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St Albans Raid. 1864. Confederates attack Vermont from Canada.
Alban, St. -c303. First British martyr.
Offa. 755-796. King of Mercia 757-. Founded St. Alban’s abbey. Dee Dyke vs Welsh 785. Introduced coinage. Treaty with Charlemagne. Began unification of England.
St Albans. 1455. First battle of War of Roses. Henry VI captured by Yorks.
Albee, Edward. 1928-. US playwright. Pulitzer-Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962.
Britain, Battle of. 1940-1. German blitz air raids on British civilian centers. RAF defeats Luftwaffe, averting invasion.
Dresden. 1945. Massive Allied air raid. Firestorm caused 35,000-135,000 casualties, destroyed city.
Ethelred the Unready. c968-1016. King of English 978-. Unable to defend against Danish raids. Drove them out, 1015.
Fenians. 1858. Secret US society of Irish emigrants seeking Irish autonomy. Raided Canada 1866,70,71.
Frisia. 530. Raided by Viking Hugleikr.
Harper’s Ferry. 1859. John Brown raids arsenal to start slave uprising.
Jameson Raid. 1895. Abortive British-led revolt vs Boer government of Transvaal.
Kruger Telegram. 1896. Wilhelm II congratulates Kruger on defeating Jameson Raid, angering British.
Mogadishu Raid. 1977. German commandos rescue hijack hostages.
Ruthven, Raid of. 1582. James VI of Scotland kidnapped by William Ruthven (1541-84).
Vikings. Scandinavians who raided Europe 530-12C. Discovered Greenland, 982, North America, 10C. Norsemen. Varangians.
Villa, Pancho. 1878-1923. Mexican revolutionary, bandit. Chihuahua governor. 1913-. Overthrew Huerta with Carranza 1914. Raided New Mexico 1916.
Zeebrugge, Raid. 1918. Allied attempt to block harbour, trapping German submarines, warships.