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860 matches to Pastry War
Altmark Truce. 1629-35. Polish-Swedish wars of succession.
Altranstadt, Peace. 1706 Sweden-Poland: Augustus renounces Polish throne. 1707 Sweden-HRE: HRE buys Swedish neutrality in War of Spanish Succession. 1714 Louis XIV-Charles VI.
Amazons. Mythical women warriors. Fought Greeks at Troy.
American Civil War. 1861-5. Abolitionist North defeats slave-owning South. Britain and France support South, Russia supports North. Union. Confederacy.
Amiens, Mise of. 1264. Louis IX arbitrated annulment of Provisions of Oxford. Barons War.
Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.
Anabaptists. 1520- Christian sect. Adult baptism. No clergy. Salvation via faith. Millenialist. Hutterites, Mennonites, Quakers. Peasants War.
Andrusov, Treaty. 1667. Ended Russo-Polish War. Divided Ukraine.
Anglo-Afghan Wars. 1839-42. 1878-80. 1919. British limit Russian influence, maintain buffer to India.
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-Dutch Wars. 17-18C. Established England’s naval power, ended Dutch world power.
Anjala League. 1788-89. Swedish, Finnish officers conspire vs Gustav III to end Russo-Swedish War.
Antarctica. 1773 Cook explores seas. 1820 first sighted. Bransfield. 1821 first landing-Davis. 1911 Amundsen first to S Pole.
Appleton, Edward. 1892-1965. English physicist: Appleton ionospheric layer.
Arab-Israeli Wars. 1948-9. Palestinians flee to Arab countries. 1956. Israel captures Sinai, UN takes over. 1967. Six Day War. Israel defeats Egypt, Syria, Jordan, gains Jerusalem, Sinai, Golan,... 1973. Egypt, Syria attack = October War.
Araucanian Wars. 1530-1870. Chile, Argentina. Natives forced onto reservations.
Archidamian War. 431-421BC. Peloponnesian War.
Ares. Greek god of war, Roman =Mars.
Argentina. Tehuelch, Querandi, Puelche, Inca. 1536 Spanish. 1776 Viceroyalty of La Plata. 1816 Independent United Province of La Plata. 1862 =Argentina. 1943 Peron. 1982 Falklands War. 2001 Economic collapse.
Aroostook War. 1838-9. US-Canadian border dispute in East.
Assaye, Battle. 1803. British win in 2nd Maratha War.
Athenian League. 378-338BC. Refounded Delian League. War with Sparta 378-371BC.
Augsburg League. 1686-9. Holy Roman Empire and allies vs France. Replaced by Grand Alliance.
Augustus II. 1670-1733. King of Poland, 1697-. Provoked Northern War.
Augustus III. 1696-1763. King of Poland 1734- after War of Polish Succession.