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Post Office. 1840. England penny post begun.
Acts of the Apostles. c70-90. Luke’s history of early Christian church.
Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.
Andrew, St. Apostle and martyr. Patron saint of Scotland and Russia. Peter’s brother.
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.
Aristarchus. 310-230BC. Samos. First to postulate sun as center of solar system. Accused of impiety. Copernicus.
Augustine of Canterbury, St. -c605. Apostle of England 597. First Archbishop of Canterbury 601. Converted King Ethelbert of Kent.
Boniface, St. 675-754. Martyred British apostle to Germany.
Book of Concord. 1580. Lutheran liturgy: Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creeds, Augsburg Confession.
Bryant, William. 1794-1878. US poet/journalist. Founded Republican Party. Evening Post.
Camden Town Group. 1902-13. English Postimpressionist artists. London Group.
Caxton, William. c1422-91. Printed first English book 1473/4. First printer in England, 1476. Published Chaucer, Aesop. First woodcuts appear in Game and Playe of Chesse 1476. First poster 1477.
Cezanne, Paul. 1839-1906. French Post-Impressionist painter. Illusion of depth by color. Card Players 1892.
Cornwallis Code. 1793. For civil servants in India. No private trade. No Indians in important posts.
Cuthbert, St. 635-87. Celtic monk, apostle to Northumbria.
Cyril and Methodius, Sts. -c869/885. Apostles of Slavs. Translated liturgy, invented Cyrillic alphabet.
DeGasperi, Alcide. 1881-1954. Italian Prime Minister 1945-53. Post-war reconstruction.
Dürer, Albrecht. 1471-1528. German painter, pioneer engraver. Apocalypse 1498. Grand Passion 1501. St Jerome 1513. 4 Apostles 1526.
Elgar, Edward. 1857-1934. Choral composer. Established a new English tradition: Dream of Gerontius 1900, Apostles 1903, Kingdom 1906.
Gauguin, Paul. 1848-1903. French Post-Impressionist painter typified by abstracted figures and flat planes of color. Tahitian Landscape. Day of the God 1894.
Gilded Age. Post American Civil War period of materialism, questionable ethics. Named by Mark Twain.
Honorius I. Pope 625-638. Condemned posthumously as heretic. Infallibility questioned.
Hudson’s Bay Company. 1670-. England. Explored Canada. Sought NW passage. Trading posts. Fur trade. Monopoly 1821-58. Seven Oaks Massacre.