragic poet, sceptical of myths. Medea 431. Iphegenia. Electra.

Europa. Daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, raised by Zeus (Jupiter). Minos’ mother.

Fairfax, Thomas. 1612-71. English Parliamentarian Civil War general. Commander-in-Chief of New Model Army. Victor at Marston Moor.

Falkland Is. 1592 Davis discovers. 1764 British settle. 1774-1811 Spanish. 1829 Argentina claims (Malvinas). 1833 British.

Falklands War. 1982. Britain defeats Argentine invasion. Falklands remain British.

Farmers-General. 17C French financiers who bought right to collect taxes for a fixed fee.

Fifth Column. 1936. Fascists within besieged Madrid who assisted Franco’s attackers. Term generally applied to subversives since.

Finn MacCool. 3C. Leader of Irish warriors, subject of Fenian legends.

Flamininus, Quinctus. c227-174BC. Roman General who def Philip V of Macedonia 197BC.

Flying Dutchman. Legendary ghost ship of Cape of Good Hope.

Food and Agriculture Organization. 1945- UN agency. Administers World Food Program.

Franco, Francisco. 1892-1975. Spanish general and ruthless Fascist dictator, 1939-. Spanish Civil War.

Freedmen’s Bureau. 1865-72. US agency to help freed slaves during Reconstruction.

Gage, Thomas. 1721-87. English general, Governor of Massachussets. 1774-5. Siezed munitions at Concord, American Revolution.

Gallas, Matthias. 1584-1647. General for Holy Roman Empire during Thirty Years War. Troops annihilated.

Galton, Francis. 1822-1911. English founder of Eugenics. Hereditary Genius 1869.

Gambrinus. Legendary Flemish king, beer inventor.

Garfield, James. 1831-81. American Civil War general, US President 1881. Assassinated.

Gates, Horatio. c1728-1806. American Revolution general at Saratoga. Conway Cabal.

GATT. General Agreement on Trade and Tarrifs. 1948-95. Regulates trade tarrifs under UN. WTO.

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