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

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

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

Aditi. Hindu goddess, mother of Krsna and Vishnu.

Africanus Sextus. c180-250. Wrote chronology of World, Creation to 221 AD.

Albertus Magnus, St. c1200-80. Swabian Dominican philosopher influenced Aquinas: independent observation of nature. Alchemist.

Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.

Aldine Editions. 1490-1597. Quality books printed by Aldo Manuzio and family, Venice.

Alvarez, Luis. 1911-88. US physicist. Linear accelerator, bubble chamber.

Amiens, Mise of. 1264. Louis IX arbitrated annulment of Provisions of Oxford. Barons War.

Ammianus Marcellinus. 330-395. Wrote 31 volume History of Rome.

Amnesty International. 1961. Human rights watchdog NGO fighting for political prisoners and victims of torture. MacBride.

Anderson, Carl. 1905-91. US discovered positron, muon.

Andrea del Sarto. 1486-1530. Florentine fresco painter: Annunziata frescoes. Madonna of the Harpies 1517.

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

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

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

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

Antigonus II, Gonatus.320-239BC. Celtic king of Macedon.

Antonine Wall. 142. Scotland. North of Hadrian’s. Abandoned ~196. Antoninus.

Antoninus, Pius. 86-161. Roman Emperor 138-. Built Antonine Wall.

Anu. Babylonian god of heavens.

Anubis. Jackal-headed Egyptian god of dead.

Aphrodite. Greek goddess of love and beauty, Roman Venus.

Appleseed, Johnny. (Chapman). 1774-1845. US nurseryman. Gave seedlings to pioneers.

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