Amethyst Incident. 1949. Escape of British frigate from China.

Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.

Amin, Idi. c1926-. Uganda dictator 1971-9. Exile to France.

Amistad Affair. 1841. Slaves mutiny on Spanish ship. Sail to US. Declared free by US court.

Amyot, Jacques. 1513-93. French humanist and Plutarch translator.

Ancien Régime. Pre-Revolutionary French socio- political order.

Andorra. Ibericbasc. Greeks/Carthaginians/Romans/Visigoths 8C Muslim. 803 Charlemagne. 1133 Bishop of Urgell. 1159 Fiefdom of Foix. 1278- Principality under joint French, Spanish suzerainty. 1993 Constitution. Coprincipality.

Andrea del Sarto. 1486-1530. Florentine fresco painter: Annunziata frescoes. Madonna of the Harpies 1517.

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.

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-French Entente. Entente Cordiale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.

Anthony, St. 1195-1231. Franciscan, protector of common people.

Anthony, Susan B. 1820-1906. US temperence, anti-slavery suffragette.

Anthony of Padua, St. 1195-1231. Franciscan teacher in S. France, Italy.

Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.

Anvil, Operation. 1944. Allied invasion of south France.

Anville, J.B. d’. 1697-1782. French cartographer known for accuracy.

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