Garnerin, A-J. 1769-1823. French. First parachutist. Landed in Monceau park, Paris, 1797.

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.

Gastein, Convention. 1865. Schleswig-Holstein divided between Prussia and Austria.

Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri. 1891-1915. French Vorticist sculptor.

Gauguin, Paul. 1848-1903. French Post-Impressionist painter typified by abstracted figures and flat planes of color. Tahitian Landscape. Day of the God 1894.

Gaullists. 1947-76. Supporters of DeGaulle’s programs. 1976. RPR.

Gauss, Karl. 1777-1855. German physicist, mathematician. Complex Numbers. Modern arithmetic 1801.

Gaveston, Piers. c1284-1312. English regent during absence of Edward II. Executed by barons.

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.

Gelasius I, St. Pope 492-6. Compiled first Missal. Hard line continued rift with Constantinople.

Gellert, Christian. 1715-69. German Enlightenment poet, writer. Fables + Tales 1746-48.

Gempei War. 1180-5. Japanese civil war. Established Kamakura shogunate.

General Strike. UK 1926, TUC supports miners for 9 days. Belgium 1893, 1902, for male suffrage. Sweden 1909, vs wage freeze for 1 month.

Genet, Jean. 1910-86. French dramatist. Theatre of the Absurd. The Blacks 1958.

Geneva Convention. 1864. Established humane treatment of war wounded. Sanctioned Red Cross. 1949. Agreements concerning wounded, prisoners, and civilians in war.

Geneviève, St. c422-500. Patron St. of Paris. Nanterre girl, saved Paris vs Attila 451, Franks 461.

Genoa, Conference. 1922. European and Commonwealth nations can’t agree on methods to rebuild Russia. France insists on loan repayment.

Gentili, Alberico. 1552-1608. Italian jurist. International laws on the conduct of war.

Gentlemen’s Agreement. 1907. US-Japan. Restricted emigration and discrimination. 1937. British-Italian agreement on Mediterranean. Appeasement.

Geoffrey of Monmouth. 1100-55. English author. Historia Regum Brittaniae c1135. King Arthur.

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