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

Gregory of Nyssa, St. 335-95. Father of Greek church.

Grillparzer, Franz. 1791-1872. Austrian playwright. The Ancestress 1817. Sappho 1818.

Grimké, Sarah and Angelina. 1792-1873; 1805-79. US feminists, abolitionists.

Gros, Antoine. 1771-1835. French painter of Napoleon’s military career.

Grosz, George. 1893-1959. German satirical artist/caricaturist. Pillars of Society.

Guas, Juan. -c1496. Spanish arch. Isabelline style.

Guelfs and Ghibellines. 1154-15C. Rival factions responsible for feuds in Germany and Italy. Welfs.

Guerra Santa (Holy War). 1848. Unsuccessful Italian revolution. Garibaldi. Mazzini.

Guinea-Bissau. 1446 Tristao discovers. 16-18C Slave source. 1879 Portuguese Guinea. 1974 Independent.

Guise, Francois, duc de. 1519-63. Massacred Huguenots at Vassy, 1562, starting War of Religion.

Guise, Henri, duc de. 1550-88. Partipated in St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Founded Catholic League 1576. Led revolt against Henry III. Murdered.

Gulf War. 1990-91. Allies (US, Britain, France, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia +26 others) expel Iraq from Kuwait.

Gustav I. Vasa. 1496-1560. Elected Swedish king 1523-. Defeated Danes, dissolved Kalmar Union.

Habeas Corpus Act. 1679. England. Right of prisoner to appear in court before being imprisoned.

Hagar. Sarah, Abraham’s wife’s handmaid. Mother of Ishmael.

Hahnemann, Samuel. 1755-1843. German founder of homeopathy 1810.

Hansard. 1774-. Official British parliamentary report.

Harmodius. -514BC. Failed assassin of Hippias.

Harold II. Last Saxon king of England, 1066. Killed at Hastings.

Harris, Arthur. 1892-1984. WWII air marshal. Saturation bombing.

Harun-ar-Rashid. c764-809. Abbasid Caliph, 786-. Subject of One Thousand and One Nights.

Hawaii. c400 Polynesians. 1778 Cook discovers = Sandwich Is. 1795 UK. 1894 Republic. 1898 US. 1959 State.

Hazlitt, William. 1778-1830. English essayist, critic. The Plain Speaker 1826.

Hearst, Wm Randolph. 1863-1951. US newspaper giant: San Francisco Examiner.

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