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AlaungpayaPersonAlaungpaya was the founder of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma, reigning from 1752 to 1760.
AlaungsithuPersonAlaungsithu, also known as Sithu I, was king of Pagan from about 1112 to 1167 and the grandson and successor of Kyansittha.
AlawitesPeople / groupThe Alawites are a religious community that emerged from Shia Islam in the 9th and 10th centuries, named after the caliph Ali and associated with the teacher Ibn…
Alba FucensPlaceAlba Fucens was a Roman colony in the central Apennines of Italy, founded in 303 BCE on land taken from the Aequi near the Fucine Lake.- Alba HelviorumPlaceAlba Helviorum was the Roman town of the Helvii in southern Gaul, at the modern village of Alba-la-Romaine in the Ardèche.
Alba IuliaPlaceAlba Iulia, in Hungarian Gyulafehérvár, is a city in Transylvania, Romania, on the Mureș River, built on the site of the Roman legionary fortress of Apulum.
AlbaicínPlaceThe Albaicín is the old Moorish quarter of Granada, Spain, on a hill facing the Alhambra across the valley of the Darro.
Alban BergPersonAlban Berg was an Austrian composer and a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern.
Alban HillsPlaceThe Alban Hills are the remains of an extinct volcano about 20 kilometres south-east of Rome, with crater lakes such as Lake Albano and Lake Nemi.
Albanian Fascist PartyPeople / groupThe Albanian Fascist Party was the ruling party of Albania under Italian occupation, founded in April 1939 after Italy's invasion and modelled on Mussolini's National…
AlbaniansPeople / groupThe Albanians are a people of the western Balkans who speak the Albanian language.
Albany CongressEventThe Albany Congress was a meeting of delegates from seven British American colonies held at Albany, New York, in June and July 1754, as war with France loomed.
Albany, New YorkPlaceAlbany is the capital of the state of New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River.
AlbarracínPlaceAlbarracín is a small walled town in the province of Teruel, Aragon, eastern Spain, on a rock above the Guadalaviar river.
Albemarle SoundPlaceAlbemarle Sound is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina, sheltered from the Atlantic by the Outer Banks.- Alberico da RomanoPersonAlberico da Romano was lord of Treviso and brother of Ezzelino III da Romano, sharing in the family's domination of the March of Treviso.
Alberico I Cybo-MalaspinaPersonAlberico I Cybo-Malaspina was the ruler of Massa and Carrara, inheriting the Malaspina lands through his mother Ricciarda.
Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-KulmbachPersonAlbert Alcibiades was Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach from 1541 to 1554, a soldier notorious for plunder.
Albert BallinPersonAlbert Ballin (1857–1918) was a German shipping magnate who directed the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) from 1899.
Albert CamusPersonAlbert Camus (1913–1960) was a French writer and philosopher born in Algeria to a poor settler family.
Albert EckhoutPersonAlbert Eckhout was a Dutch painter from Groningen who worked in Dutch Brazil from 1637 to 1644 in the household of Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen.
Albert EinsteinPersonAlbert Einstein was a German-born physicist, born in Ulm, whose theories of special and general relativity transformed physics.
Albert Frederick, Duke of PrussiaPersonAlbert Frederick (1553–1618) was Duke of Prussia from 1568, the son and successor of Albert, the first duke.
Albert HahlPersonAlbert Hahl was a German colonial administrator, governor of German New Guinea from 1902 to 1914.- Albert HenryPersonAlbert Henry was a Cook Islands politician, founder of the Cook Islands Party and the first premier from 1965, when the islands became self-governing in free…
Albert I of BelgiumPersonAlbert I was king of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934.
Albert I, Duke of BavariaPersonAlbert I was a Wittelsbach duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland.- Albert II of BelgiumPersonAlbert II is a former King of the Belgians, who reigned from 1993 to 2013.
Albert II of GermanyPersonAlbert II of Habsburg was duke of Austria from 1404 and, as son-in-law of Emperor Sigismund, became king of Hungary and of Bohemia in 1437–1438 and king of the Romans…
Albert II, Duke of AustriaPersonAlbert II, called the Lame or the Wise, was a Habsburg duke of Austria from 1330 to 1358.- Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgPersonAlbert II, called the Fat, was a Guelph duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg who received the southern lands around Göttingen, Münden and Uslar in the partition of around 1291…
Albert II, Duke of MecklenburgPersonAlbert II was the ruler of Mecklenburg from 1329.- Albert II, Duke of SaxonyPersonAlbert II was an Ascanian Duke of Saxony who ruled jointly with his brother John I and then John's sons until the partition of 1296, which gave him the lands around…
Albert II, Prince of MonacoPersonAlbert II has been Sovereign Prince of Monaco since the death of his father Rainier III in 2005.
Albert III Achilles, Elector of BrandenburgPersonAlbert III Achilles was a Hohenzollern prince, Margrave of Ansbach from 1440 and of Kulmbach from 1464, and Elector of Brandenburg from 1470.
Albert III, Duke of BavariaPersonAlbert III was duke of Bavaria-Munich from 1438 to 1460.
Albert III, Duke of SaxonyPersonAlbert III, Duke of Saxony, called the Bold, founded the Albertine line of the Wettin house when he and his brother Ernest divided Saxony in 1485.
Albert III, Elector of SaxonyPersonAlbert III was Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg and Elector of Saxony from 1419 to 1422, the last elector of the Ascanian line.
Albert IV, Count of TyrolPersonAlbert IV was the last Count of Tyrol of the original line, named after Tyrol Castle near Merano.
Albert IV, Duke of BavariaPersonAlbert IV, called the Wise, was Duke of Bavaria-Munich from 1465.
Albert KwokPersonAlbert Kwok was a Chinese resistance leader in North Borneo during the Japanese occupation.
Albert LuthuliPersonAlbert Luthuli was a South African anti-apartheid activist and traditional leader who led the African National Congress from 1952.
Albert of BrandenburgPersonAlbert of Brandenburg was a Hohenzollern prince who became Archbishop of Magdeburg, administrator of Halberstadt and, in 1514, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz, and was made…
Albert of RigaPersonAlbert of Riga was a canon of Bremen who became bishop of Livonia in 1199 and led the crusade against the pagan peoples of the eastern Baltic.
Albert SarrautPersonAlbert Sarraut was a French Radical politician who served twice as governor-general of French Indochina, in 1911–1914 and 1917–1919, promising Franco-Vietnamese…
Albert SchweitzerPersonAlbert Schweitzer was an Alsatian theologian, organist and physician, born at Kaysersberg in 1875.
Albert SpeerPersonAlbert Speer was a German architect and Nazi politician who became Hitler's favourite architect and, from 1942, Minister of Armaments and War Production.
Albert SteinbergerPersonAlbert Barnes Steinberger was an American adventurer who became premier of Samoa.
Albert SuerbeerPersonAlbert Suerbeer was a German churchman who became the first archbishop of Riga.
Albert the BearPersonAlbert the Bear was a prince of the Ascanian house who received the Northern March from Lothair III in 1134.
Albert VII, Archduke of AustriaPersonAlbert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559–1621), a son of Emperor Maximilian II, was a cardinal and viceroy of Portugal before he became governor of the Spanish Netherlands.
Albert, Duke of PrussiaPersonAlbert, Duke of Prussia, a Hohenzollern of the Ansbach line, was the last Grand Master of the Teutonic Order in Prussia.
Albert, King of SwedenPersonAlbert, King of Sweden, also known as Albert of Mecklenburg, reigned from 1364 to 1389, after Swedish nobles deposed Magnus Eriksson and offered him the crown.
AlbertaPlaceAlberta is a province of western Canada, between British Columbia and Saskatchewan, with Edmonton as its capital and Calgary as its largest city.- Albertine linePeople / groupThe Albertine line is the younger branch of the house of Wettin, founded by Duke Albert III of Saxony when he and his brother Ernest divided their lands by the Division…
Albertine RiftPlaceThe Albertine Rift is the western branch of the East African Rift, running from Lake Albert south through Lakes Edward, Kivu and Tanganyika along the borders of the…- Albertino MussatoPersonAlbertino Mussato was a Paduan statesman, historian and poet, an early figure of Italian humanism.
Alberto FernándezPersonAlberto Fernández is an Argentine Peronist lawyer and politician who served as chief of cabinet under Néstor Kirchner and as president from 2019 to 2023, with Cristina…
Alberto FujimoriPersonAlberto Fujimori was president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.
Alberto III PioPersonAlberto III Pio was the last Pio lord of Carpi, a humanist pupil of Aldus Manutius who rebuilt the town as a Renaissance showpiece with a new cathedral and square.- Alberto PitentinoPersonAlberto Pitentino was a 12th-century engineer of Mantua who, around 1190, regulated the Mincio river with dams and embankments.
- Alberto ScottiPersonAlberto Scotti was a Guelph nobleman and merchant who made himself lord of Piacenza in 1290.
Albertus MagnusPersonAlbertus Magnus was a German Dominican friar, philosopher and scientist, teacher of Thomas Aquinas, who did much to bring Aristotle's works into Christian learning.
AlbiPlaceAlbi is a city on the Tarn in southern France, capital of the Tarn department.
Albigensian CrusadeWar · 1209–1229The Albigensian Crusade was a war called by Pope Innocent III against the Cathar heretics of Languedoc and the lords who protected them, chiefly the Count of Toulouse.
AlbigeoisPlaceThe Albigeois is a historical region of southern France around Albi, on the Tarn, corresponding largely to the modern Tarn department.
AlboinPersonAlboin was king of the Lombards from about 560 and led them out of Pannonia into Italy in 568, soon after the Gothic Wars had exhausted the peninsula.
AlborzPlaceThe Alborz is a mountain range in northern Iran, running along the southern side of the Caspian Sea.- Alboury NdiayePersonAlboury Ndiaye was the last independent buurba, or king, of Jolof in Senegal, ruling from 1875.
Albrecht DürerPersonAlbrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg, the leading artist of the German Renaissance.
Albrecht von HallerPersonAlbrecht von Haller was a Swiss physiologist, anatomist, botanist and poet from Bern, often called the father of modern physiology for his experiments on the…
Albrecht von WallensteinPersonAlbrecht von Wallenstein was a Bohemian nobleman who raised and commanded the imperial armies in the Thirty Years' War.
AlbrechtsburgWork / monumentThe Albrechtsburg is a late Gothic castle on the rock above the Elbe at Meissen in Saxony, Germany, built from 1471 for the Wettin brothers Ernest and Albert.
AlbredaPlaceAlbreda is a village on the north bank of the Gambia River in The Gambia, near James Island.
AlcaeusPersonAlcaeus was a Greek lyric poet of Mytilene on Lesbos and a contemporary of Sappho.- Alcántara BridgeWork / monumentThe Alcántara Bridge is a Roman stone arch bridge over the Tagus at Alcántara in Extremadura, Spain.
Alcazaba of AlmeríaWork / monumentThe Alcazaba of Almería is a fortified complex on a hill above Almería in southern Spain, founded under the Córdoban caliph Abd al-Rahman III in the 10th century.
Alcazaba of MálagaWork / monumentThe Alcazaba of Málaga is a Moorish fortress-palace on a hill above the port of Málaga in southern Spain, built mainly in the 11th century and enlarged under the Nasrids.
Alcázar of SevilleWork / monumentThe Alcázar of Seville is a royal palace in Seville, Spain, developed from an Islamic fortress of the Abbadid and Almohad periods.
Alceste De AmbrisPersonAlceste De Ambris was an Italian revolutionary syndicalist and trade union organiser.
AlchemyTermAlchemy is a philosophical and protoscientific tradition whose common aims were turning base metals into gold and making an elixir of immortality; in its Western form…
Alchi MonasteryPlaceAlchi Monastery is a Buddhist temple complex beside the Indus in Ladakh, India, traditionally attributed to the translator Rinchen Zangpo but built mainly between the…
AlcibiadesPersonAlcibiades was an Athenian statesman and general and an associate of Socrates.
Alcide De GasperiPersonAlcide De Gasperi was an Italian statesman, founder of the Christian Democracy party, and prime minister from 1945 to 1953.
Alcmaeon of CrotonPersonAlcmaeon of Croton was a Greek physician and natural philosopher of around 500 BCE, associated with the Pythagoreans.
AlcmaeonidaePeople / groupThe Alcmaeonids were a powerful noble family of ancient Athens.
AlcoaInstitutionAlcoa, the Aluminum Company of America, is an American aluminium producer founded in Pittsburgh in 1888 to exploit Charles Martin Hall's process for refining aluminium.
AlcoyPlaceAlcoy is an industrial town in the province of Alicante in the Valencian Community, Spain, in a mountain valley of the Serpis river.
Alcuin of YorkPersonAlcuin of York was an English scholar and teacher who joined the court of Charlemagne in the late eighth century.- Aldfrith of LindseyPersonAldfrith of Lindsey is the last king of Lindsey known from the surviving Anglian royal genealogies and from his witness to a charter of Offa of Mercia in the late 8th…
Aldfrith of NorthumbriaPersonAldfrith was king of Northumbria from 685 to 705, succeeding his half-brother Ecgfrith after the defeat at Nechtansmere.
AldgislPersonAldgisl was a king of the Frisians in the late 7th century, the first whose name is reliably known.
AldhelmPersonAldhelm was an Anglo-Saxon scholar, poet and churchman, abbot of Malmesbury and from 705 the first bishop of Sherborne.
Aldus ManutiusPersonAldus Manutius was an Italian humanist and printer who founded the Aldine Press in Venice in the 1490s.- Aldy-Bel cultureReligion / ideaThe Aldy-Bel culture is an early Iron Age archaeological culture of Tuva in southern Siberia, dated to about the seventh and sixth centuries BCE and counted among the…
- AledoPlaceAledo is a small town in the region of Murcia, Spain, on a rocky spur of the Sierra Espuña.
AlegPlaceAleg is a town in south-western Mauritania and the capital of the Brakna region, on the road between Nouakchott and the Senegal River valley, beside a seasonal lake.
AlegretePlaceAlegrete is a city in the west of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on the Ibirapuitã River.
AleijadinhoPersonAleijadinho, born Antônio Francisco Lisboa, was a sculptor and architect of colonial Minas Gerais and the leading artist of the Brazilian Baroque.
Alejandro O'ReillyPersonAlejandro O'Reilly was an Irish-born general in Spanish service.