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André, John. 1750-80. British officer in American Revolution. Conspired with Benedict Arnold.
Androcles. Roman slave, saved by a lion.
Anglo-American War. 1812-14. US, angry at British blockade of France, and Tippecanoe interference, invades Canada. Toronto and White House burned. US defeated. Ghent Treaty.
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty. 1936. Conditional independence for Egypt.
Anglo-Irish Treaty. 1921. Partitioned Ireland. Irish Free State as Dominion. N. Ireland in UK.
Anglo-Soviet Agreement. 1941. 20 year pledge against Nazi Germany and Axis powers.
Anjou. Region, former province of western France. Under English 1151-1204, 1360. 1480 France. Angevin.
Annates. Proportion of first year’s income paid to Pope by office holders.
Anne. 1665-1714. British Queen 1702-. Reign notable for literarature, science, architecture. Last Stuart. Acts of Union, Settlement.
Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.
Annunciation. Angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary re Jesus.
Anschluss. Austrian “reunification” with Germany, 1938 by plebiscite-99.75% for.
Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.
Anti-Comintern Pact. 1936. Germany and Japan oppose International Communism. Axis.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Anti-Saloon League. 1893 US Temperance organization. Prohibition.
Anti-Semitism. Racial prejudice against Jews. Pogrom. Final Solution.
Anti-Socialist Law. 1878-90. Germans ban unions.
Antigua. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1632 English settle. 18C slave trade. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1967 Self-government. 1981 Independent +Barbuda.
Antipope. Elected in opposition to existing pope. Schism.
Antonescu, Ion. 1882-1946. Pro-German Romanian dictator, 1938-44.
Anvil, Operation. 1944. Allied invasion of south France.
Apartheid. 1948-1994. Racial segregation in South Africa.
Apollo. Greek/Roman perfection of male beauty, god of prophecy, song and music.
Apollo Program. 1961-72. US moon mission. Apollo 11 landing 1969.