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2171 matches to Leopold and Loeb
Frederick IV. 1671-1730. King of Norway and Denmark, 1699-. Abolished serfdom. Educational system.
Frederick VI. 1769-1839. King of Norway and Denmark, 1808-. Sided with Napoleon. Lost Norway to Sweden.
Fredrikshamn, Peace. 1809. Sweden cedes Finland to Russia.
Freemasons. Secret fraternal organization based on guilds, chivalry, religious orders. 1717 London Grand Lodge.
Frémont, John. 1813-90. US pioneer, Governor of CA, First senator 1856. First Republican Presidential candidate.
French Guiana. 1604 French settle. 1809 France/Portugal. 1816 French. 1852-1946 Penal colonies. Devil’s Is.
French Polynesia. c3C Polynesians settle. 1521 Magellan discovers. 1595 Spanish discover Marquesas. 1767 British discover Tahiti. 1880/81 French colony. 1946 French Overseas Territory.
Freud, Sigmund. 1856-1939. Austrian founder of Psychoanalysis. Sexually oriented guilt. First to divide mind into conscious and subconscious. Studies in Hysteria 1895. Interpretation of Dreams 1899.
Freyia. Norse goddess of battle, love and song.
Friedman, Milton. 1912-. Monetarist economist. Demand is mainly a function of money supply. Keynes. Laissez-faire. Capitalism and Freedom 1962.
Frontenac. 1622-98. French Governor of New France. Defeated Iroquois. Expanded fur trade.
Frontier. Moving US boundary between developed east and unsettled west. Opportunity for adventureres, explorers, pioneers.
Frost, Robert. 1874-1963. American New England poet. Stopping by Woods 1923.
Fugger. 15-17C. German family of financiers and merchants.
Futurism. 1909-1915. Italian artistic movement founded by Marinetti. Glorified machine age, war and violence. Exemplified by simultaneity of images like strobe effect. Boccioni, Balla.
Gabriel. Archangel. God’s messenger. Made Annunciation to Mary, and revealed Koran to Muhammad.
Gabrieli, Andrea. c1510-86. Venetian church music composer. First to combine voice and instruments in concerto form.
Gabrieli, Giovanni. c1557-1612. Nephew of A. Wrote sacred symphonies of voice and instrument.
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.
Gaiseric. 390-477. Vandal and Alani King 428-. Conquered Roman Africa 429. Sacked Rome 455.
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.