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Errs. Greek goddess of discord. Threw the apple that led to the Trojan War.
Estonia. c1000BC Aesti. 9C- Vikings invade. 11,12C Russia, Denmark, Sweden invades. 1219 Denmark. 1346 Teutonic Knights buy. 16C Sweden/Poland/Denmark divide. 17C Sweden. 1721 Russian. 1918 Independent. 1919-33 Unstable governments. 1924 Failed Bolshevik revolution. 1934 Päts coup. 1940 USSR. 1991 Independent.
Eudes. 860-98. King of France in 888. Defended Paris against the Norse in 885.
Euripides. c480-406BC. Greek tragic poet, sceptical of myths. Medea 431. Iphegenia. Electra.
Eurydice. Wife of Orpheus, almost rescued from Hades.
Falklands, Battle. 1914. British destroy German fleet.
Fates. Three goddesses who determines the birth, life, and death of a man.
Festival of the Supreme Being. 8 June 1794. Declared by Robespierre and designed by David.
Flood, Great. c3000BC. Destruction of man and world by God. Forty days and night. Noah. Gilgamesh.
Flora. Roman goddess of flowers.
Formigé. Designer of gardens in Champ-de-Mars 1908.
Fortuna. Roman goddess of destiny. = Tyche.
Franciscans. 1209. Religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi. Missionary and educational work. Includes Capuchins, Conventuals, Observants, Zealots.
Frederick I. (Barbarossa). c1123-90. HRE 1155-. Crusades. Opposed papal authority.
Fredrikshamn, Peace. 1809. Sweden cedes Finland to Russia.
Free Will. Philosophies which allow that man can more or less determine his own destiny. Fatalism.
French Republican Calendar. 1793-1805. 12 30 day months of 3 “decades”. 5-6 holidays at end of year.
Freyia. Norse goddess of battle, love and song.
Fuller, R. Buckminster. 1895-1983. US engineer/philosopher. Geodesic Dome.
Furies. Goddesses of vengeance. Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera.
Gaea. (Gaia) Earth itself as a Greek goddess.
Gilgamesh. Legendary Babylonian king. Epic 2000BC includes Great Flood.
Giscard d’Éstaing, Valéry. 1926-. French UDF President 1974-81.
Godfrey of Bouillon. c1061-1100. First Crusade leader. Ruled Palestine 1099-.
Gold Rush. 1550 Bohemia. 1849 California. 1851 Australia. 1880s Rhodesia. 1886 South Africa. 1897 Klondike.