Actium, Battle. 31BC. Octavian defeats Antony to become sole ruler of Roman Empire.

Acts of the Apostles. c70-90. Luke’s history of early Christian church.

Acupuncture. 2500BC.- Chinese treatment with needles.

Adam. Biblical First man. Eve.

Adam, Robert. 1728-92. Scottish architect: Neoclassical English country houses.

Adams, John. 1735-1826. Revolutionary, 2nd US president 1797-1801.

Adams, John C. 1819-92. English discoverer of Neptune, 1845.

Adams, Samuel. 1722-1803. US Revolutionary: -“No taxation without representation”.

Adams, William. 1564-1620. English navigator established Japan trade c1613.

Addams, Jane. 1860-1935. US social reformer. Founded NAACP, Hull House.

Addled Parliament. 1614. England. Criticized James I; achieved nothing.

Adelard of Bath. 1090-c1150. English mathematician/translator introduced Arabic numerals.

Adelung, Johann. 1732-1806. German scholar; helped standardize language.

Adenauer, Konrad. 1876-1967. First chancellor of German Federal Republic., 1949-63. Stabilized postwar Germany.

Ader, Clement. 1841-1926. French aviation engineer. 1890 first plane.

Adi Granth. Sacred Sikh scripture.

Adler, Alfred. 1870-1937. Austrian psychiatrist. Split with Freud, 1911.

Adlerian Psychology. Man is driven to attain power to compensate for “inferiority feeling”. Can lead to “Overcompensation”, e.g. short dictators. Neuroses are illnesses as an excuse for underachievement.

Admetus. Greek mythical suitor of Alcestis.

Admiral Graf Spee. -1939. German battleship def by British, scuttled at Montevideo.

Admiralty Arch. 1910 London memorial to Q Victoria.

Admonition to Parliament. 1572. Puritans demand episcopacy abolition.

Adonis. Beautiful youth, beloved of Aphrodite and Persephone, worshipped by the Phoenicians.

Adoptionism. 8C Christian heresy. Christ was born human, became divine after baptism.

Adrian IV. c1100-59. Only English pope 1150-. Crowned Barbarossa.

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