Finsen, Niels. 1860-1904. Danish originator of ultraviolet therapy. Invented U-V bulb.

Fire brigade. 4000BC China. 2000BC Egypt. 150BC Rome. 1722 Paris.

Fire of London. 1666. Four days. 87 churches. 13,200 houses. 100,000 homeless. Rebuilt in 10 years. 1136 fire was previously known as Great Fire of London.

Fisher, St. John. 1469-1535. English Humanist scholar. Beheaded for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of church. More.

Fisk, James. 1834-72. Flamboyant US financier. Attempt to corner gold market led to Black Friday 1869.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. 1896-1940. US Jazz age writer. This Side of Paradise 1920. Great Gatsby 1925.

Fitzgerald, Thomas. 1513-37. Irish. Led rebellion vs Henry VIII 1534-5.

Five Dynasties. 907-60. China between T’ang and Sung dynasties. Upheaval stimulated arts. Art to represent metaphysical truth.

Five Mile Act. 1665. English Nonconformist clergy banned 5 miles from towns where they had preached.

Five Pecks of Rice. 206-20. Chinese Taoist political movement vs poverty, instability.

Five Year Plans. 1928- Russian planning cycles.

Fizeau, Armand. 1819-96. French physicist. Measured speed of light, 1849.

Flagellants. 13C-. Christian sects who practise self-whipping as means of salvation.

Flaminian Way. 220BC. Roman road to Rimini.

Flamsteed, John. 1646-1719. First Astronomer Royal of England, 1675.

Flanders. Historical region of France, Belgium, Neth. 13C Cloth industry. Ghent. Bruges.

Flaubert, Gustave. 1821-1880. French Realist novelist. Madame Bovary 1851. Novembre 1842. Acquitted of corrupting public morals, 1857.

Fleming, Alexander. 1881-1955. Scottish doctor, dicoverer of penicillin 1928. Florey, Chain.

Fleming, Sir Sandford. 1827-1915. Scottish/Canadian scientist, engineer. CPR. Standard Time zones 1884.

Flemish. 15-17C school of painting. Technical skill, detail. VanEyck. Bruegel. Rubens.

Fleur de Lys. National emblem of France 496-1789. Tricolour.

Fleurus, Battle. 1794. Key French victory over First Coalition.

FLN. 1954-62. Algerian National Liberation Front conducts war vs France.

Flood, Great. c3000BC. Destruction of man and world by God. Forty days and night. Noah. Gilgamesh.

Florence. c200BC Etruscan. 59BC Rome. 1198 Independent rep. 1434 Medici. 1532 + Tuscany. 1860 Italy (1865-70 capital).

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