Gelasius I, St. Pope 492-6. Compiled first Missal. Hard line continued rift with Constantinople.

Gemayel, Amin. Lebanese President 1982-88 after brother, Bashir, president-elect, was assassinated.

Geneva Convention. 1864. Established humane treatment of war wounded. Sanctioned Red Cross. 1949. Agreements concerning wounded, prisoners, and civilians in war.

Genoa, Conference. 1922. European and Commonwealth nations can’t agree on methods to rebuild Russia. France insists on loan repayment.

George, Henry. 1839-97. US economist. Progress and Poverty 1879, influenced British socialism.

George I. 1845-1913. Danish Prince William, chosen king of Greece 1863-. Assassinated.

George II. 1683-1760. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-. Weakness led to constitutional monarchy.

George V. 1865-1936. King of UK 1910-. Repopularized monarchy with radio Christmas message.

George’s Day Revolt, St. 1343-5. Estonians vs Danes. Suppressed by Teutonic Knights who bought Estonia from Denmark.

Georgia. 6C BC Achaemenid. 4C BC Alexander. 65BC Rome. 330 Christian. 4-5C Sassanids, Byzantine dispute. 6C Sass. 7C Moslem. 8C 2 Kingdoms. c1000 United. 1220 Mongol(E). 14C United. 15C Turk/Persian. 1801 Russia. 1918 Independent. 1921 Soviet Republic. 1991 Independent. CIS.

German Movement. 18C Nationalist cultural movement. Lessing, Goethe, Schiller.

German-Soviet Pact. 1939-41. Nonaggression agreement. Divided Poland, Baltic between USSR/Germany. Left Hitler free to invade Poland, starting WWII.

Gershwin, George. 1898-1937. US popular composer. Rhapsody in Blue 1924. Porgy and Bess 1935.

Gettysburg. 1863. Lincoln’s address given to dedicate Civil War cemetery. “Four score and seven years ago...Government of the people, by the people, for the people”.

Ghazigi. “Warriors of the faith”. Ottoman military before Janissaries.

Giacometti, Alberto. 1901-66. Swiss sculptor. Stretched figures.

Gide, André. 1869-1951. French writer. The Counterfeiters 1926.

Gilbert, Cass. 1859-1934. US architect: Woolworth Building 1908-13.

Glasnost. Openness. Gorbachev’s policy to promote freedom of expression, reduce secrecy.

Glencoe Massacre. 1692. Campbells kill 38 MacDonalds for late oath of allegiance to King William.

Glinka, Mikhail. 1804-57. First important Russian Nationalist composer. A Life for the Czar 1836.

Gloire. 1859. French. World’s first armour-plated vessel.

Gneisenau, August. 1760-1831. Prussian general vs Napoleon.

Gobineau, Joseph. 1816-82. Rationalized anti-semitism and Aryan supremacy. Essay on Inequality of Human Races 1353-5.

Gödel, Kurt. 1906-78. Czech/US logician. Theorem, 1931, asserts that no logical system can prove all its own propositions.

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