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451 matches to Costa Rica
Amish. 17C-. Conservative Mennonites. 19-20C migrated to North America.
André, John. 1750-80. British officer in American Revolution. Conspired with Benedict Arnold.
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.
Anti-Clericalism. Hostility to church political power.
Apache. Natives of SW North America. Geronimo. Cochise.
Apartheid. 1948-1994. Racial segregation in South Africa.
Aretino, Pietro. 1492-1556. Italian satirical poet.
Aristophanes. c450-388BC. Athenian poet and satirical dramatist: The Clouds 423, The Birds 414. Lysistrata.
Arnold, Benedict. 1741-1801. American Revolution general. Betrayed US.
Atlantic Cable. 1866. Telegraphic link between North America and Europe.
Atom Bomb. 1945 US. 1949 USSR. 1952 Britain. 1960 France. 1964 China. 1974 India. 1989 South Africa (dismantled). 1998 Pakistan. ? Israel. 1990s Argentina, Brazil. Soon: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. H-Bomb. Neutron Bomb.
Aubigné, Agrippa d’. 1552-1630. French satirical writer and poet: Tragiques.
Audubon, John. 1785-1851. US ornitholigist, artist. Birds of America.
Australopithecus. Hominid ancestor to man, discovered in Africa. Lived 1 to 5 million years ago.
Avila Camacho, Manuel. 1897-1955. Mexican President 1940-46. Befriended US, rallied Latin America vs Axis.
Ayer, Alfred. 1910-89. British Logical Positivist. Foundation of Empirical Knowledge. Language, Truth and Logic 1936.
Baïf, Jean Antoine de. 1532-89. French Pléiade poet. New metrical forms. Founded Academy of Music and Poetry 1571, in Paris.
Bancroft, George. 1800-91. “Father of American history”. History of United States 1834-74.
Bandung Conference. 1955. 29 Asian and African countries oppose colonialism, promote peace.
Bank of England. 1694. Scotland 1695. N. America 1781. France 1800. Ireland 1783.
Bantu. Language of 60M natives in Southern Africa.
Barbary. 16-19C. Name given to North African coast. Berbers.
Barnard, Christian. 1922-2001. South African surgeon-first human heart transplant 1967.
Barricades, Day of the. 1588. Paris. Catholic League rebels vs Henry III.
Barton, Clara. 1821-1912. US Civil War nurse. Founded US Red Cross 1881.