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AndriscusPersonAndriscus was a pretender who claimed to be Philip, son of Perseus, the last king of Macedon.- Andriy BrodiyPersonAndriy Brodiy was a Rusyn politician who became the first prime minister of autonomous Subcarpathian Ruthenia in October 1938.
AndroclusPersonAndroclus was the legendary founder of Ephesus, said to be a son of King Codrus of Athens who led Ionian settlers across the Aegean.- Andromachus of TauromeniumPersonAndromachus was the ruler of Tauromenium, modern Taormina, in Sicily in the mid-4th century BCE and the father of the historian Timaeus.
Andromeda GalaxyPlaceThe Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, about 2.5 million light years away, and the most distant object easily visible to the naked eye.- Andronikos AsenPersonAndronikos Asen was a Byzantine aristocrat of Bulgarian royal descent who served as governor of the Byzantine province of the Morea.
- Andronikos Asen ZaccariaPersonAndronikos Asen Zaccaria was a Genoese noble of the Zaccaria family who held the barony of Arcadia (Kyparissia) in the Principality of Achaea in the late 14th century.
Andronikos II PalaiologosPersonAndronikos II Palaiologos was Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328.
Andronikos III PalaiologosPersonAndronikos III Palaiologos was Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341, after deposing his grandfather Andronikos II in a long civil war.
Andronovo cultureReligion / ideaThe Andronovo culture is a group of related Bronze Age cultures that spread across the steppes of southern Siberia, Kazakhstan and western Central Asia from about 2000…
AndújarPlaceAndújar is a town on the Guadalquivir in the province of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain.
AnegadaPlaceAnegada is the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands, a flat island of coral and limestone unlike the volcanic islands of the group.- AneirinPersonAneirin was a British poet of the late 6th century, named in the Historia Brittonum among the early poets of the Britons.
Anfal campaignCampaign · 1986–1989The Anfal campaign was a genocidal operation by the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein against the Kurds of northern Iraq, at its height in 1988 during the last phase…
Ang Chan IPersonAng Chan I was a king of Cambodia in the 16th century, in the period after the abandonment of Angkor.- Ang DuongPersonAng Duong was king of Cambodia, installed in the 1840s after a war between Siam and Vietnam over the country and crowned in 1848.
- Đặng TấtPersonĐặng Tất was a Vietnamese general who joined the resistance against the Ming occupation after 1407.
AngaurPlaceAngaur is a small island in the south of Palau in the western Pacific.
Angelina RiverPlaceThe Angelina River is a river of East Texas in the United States that flows south-east through the Piney Woods to join the Neches River.- AngelokastronPlaceAngelokastron is a Byzantine castle on a hill near Agrinio in Aetolia-Acarnania, western Greece.
- Angelos dynastyPeople / groupThe Angelos family ruled the Byzantine Empire from 1185 to 1204 through the emperors Isaac II, Alexios III and Alexios IV.
AngersPlaceAngers is a city on the Maine river near the Loire in western France, the historic capital of Anjou.
AngitiaReligion / ideaAngitia was an Italic goddess of healing and of snakes, worshipped especially by the Marsi around the Fucine Lake in central Italy.
AngkorPlaceAngkor was the capital region of the Khmer Empire in present-day Cambodia, flourishing from the ninth to the fifteenth century.
Angkor BoreiPlaceAngkor Borei is a town and archaeological site in Takeo province in southern Cambodia, near the Vietnamese border.
Angkor ThomWork / monumentAngkor Thom was a walled royal city built by the Khmer king Jayavarman VII in the late twelfth century.
Angkor WatWork / monumentAngkor Wat is a vast temple complex at Angkor in Cambodia, built in the twelfth century under King Suryavarman II and originally dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu.- AnglesPeople / groupThe Angles were a Germanic people from the Anglia peninsula, in what is now Schleswig-Holstein, recorded by Tacitus in the 1st century.
AngleseyPlaceAnglesey, in Welsh Ynys Môn and in Latin Mona, is the largest island off Wales, separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait.
AnglicanismReligion / ideaAnglicanism is the Christian tradition that grew from the Church of England after its break with Rome under Henry VIII in the 1530s.
Anglo-Aro WarWar · 1901–1902The Anglo-Aro War was a British military campaign of 1901–1902 against the Aro Confederacy in south-eastern Nigeria.
Anglo-Ashanti WarsWar · 1824–1901The Anglo-Ashanti Wars were a series of conflicts between the Ashanti Empire and the British between 1824 and 1901.
Anglo-Belgian India Rubber CompanyInstitutionThe Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company, known as ABIR, was a company founded in 1892 that received a concession for rubber in the Lopori and Maringa basins of the Congo…
Anglo-Burmese WarsWar · 1824–1885The Anglo-Burmese Wars were three wars fought between British India and the Konbaung kingdom of Burma in the nineteenth century.- Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814Treaty · 1814The Convention of London, also called the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814, was signed on 13 August 1814 by Britain and the Netherlands.
- Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824Treaty · 1824The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that divided their spheres of influence in maritime South-East Asia.
Anglo-Dutch WarsWarThe Anglo-Dutch Wars were a series of naval wars fought between England and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Anglo-Egyptian CondominiumInstitutionThe Anglo-Egyptian Condominium was the arrangement by which Sudan was jointly ruled by Britain and Egypt from 1899 until 1956, with Britain holding effective power.
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936Treaty · 1936The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 was an agreement between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Egypt.
Anglo-French Convention of 1898Treaty · 1898The Anglo-French Convention of 1898 was an agreement signed in Paris on 14 June 1898 that settled the frontier between British and French territories in West Africa…
Anglo-French War (1213–1214)War · 1213–1214The Anglo-French War of 1213–1214 was fought between King John of England, allied with Emperor Otto IV and the counts of Flanders and Boulogne, and Philip II of France.
Anglo-French War (1627–1629)War · 1627–1629The Anglo-French War of 1627–1629 was fought between England under Charles I and France under Louis XIII, partly in support of the French Huguenots.
Anglo-German Naval AgreementTreaty · 1935The Anglo-German Naval Agreement, signed in London on 18 June 1935, allowed Nazi Germany to build a navy of up to 35 per cent of the Royal Navy's surface tonnage and 45…- Anglo-Hanseatic WarWar · 1469–1474The Anglo-Hanseatic War was a conflict between England and the Hanseatic League, fought mainly at sea by privateers, after Hanseatic merchants in London were arrested…
- Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (1930)EventThe Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930 was an alliance signed between Britain and the Kingdom of Iraq, then under a League of Nations mandate.
Anglo-Iraqi WarWar · 1941The Anglo-Iraqi War was a British campaign in May 1941 against the government of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, which had seized power in Iraq in a pro-Axis coup in April.
Anglo-Irish TreatyTreaty · Peace · 1921The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London on 6 December 1921 by British ministers and Irish delegates led by Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins, ending the Irish War…- Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899Treaty · 1899The Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 23 January 1899 was a secret treaty between Britain and Mubarak al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait.
Anglo-Manipur WarWar · 1891The Anglo-Manipur War was a brief conflict in 1891 between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Manipur.- Anglo-Maratha WarsWar · 1775–1818The Anglo-Maratha Wars were three wars fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy between 1775 and 1818.
- Anglo-Mysore WarsWar · 1767–1799The Anglo-Mysore Wars were four wars fought between the kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company and its allies between 1767 and 1799.
Anglo-Nepalese WarWar · 1814–1816The Anglo-Nepalese War was fought between the East India Company and the Kingdom of Nepal.
Anglo-Norman invasion of IrelandWar · 1169–1171The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland began in 1169, when Norman knights from Wales landed to support the deposed king of Leinster, Diarmait Mac Murchada.
Anglo-NormansPeople / groupThe Anglo-Normans were the medieval descendants of the Normans who ruled England after the conquest of 1066, together with the French-speaking aristocracy they formed…- Anglo-Persian AgreementTreaty · 1919The Anglo-Persian Agreement was a treaty negotiated in August 1919 between Britain, led by Lord Curzon, and the government of Vosuq od-Dowleh in Qajar Iran.
Anglo-Persian WarWar · 1856–1857The Anglo-Persian War was fought between Britain and Qajar Persia from November 1856 to April 1857, after Persia occupied Herat in Afghanistan.- Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891Treaty · 1891The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891, signed in Lisbon on 11 June 1891, fixed the borders between Portugal's colonies of Mozambique and Angola and the British spheres in…
- Anglo-Qatari TreatyTreaty · 1916The Anglo-Qatari Treaty of 3 November 1916 was signed by Britain and Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani after the Ottoman garrison left Qatar during the First World War.
Anglo-Russian ConventionTreaty · 1907The Anglo-Russian Convention was an agreement of 1907 between Britain and the Russian Empire settling their rivalries in Central Asia.
Anglo-Saxon ChronicleWork / monumentThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English recording the history of the English from the Roman period to the twelfth century.
Anglo-SaxonsPeople / groupThe Anglo-Saxons were the Germanic-speaking peoples, chiefly Angles, Saxons and Jutes, who settled in Britain from the fifth century after the end of Roman rule, and…
Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909Treaty · 1909The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 was an agreement signed in Bangkok by which Siam transferred its claims over the northern Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu…- Anglo-Sikh Treaty of 1806Treaty · 1806The Anglo-Sikh Treaty of 1806 was an agreement between Ranjit Singh and the British East India Company.
Anglo-Soviet invasion of IranCampaign · 1941The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran took place in August and September 1941, when British and Soviet forces occupied the country to secure its oilfields and a supply…
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)War · 1585–1604The Anglo-Spanish War of 1585–1604 was an undeclared war between Elizabethan England and Habsburg Spain, provoked by English support for the Dutch Revolt and English…
Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)War · 1796–1808The Anglo-Spanish War of 1796–1808 was fought between Britain and Spain, which had changed sides in the French Revolutionary Wars and allied with France by the Treaty…
Anglo-Zanzibar WarWar · 1896The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a brief conflict on 27 August 1896 between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
Anglo-Zulu WarWar · 1879The Anglo-Zulu War was fought between Britain and the Zulu Kingdom from January to July 1879, after the high commissioner Sir Bartle Frere demanded that King Cetshwayo…
AngolaPlaceAngola is a country in south-western Africa that was a Portuguese colony from the late sixteenth century until 1975.- Angolan War of IndependenceWar · 1961–1974The Angolan War of Independence was fought from 1961 to 1974 between Portugal and the Angolan nationalist movements, the MPLA, the FNLA and UNITA.
AngoulêmePlaceAngoulême is a city in south-western France on a hill above the Charente, capital of the Charente department.
Angoulême CathedralWork / monumentAngoulême Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Peter (Saint-Pierre), is the cathedral of Angoulême in western France.- AngriaPlaceAngria, or Engern, was one of the three main divisions of Old Saxony, between Westphalia and Eastphalia along the middle Weser in north-western Germany, named after the…
AnguillaPlaceAnguilla is a low coral island in the northern Leeward Islands of the Caribbean and a British Overseas Territory.
Angul districtPlaceAngul is a district of central Odisha, India, with its headquarters at the town of Angul.- AngusPlaceAngus is a council area and historic county on the east coast of Scotland, between the Tay estuary and the Grampian mountains, with towns such as Forfar, Arbroath and…
- Angus of MorayPersonAngus was mormaer of Moray and a grandson, through his mother, of King Lulach.
AnhaicaPlaceAnhaica was the principal town of the Apalachee chiefdom in northern Florida, located within modern Tallahassee.
AniPlaceAni is a ruined medieval city on the Turkish-Armenian border, near Kars.
Ani CathedralWork / monumentAni Cathedral is the ruined cathedral of the medieval Armenian capital Ani, in present-day eastern Turkey.- AnibaPlaceAniba, ancient Miam, was a town on the Nile in Lower Nubia, in what is now southern Egypt.
Aniceto LacsonPersonAniceto Lacson was a sugar planter of Negros who, with Juan Araneta, led the rising of 5 November 1898 against the Spanish garrison on the island.
AnienePlaceThe Aniene, the ancient Anio, is a river of central Italy that rises in the Simbruini mountains and joins the Tiber just north of Rome.- Anif DeclarationWork / monumentThe Anif Declaration was issued on 12 November 1918 by Ludwig III of Bavaria at Anif Palace near Salzburg, where he had fled after Kurt Eisner proclaimed a republic in…
- AnimismReligion / ideaAnimism refers to religious beliefs that attribute spiritual presence to natural features, animals, places and ancestors.
- Anirudh ChandPersonAnirudh Chand was the son of Sansar Chand and the last raja of Kangra in the Himalayan foothills.
Anita GaribaldiPersonAnita Garibaldi, born Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro in Santa Catarina, Brazil, was the companion and later wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi.- AnittaPersonAnitta was a king of Kussara in central Anatolia and son of Pithana, who had taken the city of Nesa (Kanesh).
- AnjarPlaceAnjar is a town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, known for the ruins of an Umayyad palace city built in the early 8th century, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
AnkaraPlaceAnkara, the ancient Ancyra, is the capital of Turkey, on the central Anatolian plateau.
AnklamPlaceAnklam is a town in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, on the Peene river near the Szczecin Lagoon.- AnkoberPlaceAnkober is a town in the highlands of North Shewa in central Ethiopia, on the edge of the escarpment above the Afar lowlands.
Ankobra RiverPlaceThe Ankobra is a river in the Western Region of Ghana that flows south to the Gulf of Guinea near Axim.- Ankole AgreementTreaty · 1901The Ankole Agreement was signed in 1901 between Britain and the king and chiefs of Ankole in present-day south-western Uganda.
Ankole-WatusiTermThe Ankole-Watusi is a breed of cattle known for its enormous horns, developed in the United States in the twentieth century from long-horned Sanga cattle of…
AnlogaPlaceAnloga is a town on the sandbar between the Keta lagoon and the Atlantic in the Volta Region of south-eastern Ghana.
Anna Amalia of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelPersonAnna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and regent for her son Charles Augustus from 1758 to 1775.
Anna II, Abbess of QuedlinburgPersonAnna II of Stolberg was princess-abbess of Quedlinburg from 1516, when she was elected as a girl, until her death in 1574.
Anna Maria Luisa de' MediciPersonAnna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Electress Palatine, was the last member of the ruling Medici family of Tuscany.
Anna of Bohemia and HungaryPersonAnna of Bohemia and Hungary was the daughter of King Vladislaus II and sister of Louis II, and the wife of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, the future Emperor Ferdinand…