Flowers, Revolution of. 1974. Junta overthrows Caetano in Portugal. 1976 election.

Flying Dutchman. Legendary ghost ship of Cape of Good Hope.

Foch, Ferdinand. 1851-1929. French Supreme Allied Leader on W Front, 1918. Marne. WWI.

Fokker, Anthony. 1890-1939. Dutch/German/ US aircraft engineer for Germany, WWI. Remote control plane, 1919.

Folies-Bergère. 1869. Paris theater introduced striptease 1894.

Fontaine, Pierre. 1762-1853. French Empire architect. Louvre Cour Carrée.

Fontainebleau. 12C castle richly decorated by Francis I.

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.

Fontenoy, Battle. 1745. French victory in War of Austrian Succession.

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, Henry. 1863-1947. US industrialist. Application of assembly line created affordable car. Model T 1908. Rivas.

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.

Forrest, Edwin. Macready.

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.

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