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1522 matches to Ethelred the Unready
Anglicanism. Catholic adherence to the doctrines of the Church of England.
Anglo-Irish Agreement. 1985. Irish Republic gets voice in governing N. Ireland.
Anglo-Irish Treaty. 1921. Partitioned Ireland. Irish Free State as Dominion. N. Ireland in UK.
Angola. Bantu. 1482 Cao discovers.1641-8 Dutch. 1575 Portuguese colony. 1975 Independent.
Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.
Antisthenes. c445-365BC. Greek philosopher. Founder of Cynics.
Antoine, André. 1858-1943. Antoine Theatre, Paris 1897.
Antophon. c480-411BC. Athenian. First prof. orator.
Apartheid. 1948-1994. Racial segregation in South Africa.
Apocrypha. 14 Books of the Old Testament excluded by Protestants and Jews.
Apollodorus. 5C BC. Athenian painter. Shading. No surviving work.
Apollonius of Perga. c262-190BC. Greek mathematician: named conic sections: ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.
April Theses. 1917. Lenin’s plan for Soviet takeover of state power from provisional government.
Archangels. Chief angels of Christian, Judaic, Islamic, other religions.
Archidamus II. Spartan king 469-427BC. Conflict w Athens.
Archimedes. 287-212BC. Greek mathematician: lever, screw. Principle of displacement of liquid. Screw pump 260BC. Catapult 215BC.
Ardennes, Battle. Battle of the Bulge.
Areopagus. Athenian council of elders.
Argonauts. Greek heroes who pursued the golden fleece.
Argus. 100 eyed keeper of Io, killed by Hermes. Hera gave eyes to the peacock.
Ariadne. Daughter of Minos. Gave Theseus the string to escape the Labyrinth.
Aristides. 540-468BC. Athenian general at Marathon.
Aristophanes. c450-388BC. Athenian poet and satirical dramatist: The Clouds 423, The Birds 414. Lysistrata.
Aristotle. 384-322BC. Greek philosopher, founder of Peripatetics: Unified theory of knowledge. Matter, potentially alive, strives to attain its living form. Stressed observation and logic. Deductive Reasoning. Free Will.