Assassins. 1124-1270. Secret Moslem order who murdered all enemies.

Assignats. French legal tender, 1789-96. Overissue caused inflation. Became worth 1% of face value.

Aston, Francis. 1877-1945. English physicist. Mass spectrograph.

Atalanta. Greek huntress beaten in race by Hippomenes.

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

Atlantic, Battle. 1939-45. Unsuccessful German attempt to blockade Britain, WWII.

Atlantic Cable. 1866. Telegraphic link between North America and Europe.

Atlantic Charter. 1941. British-US declaration of 8 principles of peace and security. Endorsed by >25 nations.

Atlantis. Legendary island which disappeared after earthquake.

Atlas. King of Titans, turned into a mountain to support the sky.

Atreus. King of Mycenae. Father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.

Attila. 406-453. Leader of the Huns. 434 attacked Gaul, defeated at Catalonia in 451. “The Scourge of God”.

Attlee, Clement. 1883-1967. British Labour Prime Minister. 1945-51. National Health. Nationalization.

Audencia. Medieval law court in Spain.

Auer, Carl. 1858-1929. Austrian chemist. Incandescent gas lamp 1898.

Augsburg Confession. 1530. Doctrine of faith of Lutheran Church. Consubstantiation. Predestination. Diet of Augsburg. Melanchthon.

Augsburg League. 1686-9. Holy Roman Empire and allies vs France. Replaced by Grand Alliance.

Augustine, St. 354-430. Author of Confessions, City of God. Bishop of Hippo. “God is omnipotent.” Introduced Neoplatonic Determinism to Christianity. Church should rule state.

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

Augustus II. 1670-1733. King of Poland, 1697-. Provoked Northern War.

Augustus III. 1696-1763. King of Poland 1734- after War of Polish Succession.

Aurignacian. Late Paleolithic art period.

Auschwitz. 1940-45. German death camp in Poland. 1-4 million killed. Final Solution.

Austen, Jane. 1775-1817. English novelist: Sense and Sensibility, 1811, Pride and Prejudice, 1813. “the exquisite touch which renders the commonplace interesting”-W. Scott. Emma 1816.

Australia. c28,000BC Australoids. 1606 Sighted by Portuguese. 1668 Dampier lands. 1770 Cook claims for England. 1788-1868 Penal colonies. 1901 Independent commonwealth.

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