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1833 matches to Cro-Magnon Man
Cro-Magnon Man. 30,000BC-. First Homo Sapiens.
Abbeville Treaty. 1258. England returns Normandy to France.
Abd ar-Rahman. -732. Moslem Governor of Andalusia. Def, killed at Poitiers.
Abd ar-Rahman. c1779-1859. Sultan of Morocco/Fez, 1822. Fought French, 1844 in Algeria.
Abd ar-Rahman I. 731-788. Umayyad emir of Cordoba, 755-. Repelled Charlemagne.
Abdul Rahman, Tunku. 1903-90. First Prime Minister of independent Malaya 1957-70. United Malay, Chinese, Indian factions.
Aboukir, Battle. Nelson defeats French fleet, 1798. Napoleon defeats Turks, 1799.
Achaean League. 5-4C BC. Greek towns in common defence against pirates in Gulf of Corinth. 280-146BC. Model for federal government. Created to fight Macedonia. Dissolved by Romans.
Acta. 59BC-330. Minutes of Roman public business, published daily.
Actium, Battle. 31BC. Octavian defeats Antony to become sole ruler of Roman Empire.
Adam. Biblical First man. Eve.
Adelung, Johann. 1732-1806. German scholar; helped standardize language.
Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.
Adlerian Psychology. Man is driven to attain power to compensate for “inferiority feeling”. Can lead to “Overcompensation”, e.g. short dictators. Neuroses are illnesses as an excuse for underachievement.
Admiral Graf Spee. -1939. German battleship def by British, scuttled at Montevideo.
Admonition to Parliament. 1572. Puritans demand episcopacy abolition.
Adoptionism. 8C Christian heresy. Christ was born human, became divine after baptism.
Adrianople, Treaty. 1829. Ends Russo-Turkish War. Ottomans cede control of Greece.
Aediles. 494BC-3C AD. Minor Roman magistrates.
Aetius, Flavius. -454. Roman general, defeated Attila at Catalonia, 451.
African National Congress. ANC. 1912-. Organization for black rights in South Africa outlawed to 1990. 1994- Ruling party. Mandela.
Agadir Crisis. 1911. French/German crisis by German manoevres off Morocco.
Agnes, St. 4C. Roman girl martyred at 13.
Agricola, G. J. 40-93. Roman governor who subdued Britain.
Agricola, Johann. 1494-1566. German Protestant reformer and Antinomianist.