Franconia. 843-. Nucleus of E Frankish kingdom. Duke = First elected German king Conrad I.

Frederick I. 1657-1713. Creator and first king of Prussia, 1701.

Frémont, John. 1813-90. US pioneer, Governor of CA, First senator 1856. First Republican Presidential candidate.

Freud, Sigmund. 1856-1939. Austrian founder of Psychoanalysis. Sexually oriented guilt. First to divide mind into conscious and subconscious. Studies in Hysteria 1895. Interpretation of Dreams 1899.

Gabrieli, Andrea. c1510-86. Venetian church music composer. First to combine voice and instruments in concerto form.

Gagarin, Yuri. 1934-68. Soviet cosmonaut, first man in space, 1961.

Garnerin, A-J. 1769-1823. French. First parachutist. Landed in Monceau park, Paris, 1797.

Garros, Roland. 1888-1918. French aviator, first to cross Mediterranean.

Garter, Order of. c1348. First Order of British Knighthood. Founded by Edward III. “Honi soit qui mal y pense”. Shame on him who thinks evil of it.

Gelasius I, St. Pope 492-6. Compiled first Missal. Hard line continued rift with Constantinople.

George I. 1660-1727. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-. First Hanover. Utrecht Peace. South Sea Bubble.

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

Gibbon, John. First heart-lung machine 1953.

Giffard, Henri. First steam airship 1852.

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

Glenn, John. 1921- First American to orbit earth, 1962. US Senator 1974-.

Glinka, Mikhail. 1804-57. First important Russian Nationalist composer. A Life for the Czar 1836.

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

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

Granicus, Battle. 334BC. Alexander’s First victory; defeats Darius III of Persia.

Griffiths, D.W. 1875-1948. US filmmaker. First visual effects. Birth of a Nation 1915.

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

Hainisch, Michael. 1858-1940. First president of Austrian Republic 1920-28.

Halifax, First Earl of. 1661-1715. English Whig statesman. Started National Debt. Established Bank of England. 1694.

Halifax, First Earl of. 1881-1959. English statesman. Viceroy of India 1925-31, Foreign Secretary 1938-40.

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