Fire brigade. 4000BC China. 2000BC Egypt. 150BC Rome. 1722 Paris.

Fire of London. 1666. Four days. 87 churches. 13,200 houses. 100,000 homeless. Rebuilt in 10 years. 1136 fire was previously known as Great Fire of London.

Firearms. 1247 used at Siege of Seville.1327 Edward III uses canon vs Scots. 1364 Perugia First handguns. 1640 Flintlock.

Fischer von Erlach, J.B. 1656-1723. Austrian architect. Intro. baroque. Schönbrunn Palace 1696, Church of St Charles Borromeo 1716-37.

Fisher, St. John. 1469-1535. English Humanist scholar. Beheaded for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of church. More.

Fisk, James. 1834-72. Flamboyant US financier. Attempt to corner gold market led to Black Friday 1869.

Fitzgerald, Edward. 1763-98. Irish rebel. Sought aid from France for 1798 uprising.

Five Dynasties. 907-60. China between T’ang and Sung dynasties. Upheaval stimulated arts. Art to represent metaphysical truth.

Five Pecks of Rice. 206-20. Chinese Taoist political movement vs poverty, instability.

Five Year Plans. 1928- Russian planning cycles.

Flagellants. 13C-. Christian sects who practise self-whipping as means of salvation.

Flaminian Way. 220BC. Roman road to Rimini.

Flamininus, Quinctus. c227-174BC. Roman General who def Philip V of Macedonia 197BC.

Flanders. Historical region of France, Belgium, Neth. 13C Cloth industry. Ghent. Bruges.

Flaubert, Gustave. 1821-1880. French Realist novelist. Madame Bovary 1851. Novembre 1842. Acquitted of corrupting public morals, 1857.

Fleming, Alexander. 1881-1955. Scottish doctor, dicoverer of penicillin 1928. Florey, Chain.

Fleming, Ambrose. 1849-1945. British vacuum tube inventor 1904.

Fleming, Sir Sandford. 1827-1915. Scottish/Canadian scientist, engineer. CPR. Standard Time zones 1884.

Flemings. Dutch speakers of north Belgium. Walloon.

Flemish. 15-17C school of painting. Technical skill, detail. VanEyck. Bruegel. Rubens.

Flodden, Battle. 1513. Repelled Scotish invasion of England. James IV of Scotland killed.

Florence. c200BC Etruscan. 59BC Rome. 1198 Independent rep. 1434 Medici. 1532 + Tuscany. 1860 Italy (1865-70 capital).

Florentine. School of Painting. 1270 Academy of Fine Arts. Express humanist ideas through art. Realism and chiarascuro. DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.

Florey, Howard. 1898-1968. British. Isolated Penicillin with Chain,1928. Fleming.

Florin. 11C- Florence coin. 1343- English coin.

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