Aneurin. -c560. Welsh poet. Y Gododdin.

Angad. 1504-52. Sikh Guru. Created Punjab script.

Angelico, Fra. c1400-55. Florentine classical colorist painter: Convent of St. Mark. Madonna and Angel Musicians 1433.

Angevin Dynasty. Descendants of French House of Anjou. France -1480. Plantagenet Kings of England 1154-1485. Charles I of Anjou.

Angles. Germanic tribe that invaded Britain in 6C. Jutes. Saxons.

Anglicanism. Catholic adherence to the doctrines of the Church of England.

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-Catholicism. High Church movement in Church of England. Stresses link with Roman Catholic church. Oxford Movement.

Anglo-Dutch Wars. 17-18C. Established England’s naval power, ended Dutch world power.

Anglo-Egyptian Treaty. 1936. Conditional independence for Egypt.

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.

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