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Alcibiades. c450-404BC. Athenian egoist general, Peloponnesian War. Murdered.
Alcock, John. 1892-1919. First non-stop transatlantic flight, 1919, with Brown.
Alcuin. c735-804. English Counselor to Charlemagne. Set up monastic education system in Europe.
Alecto. Fury of Anger.
Alexandra, Feodorovna. 1872-1918. Wife of Nicholas II of Russia. Controlled Gov’t during WWI. Cause of Revolution. Executed. Rasputin.
Alexandria. Founded 332BC by Alexander the Great. Centre of Hellenistic culture. Lighthouse one of Seven Wonders. 284BC Great Library of 700,000+ volumes. Fires 47BC, 391.
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.
Ali Pasha. 1741-1822. Turkish governor of Greece. Byron’s “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” subject.
Alp-Arslan. c1030-72. Seljuk Sultan. Defeated Byzantines. Turks dominate Asia Minor.
Alpini, Prospero. 1553-1616. Italian physician. Introduced coffee and bananas to Europe.
Althusius, Johannes. 1557-1638. German jurist. “Father of Federalism”.
Ambrose, St. c340-397. Bishop of Milan. Introduced Plainsong (chant) into church music.
Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.
Amiens Cathedral. 1220-1270. Romanesque/Gothic.
Amistad Affair. 1841. Slaves mutiny on Spanish ship. Sail to US. Declared free by US court.
Amnesty International. 1961. Human rights watchdog NGO fighting for political prisoners and victims of torture. MacBride.
Amorites. 1900-1600BC. Babylonian civilization conquered Sumerians. Hammurabi.
Ampère, André. 1775-1836. Physicist: related magnetism to electric current, 1820. Galvanometer 1824.
Amritsar Riot. 1919. British Dyer opens fire on unarmed Indians. 379 dead. 1200 injured.
Anarchism. 19C Philosophy: “Every man should be his own government, his own law, his own church”-Owen. Thoreau’s return to nature, passive resistance, and no taxes influenced Ghandi. Proudhon. Tolstoy. Godwin.
Anastasia. 1901-18.Daughter of Nicholas II, allegedly survived family execution.
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.
Andorra. Ibericbasc. Greeks/Carthaginians/Romans/Visigoths 8C Muslim. 803 Charlemagne. 1133 Bishop of Urgell. 1159 Fiefdom of Foix. 1278- Principality under joint French, Spanish suzerainty. 1993 Constitution. Coprincipality.
Andropov, Yuri. 1914-84. Soviet chief of state, 1984: advocated efficiency.