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Gorgons. Three mythical Greek monsters. Medusa.
Goya, Francisco. 1746-1828. Spanish painter and engraver of macabre. Horrors of War 1811.
Gracchus, Tiberius. c163-133BC. Roman tribune 133, reformer. Killed in riot. Scipio.
Graces. Three beautiful attendants of Aphrodite. Aglaia, brightness. Euphrosyne, joy. Thalia, bloom.
Gräfe, Albrecht. 1828-70. German ophthalmologist. Glaucoma, 1857. Cataract treatment, 1867.
Graham, Billy. 1918-. US evangelist.
Gramme, Zénobe. 1826-1901. Belgian inventor of the dynamo 1869.
Gran Colombia. 1819-30. Bolivar’s independent republic of former Spanish colonies. Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador. New Granada.
Granada. 745-1492 Moors. Last Moslem kingdom in Spain. Alhambra.
Granadine Confederation. 1858-63. = Colombia.
Granados, Enrique. 1867-1916. Spanish Nationalist composer. 7 Operas. Set of Tonadillas. Dances. Goyescas 1911-13.
Grand Alliance, War of. 1689-97. Spain, Sweden, England, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands vs French expansionism. Negotiated Peace. King William’s War. Namur. Augsburg League.
Grand Army of the Republic. 1866-1956. Political organization of American Civil War veterans.
Grand Canal. 4C BC-1400. China. World’s longest, 1,000 miles.
Grand Palais. Built for 1900 World Exhibition in Paris.
Grand Remonstrance. 1641. Grievances presented to Charles I by Long Parliament.
Grande Armée. 1805-12. Napoleon’s 1,000,000 man army; combined smaller armies for central control.
Grande Gallery of Louvre. Longest gallery in the world, 300m.
Grandee. 13C-. Highest rank of Spanish nobility.
Grandfather Clause. -1915. S US states limited vote to those enfranchised by 1866/7.
Grands-Augustins, Quai de. 1313. Oldest quay in Paris, by Philip the Fair.
Grands Rhétoriqueurs. 15-16C. French poets. Deschamps, DeMachaut.
Granger Movement. 19C. US farmers’ co-ops, political lobbies.
Granicus, Battle. 334BC. Alexander’s First victory; defeats Darius III of Persia.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-85. Commander-in-Chief Union army 1864-5 in US Civil War. President 1869-77.