Fontainebleau. School of Art. 1528-1600. Classical style of painting precipitated by above. Later, allegorical style.

Fontainebleau, Treaty. 1807. Established Napoleon’s right to march on Portugal through Spain.

Fontenelle, Bernard de. 1657-1757. French pre-enlightenment writer, scientist. Entretiens 1685.

Fonteyn, Margot. 1919-91. English prima ballerina.

Food and Agriculture Organization. 1945- UN agency. Administers World Food Program.

Forbidden City. 1421-1911. Peking. Emperor’s fortified palace. Commoners forbidden to enter.

Ford, Ford Madox. 1873-1939. English writer and editor. Transatlantic Review 1924.

Ford, Gerald. 1913-. Only non-elected US President 1974-6. Replaced Agnew as VP, Nixon as President pardoned Nixon.

Ford, John. c1586-1639. English dramatist. Broken Heart 1627.

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.

Forster, E. M. 1879-1970. English humanist novelist. Room With a View 1908. Passage to India 1924.

Fortuna. Roman goddess of destiny. = Tyche.

Fortunatus. Hero with inexhaustible purse in 15C German lit.

Forum. 2C. Roman open-air meeting place. Trajan.

Foster, Stephen. 1826-64. US writer of ballads, minstrel songs. Oh Susanna 1848.

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.

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.

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