-
9292 matches to N
Garros, Roland. 1888-1918. French aviator, first to cross Mediterranean.
Garter, Order of. c1348. First Order of British Knighthood. Founded by Edward III. “Honi soit qui mal y pense”. Shame on him who thinks evil of it.
Garvey, Marcus. 1887-1940. Jamaican/US black nationalist. Back to Africa Movement.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. 1810-65. Social novelist. Mary Barton 1848.
Gaspee. British boat burned 1772 by American rebels. Response, Intolerable Acts.
Gastein, Convention. 1865. Schleswig-Holstein divided between Prussia and Austria.
Gates, Horatio. c1728-1806. American Revolution general at Saratoga. Conway Cabal.
Gatling, Richard. 1818-1903. US inventor of automatic gun 1861.
GATT. General Agreement on Trade and Tarrifs. 1948-95. Regulates trade tarrifs under UN. WTO.
Gaucho. 18-19C Nomadic South American cowboy.
Gaudi, Antonio. 1852-1926. Barcelona architect: Sagrada Familia 1883-; Casa Mila 1905-7.
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri. 1891-1915. French Vorticist sculptor.
Gaugemela, Battle. 331BC. Alexander the Great defeats Persia.
Gauguin, Paul. 1848-1903. French Post-Impressionist painter typified by abstracted figures and flat planes of color. Tahitian Landscape. Day of the God 1894.
Gaul. Celtic populated region = modern France, Belgium, W Germany, N Italy.
Gauls. Celtic peoples. Settled France by 5C BC.
Gauss, Karl. 1777-1855. German physicist, mathematician. Complex Numbers. Modern arithmetic 1801.
Gautama, Siddhartha. -480BC. Prince. Buddha.
Gautier, Théophile. 1811-72. French poet. -“Art for art’s sake”. Mlle de Maupin 1835.
Gaveston, Piers. c1284-1312. English regent during absence of Edward II. Executed by barons.
Gawain. Arthurian ideal knight.
Gay, John. 1685-1732. English dramatist. Beggar’s Opera 1728.
Gay-Lussac, Louis. 1778-1850. French chemist. Laws of combining gases, 1804. Meteorology.
Gaza Strip. Between Egypt, Israel. 1948- Egypt. 1956 Israel occupies. 1957 UN admin. 1967 Israel conq. 1979 “Autonomy” by Camp David Accord. 1993 Palestine.