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Amistad Affair. 1841. Slaves mutiny on Spanish ship. Sail to US. Declared free by US court.
Amorites. 1900-1600BC. Babylonian civilization conquered Sumerians. Hammurabi.
Amritsar Riot. 1919. British Dyer opens fire on unarmed Indians. 379 dead. 1200 injured.
Anderson, Carl. 1905-91. US discovered positron, muon.
André, John. 1750-80. British officer in American Revolution. Conspired with Benedict Arnold.
Angström, Anders. 1814-74. Swedish physicist: discovered spectroscopy 1853.
Apprentices Statute. 1563-1814 England. 7 Years apprenticeship required for all trades.
Archduke. Hereditary title of Austrian Hapsburgs.
Arnulf. c850-99. Last Carolingian Holy Roman Emperor. Defeated Normans. Captured Rome.
Assassins. 1124-1270. Secret Moslem order who murdered all enemies.
Atlantis. Legendary island which disappeared after earthquake.
Augsburg Confession. 1530. Doctrine of faith of Lutheran Church. Consubstantiation. Predestination. Diet of Augsburg. Melanchthon.
Aurelian. 214-75. Roman Emperor 270-. Restored rule of Europe. Began wall around Rome.
Australopithecus. Hominid ancestor to man, discovered in Africa. Lived 1 to 5 million years ago.
Autobahn. German road system begun by Hitler to reduce unemployment, 1934.
Averroës, Ibn Rushd. 1126-98. Arab philosopher: eternity of creation, universal shared consciousness.
Ayer, Alfred. 1910-89. British Logical Positivist. Foundation of Empirical Knowledge. Language, Truth and Logic 1936.
Aztec Empire. 14C-1521. Mexico. Conquered by Spanish.
Baader-Meinhof Gang. (Red Army Faction). 1968-92. West German terrorists supported by Stasi.
Bach, Johann Sebastian. 1685-1750. German composer of fugues and chorales. Peak of polyphonic music. Brandenburg Concerto 1721. Well Tempered Clavier. Art of Fugue 1749.
Bacon, Francis. 1561-1626. English chancellor and philosopher. First king’s counsel. Favoured inductive over deductive reasoning. Separated Science from religion. New Atlantis 1625. B. Scientific method: Novum Organum 1620. Essays 1625.
Badoglio, Pietro. 1871-1956. Italian. Conquered Ethiopia 1936. Arranged 1943 armistice. Prime Minister 1943-44.
Baer, Karl. 1792-1876. Estonian/German naturalist: founded science of embryology. Discovered ovum 1827.
Balzac, Honoré de. 1799-1850. French novelist of social injustice: Comedie Humaine 1829-48.
Banting, Frederick. 1891-1941. Canadian physician: discovered insulin with Best, MacLeod, 1921.