Armageddon. Site of battle at end of the world.

Armagnac. Former county of southwest France, now Gascogne. 960 Independent. 1360 English. 1607 France.

Armagnacs. Fought Burgundians for control of France through Charles VI regency 1395-1435. Arras.

Armed Neutrality at Sea. 1780-1801. Agreement that neutral flag at sea protects all but military goods.

Armenia. 9C BC Vannic kingdom. 8C BC Persians, Assyrians, Armenians settle. 521BC Persian. 331BC Alexander...Seleucid. 298 Rome. 387 Persia/Byzantine. 7C Moslem. 885 Independent kingdom. 1071 Seljuk. 13C Mongol. 1405 Ottoman/Persian. 1514 Ottoman. 1918 Independent. 1920 Russia/Turkey. 1990 Independent. CIS.

Arminianism. 17C-. Christian movement. Free-will is compatible with God’s sovereignty.

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

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

Armstrong, Louis. 1900-71. US New Orleans Jazz trumpeter and band leader.

Armstrong, Neil. 1930-. US astronaut, first man on the moon, 22:56 EDT, July 20,1969.

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

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.

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

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.

Arriaga, Manuel. 1842-1917. First President of Portugal.

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.

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