Entente Cordiale. 1904. Anglo-French agreement. Defined spheres of influence in Africa and Pacific allowing co-operation vs Germany.

Épée, Abbé de l’. 1712-89. French educator of deaf-mutes. Natural sign language.

Épinay, Louise d’. 1726-83. French Enlightenment patroness.

Erté, Roman. 1892-1990. Russian/French Art Deco artist.

Esterhazy, Ferdinand. 1847-1923. French. Sold secrets to Germans. Blamed Dreyfus.

Estrées, Gabrielle d’. 1573-99. Mistress of French Henry IV.

Eugène of Savoy, Prince. 1663-1736. French General of H.R. Imperial armies. Defeated Turks in Vienna and Hungary.

Fabre, Henri. 1823-1915. French entomologist: Souvenirs entomologiques.

Falloux, Frédéric. 1811-56. French politician. Sponsored Law on Education: Loi Falloux.

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

Farmers-General. 17C French financiers who bought right to collect taxes for a fixed fee.

Fashoda Incident. 1898. British/French dispute over Sudan. French renounce claims. Entente Cordiale 1904.

Faure, Felix. 1841-99. French president. Fashoda. Dreyfus.

Favre, Jules. 1809-80. French statesman. Opposed Napoleon III.

Felletin. French tapestry works 15C-. Coarser weave in rustic motifs. Aubusson.

Fénelon, François. 1651-1715. French theologian. Quietism 1696. Telemachus 1698.

Fermat, Pierre de. 1601-65. French mathematician/jurist. Modern Number Theory. Last Theorem 1631: There does not exist xⁿ+yⁿ=zⁿ for n>2; x,y,z ε N. Proved by Wiles 1995.

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

Feuillants Club. 1791. French moderate monarchists.

Féval, Paul. 1817-87. French writer: Bossu.

Fiorentino, Rosso. 1495-1540. Italian/French Fontainebleau painter.

First Coalition. 1792. European countries opposed to French Revolution.

Five Hundred, Council of. 1795. Lower House of French Parliament.

Fizeau, Armand. 1819-96. French physicist. Measured speed of light, 1849.

Flammarian, Camille. 1842-1925. French astronomer: L’astronomie Populaire.

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