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Alarcos, Battle. 1195. Moslems defeat Christians in Spain, go on to conquer Castile.
Albania. Balkans. 3-5C Visigoth, Huns invade. 6-7C Bulgars, Serbs, Slavs invade.12-15C Bulgar, Norman, Angevin, Serb, Venice contest.15C Ottoman. 1912 Independent republic. 1928 Monarchy (Zog). 1939 Italy occupies. 1945 Communist (Hoxha). 1961 Left Warsaw Pact. 1991 Democratic Constitution.
Albert, Prince Consort. 1819-1861. Married Queen Victoria, 1840. Responsible for International exhibitions 1851, 62. Moderated Trent Affair.
Albert I. 1875-1932. King of Belgians, 1909. Led army WWI. Introduced universal male suffrage.
Albert of Brandenburg. 1490-1568. First Duke of Prussia, 1525. Ended Teutonic Knights’ rule.
Alberti, Leon. 1404-72. Italian Renaissance Man. Artist, poet, geographer, mathematician.
Alboin. -572. Germanic Lombard King. Allied Germanic tribes and conquered N Italy.
Alcaçovas, Treaty. 1479. Portugal renounces claim to Castile.
Alcalá Zamora, Niceto. 1877-1949. President, Spanish Republic, 1931-6. Died in exile.
Alcazar. 14-15C Moorish fortresses in Spain. Seville 1364. Toledo, Segovia.
Alchemy. Magic art of Egyptian origin attempting to transmute metals, esp lead to gold. Based on belief that all metals are a pure base metal + impurities which the philosopher’s stone can remove.
Alcibiades. c450-404BC. Athenian egoist general, Peloponnesian War. Murdered.
Alcmaeonidae. 7-5C BC. Prominent Athenian family. Pericles.
Alcott, Louisa May. 1832-88. US novelist: Little Women 1869.
Alcuin. c735-804. English Counselor to Charlemagne. Set up monastic education system in Europe.
Alden, John. c1599-1687. Pilgrim father. Married Priscilla Mullens.
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Alecto. Fury of Anger.
Alemanni. 3-6C. Confederation of Germanic tribes in Swabia defeated by Clovis, 496.
Alembert, Jean Le Rand d’. 1717-83. French philosopher and mathematician, Encyclopaedist.
Alesia. 52BC. Caesar defeats Vercingétorix, 52BC. Decisive in conquering Gaul.
Alexander. 1876-1903. Serbian King, 1889-. Scandals, authoritarianism led to assassination.
Alexander. 1888-1934. Yugoslav King, 1921-. United Serbs, Croats, Slovenes as Yugoslavia 1929. Assassinated.
Alexander, Harold (of Tunis). 1891-1969. British. Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean 1944-45. Directed Dunkirk evacuation. Governor General of Canada, 1946-52.
Alexander I. 1777-1825. Russian Czar, 1801-. Liberal reformer. Defeated Napoleon. Holy Alliance.