Aqua Appia. 312BC. First Roman aquaduct.

Arcadius. 377-408. First Roman Emperor of East, 395-.

Aristarchus. 310-230BC. Samos. First to postulate sun as center of solar system. Accused of impiety. Copernicus.

Arjun. 1563-1606. Sikh guru, first martyr.

Armenian Church. c303. First Christian state church. 506 schism with Rome.

Armstrong, Neil. 1930-. US astronaut, first man on the moon, 22:56 EDT, July 20,1969.

Arriaga, Manuel. 1842-1917. First President of Portugal.

Articles of Confederation. 1781-9. First US Constitution.

Ascot. 1711. First Royal Meeting.

Ask. First man in Norse mythology. Embla.

Aspern-Essling, Battle. 1809. First important loss for Napoleon.

Astor, Nancy. 1879-1964. First woman to sit in British House of Commons, 1919-45.

Atatürk (Mustafa Kemal). 1881-1938. Turkish founder, first president, 1923. 1919-22 drove Greeks out. Major reforms to modernize Turkey.

Athelstan. 895-939. First king of all England 925-. Regulated Royal Mint 928.

Augustine of Canterbury, St. -c605. Apostle of England 597. First Archbishop of Canterbury 601. Converted King Ethelbert of Kent.

Augustus. Octavian. 63BC-14 AD. 2nd Triumvirate. First Roman Emperor. Pax Romana-Peaceful reign: Virgil, Horace.

Babbage, Charles. 1792-1871. British. Invented Difference Engine, 1823-34 -first computer. Founded British Association for the Advancement of Science 1831, Royal Astronomical Society 1820, Royal Statistical Society 1834.

Baber. 1483-1530. First Mogul Emperor of India.

Bacon, Francis. 1561-1626. English chancellor and philosopher. First king’s counsel. Favoured inductive over deductive reasoning. Separated Science from religion. New Atlantis 1625. B. Scientific method: Novum Organum 1620. Essays 1625.

Badr, Battle. 624. Muhammad’s first military victory. Defeats Umayyad caravan.

Baekeland, Leo. 1863-1944. US: invented Bakelite 1909 (first plastic). Velox.

Baldwin, Stanley. 1867-1947. British Conservative Prime Minister. 1923~37. General Strike. Opposed rearmament. “Safety First”.

Balewa, Abubakar. 1912-66. First Nigerian Prime Minister 1957-. Assassinated by Ibos.

Baltard, Victor. 1805-74. French architect. First to employ metal girders: Les Halles. St-Augustine’s Church.

Bandaranaike, Sirimavo. 1916-2000. Ceylon Prime Minister 1960~77. World’s first woman Prime Minister.

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