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Galla Placidia
History; World history

Roman empress (r.AD 388-450), the daughter of Theodosius. After being held hostage by the Visigoths, she married the Visigothic king Ataulf. After his death she became co-empress ...

Gallic empire
History; World history

'Empire' declared in AD 260 by a usurper, Postumus, on the northern frontier of Gaul. A former Roman commander, Postumus had his own legions and the support of the local ...

Gallipoli campaign
History; World history

Disastrous Allied attempt in World War I to attack Turkey through the Dardanelles. The Turks anticipated the landings (25 April and 6 August 1915), and Allied troops, largely ...

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
History; World history

British colony in the South Atlantic. Briefly colonized in 1764 by French sailors from St Malo (Malouins who called the islands Les Malouines, from which the Spanish name Islas ...

Falklands War
History; World history

Brief Anglo-Argentine war of 1982, the result of a long-standing dispute over sovereignty of the Falkland islands (Islas Malvinas), occupied by Britain since 1833. War broke out ...

Falun
History; World history

Central Swedish town whose copper mine was of crucial importance to the Swedish national economy. The mine gave Falun great prosperity in the 17th century, until a cave-in during ...

Far Eastern Republic
History; World history

Puppet state in Siberia from 1920 to 1922 under Bolshevik control. After defeating Alexander Kolchak's White forces in Siberia in 1919, Russia avoided a clash with occupying ...

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