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

Anti-Comintern Pact. 1936. Germany and Japan oppose International Communism. Axis.

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

Anti-Saloon League. 1893 US Temperance organization. Prohibition.

Anti-Semitism. Racial prejudice against Jews. Pogrom. Final Solution.

Anti-Socialist Law. 1878-90. Germans ban unions.

Antigua. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1632 English settle. 18C slave trade. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1967 Self-government. 1981 Independent +Barbuda.

Antioch. 300BC Seleucus I founds. 64BC Rome. First reference to disciples as Christians c42. 540 Persia. 637 Moslem. 10-11C Syrian capital. 969 Byzantine. 1098 Crusader State. 1268 Egypt. 1517 Ottoman. 1920 Syria. 1939 Turkey.

Antipope. Elected in opposition to existing pope. Schism.

Antonescu, Ion. 1882-1946. Pro-German Romanian dictator, 1938-44.

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

Anzio, Battle. 1944. Allied landing site in Italy.

Apartheid. 1948-1994. Racial segregation in South Africa.

Apollo. Greek/Roman perfection of male beauty, god of prophecy, song and music.

Apollo Program. 1961-72. US moon mission. Apollo 11 landing 1969.

Apollonius of Perga. c262-190BC. Greek mathematician: named conic sections: ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.

Apostles. 12 disciples of Jesus. Also, first missionary to a country.

Apostles’ Creed. 410. Widely-used affirmation of Christian faith.

Apostolic Constitutions. c380BC. Books of ecclesiastic law.

Appeasement Policy. 1937-9. British yield to Nazi demands in hope of maintaining peace. Munich Agreement. Gentleman’s Agreement.

Appert, Nicolas. c1752-1841. French inventor of preservation by canning.

Appleseed, Johnny. (Chapman). 1774-1845. US nurseryman. Gave seedlings to pioneers.

Appleton, Edward. 1892-1965. English physicist: Appleton ionospheric layer.

April Theses. 1917. Lenin’s plan for Soviet takeover of state power from provisional government.

Aquila Ponticus. 2C. Translated Old Testament from Hebrew to Greek. Version adopted by Jews.

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