The Pocket Guide to World History

Gautama, Siddhartha. -480BC. Prince. Buddha. [Read more ...]

Gautier, Théophile. 1811-72. French poet. -“Art for art’s sake”. Mlle de Maupin 1835. [Read more ...]

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

Gawain. Arthurian ideal knight. [Read more ...]

Gay, John. 1685-1732. English dramatist. Beggar’s Opera 1728. [Read more ...]

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

Gaza Strip. Between Egypt, Israel. 1948- Egypt. 1956 Israel occupies. 1957 UN admin. 1967 Israel conq. 1979 “Autonomy” by Camp David Accord. 1993 Palestine. [Read more ...]

Gdansk. (Danzig). 1308 Teutonic Knights. 1466-1793 Sole Polish port. 1919 Independent. (Nazi 1933-). 1939 Germans annex, causing WWII. 1945 Poland. Solidarity. [Read more ...]

Geiger, Hans. 1882-1945. Invented geiger counter, 1928, with Müller. [Read more ...]

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

Gellert, Christian. 1715-69. German Enlightenment poet, writer. Fables + Tales 1746-48. [Read more ...]

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