Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.

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

Acupuncture. 2500BC.- Chinese treatment with needles.

Adad. Babylonian, Assyrian weather god.

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, John Q. 1767-1848. US President 1825-9. Abolitionist.

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.

Aden. Yemen (South).

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.

Aditi. Hindu goddess, mother of Krsna and Vishnu.

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.

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