Four Power Pact. 1933. Br, Fr, Ger, It for peace in Europe.

Fugitive Slave Acts. 1793-1850. Required return of runaway slaves. American Civil War.

Garrick, David. 1717-79. English actor, theater manager.

Gaspee. British boat burned 1772 by American rebels. Response, Intolerable Acts.

Gauguin, Paul. 1848-1903. French Post-Impressionist painter typified by abstracted figures and flat planes of color. Tahitian Landscape. Day of the God 1894.

Geneva Protocol. 1924. League of Nations. Prohibits chemical and bacteriological warfare.

German Democratic Republic. (GDR). 1949-90. East Germany. People’s Republic in Soviet mould. COMECON. Warsaw Pact. 1990 Germany.

German-Soviet Pact. 1939-41. Nonaggression agreement. Divided Poland, Baltic between USSR/Germany. Left Hitler free to invade Poland, starting WWII.

Gordon Riots. 1780. NoPopery Riots led by Lord Gordon to demand Catholic Relief Act repeal.

Government of India Act. 1858. India Act.

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

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

Greek Fire. 648. Byzantine secret weapon. Flammable substance that ignited on contact with water invented by Callinicus of Heliopolis.

Grenville, George. 1712-70. British Prime Minister 1763-65. Revenue Act. Stamp Act.

Guelfs and Ghibellines. 1154-15C. Rival factions responsible for feuds in Germany and Italy. Welfs.

Gwyn, Nell. 1650-87. English actress. Popular mistress of Charles II 1669-.

Habeas Corpus Act. 1679. England. Right of prisoner to appear in court before being imprisoned.

Halepa, Pact. 1878. Turks grant self-government to Cretan Greeks.

Hall, Charles. 1863-1914. US. Aluminum manufacturing process 1886.

Harris, Lawren. 1885-1970. Canadian landscape, abstract painter. Group of Seven. Lake and Mountains 1928.

Hatch Acts. 1939,40. Limit campaign contributions in US.

Hatt-i Humayun. 1856. Turkish reform act, forced by major powers, but not always enforced.

Head Act. 1465. Bounty to English colonists for heads of Irish.

Helvétius, Claude-Adrien. 1715-71. French Materialist philosopher. All actions based on self-interest. De l’ésprit 1758.

Hepworth, Barbara. 1903-75. English abstract sculptor.

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