Flemish. 15-17C school of painting. Technical skill, detail. VanEyck. Bruegel. Rubens.

Fleur de Lys. National emblem of France 496-1789. Tricolour.

Fleurus, Battle. 1794. Key French victory over First Coalition.

FLN. 1954-62. Algerian National Liberation Front conducts war vs France.

Flodden, Battle. 1513. Repelled Scotish invasion of England. James IV of Scotland killed.

Flood, Great. c3000BC. Destruction of man and world by God. Forty days and night. Noah. Gilgamesh.

Flora. Roman goddess of flowers.

Florence. c200BC Etruscan. 59BC Rome. 1198 Independent rep. 1434 Medici. 1532 + Tuscany. 1860 Italy (1865-70 capital).

Florence, Union of. 1439. Brief reconciliation of Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches.

Florentine. School of Painting. 1270 Academy of Fine Arts. Express humanist ideas through art. Realism and chiarascuro. DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.

Florey, Howard. 1898-1968. British. Isolated Penicillin with Chain,1928. Fleming.

Florian, Jean-Pierre de. 1755-94. French fable writer.

Florin. 11C- Florence coin. 1343- English coin.

Flowers, Revolution of. 1974. Junta overthrows Caetano in Portugal. 1976 election.

Flying Dutchman. Legendary ghost ship of Cape of Good Hope.

Foch, Ferdinand. 1851-1929. French Supreme Allied Leader on W Front, 1918. Marne. WWI.

Fokker, Anthony. 1890-1939. Dutch/German/ US aircraft engineer for Germany, WWI. Remote control plane, 1919.

Folies-Bergère. 1869. Paris theater introduced striptease 1894.

Fontaine, Pierre. 1762-1853. French Empire architect. Louvre Cour Carrée.

Fontainebleau. 12C castle richly decorated by Francis I.

Fontainebleau. School of Art. 1528-1600. Classical style of painting precipitated by above. Later, allegorical style.

Fontainebleau, Treaty. 1807. Established Napoleon’s right to march on Portugal through Spain.

Fontana, Domenico. 1543-1607. Italian/Swiss architect. Vatican Library 1587. St. Peter’s Cupola 1588.

Fontenelle, Bernard de. 1657-1757. French pre-enlightenment writer, scientist. Entretiens 1685.

Fontenoy, Battle. 1745. French victory in War of Austrian Succession.

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