Adam. Biblical First man. Eve.

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

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

Arjun. 1563-1606. Sikh guru, first martyr.

Armstrong, Neil. 1930-. US astronaut, first man on the moon, 22:56 EDT, July 20,1969.

Ask. First man in Norse mythology. Embla.

Badr, Battle. 624. Muhammad’s first military victory. Defeats Umayyad caravan.

Bernanos, Georges. 1888-1948. French Catholic polemic writer against materialism. Diary of a Country Priest 1937.

Boabdil (Mohammed XI). -1538. Last Moorish King of Spain, 1482-92.

Bradlaugh, Charles. 1833-91. Radical atheist MP, 1880-. Oath Act, permitting affirmation for swearing in.

Breton, André. 1896-1966. French poet. Surrealist Manifesto 1924.

British Museum. World’s largest museum. Building 1823-52. Founded 1753 from Sloane Collection legacy. Elgin Marbles. Rosetta Stone.

Buchmanism. 1922-65. Christian revivalist movement stressing honesty, purity, love, unselfishness. =Moral Rearmament 1938. Oxford Group.

Cayley, George. 1773-1857. Flying machine 1796. First manned glider flight 1853.

Communist Manifesto. 1848. Marx and Engels call for Proletariat to control business and government.

Cook, Thomas. 1808-92. English. First modern conducted tours, 1841.

Cricket. 1598 derived from Club ball. 1877 First Test Match Australia/England.

Dalhousie, First Marquess. 1812-60. British Governor General of India 1847-56. Annexed Punjab, 1849, Rangoon, Burma. Built railway, telegraph. Lapse doctrine caused Indian Mutiny.

Diogenes (The Cynic). c413-327BC. Greek philosopher. Cynic. Looked for an honest man. Declined gifts of Alexander the Great. Lived in a tub. Sought virtue and moral freedom.

Dost Muhammed. 1793-1863. Afghanistan ruler 1826-. Provoked Afghan Wars.

Dresden, Battle. 1813. Last major Napoleonic victory in Germany.

Edelinck, Gerard. 1640-1707. Flemish engraver: first multi-color printing.

Engels, Friedrich. 1820-95. German socialist philosopher. Communist Manifesto 1848. Marx. Coined “Industrial Revolution” 1845. Finished Das Kapital 1894.

Fabian Society. 1883. English non-revolutionary socialist movement. Founded Labour Party. Shaw.

Frederick III. 1609-70. King of Norway and Denmark, 1648-. Lost much of territory to Sweden.

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