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1453 matches to SA
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Alesia. 52BC. Caesar defeats Vercingétorix, 52BC. Decisive in conquering Gaul.
Alexander. 1876-1903. Serbian King, 1889-. Scandals, authoritarianism led to assassination.
Alexander. 1888-1934. Yugoslav King, 1921-. United Serbs, Croats, Slovenes as Yugoslavia 1929. Assassinated.
Alexander II. 1818-81. Russian Czar 1855-. Emancipated serfs, 1861. Established elected assemblies, Zemstvo, settled Crimean War. Assassinated by Narodniki.
Alexis. 1629-76. Russian czar 1645-. Recognized serfdom. Northern War. Peasant Revolt 1667-71.
Alexius I. 1048-1118. Byzantine Emperor 1081-. Restored empire. Requested aid. First Crusade.
Alfonso XIII. 1886-1941. King of Spain 1886-1931. Survived 5 assassination attempts. Support for Primo de Rivera weakened monarchy.
Alfred the Great. 849-99. Saxon King of Wessex 871-. Resisted Danes 877-79 (Edington) + 892-96. Captured London 886. First British Navy 897.
Allende, Salvador. 1908-73. Marxist president of Chile 1970-3.
Alsace-Lorraine. Iron rich region along Rhine. 1C BC Rome. 5C Alemanni. 496 Franks. 870 German. 1648(A)/1766(L) French 1871 Prussia. 1919 France 1940 Germany. 1945 France.
Alvarado, Pedro de. c1486-1541. Spanish conquerer of Guatemala and El Salvador. Conquistador to Mexico.
Amboina Massacre. 1623. 20 British and Japanese merchants executed by Dutch for plotting overthrow.
Amboise Conspiracy. 1560. Failed Huguenot plot to kidnap French king. Led to massacre of 1200 Huguenots.
Amistad Affair. 1841. Slaves mutiny on Spanish ship. Sail to US. Declared free by US court.
Amritsar. 1577 Sikh. 1761 Golden Temple destroyed; rebuilt 1764. 1849 India.
Amritsar Riot. 1919. British Dyer opens fire on unarmed Indians. 379 dead. 1200 injured.
Amundsen, Roald. 1872-1928. Norwegian explorer, first to South Pole, 1911; NW Passage, 1906.
Anabaptists. 1520- Christian sect. Adult baptism. No clergy. Salvation via faith. Millenialist. Hutterites, Mennonites, Quakers. Peasants War.
Anarchism, Communistic. Marxist revolutionary version of anarchism that seeks to overthrow the state. Bakunin. Kropotkin. Assassinated: Sadi-Carnot, Empress Elizabeth, Umberto I, McKinley.
Anatolia. 1900BC Hittite(C)/ Akkadian(E). 1200BC Phrygian. 8C Lydia. 546 Cyrus. 334BC Alexander. 133 AD Rome...Byzantine. 1071 Seljuk. 1243 Mongol/Crusaders. 1307 Ottoman. 1920 Turkey.
Andrea del Sarto. 1486-1530. Florentine fresco painter: Annunziata frescoes. Madonna of the Harpies 1517.
Andrew, St. Apostle and martyr. Patron saint of Scotland and Russia. Peter’s brother.
Androcles. Roman slave, saved by a lion.
Angles. Germanic tribe that invaded Britain in 6C. Jutes. Saxons.