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Gentlemen’s Agreement. 1907. US-Japan. Restricted emigration and discrimination. 1937. British-Italian agreement on Mediterranean. Appeasement.
Geoffrey of Monmouth. 1100-55. English author. Historia Regum Brittaniae c1135. King Arthur.
Geoffrey Plantagenet. 1113-51. Count of Anjou. Conquered Normandy for his son Henry II.
Geometric. c9C BC. Last Mycenaean Greek art form.
George, David Lloyd. 1863-1945. Lloyd George, David.
George, Henry. 1839-97. US economist. Progress and Poverty 1879, influenced British socialism.
George, St. 3/4C. Chivalric Patron St. of England, Portugal., and soldiers. Slew dragon.
George I. 1660-1727. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-. First Hanover. Utrecht Peace. South Sea Bubble.
George I. 1845-1913. Danish Prince William, chosen king of Greece 1863-. Assassinated.
George II. 1683-1760. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-. Weakness led to constitutional monarchy.
George III. 1738-1820. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-. Supported King’s Friends. Political instability. American Revolution. Insane 1810-.
George IV. 1762-1830. King of UK 1820-. Regent from 1811. Scandals led to decline in influence of monarchy. Brighton Pavillion. Regency.
George V. 1865-1936. King of UK 1910-. Repopularized monarchy with radio Christmas message.
George VI. 1895-1952. King of UK, Emperor of India 1936-. Boosted morale in WWII.
George of Podebrady. 1420-71. Utraquist leader. Bohemian king 1458-.
George’s Day Revolt, St. 1343-5. Estonians vs Danes. Suppressed by Teutonic Knights who bought Estonia from Denmark.
Georgia. 6C BC Achaemenid. 4C BC Alexander. 65BC Rome. 330 Christian. 4-5C Sassanids, Byzantine dispute. 6C Sass. 7C Moslem. 8C 2 Kingdoms. c1000 United. 1220 Mongol(E). 14C United. 15C Turk/Persian. 1801 Russia. 1918 Independent. 1921 Soviet Republic. 1991 Independent. CIS.
Georgian Architecture. 1714-1830. Palladian, 1720-60. Adam, 1760-1800. Regency, 1810-37. Often red brick with white trim.
Gericault, Théodore. 1791-1824. French painter. First Romantic. Officers 1812. Raft of Medusa 1819.
German Confederation. 1815-66. 39 states allied for mutual defence. Dominated by Austria.
German Customs Union. Zollverein.
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.
German East Africa. 1891 German protectorate. 1919 Tanganyika, Ruanda Urundi.
German Movement. 18C Nationalist cultural movement. Lessing, Goethe, Schiller.