Acropolis. Elevated portion of Greek cities for protection and worship. Athens 2000BC.

Acta. 59BC-330. Minutes of Roman public business, published daily.

Actaeon. Mythical Greek hunter, turned into a stag for watching Artemis bathing.

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

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.

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.

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