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- Golyama KosmatkaWork / monumentGolyama Kosmatka is a Thracian burial mound near Shipka in the Kazanlak Valley of Bulgaria.
- Gomani IPersonGomani I, also called Chikuse, was paramount chief of the Maseko Ngoni in what is now southern Malawi in the late nineteenth century.
- GombaPlaceGomba is a county of the Kingdom of Buganda in central Uganda, south-west of Kampala.
- GombodorjPersonGombodorj was Tüsheet Khan, ruler of central Khalkha Mongolia, in the first half of the 17th century, a grandson of Abtai Sain Khan.
Gomes Freire de AndradePersonGomes Freire de Andrade, Count of Bobadela, was a Portuguese general who governed Rio de Janeiro from 1733 to 1763, at times also Minas Gerais and much of southern…
Gommateshwara statueWork / monumentThe Gommateshwara statue is a monolithic stone statue of the Jain figure Bahubali, about 17 metres high, on the hill of Vindhyagiri at Shravanabelagola in Karnataka…- GomsPlaceGoms is the uppermost section of the Rhône valley in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, from the Rhône Glacier down to near Brig.
Gomti RiverPlaceThe Gomti is a tributary of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, India, rising near Pilibhit and flowing about 900 km south-east past Lucknow and Jaunpur before joining the…
GonaïvesPlaceGonaïves is a port city on the west coast of Haiti, the capital of the Artibonite department.
Gonbad-e QabusWork / monumentGonbad-e Qabus is a brick tomb tower in the town of the same name in Golestan province, north-eastern Iran, built in 1006 to 1007 for the Ziyarid ruler Qabus ibn…- Gonbad-e SorkhWork / monumentThe Gonbad-e Sorkh, or Red Dome, is a brick tomb tower built in 1147–48 in Maragheh, north-western Iran, under the Ahmadili rulers.
- Gonçalo Caetano PereiraPersonGonçalo Caetano Pereira was a Goan-Portuguese trader of the Zambezi valley in Mozambique, active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Gonçalo da SilveiraPersonGonçalo da Silveira was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary who in 1560–1561 travelled to the court of the Mwene Mutapa in present-day Zimbabwe and baptised the king and…
Gond peoplePeople / groupThe Gonds are one of the largest Adivasi peoples of India, living mainly in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Odisha, many speaking the Dravidian…
GondarPlaceGondar is a city in north-western Ethiopia, north of Lake Tana, founded as the royal capital by Emperor Fasilides around 1636.
GondopharesPersonGondophares was the founder of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom, ruling in the early 1st century CE over Sistan, Arachosia, Gandhara and Taxila, which he took from the…
Gondwana (India)PlaceGondwana is the historical name of the hilly, forested region of central India inhabited largely by the Gond people, covering parts of modern Madhya Pradesh…
Gonfaloniere of JusticeTermThe Gonfaloniere of Justice was the highest office of the Republic of Florence, created by the Ordinances of Justice of 1293 to command a militia enforcing the laws…- Gong AoPersonGong Ao served as Pillar of State to King Huai of Chu during the rebellions against the Qin dynasty and led an army into the Nanjun region of the middle Yangtze.
- Gong WeiPersonGong Wei succeeded his father Gong Ao as King of Linjiang in 204 BCE.
- Gong ZhiqiPersonGong Zhiqi was a minister of the small state of Yu in south-western Shanxi in the 7th century BCE.
Gonghe RegencyEventThe Gonghe Regency was the period from 841 to 828 BCE when the Zhou state was governed without a king after a revolt in the capital drove King Li into exile.
GongjuPlaceGongju is a city in South Chungcheong province, South Korea, on the Geum river.
Gongmin of GoryeoPersonGongmin was king of Goryeo from 1351 to 1374.
Gongola RiverPlaceThe Gongola is a river in north-eastern Nigeria and the largest tributary of the Benue.
Gongsun DuPersonGongsun Du was appointed governor of Liaodong in 189 as the Han dynasty disintegrated, and made himself its independent ruler from Xiangping.- Gongsun KangPersonGongsun Kang was the son and successor of Gongsun Du as ruler of Liaodong.
- Gongsun ShuPersonGongsun Shu was a governor in Sichuan who, after the fall of Wang Mang, proclaimed himself emperor at Chengdu in 25 CE, ruling the state of Chengjia as the White Emperor.
- Gongsun YuanPersonGongsun Yuan was the last ruler of the Gongsun family's regime in Liaodong, in north-eastern China.
Gongyang of GoryeoPersonGongyang was the last king of Goryeo, reigning from 1389 to 1392.
Gongyang ZhuanWork / monumentThe Gongyang Zhuan is one of the three classical commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals, traditionally attributed to Gongyang Gao, a disciple of Confucius's…
GongyiPlaceGongyi is a county-level city in Henan province, China, between Zhengzhou and Luoyang near the Yellow River.- Gonka IIPersonGonka II was a ruler of the Velanati Chodas, a dynasty of chiefs in coastal Andhra.
- Gönpo NamgyalPersonGönpo Namgyal was a chieftain of Nyarong in Kham, eastern Tibet, who in the mid-19th century built a regional power by conquest.
- Gonzalo de AlvaradoPersonGonzalo de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador and relative of Pedro de Alvarado who took part in the conquest of Guatemala.
Gonzalo Fernández de CórdobaPersonGonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, known as the Great Captain, was a Castilian general who fought in the conquest of Granada and then commanded Spanish armies in Italy.
Gonzalo GuerreroPersonGonzalo Guerrero was a Spanish sailor from Palos who was shipwrecked on the coast of Yucatán in 1511 and enslaved by the Maya.
Gonzalo Jiménez de QuesadaPersonGonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was a Spanish lawyer and conquistador who in 1536 led an expedition from Santa Marta up the Magdalena River into the highlands of the Muisca.
Gonzalo PizarroPersonGonzalo Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and younger half-brother of Francisco Pizarro.- Gonzalo PortilloPersonGonzalo Portillo was the last Spanish governor of Spanish Formosa, the colony in northern Taiwan centred on Keelung.
Gonzalo Sánchez de LozadaPersonGonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was president of Bolivia from 1993 to 1997 and from 2002 to 2003.- Good Friday AgreementTreaty · Peace · 1998The Good Friday Agreement, or Belfast Agreement, signed on 10 April 1998, was the settlement that largely ended the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
GootyPlaceGooty is a town in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India, dominated by a hill fortress on a granite outcrop.- Gopal Singh of GarrauliPersonGopal Singh was a Bundela chief who resisted the British in Bundelkhand for several years after they took control of the region in 1803.
- Gopala (Pala dynasty)PersonGopala was the founder of the Pala dynasty of Bengal, chosen as king around 750 to end a century of disorder known as matsyanyaya, 'the law of the fish'.
- GopalarajavamshavaliWork / monumentThe Gopalarajavamshavali is a chronicle of the kings of Nepal, written partly in Sanskrit and partly in Nepal Bhasa and compiled in the late 14th century, probably…
- Gopalrao PatwardhanPersonGopalrao Patwardhan was a member of the Patwardhan family of Maratha military commanders who became the first ruler of Jamkhandi State when the family's lands in the…
GöppingenPlaceGöppingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the River Fils east of Stuttgart.
Gorani languageTermGorani is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken in parts of the Zagros on both sides of the Iran–Iraq border, closely related to Zazaki.- Gorazd of CarantaniaPersonGorazd was a prince of Carantania, the son of Borut, who succeeded his father around 750.
Gordian IPersonGordian I was a Roman emperor in 238.
Gordian IIPersonGordian II was Roman emperor for about three weeks in 238, jointly with his father Gordian I.
Gordian IIIPersonGordian III was Roman emperor from 238 to 244, raised to the throne at thirteen after the deaths of his grandfather Gordian I, his uncle Gordian II and the senatorial…
GordionPlaceGordion was the capital of ancient Phrygia, on the Sakarya River west of modern Ankara in Turkey.
Gordon GuggisbergPersonSir Gordon Guggisberg was a Canadian-born British army engineer who was governor of the Gold Coast from 1919 to 1927.
GoreyPlaceGorey is a harbour village on the east coast of Jersey, in the parish of Grouville and St Martin, facing the coast of Normandy.
GorganPlaceGorgan, historically Gurgan or Jurjan, is a city and region on the south-eastern shore of the Caspian Sea in northern Iran, the ancient Hyrcania.
GorgiasPersonGorgias was a Greek sophist and orator from Leontini in Sicily.
GorgippiaPlaceGorgippia was an ancient Greek city on the Black Sea coast east of the Kerch Strait, on the site of modern Anapa in Russia.- GorgobinaPlaceGorgobina was a town of the Boii in Gaul, given to them by the Aedui after the Boii joined the Helvetian migration and were defeated by Julius Caesar in 58 BCE.
GorgonReligion / ideaIn Greek mythology the Gorgons were three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale and Medusa, whose gaze turned onlookers to stone; the hero Perseus beheaded Medusa.
GorisPlaceGoris is a town in the Syunik province of southern Armenia, near the border with Azerbaijan.
GoriziaPlaceGorizia is a town on the Isonzo river in north-eastern Italy, on the border with Slovenia.
GörlitzPlaceGörlitz is a town on the Lusatian Neisse in Saxony, Germany's easternmost town.
Gorm the OldPersonGorm the Old was king of Denmark from about 936 until his death around 958, and is regarded as the founder of the continuous Danish royal line.
Gormaz CastleWork / monumentGormaz Castle is a fortress on a ridge above the Duero river in the province of Soria, Spain, one of the largest castles in Europe.
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous RegionPlaceGorno-Badakhshan is an autonomous region of eastern Tajikistan covering the Pamir Mountains, almost half of the country's area but with a small population.- GorodetsPlaceGorodets is an old town on the left bank of the Volga in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, founded in the twelfth century, traditionally in 1152 by Yuri Dolgoruky.
Gortyn CodeWork / monumentThe Gortyn Code is the longest surviving ancient Greek law code, inscribed in the Doric dialect of Crete on a curved stone wall at Gortyn around 450 BCE.- GorumahisaniPlaceGorumahisani is an iron-ore hill in Mayurbhanj district, northern Odisha, India.
GoryeongPlaceGoryeong is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, west of Daegu.- GoryeosaWork / monumentThe Goryeosa is the official history of the Korean kingdom of Goryeo, compiled under the Joseon dynasty by scholars including Jeong In-ji and completed in 1451.
Goryeo–Khitan WarWar · 993–1019The Goryeo–Khitan War was a series of invasions of the Korean kingdom of Goryeo by the Khitan Liao dynasty between 993 and 1019.
GoryōkakuPlaceGoryōkaku is a star-shaped Western-style fortress in Hakodate, Hokkaido, completed by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1864.
Gorze AbbeyInstitutionGorze Abbey was a Benedictine monastery near Metz in Lorraine, founded in 757 by Bishop Chrodegang of Metz.- GosamaruPersonGosamaru was a Ryukyuan lord and military commander of the fifteenth century, known for building the castle of Zakimi and strengthening Nakagusuku.
GosankeTermThe Gosanke, the 'three honourable houses', were the three senior branch families of the Tokugawa, founded by sons of Tokugawa Ieyasu: the Owari, Kii and Mito houses.- Goseong County, South GyeongsangPlaceGoseong is a county on the south coast of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, facing a deeply indented bay.
Gospel of JohnWork / monumentThe Gospel of John is the fourth of the canonical gospels of the New Testament, probably written around 90–110 CE.
Gospel of LukeWork / monumentThe Gospel of Luke is the third of the four canonical gospels of the New Testament, written in Greek probably around 80–90 CE by the same author as the Acts of the…- GospelsWork / monumentThe Gospels are the four accounts of the life, teaching, death and resurrection of Jesus in the New Testament, attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
GostyninPlaceGostynin is a town in the Masovian Voivodeship of central Poland, north of Łódź and west of Warsaw.- Gotabaya RajapaksaPersonGotabaya Rajapaksa (born 1949) is a Sri Lankan former army officer and politician who was president of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022.
GothaPlaceGotha is a town in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt.- Gothelo I, Duke of LorrainePersonGothelo I was duke of Lower Lorraine from 1023 and of Upper Lorraine from 1033, reuniting the two duchies of Lotharingia under one ruler.
GothenburgPlaceGothenburg is the second-largest city of Sweden, on the west coast at the mouth of the Göta älv.
Gothic War (376–382)War · 376–382The Gothic War of 376–382 was fought between the Roman Empire and Gothic groups, chiefly the Tervingi and Greuthungi, who had crossed the Danube fleeing the Huns.
Gothic War (535–554)War · 535–554The Gothic War was fought from 535 to 554 between the Byzantine Empire of Justinian I and the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy.- GothsPeople / groupThe Goths were a Germanic people who by the 3rd century lived north of the Black Sea and the lower Danube, from where they raided the Roman Empire.
Gotō ShinpeiPersonGotō Shinpei (1857–1929) was a Japanese physician and statesman.
Goto ShojiroPersonGoto Shojiro was a samurai of the Tosa domain in Japan and a leading statesman of the Meiji era.
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu PappenheimPersonGottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim was a Bavarian-born field marshal of the Catholic League and the Holy Roman Emperor during the Thirty Years' War.
Gottfried KellerPersonGottfried Keller was a Swiss writer from Zurich and one of the major authors of German-language realism.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizPersonGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher, mathematician and scholar.
Gotthard KettlerPersonGotthard Kettler was the last Master of the Livonian Order.
Gotthard PassPlaceThe Gotthard Pass is a 2,106-metre pass in the Swiss Alps linking Uri in the north with Ticino in the south.
Gotthard RailwayWork / monumentThe Gotthard Railway is a Swiss trans-Alpine line linking central Switzerland with Ticino and Italy, opened in 1882.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingPersonGotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) was a German dramatist, critic and philosopher of the Enlightenment.
GöttingenPlaceGöttingen is a university town on the Leine river in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Gottlieb DaimlerPersonGottlieb Daimler was a German engineer and industrialist from Württemberg and a pioneer of the motor car.