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Foreign Legion. 1831-. French army unit of foreign volunteers, French officers founded in Algeria.
Foreign Ministers, Council of. 1945. Allies and Axis meet to create WWII Peace treaties.
Forester, C.S. 1899-1966. English historical novelist. Captain Hornblower 1937-53.
Formigé. Designer of gardens in Champ-de-Mars 1908.
Formigny, Battle. 1450. French artillery defeat English longbow.
Fortuna. Roman goddess of destiny. = Tyche.
Fortunatus. Hero with inexhaustible purse in 15C German lit.
Forum. 2C. Roman open-air meeting place. Trajan.
Foucault, Léon. 1819-68. Proved rotation of the earth in an experiment at the Pantheon, Paris, 1851. Gyroscope, 1852.
Fouché, Joseph. 1758-1820. French Revolutionary. Minister of Police 1779~1815. Secret police. Intrigued vs Robespierre 1794, Napoleon 1799,1807; Louis XVIII 1814.
Foujita, Tsuguhara. 1886-1968. Japanese/French painter.
Fouqué, Friedrich. 1777-1843. German Romantic writer. Undine 1811.
Fouquet, Jean. 1420-70. French miniaturist. Book of Hours 1450. Charles VII 1445.
Fouquet, Nicolas. 1615-80. Finance Minister to Louis XIV. Imprisoned for embezzlement after a 3 year trial at The Arsenal 1661-4.
Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine. 1746-1795. Public prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal during Terror. Guillotined.
Four Forest Cantons. 1291 separated from Hapsburg rule. 1332 formed basis of Switzerland.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Biblical reference to war, famine, death, and Christ, to come at end of world.
Four Nations, College of. 1661-1793. Paris, Established by Mazarin bequest...Institute of France.
Four Noble Truths. Basic Buddhist doctrine. Existence is suffering, suppressed by following the 8-fold path.
Four Power Pacific Treaty. 1921. Britain, France, Japan, USA agree to mutual respect of rights.
Four Power Pact. 1933. Br, Fr, Ger, It for peace in Europe.
Fourier, Charles. 1772-1837. French socialist philosopher. His utopia was attempted in US, Brook Farm, a voluntary cooperative.
Fourier, Jean. 1768-1830. French mathematician/ physicist. Flow of heat 1822. Analysis of cyclical phenomena.
Fourteen Points. 1918. WWI US peace proposal.