Angry Young Men. 1950s British writers. Irreverence for establishment. Amis, Wain, Osborne.

Angström, Anders. 1814-74. Swedish physicist: discovered spectroscopy 1853.

Animism. Belief of a spirit within all objects.

Anjala League. 1788-89. Swedish, Finnish officers conspire vs Gustav III to end Russo-Swedish War.

Anjou. Region, former province of western France. Under English 1151-1204, 1360. 1480 France. Angevin.

Annam. 2000BC Kingdom in north Vietnam 1883 French protectorate.

Annan, Kofi. 1938-. Ghana. UN Secretary General. Bosnian peacekeeping.

Annates. Proportion of first year’s income paid to Pope by office holders.

Anne. 1665-1714. British Queen 1702-. Reign notable for literarature, science, architecture. Last Stuart. Acts of Union, Settlement.

Anne, St. Mother of Mary.

Anne of Austria. 1601-66. Wife of Louis XIII. Founded Feuillantines, 1622; Val-de-Grâce, 1638. Regent for Louis XIV until he became of age.

Anne of Bretagne. 1477-1514. Wife of Charles VIII, 1491, then of Louis XII, 1499. Began union of Brittany with France.

Anne of Cleves. 1515-57. Fourth wife of Henry VIII. Divorced.

Annual Register. 1759-. English political record. Burke.

Annunciation. Angel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary re Jesus.

Anouilh, Jean. 1910-87. French dramatist: Antigone, Becket 1959.

Anschluss. Austrian “reunification” with Germany, 1938 by plebiscite-99.75% for.

Anselm, St. 1033-1109. Archbishop of Canterbury, founder of Scholasticism. Proved God exists 1078.

Ansgar, St. 801-65. Patron saint of Scandinavia.

Antaeus. Giant son of Poseiden killed by Heracles.

Antarctic Treaty. 1959. 12 nations agree for 30 years of demilitarized, nuclear free scientific study.

Antarctica. 1773 Cook explores seas. 1820 first sighted. Bransfield. 1821 first landing-Davis. 1911 Amundsen first to S Pole.

Anthony, St. 1195-1231. Franciscan, protector of common people.

Anthony, St. 250-c355. Egyptian hermit, first Christian monk.

Anthony, Susan B. 1820-1906. US temperence, anti-slavery suffragette.

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