Ariosto, Ludovico. 1474-1533. Italian Renaissence poet, playwright: Orlando Furioso 1516.

Aristotle. 384-322BC. Greek philosopher, founder of Peripatetics: Unified theory of knowledge. Matter, potentially alive, strives to attain its living form. Stressed observation and logic. Deductive Reasoning. Free Will.

Arkwright, Richard. 1732-92. Invented power spinning machine, 1769.

Arlen, Harold. 1905-86. US songwriter. Over the Rainbow.

Armageddon. Site of battle at end of the world.

Armagnac. Former county of southwest France, now Gascogne. 960 Independent. 1360 English. 1607 France.

Armagnacs. Fought Burgundians for control of France through Charles VI regency 1395-1435. Arras.

Armenian Church. c303. First Christian state church. 506 schism with Rome.

Arminianism. 17C-. Christian movement. Free-will is compatible with God’s sovereignty.

Arminius. 18BC-19 AD. German chief who defeated Varus 9 AD.

Armistice. Nov 11, 1918. Ended fighting in WWI.

Armstrong, Louis. 1900-71. US New Orleans Jazz trumpeter and band leader.

Arnim, Bettina von. 1785-1859. German Romantic writer. Goethe’s Correspondence with a Child 1835.

Arnold, Matthew. 1822-88. English poet. Scholar-Gypsy 1853.

Aroostook War. 1838-9. US-Canadian border dispute in East.

Arras, Battle. 1917. British WWI defeat.

Arrhenius, Svante. 1859-1927. Swedish physicist, discoverer of ions.

Artemisia. -c350BC. Queen of Halicarnass, wife of Mausolus. Built Mausoleum.

Artesian Well. Ancient Egypt, China, Persia, Syria.

Ashikaga. 1338-1573. Japanese Shogunate. Overthrew Emperor.

Ashkenazi. 1534-72. Cabalistic Jewish scholar. Established Safed center of learning, Palestine.

Assassins. 1124-1270. Secret Moslem order who murdered all enemies.

Assaye, Battle. 1803. British win in 2nd Maratha War.

Assignats. French legal tender, 1789-96. Overissue caused inflation. Became worth 1% of face value.

Astor, Nancy. 1879-1964. First woman to sit in British House of Commons, 1919-45.

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