George VI. 1895-1952. King of UK, Emperor of India 1936-. Boosted morale in WWII.

George of Podebrady. 1420-71. Utraquist leader. Bohemian king 1458-.

Georgia. 6C BC Achaemenid. 4C BC Alexander. 65BC Rome. 330 Christian. 4-5C Sassanids, Byzantine dispute. 6C Sass. 7C Moslem. 8C 2 Kingdoms. c1000 United. 1220 Mongol(E). 14C United. 15C Turk/Persian. 1801 Russia. 1918 Independent. 1921 Soviet Republic. 1991 Independent. CIS.

Gilgamesh. Legendary Babylonian king. Epic 2000BC includes Great Flood.

Gillette, King. 1855-1932. US safety razor, blade inventor.

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

Glencoe Massacre. 1692. Campbells kill 38 MacDonalds for late oath of allegiance to King William.

Golden Bull. 1222. Hungary. Limited king’s powers.

Goodman, Benny. 1909-86. US clarinetist/ bandleader. “King of Swing”.

Gorboduc. Legendary English king. Sackville.

Gordius. Mythical Greek peasant king of Phrygia.

Gorgias. c400BC. Sophist. “Making the losing cause the winning one.”

Gotham. English villagers, to avoid expense of entertaining King John, pretended to be fools.

Granada. 745-1492 Moors. Last Moslem kingdom in Spain. Alhambra.

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.

Great Britain. 1707 Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales. United Kingdom. Act of Union.

Greece. c3000BC Minoan(Crete). c1500BC Achaean. 11C Aeolian, Ionian. c1100 Dorian. 683 Athens monarchy. 404 Sparta. 371 Thebes. 338 Macedonia...Alexander. 197BC Rome...Byzantine. 1453 AD Ottoman. 1829 Independent kingdom. 1912 +Crete. 1924 Republic. 1935 Constitutional Monarchy. 1973 Republic. 1981 EEC. 1994 EU.

Guinevere. Wife of King Arthur, in love with Sir Lancelot.

Gunther. -437. First King of Burgundy, defeated by Huns.

Gustav I. Vasa. 1496-1560. Elected Swedish king 1523-. Defeated Danes, dissolved Kalmar Union.

Gustav IV. Adolf. 1778-1837. Swedish king 1792-1809. Lost Finland. Overthrown.

Haakon I. c914-61. Norwegian king c935-. Introduced Christianity to Norway.

Haakon IV. 1204-63. Norwegian king 1217-. Added Greenland and Iceland 1262. Patron of Arts.

Haakon VII. 1872-1957. King of Norway after separation from Sweden, 1905. In exile 1940-45.

Halcyone. Aeolus’ daughter. Became kingfisher. Week of winter calm.

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