Dutch West India Company. 1621-1794. Commercial and colonial interests in Africa, South America. Driven from Brazil, 1654, New York, 1667.

East India Companies. British, Dutch, French. Danish 1614-1729. Austrian, 1720-7.

Eastern Crisis. 1839-41. British suppression of Muhammed Ali’s Egyptian expansion.

Eleanor of Aquitaine. Divorced from Louis VII 1152 after accompanying him on Second Crusade. Married Henry II of England, bringing Aquitaine under English crown...Angevin Empire. Mother of Richard I. Led 1173 revolt vs husband, Henry II.

Encomienda. 16-18C Spanish system of Indian forced labour.

Epimetheus. Pandora’s husband.

Escurial. 1557. Spanish monastery near Madrid built by Philip II to commemorate St-Quentin victory.

Eugénie. 1826-1920. Spanish Empress of France, 1853-70.

Falange. 1933-37. Spanish Fascist party founded by Primo de Rivera. Merged with Franco 1937. Won civil war.

Falkland Is. 1592 Davis discovers. 1764 British settle. 1774-1811 Spanish. 1829 Argentina claims (Malvinas). 1833 British.

Falla, Manuel de. 1876-1946. Spanish composer influenced by folk music, Debussy. Nights in the Garden of Spain 1916.

Family Compact. 1733,43,61. Spanish Bourbons support French wars.

Farnese, Alessandro. 1545-92. Italian/Spanish governor of Netherlands. Quelled rebellion.

Faunus. Roman woodland deity. = Pan.

Felix, St. -818. Spanish Adoptionist.

Ferdinand VII. 1784-1833. Spanish King, 1808, 1814-33. Favoured Isabella II to succeed. Carlist Wars led to loss of Spanish power and possessions.

Ferry, Jules. 1832-93. French premier 1880~5. Expanded empire. Compulsory secular education 1882. Dissolved Jesuits.

Fifteen Years War. 1591-1606. Austria vs Turkey over Transylvania. Stopped Turkish expansion in Europe.

Foucault, Léon. 1819-68. Proved rotation of the earth in an experiment at the Pantheon, Paris, 1851. Gyroscope, 1852.

Foujita, Tsuguhara. 1886-1968. Japanese/French painter.

Four Power Pacific Treaty. 1921. Britain, France, Japan, USA agree to mutual respect of rights.

Franco, Francisco. 1892-1975. Spanish general and ruthless Fascist dictator, 1939-. Spanish Civil War.

French East India Company. 1664-1770. To protect French trade interests in India.

French Polynesia. c3C Polynesians settle. 1521 Magellan discovers. 1595 Spanish discover Marquesas. 1767 British discover Tahiti. 1880/81 French colony. 1946 French Overseas Territory.

Frontenac. 1622-98. French Governor of New France. Defeated Iroquois. Expanded fur trade.

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