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Grey College, BloemfonteinInstitutionGrey College is a boys' school in Bloemfontein, South Africa, founded in 1855 and named after Sir George Grey, governor of the Cape Colony, who supported its…
Grianan of AileachPlaceThe Grianan of Aileach is a circular stone fort on a hilltop in County Donegal, overlooking Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle.- Griffin Warrior TombWork / monumentThe Griffin Warrior Tomb is a shaft grave of the early Mycenaean period near the Palace of Nestor at Pylos, discovered in 2015 by Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker.
- GrignouxPeople / groupThe Grignoux were the popular, anti-princely faction in the city of Liège in the first half of the seventeenth century, opposed by the Chiroux, who supported the…
- Grigol DadianiPersonGrigol Dadiani was Prince of Mingrelia in western Georgia, ruling with interruptions from 1788 to 1804.
- Grigol of KakhetiPersonGrigol was the first chorepiscopus, or ruling prince, of Kakheti in eastern Georgia, from 786 to 827.
- Grigol of KhandztaPersonGrigol of Khandzta was a Georgian monk and saint who founded the monastery of Khandzta in Klarjeti and organised a network of monasteries in the south-western…
Grigore UrechePersonGrigore Ureche was a Moldavian boyar and chronicler who wrote the first chronicle of Moldavia in Romanian, covering 1359 to 1594.
Grigori RasputinPersonGrigori Rasputin was a Siberian mystic who gained great influence over the family of Tsar Nicholas II, largely through his apparent ability to ease the haemophilia of…
Grigory PotemkinPersonGrigory Potemkin was a Russian statesman and field marshal, the favourite and close partner in government of Catherine the Great.
Grigory ShelikhovPersonGrigory Shelikhov was a Russian merchant and fur trader who founded the first permanent Russian settlement in North America, at Three Saints Bay on Kodiak Island, in…- Grimoald AlferanitesPersonGrimoald Alferanites was a citizen of Bari who seized power in the city in 1119, during the weak rule of the Norman duke William II of Apulia, and styled himself prince.
- Grimoald I of BeneventoPersonGrimoald I was Duke of Benevento from 651 and King of the Lombards from 662 to 671.
GriotsPeople / groupGriots are hereditary oral historians, praise-singers and musicians of West Africa who preserve genealogies and historical traditions.
Gripsholm CastlePlaceGripsholm Castle stands on Lake Mälaren at Mariefred in Sweden.
GriquaPeople / groupThe Griqua are a people of southern Africa of mixed Khoikhoi, European and other descent, who speak Afrikaans.
GriquatownPlaceGriquatown is a small town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, north of the Orange River.
Grito de LaresRevolt · 1868The Grito de Lares was an uprising against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico on 23 September 1868, planned by Ramón Emeterio Betances from exile.- Grito do IpirangaEventThe Grito do Ipiranga was the declaration of Brazilian independence from Portugal made by Prince Pedro near the Ipiranga stream in São Paulo in 1822.
Grobogan RegencyPlaceGrobogan is a regency in Central Java, Indonesia, east of Semarang, with its seat at Purwodadi.
GrodnoPlaceGrodno, or Hrodna, is a city in western Belarus on the Neman river, near the borders of Poland and Lithuania.
Grodziec CastlePlaceGrodziec Castle stands on a basalt hill in Lower Silesia, Poland, near Złotoryja.
GroningenPlaceGroningen is the main city of the northern Netherlands and capital of the province of the same name.
GrootfonteinPlaceGrootfontein is a town in the Otjozondjupa Region of north-eastern Namibia, named after a large spring.- Gross domestic productTermGross domestic product (GDP) is a measure of the total value of goods and services produced within an economy over a given period.
Gross FriedrichsburgWork / monumentGross Friedrichsburg was a fort founded in 1683 by Brandenburg at Pokesu, now Princes Town, on the western coast of Ghana.
Gross National HappinessReligion / ideaGross National Happiness is a development philosophy associated with Bhutan, usually traced to the fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who in the 1970s declared it…
GrossetoPlaceGrosseto is a city in southern Tuscany, Italy, on the plain of the Ombrone River near the Tyrrhenian coast.
GrossmünsterWork / monumentThe Grossmünster is a Romanesque church in Zürich, by tradition founded on the graves of the city's patron saints Felix and Regula, with twin towers that are a landmark…- Grote BriefWork / monumentThe Grote Brief ('Great Account') is the general account of the revenues of the counts of Flanders for the year 1187, drawn up by the count's central financial officials.
- GroundnutTermThe groundnut, or peanut, is a legume crop originally from South America that became widely cultivated in West Africa.
- Groundwater depletionTermGroundwater depletion is the exhaustion of underground water reserves when extraction exceeds natural recharge.
Group Areas ActWork / monumentThe Group Areas Act of 1950 was a central law of apartheid in South Africa that assigned separate residential and business areas in towns and cities to each racial group.
Grouville HoardWork / monumentThe Grouville Hoard, also called the Le Câtillon II hoard, is a large Iron Age coin hoard found in 2012 at Grouville in Jersey by two metal detectorists.
Grover ClevelandPersonGrover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.
Gruffydd ap GwenwynwynPersonGruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn was prince of Powys Wenwynwyn in mid-Wales in the 13th century.
Gruffydd ap LlywelynPersonGruffydd ap Llywelyn was king of Gwynedd and Powys from 1039 and, from about 1055, ruler of nearly all of Wales, the only king ever to unite it.
Gruffydd Maelor IPersonGruffydd Maelor I was a Welsh prince who ruled northern Powys after the death of his father, Madog ap Maredudd, the last king of all Powys, in 1160.- GrumbatesPersonGrumbates was a king of the Chionites in the mid-4th century CE.
Grutte PierPersonGrutte Pier (Pier Gerlofs Donia) was a Frisian farmer and rebel leader, famed for his size and strength.
GruyèresPlaceGruyères is a small medieval town in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, on a hill in the pre-Alps above the Saane valley.
Gu KaizhiPersonGu Kaizhi was a Chinese painter of the Eastern Jin dynasty, regarded as one of the founders of Chinese figure painting.- GuacanagaríPersonGuacanagarí was the cacique of Marién in north-western Hispaniola when Columbus arrived in 1492.
- Guadalajara (Mexico)PlaceGuadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco and one of the largest cities in Mexico.
Guadalajara (Spain)PlaceGuadalajara is a city in central Spain, capital of the province of the same name in Castilla–La Mancha, on the Henares river north-east of Madrid.
Guadalcanal campaignCampaign · 1942–1943The Guadalcanal campaign was a prolonged Allied offensive in the Solomon Islands from 1942 to 1943 during the Second World War.
GuadalentínPlaceThe Guadalentín is a river of south-eastern Spain, a tributary of the Segura, flowing through Lorca and the region of Murcia.
GuadaletePlaceThe Guadalete is a river of Andalusia in southern Spain, flowing from the Sierra de Grazalema past Arcos de la Frontera and Jerez to the Bay of Cádiz at El Puerto de…
GuadalhorcePlaceThe Guadalhorce is the main river of the province of Málaga in Andalusia, southern Spain, flowing about 150 km to the Mediterranean just west of Málaga.
GuadalquivirPlaceThe Guadalquivir is the main river of Andalusia in southern Spain, flowing about 650 km west from the Sierra de Cazorla past Córdoba and Seville to the Atlantic at…
Guadalupe VictoriaPersonGuadalupe Victoria, born José Miguel Fernández y Félix, was a general of the Mexican War of Independence and the first President of Mexico, from 1824 to 1829.
Guadeloupe FundInstitutionThe Guadeloupe Fund was a sum of 24 million francs that Britain paid Sweden in 1815 as compensation for giving up the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, granted to it in…
GuadianaPlaceThe Guadiana is a river of the Iberian Peninsula, about 750 km long, flowing west through La Mancha and Extremadura past Mérida and Badajoz, then south to form part of…
GuadixPlaceGuadix is a town in the province of Granada, Spain, on the high plateau north of the Sierra Nevada.
Guaimar IV of SalernoPersonGuaimar IV was the Lombard Prince of Salerno from 1027 to 1052, under whom the principality reached its greatest extent.
Guala BicchieriPersonGuala Bicchieri was a cardinal from Vercelli who served as papal legate in England from 1216 to 1218.- GualePeople / groupThe Guale were an indigenous people and chiefdom of the coast of present-day Georgia, between St.
- Guam Organic Act of 1950Work / monumentThe Guam Organic Act of 1950 is a law of the United States Congress that established Guam as an unincorporated territory with a civilian government.
Guan HanqingPersonGuan Hanqing was a Chinese playwright of the Yuan dynasty, regarded as the foremost writer of zaju drama.- Guan peoplePeople / groupThe Guan are a group of peoples of Ghana who speak Guang languages and are thought to be among the earliest inhabitants of the region.
Guan Shu XianPersonGuan Shu Xian was the third son of King Wen of Zhou and an elder brother of the Duke of Zhou.
Guan YuPersonGuan Yu was a general of the late Han dynasty and a sworn companion of Liu Bei, founder of Shu Han.
Guan ZhongPersonGuan Zhong was chief minister of the State of Qi under Duke Huan from 685 BCE until his death in 645 BCE.
Guanabara BayPlaceGuanabara Bay is a large bay on the south-eastern coast of Brazil, on whose shores stand the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói.
GuanajaPlaceGuanaja is the easternmost of the main Bay Islands of Honduras, in the western Caribbean.
GuanajuatoPlaceGuanajuato is a city in central Mexico, capital of the state of the same name, built in a narrow ravine.
GuangdongPlaceGuangdong is a coastal province of southern China, with its capital at Guangzhou, and the most populous province of the country.
Guangshan CountyPlaceGuangshan County is a county in Xinyang, in southern Henan province, China.
GuangxiPlaceGuangxi is an autonomous region of southern China bordering Vietnam, with Nanning as its capital.
Guangxu EmperorPersonThe Guangxu Emperor was a late ruler of the Qing Empire who reigned in the late nineteenth century under the strong influence of the Empress Dowager Cixi.
GuangzhouPlaceGuangzhou, historically known in English as Canton, is a major port city in southern China on the Pearl River delta.
GuánicaPlaceGuánica is a town on the south-western coast of Puerto Rico.- Guanlong aristocracyPeople / groupThe Guanlong aristocracy was a group of military and civil families of north-western China, named after the Guanzhong and Longxi regions, that formed under the Western…
- Guanqiu JianPersonGuanqiu Jian was a general of the Chinese state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
Guantánamo Bay Naval BasePlaceGuantánamo Bay Naval Base is a United States naval base on Guantánamo Bay in south-eastern Cuba, leased under an agreement of 1903 that followed the Platt Amendment.
GuanzhongPlaceGuanzhong is the Wei River valley in Shaanxi province, China, a fertile basin enclosed by mountains and guarded passes.- GuanziWork / monumentThe Guanzi is a large Chinese compilation of political, economic and philosophical writings named after Guan Zhong, minister of Duke Huan of Qi in the seventh century…
Guaporé RiverPlaceThe Guaporé, called the Iténez in Bolivia, is a river of central South America that forms a long stretch of the border between Brazil and Bolivia before joining the…
Guaram I of IberiaPersonGuaram I was the first presiding prince of Iberia in eastern Georgia, chosen by the nobility in 588 with Byzantine backing after the Sasanians had abolished the Iberian…- Guaramid dynastyPeople / groupThe Guaramids were a Georgian princely family descended from Guaram I, presiding prince of Iberia from 588.
Guarani languageTermGuarani is a Tupi–Guarani language of South America and one of the two official languages of Paraguay, alongside Spanish, spoken by most Paraguayans regardless of…
Guaraní peoplePeople / groupThe Guaraní are an indigenous people of South America, living in Paraguay and neighbouring parts of Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia.
Guarino GuariniPersonGuarino Guarini was an Italian architect, mathematician and Theatine priest from Modena who worked in Turin for the dukes of Savoy from 1666.
GuarionexPersonGuarionex was the paramount cacique of Maguá, in the Vega Real of north-central Hispaniola, when Columbus arrived.
Guarnacci MuseumInstitutionThe Guarnacci Museum in Volterra, Tuscany, is one of the oldest public museums in Europe, founded in 1761 when the priest and scholar Mario Guarnacci gave his…
GuatemalaPlaceGuatemala is a region of Central America, home to Maya peoples and their states.
Guatemala CityPlaceGuatemala City was founded in 1776 as the new capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, after earthquakes ruined Santiago, now Antigua Guatemala.
Guatemalan National Revolutionary UnityPeople / groupThe Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) was a coalition of four leftist guerrilla organisations formed in 1982 to fight the military governments in the civil…
Guayana ProvincePlaceGuayana Province was a Spanish colonial province covering the lower Orinoco basin and the lands to the south, in present-day eastern Venezuela.
GuayaquilPlaceGuayaquil is the largest city and main port of Ecuador, on the Guayas river near the Gulf of Guayaquil.- Guayaquil and Quito RailwayWork / monumentThe Guayaquil and Quito Railway links the port of Guayaquil with Ecuador's capital, Quito, across the Andes.
Guayaquil ConferenceEventThe Guayaquil Conference was the meeting of the two leading liberators of South America, Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín, at Guayaquil on 26 and 27 July 1822.
Guayas ProvincePlaceGuayas is a province on the Pacific coast of Ecuador, with Guayaquil as its capital.- Gubazes II of LazicaPersonGubazes II was king of Lazica in western Georgia from about 541 to 555.
GubbioPlaceGubbio, the ancient Iguvium, is a town in north-eastern Umbria, Italy, on the slopes of Monte Ingino.
GubenPlaceGuben is a town in Lower Lusatia on the Lusatian Neisse river.- GudalaPeople / groupThe Gudala were a Sanhaja Berber tribe of the western Sahara.
GudeaPersonGudea was a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash around 2100 BCE, in the period between the fall of the Akkadian Empire and the rise of the Third Dynasty of Ur.- Gudea CylindersWork / monumentThe Gudea Cylinders are two large terracotta cylinders inscribed in Sumerian around 2125 BCE, recording how Gudea, ruler of Lagash, rebuilt the Eninnu temple of the god…
GudfredPersonGudfred was a king of the Danes in the early 9th century and an opponent of Charlemagne.