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

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

Arms, Assize of. 1181. Forced Brit. free men to acquire arms.

Arne, Thomas. 1710-78. English composer: Rule Britannia 1740. Operas.

Arnhem, Battle. 1944. Unsuccessful Allied attempt to cross Rhine.

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

Arnold, Benedict. 1741-1801. American Revolution general. Betrayed US.

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

Arnolfo di Cambio. c1245-1302. Architect, Florence Cathedral.

Arnulf. c850-99. Last Carolingian Holy Roman Emperor. Defeated Normans. Captured Rome.

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

Arp, Hans. 1887-1966. French Dada artist.

Árpád. 840-907. Led Magyars into Hungary. Dynasty ruled to 1301.

Arras, Treaty. 1435. Burgundy recognized French throne.

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

Arsacids. 247BC-224 AD. Parthian dynasty ruling Persia and Mesopotamia. Def by Sassanians.

Arsonval, Arsène d’. 1851-1940. French doctor and physicist. Electricity in body mvmt.

Art Deco. 1920-39. Elegant Parisian decorative style. Erte. Lalique. Chanel.

Art Nouveau. (Jugendstil). 1885-1910. Originally English style of art and architecture. Reaction to Industrial uniformity. Beardsley. Tiffany. Gaudi.

Artagnan, d’. Guarded Fouquet at Vincennes Prison.

Artaxerxes. I-III. 5-4C BC. Achaemenid kings.

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

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

Arthur. c500. Legendary king of Camelot. Knights of the Round Table.

Arthur I. 1187-1203. Duke of Brittany. Claimant to English throne. Defeated by John I.

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