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- GuduPlaceGudu is a settlement in north-western Nigeria to which Usman dan Fodio and his followers migrated in February 1804.
GuebwillerPlaceGuebwiller is a town in the Haut-Rhin department of Alsace, France, at the entrance to the Florival valley of the southern Vosges.
Guelders WarsWar · 1502–1543The Guelders Wars were a series of conflicts from 1502 to 1543 between the Duchy of Guelders, led by Duke Charles of Egmond and supported by France, and the Habsburg…
GuelmaPlaceGuelma is a city in north-eastern Algeria, on the site of the Roman town of Calama, whose bishop Possidius was the friend and biographer of Augustine.- GuelowarPeople / groupThe Guelowar were a maternal royal lineage of Mandinka origin from Kaabu that, according to Serer tradition, settled in the Serer country of present-day Senegal around…
Guelphs and GhibellinesPeople / groupThe Guelphs and Ghibellines were rival factions in the city-states of medieval Italy from the 12th to the 15th century.
GuérandePlaceGuérande is a walled town in the Loire-Atlantique department of western France, on the peninsula between the Loire estuary and the Vilaine.
GuérédaPlaceGuéréda is a town in the Wadi Fira region of eastern Chad, near the border with Sudan.
GuéretPlaceGuéret is a town in central France, prefecture of the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
GuernicaPlaceGuernica (Basque: Gernika) is a town in Biscay in the Basque Country of northern Spain.
GuerreroPlaceGuerrero is a state of south-western Mexico on the Pacific coast, with Chilpancingo as its capital and Acapulco as its largest city.- Guerrilla warfareTermGuerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small, mobile forces use raids, ambushes and knowledge of terrain against larger conventional armies.
Guglielmino degli UbertiniPersonGuglielmino degli Ubertini was bishop of Arezzo from 1248 to 1289 and the leading Ghibelline figure in the city, ruling much of its territory as a feudal lord.- Guglielmo BoccanegraPersonGuglielmo Boccanegra (died 1274) was a Genoese merchant leader who became the first Captain of the People of Genoa in 1257 after a popular revolt against the nobility.
Guglielmo EmbriacoPersonGuglielmo Embriaco was a Genoese merchant and commander in the First Crusade.
Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of MantuaPersonGuglielmo Gonzaga (1538–1587) was Duke of Mantua from 1550 and became Duke of Montferrat when Emperor Maximilian II raised it to a duchy in 1574.
Guglielmo MarconiPersonGuglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor and engineer who developed practical long-distance radio telegraphy.- Gugong DanfuPersonGugong Danfu, 'the Ancient Duke Danfu', was a legendary ancestor of the Zhou royal house and the grandfather of King Wen.
- Guhila dynastyPeople / groupThe Guhilas were a Rajput dynasty that ruled Mewar in southern Rajasthan from the seventh century, first from Nagda and Ahar as feudatories of larger powers and later…
- Guhyeong of Geumgwan GayaPersonGuhyeong was the last king of Geumgwan Gaya, the leading state of the early Gaya confederacy in southern Korea, centred on modern Gimhae.
Guiana Space CentrePlaceThe Guiana Space Centre is the spaceport of France and the European Space Agency at Kourou in French Guiana.
GuianasPlaceThe Guianas are the region of north-eastern South America between the Orinoco and Amazon rivers, bounded inland by the Guiana Highlands.
Guided Democracy in IndonesiaReligion / ideaGuided Democracy was the political system of Indonesia under Sukarno from 1959 to 1965.
Guido I da PolentaPersonGuido I da Polenta, called the Elder, was lord of Ravenna from 1275 to 1297 and founder of the da Polenta lordship.- Guido Novello da PolentaPersonGuido Novello da Polenta was lord of Ravenna from 1316 to 1322 and a poet and patron of letters.
- Guido PallaviciniPersonGuido Pallavicini was an Italian knight from the Pallavicini family of Lombardy who joined the Fourth Crusade.
Guido TarlatiPersonGuido Tarlati was Bishop of Arezzo from 1312 and lord of the city from 1321 until his death in 1327, leading the Ghibelline party in Tuscany.
Guido TorelliPersonGuido Torelli was an Italian condottiere who served the Visconti dukes of Milan and commanded their forces in several wars.
Guidobaldo da MontefeltroPersonGuidobaldo da Montefeltro was Duke of Urbino from 1482, succeeding his father Federico.
Guidobaldo II della RoverePersonGuidobaldo II della Rovere was Duke of Urbino from 1538 to 1574.
GuiengolaPlaceGuiengola is a fortified Zapotec hilltop site near Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, Mexico, with temples, palaces, a ball court and long defensive walls.- GuifangPeople / groupThe Guifang were a people on the northern or north-western frontier of Shang China, named in oracle-bone inscriptions and in later texts.
Guigues I of AlbonPersonGuigues I, known as Guigues the Old, was a count of Albon in the Kingdom of Arles who from about 1029 gathered lands in the Viennois, the Grésivaudan and around Grenoble.
Guigues IV of AlbonPersonGuigues IV was count of Albon in the early 12th century, a ruler of the lands around Grenoble in the Kingdom of Arles.- GuildTermA guild is an association of craftsmen or merchants practising the same trade, organised to regulate production, training and standards and to protect members' interests.
Guilford, ConnecticutPlaceGuilford is a town on Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
Guillaume du TillotPersonGuillaume du Tillot (1711–1774) was a French-born statesman who served as chief minister of the Duchy of Parma under Duke Philip and his son Ferdinand.
Guillaume FarelPersonGuillaume Farel was a French evangelist and Protestant reformer who spread the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland.- Guillaume, Grand Duke of LuxembourgPersonGuillaume is Grand Duke of Luxembourg, having succeeded his father Henri on Henri's abdication in October 2025.
Guillaume-Henri DufourPersonGuillaume-Henri Dufour was a Swiss general and engineer from Geneva.- Guillem II of Pallars SobiràPersonGuillem II was the first count of Pallars Sobirà, a mountain county in the Catalan Pyrenees.
Guillermo EndaraPersonGuillermo Endara was a Panamanian lawyer and politician who won the presidential election of May 1989 as the opposition candidate, only for Manuel Noriega to annul the…
Guillermo LassoPersonGuillermo Lasso is an Ecuadorian banker and centre-right politician who was president from 2021 to 2023.
GuimarãesPlaceGuimarães is a city in the Minho region of northern Portugal, often called the birthplace of the nation.
GuineaPlaceGuinea is a country in West Africa that was part of French West Africa under the French Empire.
Guinea-BissauPlaceGuinea-Bissau is a country on the West African coast.
Guipuzcoan Company of CaracasInstitutionThe Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas was a Basque trading company chartered by the Spanish Crown in 1728 with a monopoly on trade between Spain and the province of…
GuizhouPlaceGuizhou is a mountainous province of south-western China, with Guiyang as its capital.
GujaratPlaceGujarat is a region in western India with a long coastline and a history of maritime trade.
Gujarat States AgencyInstitutionThe Gujarat States Agency was a political agency of British India that supervised a group of princely states in Gujarat on behalf of the Crown.- GukhakInstitutionThe Gukhak was the national Confucian academy of Silla, founded in 682 under King Sinmun to train young aristocrats for government service.
- GukjagamInstitutionThe Gukjagam was the national Confucian academy of the Korean kingdom of Goryeo, founded in 992 by King Seongjong in the capital Kaegyong.
Gulab SinghPersonGulab Singh was one of the Dogra brothers who held great influence at the Lahore court of the Sikh Empire after the death of Ranjit Singh.
GulagInstitutionThe Gulag was the Soviet system of forced labour camps, named from the acronym of its Main Camps Administration, set up in 1930.
GulatingInstitutionThe Gulating was the law assembly of western Norway, which met at Gulen near the mouth of the Sognefjord from the Viking Age.
Gulbuddin HekmatyarPersonGulbuddin Hekmatyar is an Afghan Islamist leader who founded the Hezb-e Islami party in the 1970s and became one of the main mujahideen commanders against the Soviet…- Guled AbdiPersonGuled Abdi was the first sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate in northern Somaliland, chosen by the Isaaq clans in the mid-18th century after their victory at the battle of…
- GulenPlaceGulen is a municipality in Vestland county in western Norway, at the mouth of the Sognefjord.
Gulf Coast of MexicoPlaceThe Gulf Coast of Mexico is the lowland region along the Gulf of Mexico, covering modern Veracruz and Tabasco.
Gulf Coast of the United StatesPlaceThe Gulf Coast of the United States is the coastline along the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Texas.
Gulf Cooperation CouncilInstitutionThe Gulf Cooperation Council is a regional political and economic union of six Arab states of the Persian Gulf: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab…
Gulf of AdenPlaceThe Gulf of Aden is an arm of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, linking the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea.
Gulf of AqabaPlaceThe Gulf of Aqaba is the north-eastern arm of the Red Sea, between the Sinai Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula, bordered today by Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi…- Gulf of BarattiPlaceThe Gulf of Baratti is a small bay on the Tuscan coast of Italy, north of Piombino, below the Etruscan city of Populonia.
- Gulf of BonePlaceThe Gulf of Bone is a large gulf of the Flores Sea between the south-western and south-eastern peninsulas of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Gulf of CorinthPlaceThe Gulf of Corinth is a long inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from central Greece, closed at its eastern end by the Isthmus of Corinth.
Gulf of FinlandPlaceThe Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea, lying between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, with St Petersburg at its eastern end.
Gulf of GabèsPlaceThe Gulf of Gabès, known in antiquity as the Lesser Syrtis, is a gulf of the Mediterranean on the eastern coast of Tunisia, between Sfax and the island of Djerba.
Gulf of GaetaPlaceThe Gulf of Gaeta is an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea on the coast of southern Lazio and northern Campania, Italy, named after the port of Gaeta at its northern end.
Gulf of GuayaquilPlaceThe Gulf of Guayaquil is a large inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Ecuador, with its southern shore reaching Peru.
Gulf of GuineaPlaceThe Gulf of Guinea is the north-eastern part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean off West and Central Africa, stretching roughly from Cape Palmas in Liberia to Cape Lopez in…
Gulf of IzmirPlaceThe Gulf of Izmir is an inlet of the Aegean Sea on the west coast of Turkey, reaching far inland, with the city of Izmir, ancient Smyrna, at its head.- Gulf of KassandraPlaceThe Gulf of Kassandra, known in antiquity as the Toronaic Gulf, is an arm of the northern Aegean Sea in Chalcidice, Greece, between the Kassandra and Sithonia peninsulas.
Gulf of KhambhatPlaceThe Gulf of Khambhat is an inlet of the Arabian Sea in Gujarat, western India, separating the Kathiawar peninsula from the mainland.- Gulf of KissamosPlaceThe Gulf of Kissamos is a bay at the north-western end of Crete, Greece, enclosed by the Gramvousa peninsula to the west and the Rodopou peninsula to the east.
Gulf of MannarPlaceThe Gulf of Mannar is a shallow bay of the Indian Ocean between south-eastern India and north-western Sri Lanka, bounded by Adam's Bridge to the north.
Gulf of MexicoPlaceThe Gulf of Mexico is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by the United States, Mexico and Cuba.
Gulf of MirabelloPlaceThe Gulf of Mirabello is a large bay on the north coast of eastern Crete, Greece.
Gulf of NicoyaPlaceThe Gulf of Nicoya is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the north-west coast of Costa Rica, separating the Nicoya peninsula from the mainland.
Gulf of OmanPlaceThe Gulf of Oman is an arm of the Arabian Sea that connects it with the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz.- Gulf of OristanoPlaceThe Gulf of Oristano is a wide bay on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy, bordered by lagoons and wetlands.
Gulf of RigaPlaceThe Gulf of Riga is a large bay of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia, partly closed off from the open sea by the Estonian island of Saaremaa.
Gulf of RosesPlaceThe Gulf of Roses is a bay of the Mediterranean on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain, between Cap de Creus and the Montgrí massif.
Gulf of SalernoPlaceThe Gulf of Salerno is an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Campania, southern Italy, between the Sorrento peninsula and the Cilento coast.- Gulf of Sant'EufemiaPlaceThe Gulf of Sant'Eufemia is a bay of the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western coast of Calabria, southern Italy, at the narrowest point of the peninsula, where only about 30…
Gulf of SirtePlaceThe Gulf of Sirte is a large gulf of the Mediterranean on the coast of Libya, between Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, known in antiquity as the Greater Syrtis.
Gulf of St. LawrencePlaceThe Gulf of St.
Gulf of TarantoPlaceThe Gulf of Taranto is a gulf of the Ionian Sea in southern Italy, between the heel and toe of the peninsula.
Gulf of ThailandPlaceThe Gulf of Thailand, formerly the Gulf of Siam, is an inlet of the South China Sea bordered by Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia.
Gulf WarWar · 1990–1991The Gulf War was the conflict that followed Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait in August 1990.
GullahPeople / groupThe Gullah are African Americans of the Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia, descended from enslaved West and Central Africans brought to work the rice, indigo and…
GulussaPersonGulussa was a Numidian prince, a son of King Masinissa.- Guman SinghPersonGuman Singh was a Bundela chief descended from Chhatrasal, the founder of Panna.
- Gümüştekin GaziPersonGümüştekin Gazi was the Danishmendid emir from about 1104 to 1134, son of Danishmend Gazi.
Guna peoplePeople / groupThe Guna, formerly spelled Kuna, are an indigenous people of Panama and north-western Colombia, living mainly on the San Blas islands and the Caribbean coast of Darién.
Guna YalaPlaceGuna Yala, formerly San Blas, is an indigenous territory (comarca) of the Guna people along Panama's north-eastern Caribbean coast, including some 365 islands.- GunabhadraPersonGunabhadra was a Digambara Jain monk and author of the ninth century, a disciple of Jinasena, working in the Rashtrakuta empire.
GunakamadevaPersonGunakamadeva was a king of the Kathmandu Valley in the Thakuri period, traditionally placed in the 10th century.
GundaharPersonGundahar was a king of the Burgundians in the early 5th century who, as a Roman ally, set up a Burgundian kingdom on the Rhine around 411, traditionally centred on Worms.- GundericPersonGunderic was king of the Hasding Vandals from about 407 to 428.