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Gloire. 1859. French. World’s first armour-plated vessel.
Glorious Revolution. 1688. British Protestant William and Mary depose James II. Declaration of Rights, Bill of Rights 1689.
Gluck, Christoph. 1714-87. Bohemian composer: Orpheus 1762. Developed opera as drama with music.
Glyndwr, Owain. Glendower, Owen.
Gneisenau, August. 1760-1831. Prussian general vs Napoleon.
Gnosticism. 1-6C. Heretical Christian sect incorporating mysticism, dualism, Docetism.
Gobelins Tapestry Works. 1440. Established by Jehan Gobelin. Colbert reorganized 1662. Louis XIV sumptuous style. Le Brun. Versailles interiors.
Gobineau, Joseph. 1816-82. Rationalized anti-semitism and Aryan supremacy. Essay on Inequality of Human Races 1353-5.
God. Christian, Judaic, Islamic supreme being. Infinite, omniscient, benevolent creator.
God’s Truce. 1027-13C. Hostilities suspended on Holy days.
Goddard, Robert. 1882-1945. US “father of modern rocketry”.
Gödel, Kurt. 1906-78. Czech/US logician. Theorem, 1931, asserts that no logical system can prove all its own propositions.
Godfrey of Bouillon. c1061-1100. First Crusade leader. Ruled Palestine 1099-.
Godiva, Lady. c1040-80. Rode naked through Coventry to protest taxes. Wife of Earl Leofric.
Godoy, Manuel de. 1767-1851. Spanish Prime Minister 1792~1808. Battle of Trafalgar and Fontainebleau Treaty.
Godunov, Boris. 1551-1605. Russian czar 1598-.
Godwin. -1053. English Earl. Exiled 1051. Invaded England 1052.
Godwin, William. 1756-1836. English atheist philosopher, author. Anarchism. Cooperation is evil. Things as they Are 1794.
Goebbels, Joseph. 1897-1945. Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda 1933-. Suicide.
Goering, Hermann. 1893-1946. German WWI flying ace, Nazi Prime Minister. Gestapo. Condemned at Nuremberg. Suicide.
Goes, Hugo van der. c1440-82. Flemish painter. Mystical, emotional. Portinari Altarpiece c1476.
Goethals, George. 1858-1928. US engineer. Built Panama Canal.
Goethe, Johann. 1749-1832. German writer: Meister’s Apprenticeship 1796. Faust 1808-32. Memories 1809. Sturm und Drang.
Gog and Magog. Giants of Albion.