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688 matches to Land Decree
Faunus. Roman woodland deity. = Pan.
Feudalism. 8-14C. Social system. Lord grants land rights (fiefs) to vassals in return for military or other service. Manorialism. Seignorialism.
Field of Cloth of Gold. 1520. Kings of France and England meet near Calais to propose alliances.
Fingerprints. 8C Chinese used as signatures. 1870 Indian classification system. 1901 Galton-Henry System, Scotland Yard.
Finland. 7C Finns settle, displace Lapps. 1157 Sweden. 1809 Grand Duchy of Russia. 1919 Indepependent republic.
Flamsteed, John. 1646-1719. First Astronomer Royal of England, 1675.
Flanders. Historical region of France, Belgium, Neth. 13C Cloth industry. Ghent. Bruges.
Flodden, Battle. 1513. Repelled Scotish invasion of England. James IV of Scotland killed.
Four Forest Cantons. 1291 separated from Hapsburg rule. 1332 formed basis of Switzerland.
Fredrikshamn, Peace. 1809. Sweden cedes Finland to Russia.
French Guiana. 1604 French settle. 1809 France/Portugal. 1816 French. 1852-1946 Penal colonies. Devil’s Is.
Frost, Robert. 1874-1963. American New England poet. Stopping by Woods 1923.
Gadsden Purchase. 1853. US buys land from Mexico.
Gaelic. Celtic languages of Scotland and Ireland.
Gainsborough, Thomas. 1727-88. English portrait and landscape painter. Boy Blue 1770. Watering Place.
Galilee. N Israel. (Ancient N Palestine). Jesus’ homeland. Absorbed in Arab-Israeli War, 1949.
Galland, Antoine. 1646-1715. French translator of Arabian Nights, introduced the story to Europe 1704.
Garnerin, A-J. 1769-1823. French. First parachutist. Landed in Monceau park, Paris, 1797.
Garros, Roland. 1888-1918. French aviator, first to cross Mediterranean.
Gauguin, Paul. 1848-1903. French Post-Impressionist painter typified by abstracted figures and flat planes of color. Tahitian Landscape. Day of the God 1894.
Gdansk. (Danzig). 1308 Teutonic Knights. 1466-1793 Sole Polish port. 1919 Independent. (Nazi 1933-). 1939 Germans annex, causing WWII. 1945 Poland. Solidarity.
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 II. 1683-1760. King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-. Weakness led to constitutional monarchy.