Glendower, Owen. c1354-1416. Led last Welsh revolt vs English rule 1400-12.

Globe Theatre. 1599-1644. Venue for Shakespeare’s plays, London.

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

Glorious Revolution. 1688. British Protestant William and Mary depose James II. Declaration of Rights, Bill of Rights 1689.

God. Christian, Judaic, Islamic supreme being. Infinite, omniscient, benevolent creator.

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

Godwin. -1053. English Earl. Exiled 1051. Invaded England 1052.

Gogol, Nikolai. 1809-52. Russian Realist writer. Dead Souls 1842.

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

Gold Coast. 1481 Portugal. 1642 Dutch. 1874 Britain. 1957 Independent +British Togoland = Ghana.

Golden Hind. Drake’s flagship; only one to finish circumnavigation.

Golden House. 65. Nero’s huge Roman palace.

Goliath. c11C BC. Philistine giant slain by David.

Gombos, Gyula. 1886-1936. Fascist Hungarian Premier 1932-.

Gómez, Juan. 1864-1935. Ruthless Venezuelan dictator 1908-.

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

Gorbachev, Mikhail. 1931-. Leader of USSR 1985-91. Major reforms. Glasnost. Perestroika.

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

Gothic Architecture. 12-15C. Began with French cathedrals and spread over N Europe. Pointed arches, rib vaulting, flying buttresses. Stability achieved with balance rather than mass. Airy lightness. St. Denis 1140. Notre Dame Cathedral. Tudor.

Gothic Art. 13C-. Church sculpture, illuminated manuscripts. Less idealized than Classical. Emotions portrayed.

Gower, John. -1408. English poet. Confessio Amantis 1393. Vox Clamantis 1384.

Graces. Three beautiful attendants of Aphrodite. Aglaia, brightness. Euphrosyne, joy. Thalia, bloom.

Gräfe, Albrecht. 1828-70. German ophthalmologist. Glaucoma, 1857. Cataract treatment, 1867.

Gran Colombia. 1819-30. Bolivar’s independent republic of former Spanish colonies. Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador. New Granada.

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

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