Frederick IV. 1671-1730. King of Norway and Denmark, 1699-. Abolished serfdom. Educational system.

Frederick VI. 1769-1839. King of Norway and Denmark, 1808-. Sided with Napoleon. Lost Norway to Sweden.

Frederick the Fair. 1286-1330. Fought Louis IV unsuccessfully for German crown 1314-22.

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-Austrian War. 1494-1529.

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

French-Indian Wars. 1754-63. North American part of Seven Years War. France loses all possessions in Canada to Britain.

French Revolution. 1789-99. Monarchy overthrown. Republic established 1792. Caused by Absolutism, financial crisis, Enlightenment. Terror. Napoleon. French Revolutionary Wars.

French Revolutionary Wars. 1792-1802. France vs European powers who opposed Revolution. Napoleonic Wars. Coalition. Pillnitz.

French Wars. 1701-1815. Second Hundred Years War.

French West Africa. 1895-1958. Dahomey, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Burkino Faso.

Fresnel, Augustin. 1788-1827. French physicist, wave theory of light 1815. Fresnel lens 1820.

Frigg. Wife of Odin, Roman =Juno.

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.

Fronde. 1648-53. Revolt of French parliamentarians vs king’s power. Failure encouraged Absolutism.

Frontenac. 1622-98. French Governor of New France. Defeated Iroquois. Expanded fur trade.

Frontier. Moving US boundary between developed east and unsettled west. Opportunity for adventureres, explorers, pioneers.

Frost, Robert. 1874-1963. American New England poet. Stopping by Woods 1923.

Fugitive Slave Acts. 1793-1850. Required return of runaway slaves. American Civil War.

Fujiwara. 9-12C. Japanese dynasty.

Fulvia. -40BC. Wife of Antony. Led revolt vs Octavian.

Futurism. 1909-1915. Italian artistic movement founded by Marinetti. Glorified machine age, war and violence. Exemplified by simultaneity of images like strobe effect. Boccioni, Balla.

Gabon. Mpongwe. 1485 Portugal. 1839 France 1889 «Congo. 1910 French Equatorial Africa. 1940 Free France. 1946 French Territory. 1960 Independent republic.

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