Flaubert, Gustave. 1821-1880. French Realist novelist. Madame Bovary 1851. Novembre 1842. Acquitted of corrupting public morals, 1857.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Foreign Legion. 1831-. French army unit of foreign volunteers, French officers founded in Algeria.

Formigny, Battle. 1450. French artillery defeat English longbow.

Fouché, Joseph. 1758-1820. French Revolutionary. Minister of Police 1779~1815. Secret police. Intrigued vs Robespierre 1794, Napoleon 1799,1807; Louis XVIII 1814.

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

Fouquet, Jean. 1420-70. French miniaturist. Book of Hours 1450. Charles VII 1445.

Fourier, Charles. 1772-1837. French socialist philosopher. His utopia was attempted in US, Brook Farm, a voluntary cooperative.

Fourier, Jean. 1768-1830. French mathematician/ physicist. Flow of heat 1822. Analysis of cyclical phenomena.

Fragonard, Jean. 1732-1806. French Rococo painter of hedonistic Provençale scenes. Swing 1766.

France, Anatole. 1844-1924. French short story writer. The Red Lily 1894.

Francis I. 1494-1547. French king 1515-. Vs Charles V. Prosecuted Protestants. Began exploration, colonization. Field of Cloth of Gold.

Franck, César. 1822-90. Belgian/French organist, Romantic composer.

Free French. French vs Germany after fall of France 1940. Opp. by Vichy government. DeGaulle.

French, Daniel. 1850-1931. US sculptor. Lincoln’s Memorial 1922. Minuteman 1875.

French Academy. Académie Française.

French-Austrian War. 1494-1529.

French Community. 1958-. France + Overseas departments + former territories.

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

French Fury. 1583. Antwerp citizens kill 2,000 occupying French soldiers.

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