February Revolution. 1917. Early phase of Russian Revolution. Czar overthrown. Provisional Gov’t.

Field of Cloth of Gold. 1520. Kings of France and England meet near Calais to propose alliances.

Fifteen Years War. 1591-1606. Austria vs Turkey over Transylvania. Stopped Turkish expansion in Europe.

Fire of London. 1666. Four days. 87 churches. 13,200 houses. 100,000 homeless. Rebuilt in 10 years. 1136 fire was previously known as Great Fire of London.

Firearms. 1247 used at Siege of Seville.1327 Edward III uses canon vs Scots. 1364 Perugia First handguns. 1640 Flintlock.

Five Year Plans. 1928- Russian planning cycles.

Ford, John. c1586-1639. English dramatist. Broken Heart 1627.

Foucault, Léon. 1819-68. Proved rotation of the earth in an experiment at the Pantheon, Paris, 1851. Gyroscope, 1852.

Fouquet, Nicolas. 1615-80. Finance Minister to Louis XIV. Imprisoned for embezzlement after a 3 year trial at The Arsenal 1661-4.

Four Freedoms. 1941. Goals of Allies set forth by Roosevelt. Freedom: of expression, worship; from want, fear.

French-Indian Wars. 1754-63. North American part of Seven Years War. France loses all possessions in Canada to Britain.

French Republican Calendar. 1793-1805. 12 30 day months of 3 “decades”. 5-6 holidays at end of year.

French Wars. 1701-1815. Second Hundred Years War.

Frobisher, Martin. 1535-94. British navigator in search of North-West passage 1576.

Froissart, Jean. c1333-1400. French Chronicles of the Hundred Years War 1391.

Fuchs, Klaus. 1911-88. German/British nuclear physicist. Communist spy 1943-50.

Gaea. (Gaia) Earth itself as a Greek goddess.

Galen. 129-c200. Greek doctor. Methods used 1000 years.

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

Garcia Iñiguez, Calixto. 1836-98. Cuban leader. Ten Years War. Spanish-American War.

Gettysburg. 1863. Lincoln’s address given to dedicate Civil War cemetery. “Four score and seven years ago...Government of the people, by the people, for the people”.

Gibbon, John. First heart-lung machine 1953.

Gilbert, William. 1540-1603. English scientist. Earth’s magnetic field, 1600. Coined term ’electricity’.

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.

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