Annan, Kofi. 1938-. Ghana. UN Secretary General. Bosnian peacekeeping.

Anne. 1665-1714. British Queen 1702-. Reign notable for literarature, science, architecture. Last Stuart. Acts of Union, Settlement.

Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.

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.

Antaeus. Giant son of Poseiden killed by Heracles.

Antarctica. 1773 Cook explores seas. 1820 first sighted. Bransfield. 1821 first landing-Davis. 1911 Amundsen first to S Pole.

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.

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

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

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

Antinomianism. 16C Belief that some Christians by special faith need not obey Old Testament moral laws.

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.

Antipater. -319BC. Macedonian general and regent.

Antony, Mark. c83-30BC. Caesar’s lieutenant. Triumvirate 43-32. Defeated at Actium with Cleopatra. Suicide.

Antophon. c480-411BC. Athenian. First prof. orator.

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

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

ANZAC. Australian+New Zealand forces in WWI. Gallipoli.

ANZUS, Pact. 1951. Australia, NZ, US mutual defence in Pacific.

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

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

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