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Achates. Aeneas’ armour bearer and friend in Greek mythology.
Acts of the Apostles. c70-90. Luke’s history of early Christian church.
Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Alexandrian School. 2C. First Christian school of higher learning.
Alien and Sedition Acts. 1798-1800/02. US fear French Revolution. Forbade criticism of government. Abused by Federalists vs Republicans.
Alvarez, Luis. 1911-88. US physicist. Linear accelerator, bubble chamber.
Amiens Cathedral. 1220-1270. Romanesque/Gothic.
Ananias. Early Christian struck dead for lying to Peter.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 9C-1154. Records early British history.
Anglo-Soviet Agreement. 1941. 20 year pledge against Nazi Germany and Axis powers.
Annates. Proportion of first year’s income paid to Pope by office holders.
Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.
Apprentices Statute. 1563-1814 England. 7 Years apprenticeship required for all trades.
Aragon. 2C BC Rome. 711 Moors. 1035 Independent kingdom. 1076 +Navarre. 1134 -Navarre. 1137 +Catalonia. 1238 +Valencia. 13C +Balearics, Murcia. 1479 +Castile =Spain. Ferdinand.
Art Nouveau. (Jugendstil). 1885-1910. Originally English style of art and architecture. Reaction to Industrial uniformity. Beardsley. Tiffany. Gaudi.
Aryabhata. 476-550. Hindu astronomer. Explained eclipses, earth’s rotation.
Ashkenazi. 1534-72. Cabalistic Jewish scholar. Established Safed center of learning, Palestine.
Atlantis. Legendary island which disappeared after earthquake.
Australopithecus. Hominid ancestor to man, discovered in Africa. Lived 1 to 5 million years ago.
Austrian Succession, War. 1740-48. Jenkins Ear and King George’s Wars. Maria Theresa recognized. Francis I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Prussian power shown. Aix-la-Chapelle Treaty. Silesian War.
Babylonian Captivity. 586-538BC. “70 Years” of Jewish exile by Nebuchadnezzar.
Baldwin, Stanley. 1867-1947. British Conservative Prime Minister. 1923~37. General Strike. Opposed rearmament. “Safety First”.
Balearic Is. 654BC Phoenicia. 123BC Rome. 426 Vandal. 798 Moor. 1229 Independent Christian. 1349 Aragon. 1713 Brit (Minorca). 1802 Spain.
Balkan Crisis. 1875-8. Britain, Austria fear Russian expansion. Congress of Berlin.