Gates, Horatio. c1728-1806. American Revolution general at Saratoga. Conway Cabal.

Gaveston, Piers. c1284-1312. English regent during absence of Edward II. Executed by barons.

Gawain. Arthurian ideal knight.

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

Gempei War. 1180-5. Japanese civil war. Established Kamakura shogunate.

General Strike. UK 1926, TUC supports miners for 9 days. Belgium 1893, 1902, for male suffrage. Sweden 1909, vs wage freeze for 1 month.

Genêt, Edmond. 1763-1834. French diplomat. Failed to win US support for war vs Britain.

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

Geneva Protocol. 1924. League of Nations. Prohibits chemical and bacteriological warfare.

Gentili, Alberico. 1552-1608. Italian jurist. International laws on the conduct of war.

German-Danish War. 1848. Danes gain Schleswig-Holstein. 1864. Danes lose S-H.

German Democratic Republic. (GDR). 1949-90. East Germany. People’s Republic in Soviet mould. COMECON. Warsaw Pact. 1990 Germany.

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”.

Gettysburg, Battle. 1863. Union victory. Turning point in Civil War.

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

Ghent, Treaty. 1814. Britain, US end Anglo-American War on pre-war conditions.

Ghetto. Jewish area of cities, esp: 1556-1885 Rome; 1239 Valencia; 1462 Frankfurt; 1516 Venice; 1066-1291 Old Jewry, London; 1939 Warsaw.

Gibbon, Edward. 1737-94. English historian. Decline and Fall of Roman Empire 1776-88.

Gilded Age. Post American Civil War period of materialism, questionable ethics. Named by Mark Twain.

Girtin, Thomas. 1775-1802. English watercolorist.

Gladiatorial Wars. 73-71BC. Spartacus.

Glyndwr, Owain. Glendower, Owen.

Goldsmith, Oliver. 1730-74. Irish Writer: Vicar of Wakefield 1766; She Stoops to Conquer 1773.

Goliad Massacre. 1836. 350 Texan prisoners by Mexico in War for Independence.

Good Parliament. 1376. Reforms against Edward III. Nullified 1377.

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