Fries’s Rebellion. 1799. Pennsylvanian German-Americans rebel vs property tax. Pardoned by Adams.

Frobisher, Martin. 1535-94. British navigator in search of North-West passage 1576.

Froissart, Jean. c1333-1400. French Chronicles of the Hundred Years War 1391.

Furies. Goddesses of vengeance. Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera.

Fürstenbund. “League of Princes” 1785. Prussian-led association of German states vs Joseph II.

Gabor, Dennis. 1900-79. Hungarian/English holograph inventor, 1947.

Gabriel. Archangel. God’s messenger. Made Annunciation to Mary, and revealed Koran to Muhammad.

Gaea. (Gaia) Earth itself as a Greek goddess.

Gag Rules. 1836-44. Prevented discussion of anti-slavery bills in US Congress.

Gage, Thomas. 1721-87. English general, Governor of Massachussets. 1774-5. Siezed munitions at Concord, American Revolution.

Galicia. 6C Lechs/Ruthenians settle. 10C Russian. 1087 Independent prin. 1241 Mongol. 1349 Pol. 1772 Austrian. 1918 Pol. 1939 USSR(E).

Gallican Confession. 1559. French Calvinists’ statement of faith.

Gallipoli. 1915-16. Unsuccessful Allied attempt to secure Dardanelles from Turkey. Churchill resigns as Lord of Admiralty.

Galsworthy, John. 1867-1933. British writer. Forsythe Saga 1906-21.

Galuppi, Baldassare. 1706-85. Italian. Developed opera buffa.

Gandamak, Treaty. 1879. British pay Afghans and occupy Khyber Pass.

Gandhi, Indira. 1917-84. Indian Prime Minister 1966~84. Daughter of J. Nehru. Assassinated.

Gandhi, Mohandas. 1869-1948. Indian patriot and non-violent philosopher. Home Rule. Opposed Partition. Assassinated.

Garfield, James. 1831-81. American Civil War general, US President 1881. Assassinated.

Garibaldi, Giusseppe. 1807-82. Led “Red Shirts” in Italian Risorgimento. Captured Naples 1860.

Garros, Roland. 1888-1918. French aviator, first to cross Mediterranean.

Gastein, Convention. 1865. Schleswig-Holstein divided between Prussia and Austria.

Gauguin, Paul. 1848-1903. French Post-Impressionist painter typified by abstracted figures and flat planes of color. Tahitian Landscape. Day of the God 1894.

Gauss, Karl. 1777-1855. German physicist, mathematician. Complex Numbers. Modern arithmetic 1801.

Gay-Lussac, Louis. 1778-1850. French chemist. Laws of combining gases, 1804. Meteorology.

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