Anglo-French Entente. Entente Cordiale.

Anglo-Irish Agreement. 1985. Irish Republic gets voice in governing N. Ireland.

Anglo-Irish Treaty. 1921. Partitioned Ireland. Irish Free State as Dominion. N. Ireland in UK.

Anglo-Russian Entente. 1907. Defined spheres of influence.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 9C-1154. Records early British history.

Anglo-Saxons. Group of Germanic tribes that invaded Britain in 5C. Ruled to 1066. Angles. Heptarchy.

Anglo-Soviet Agreement. 1941. 20 year pledge against Nazi Germany and Axis powers.

Angola. Bantu. 1482 Cao discovers.1641-8 Dutch. 1575 Portuguese colony. 1975 Independent.

Angoulême, Louis duc d’. 1775-1844. Last Dauphin of France 1824-30.

Angry Young Men. 1950s British writers. Irreverence for establishment. Amis, Wain, Osborne.

Angström, Anders. 1814-74. Swedish physicist: discovered spectroscopy 1853.

Animism. Belief of a spirit within all objects.

Anjala League. 1788-89. Swedish, Finnish officers conspire vs Gustav III to end Russo-Swedish War.

Anjou. Region, former province of western France. Under English 1151-1204, 1360. 1480 France. Angevin.

Annam. 2000BC Kingdom in north Vietnam 1883 French protectorate.

Annan, Kofi. 1938-. Ghana. UN Secretary General. Bosnian peacekeeping.

Annates. Proportion of first year’s income paid to Pope by office holders.

Anne. 1665-1714. British Queen 1702-. Reign notable for literarature, science, architecture. Last Stuart. Acts of Union, Settlement.

Anne, St. Mother of Mary.

Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.

Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.

Anne of Cleves. 1515-57. Fourth wife of Henry VIII. Divorced.

Annual Register. 1759-. English political record. Burke.

Annunciation. Angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary re Jesus.

Anouilh, Jean. 1910-87. French dramatist: Antigone, Becket 1959.

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