Euclid. c300BC. Greek mathematician. Discovered plane geometry. Elements.

Eudes. 860-98. King of France in 888. Defended Paris against the Norse in 885.

Eudoxus of Cnidus. c400-350BC. Greek astronomer. Explained movement of sun, moon, planets.

Eugène of Savoy, Prince. 1663-1736. French General of H.R. Imperial armies. Defeated Turks in Vienna and Hungary.

Eugenics. Race improvement by selective mating. Galton.

Eugénie. 1826-1920. Spanish Empress of France, 1853-70.

Eulenspiegel, Till. -1350. German peasant prankster.

Euler, Leonhard. 1707-83. Swiss mathematician. Calculus, optics. Analytic geometry.

Euphronius. c500BC. Greek painter and potter.

Euphrosyne. Grace of mirth and merriment.

Euric. Visigoth king 466-484. First Visigoth law code.

Euripides. c480-406BC. Greek tragic poet, sceptical of myths. Medea 431. Iphegenia. Electra.

Europa. Daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, raised by Zeus (Jupiter). Minos’ mother.

Europe, Council of. 1949-. To protect common heritage, human rights and harmonize legislation by replacing bilateral treaties.

European Community. 1967 European Union.

European Defence Community. 1950-54. Failed attempt at continental army.

European Parliament. 1958 Assembly. 1979 Legislature. 1993 Legislative Assembly of European Union.

European Union. 1958 European Economic Community (EEC) of Belgium, France, W Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands. To integrate economic development of members. 1967 =European Community (EC). 1973 +UK, Ireland, Denmark. 1981+Greece. 1985 -Greenland. 1986 +Spain, Portugal. 1990 +former E Germany. 1993 =European Union (EU). Maastricht Treaty. European Parliament. European Court of Justice.

Eustachio, Bartolomeo. -1574. Italian anatomist. Eustachian tube. Anatomy of Ear 1552.

Euterpe. Greek Muse of tragedy and flute playing.

Euzkadi. 1936-7. Independent Basque rep. Guernica.

Evangelicalism. Protestant churches that follow literal biblical interpretation.

Evans, Arthur. 1851-1941. British Excavated Knossos.

Evans, Timothy. -1953. Wrongful hanging led to abolition of capital punishment in Britain.

Evatt, Herbert. 1894-1965. Australian statesman. Major influence on UN charter.

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