See FLORENCE: A. D. 1250-1293.
GUILFORD COURT HOUSE, Battle of (1781).
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1780-1781.
GUILLOTINE, The origin of the.
"It was during these winter months [of the session of the
French National Assembly, 1790] that Dr. Guillotin read his
long discourse upon the reformation of the penal code; of
which the 'Moniteur' has not preserved a single word. This
discourse attracts our attention on two accounts:—First, it
proposed a decree that there should be but one kind of
punishment for capital crimes; secondly, that the arm of the
executioner should be replaced by the action of a machine,
which Dr. Guillotin had invented. 'With the aid of my
machine,' said the glib doctor, 'I will make your head spring
off in the twinkling of an eye, and you will suffer nothing.'
Bursts of laughter met this declaration; nevertheless, the
Assembly listened with attention, and adopted the proposal."
_G. H. Lewes,
Life of Robespierre,
chapter 10._
ALSO IN:
_G. Everitt,
Guillotine the Great and her Successors._
_J. W. Croker,
History of the Guillotine._
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GUINEGATE, Battle of (1478).
A bloody but indecisive battle, fought between the French, on
one side, and Flemish and Burgundian troops on the other, in
the war produced by the attempt of Louis XI. to rob Mary of
Burgundy of her heritage. It was followed by a long truce, and
a final treaty.
_E. Smedley,
History of France,
part 1, chapter 17._
GUINEGATE: Battle of (1513).
See FRANCE: A. D. 1513-1515.
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GUINES, Treaty of (1547).
See FRANCE: A. D. 1532-1547.
GUISCARD, Robert, and Roger and the Norman conquest of Southern
Italy and Sicily.
See ITALY: A. D. 1000-1090; and 1081-1194.
GUISE, Duke of, Assassination.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1584-1589.
GUISES, The.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1547-1559.