Goebbels, Joseph. 1897-1945. Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda 1933-. Suicide.

Goethe, Johann. 1749-1832. German writer: Meister’s Apprenticeship 1796. Faust 1808-32. Memories 1809. Sturm und Drang.

Golden Age. Peaceful period of man’s innocence. Greek equivalent of Eden.

Golden Bull. 1222. Hungary. Limited king’s powers.

Golden Fleece. Greek myth. Chrysomallus’ fleece taken by Jason.

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

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

Goldsmith, Oliver. 1730-74. Irish Writer: Vicar of Wakefield 1766; She Stoops to Conquer 1773.

Goncalves Dias, Antonio. 1823-64. Romantic “National” poet of Brazil.

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

Gorgias. c400BC. Sophist. “Making the losing cause the winning one.”

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

Granados, Enrique. 1867-1916. Spanish Nationalist composer. 7 Operas. Set of Tonadillas. Dances. Goyescas 1911-13.

Grand Alliance, War of. 1689-97. Spain, Sweden, England, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands vs French expansionism. Negotiated Peace. King William’s War. Namur. Augsburg League.

Grand Canal. 4C BC-1400. China. World’s longest, 1,000 miles.

Grande Armée. 1805-12. Napoleon’s 1,000,000 man army; combined smaller armies for central control.

Grands-Augustins, Quai de. 1313. Oldest quay in Paris, by Philip the Fair.

Grands Rhétoriqueurs. 15-16C. French poets. Deschamps, DeMachaut.

Granger Movement. 19C. US farmers’ co-ops, political lobbies.

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

Grattan, Henry. 1746-1820. Irish independence leader. Irish Parliament 1782. Poyning’s Law repeal movement.

Great Fear. 1789. Peasants refuse to pay taxes, prepare for aristocrats’ attack in rural France.

Greek Project. 1782. Abandoned plan of Catherine the Great to conquer Ottoman Empire.

Greeley, Horace. 1811-72. US founder of New Yorker, NY Tribune. Slavery critic. -“Go west, young man!”

Green, Hetty. 1835-1916. US miser. World’s richest woman.

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