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Garnier, Franis. 1839-73. French sailor, conquered Tonkin.
Garrick, David. 1717-79. English actor, theater manager.
Garrison, William. 1805-79. US anti-slavery promoter. Weekly Liberator 1831-65.
Garros, Roland. 1888-1918. French aviator, first to cross Mediterranean.
Garter, Order of. c1348. First Order of British Knighthood. Founded by Edward III. “Honi soit qui mal y pense”. Shame on him who thinks evil of it.
Garvey, Marcus. 1887-1940. Jamaican/US black nationalist. Back to Africa Movement.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. 1810-65. Social novelist. Mary Barton 1848.
Gaspee. British boat burned 1772 by American rebels. Response, Intolerable Acts.
Gastein, Convention. 1865. Schleswig-Holstein divided between Prussia and Austria.
Gates, Horatio. c1728-1806. American Revolution general at Saratoga. Conway Cabal.
Gath. Biblical home of Goliath.
Gatling, Richard. 1818-1903. US inventor of automatic gun 1861.
GATT. General Agreement on Trade and Tarrifs. 1948-95. Regulates trade tarrifs under UN. WTO.
Gaucho. 18-19C Nomadic South American cowboy.
Gaudi, Antonio. 1852-1926. Barcelona architect: Sagrada Familia 1883-; Casa Mila 1905-7.
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri. 1891-1915. French Vorticist sculptor.
Gaugemela, Battle. 331BC. Alexander the Great defeats Persia.
Gauguin, Paul. 1848-1903. French Post-Impressionist painter typified by abstracted figures and flat planes of color. Tahitian Landscape. Day of the God 1894.
Gaul. Celtic populated region = modern France, Belgium, W Germany, N Italy.
Gaullists. 1947-76. Supporters of DeGaulle’s programs. 1976. RPR.
Gauls. Celtic peoples. Settled France by 5C BC.
Gauss, Karl. 1777-1855. German physicist, mathematician. Complex Numbers. Modern arithmetic 1801.
Gautama, Siddhartha. -480BC. Prince. Buddha.
Gautier, Théophile. 1811-72. French poet. -“Art for art’s sake”. Mlle de Maupin 1835.