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- Ananus ben AnanusPersonAnanus ben Ananus was a Jewish high priest who in 62 CE had James, the brother of Jesus, put to death and was deposed after three months.
AnapaPlaceAnapa is a resort town on the Black Sea coast of Krasnodar Krai in southern Russia, near the Taman Peninsula.- Anapota NayakaPersonAnapota Nayaka was a chief of the Recherla family of Velama Nayakas in Telangana.
Anarawd ap RhodriPersonAnarawd ap Rhodri was king of Gwynedd from 878 until his death in 916, the eldest son of Rhodri the Great.
The AnarchyWar · 1138–1153The Anarchy was a civil war in England and Normandy between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, over the succession to the English throne.
Anarchy at SamarraEventThe Anarchy at Samarra was a period of turmoil in the Abbasid Caliphate from 861 to 870, when the caliphs ruled from Samarra.- Anastasia of SlutskPersonAnastasia of Slutsk was the widow of Prince Semyon Olelkovich and ruled the Duchy of Slutsk as regent for her son Yury in the early 16th century.
- Anastasio AquinoPersonAnastasio Aquino (1792–1833) was an indigenous Nonualco leader who led a rebellion in central El Salvador in 1833 against the seizure of communal lands, harsh labour on…
Anastasio BustamantePersonAnastasio Bustamante was a Mexican general and conservative politician who served as president of Mexico three times between 1830 and 1841.
Anastasio Somoza DebaylePersonAnastasio Somoza Debayle was the last of the Somoza family dictators of Nicaragua, commanding the National Guard and serving as president in 1967–1972 and 1974–1979.
Anastasio Somoza GarcíaPersonAnastasio Somoza García was a Nicaraguan officer and dictator who, as director of the US-trained National Guard, had Augusto César Sandino murdered in 1934 and became…
Anastasius I DicorusPersonAnastasius I was emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 491 to 518.
AnathapindikaPersonAnathapindika, whose personal name was Sudatta, was a wealthy merchant of Shravasti in Kosala and the Buddha's foremost lay supporter.
AnatoliaPlaceAnatolia, or Asia Minor, is the large peninsula forming most of present-day Turkey, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
Anatolijs GorbunovsPersonAnatolijs Gorbunovs is a Latvian politician who chaired the Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR from 1988.
Anatoly StesselPersonAnatoly Stessel was a Russian general who commanded at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.- AnaukpetlunPersonAnaukpetlun was king of Burma's Restored Toungoo dynasty from 1605 to 1628.
AnawrahtaPersonAnawrahta was king of Pagan from 1044 to 1077 and is regarded as the founder of the first Burmese empire.
AnaxagorasPersonAnaxagoras was a Greek philosopher from Clazomenae in Ionia who brought philosophy to Athens, where he lived for about 30 years in the circle of Pericles.- AnaxilasPersonAnaxilas was tyrant of Rhegion on the toe of Italy in the early 5th century BCE.
AnaximanderPersonAnaximander of Miletus was a Greek philosopher of the 6th century BCE and a pupil of Thales in the Milesian school.- AnaximenesPersonAnaximenes of Miletus was a Greek philosopher of the 6th century BCE, the third member of the Milesian school after Thales and Anaximander.
AnazarbusPlaceAnazarbus was an ancient city of Cilicia in southern Turkey, near the Ceyhan river.
Áncash RegionPlaceÁncash is a region of north-central Peru, stretching from the Pacific coast to the Cordillera Blanca, whose peak Huascarán is the highest in the country.
Ancient Olympic GamesEventThe ancient Olympic Games were a religious and athletic festival held every four years at Olympia in honour of Zeus, traditionally from 776 BCE.
AndahuaylasPlaceAndahuaylas is a town in the Apurímac region of the southern Peruvian Andes, west of Cusco on the old route to Ayacucho.
al-AndalusPlaceAl-Andalus was the name given to the parts of the Iberian Peninsula under Muslim rule from 711 until 1492.
AndalusiaPlaceAndalusia is a region of southern Spain, whose name derives from al-Andalus.
Andaman and Nicobar IslandsPlaceThe Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, a union territory of India with its capital at Port Blair.
AndaraxPlaceThe Andarax is a river in the province of Almería in south-eastern Spain, flowing from the Sierra Nevada and the Alpujarras to the Mediterranean at the city of Almería.
AndecaPersonAndeca was the last ruler of the Suebic kingdom in Gallaecia.- Andereya Duhaga IIPersonAndereya Duhaga II was omukama of Bunyoro from 1902 to 1924, installed by the British after the deposition of his brother Kitahimbwa.
AndernachPlaceAndernach is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the left bank of the Rhine north-west of Koblenz.
Anders CelsiusPersonAnders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer and professor at Uppsala University.
Andersen Air Force BasePlaceAndersen Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in the north of Guam, built after American forces retook the island from Japan in 1944.
Anderson DawsonPersonAnderson Dawson was an Australian miner, trade unionist and politician who led the world's first parliamentary Labour government.- AndetriumPlaceAndetrium was a hill fortress of the Delmatae near Muć, north-east of Salona in modern Croatia.
- Andhra IkshvakusStateThe Andhra Ikshvakus were a dynasty that ruled the lower Krishna valley in present-day Andhra Pradesh, India, in the 3rd and early 4th centuries CE, after the fall of…
Andhra MahabharatamWork / monumentThe Andhra Mahabharatam is the Telugu version of the Mahabharata, written by three poets known as the Kavitrayam.- Andhra PradeshPlaceAndhra Pradesh is a state on the south-eastern coast of India, inhabited mainly by Telugu speakers, with its capital at Amaravati.
- Andhra regionPlaceAndhra is the historical name of the Telugu-speaking lands of south-eastern India, centred on the lower valleys of the Krishna and Godavari rivers along the Bay of…
Andhra StatePlaceAndhra State was a state of India formed on 1 October 1953 from the Telugu-speaking northern districts of Madras State, with its capital at Kurnool.- Andi DjemmaPersonAndi Djemma was the datu, or king, of Luwu in South Sulawesi from 1935.
AndijanPlaceAndijan is a city in the eastern Fergana valley of Uzbekistan, one of the oldest towns of the region and the birthplace of Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire.- AndongPlaceAndong is a city in North Gyeongsang province in south-eastern South Korea, on the upper Nakdong River.
Andong Kim clanPeople / groupThe Andong Kim clan was a Korean aristocratic lineage that dominated the government of Joseon for most of the first half of the nineteenth century.- Andorra la VellaPlaceAndorra la Vella is the capital and largest town of Andorra, in the Pyrenees at the meeting of branches of the Valira river.
- AndragorasPersonAndragoras was the Seleucid governor of the satrapy of Parthia in north-eastern Iran who declared himself independent around 245 BCE and issued his own coins.
AndravidaPlaceAndravida is a town in Elis in the north-western Peloponnese, Greece.- André Álvares de AlmadaPersonAndré Álvares de Almada was a Cape Verdean trader and writer of Portuguese descent.
André GrétryPersonAndré-Ernest-Modeste Grétry was a composer from Liège who made his career in Paris and became the leading composer of French opéra comique in the late eighteenth century.
André MassénaPersonAndré Masséna was a French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, made a Marshal of the Empire in 1804.
André MatsouaPersonAndré Matsoua was a Congolese activist from the Lari people near Brazzaville who challenged French colonial rule in Middle Congo.
André ParrotPersonAndré Parrot was a French archaeologist who directed the excavation of Mari at Tell Hariri in Syria from 1933 until 1974.
André RigaudPersonAndré Rigaud was a leader of the free people of colour in southern Saint-Domingue during the Haitian Revolution.
Andrea DoriaPersonAndrea Doria was a Genoese admiral and statesman, the leading naval commander of his age.- Andrea II MuzakaPersonAndrea II Muzaka was an Albanian noble of the Muzaka family, whose lands lay in the Myzeqe plain and around Berat.
Andrea MantegnaPersonAndrea Mantegna (c. 1431–1506) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance, trained in Padua.
Andrea PalladioPersonAndrea Palladio was an architect of the Venetian Republic, active mainly in Vicenza and Venice.
Andreas HoferPersonAndreas Hofer was a Tyrolean innkeeper who led the uprising of 1809 against Bavarian and French rule in Tyrol.- Andreas Joseph HofmannPersonAndreas Joseph Hofmann was a German philosopher and professor at the University of Mainz who supported the French Revolution.
Andreas PapandreouPersonAndreas Papandreou was a Greek economist and politician who founded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) in 1974, after the fall of the military junta.
Andreas Victor MichielsPersonAndreas Victor Michiels was a Dutch general who served in the Dutch East Indies.- Andregoto GalíndezPersonAndregoto Galíndez was the heiress of the County of Aragon, daughter of Count Galindo Aznárez II.
Andrei BogolyubskyPersonAndrei Bogolyubsky was the son of Yuri Dolgoruky and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1157.- Andrei II of VladimirPersonAndrei II of Vladimir (Andrei Yaroslavich) was grand prince of Vladimir from 1249 to 1252, a son of Yaroslav II and younger brother of Alexander Nevsky.
- Andrei of GorodetsPersonAndrei of Gorodets (Andrei Alexandrovich) was a son of Alexander Nevsky and grand prince of Vladimir in the early 1280s and from 1294 to 1304.
Andrei RublevPersonAndrei Rublev was the most celebrated Russian icon painter of the Middle Ages, a monk associated with the Trinity Monastery of Sergius of Radonezh and the Andronikov…
Andrej HlinkaPersonAndrej Hlinka was a Slovak Catholic priest and politician who led the Slovak People's Party, which became known as Hlinka's Slovak People's Party.
Andrés Avelino CáceresPersonAndrés Avelino Cáceres was a Peruvian general who led guerrilla resistance against the Chilean occupation in the central highlands during the War of the Pacific…
Andrés BelloPersonAndrés Bello was a Venezuelan-born scholar, poet and jurist who settled in Chile in 1829.
Andrés BonifacioPersonAndrés Bonifacio was a Filipino revolutionary who co-founded the Katipunan secret society in Manila in 1892 and became its supreme leader.
Andrés de Santa CruzPersonAndrés de Santa Cruz was President of Bolivia from 1829 to 1839.
Andrés de UrdanetaPersonAndrés de Urdaneta was a Spanish navigator and Augustinian friar.
Andrés GuazuraryPersonAndrés Guazurary, known as Andresito, was a Guaraní leader from the former Jesuit missions who was adopted by José Gervasio Artigas and became commander of the province…- Andrés MalongPersonAndrés Malong was a Pangasinan chief from Binalatongan who led a revolt against Spanish rule in 1660–1661.
Andrés Manuel López ObradorPersonAndrés Manuel López Obrador is a Mexican politician who was president from 2018 to 2024.- Andrew CohenPersonAndrew Cohen was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Uganda from 1952 to 1957.
Andrew DoriaWork / monumentThe Andrew Doria was a brig of the Continental Navy in the American Revolutionary War, named after the Genoese admiral Andrea Doria.
Andrew I of HungaryPersonAndrew I was king of Hungary from 1046 to 1060.
Andrew II of HungaryPersonAndrew II was king of Hungary from 1205, of the Árpád dynasty.
Andrew III of HungaryPersonAndrew III was king of Hungary from 1290 and the last male member of the Árpád dynasty.
Andrew Inglis ClarkPersonAndrew Inglis Clark was a Tasmanian lawyer, politician and judge, and a leading author of the Australian Constitution.
Andrew JacksonPersonAndrew Jackson was an American general and the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837.- Andrew Rutherford, 1st Earl of TeviotPersonAndrew Rutherford, 1st Earl of Teviot, was a Scottish soldier who served in the French army and as governor of Dunkirk before Charles II made him governor of English…
Andrew the ApostlePersonAndrew the Apostle was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, the brother of Simon Peter and a fisherman from Galilee.- Andrew TurnbullPersonAndrew Turnbull was a Scottish physician who founded the colony of New Smyrna in British East Florida in 1768.
- Andrew, Duke of CalabriaPersonAndrew, Duke of Calabria (1327–1345), was a Hungarian prince of the Angevin house, younger son of Charles I of Hungary and brother of Louis the Great.
- Andrey of MozhayskPersonAndrey Dmitriyevich was a son of Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow who received as his appanage Mozhaysk, Vereya and Beloozero.
- AndriamandisoarivoPersonAndriamandisoarivo was a Sakalava king of the Maroserana dynasty of Menabe in western Madagascar.
- AndriamaneloPersonAndriamanelo was a Merina king of the central highlands of Madagascar, traditionally dated to the mid-sixteenth century.
AndriamasinavalonaPersonAndriamasinavalona was a king of Imerina in the central highlands of Madagascar who ruled around 1675–1710.
AndrianampoinimerinaPersonAndrianampoinimerina was king of Imerina in the central highlands of Madagascar from around 1787 to 1810.- AndriandahifotsyPersonAndriandahifotsy was a king of the Sakalava in western Madagascar in the second half of the seventeenth century, of the Maroserana dynasty.
- AndrianjakaPersonAndrianjaka was a king of Imerina in the central highlands of Madagascar in the early seventeenth century, the son of Ralambo.
- AndriantsolyPersonAndriantsoly was the last independent Sakalava king of Boina in north-western Madagascar, a convert to Islam.
Andries Hendrik PotgieterPersonAndries Hendrik Potgieter was a leader of the Great Trek of the Boer Voortrekkers from the Cape Colony.
Andries PretoriusPersonAndries Pretorius was a Voortrekker leader who commanded the Boer force that defeated the Zulu army of Dingane at Blood River in December 1838, securing the Natalia…- Andries WaterboerPersonAndries Waterboer was a Griqua leader who became kaptein at Griquatown in 1820.
Andrievs NiedraPersonAndrievs Niedra was a Latvian Lutheran pastor and writer who headed a pro-German puppet government installed after the German coup at Liepāja in April 1919, in…