Arthur. c500. Legendary king of Camelot. Knights of the Round Table.

Arthur I. 1187-1203. Duke of Brittany. Claimant to English throne. Defeated by John I.

Articles of Confederation. 1781-9. First US Constitution.

Artigas, José. 1764-1850. Uruguay revolutionary leader. “Father of Uruguayan independence”.

Artois. 5C Franks. 9C Flanders. 1180 France 1329 Burgundy, Austria. 1659 France.

Aryabhata. 476-550. Hindu astronomer. Explained eclipses, earth’s rotation.

Ashcan. 20C US school of modern art.

Aspern-Essling, Battle. 1809. First important loss for Napoleon.

Astarte. Semitic goddess. =Aphrodite.

Athenian League. 378-338BC. Refounded Delian League. War with Sparta 378-371BC.

Atlantic Charter. 1941. British-US declaration of 8 principles of peace and security. Endorsed by >25 nations.

Atlantis. Legendary island which disappeared after earthquake.

Atomism. 5C BC. World is an infinity of small indestructible particles. Leucippus.

Attlee, Clement. 1883-1967. British Labour Prime Minister. 1945-51. National Health. Nationalization.

Attwood, Thomas. 1783-1856. British Chartist.

Audubon, John. 1785-1851. US ornitholigist, artist. Birds of America.

Augereau, Pierre. 1757-1816. Marshal under the Napoleonic Empire.

Aurignacian. Late Paleolithic art period.

Austerlitz, Battle. Moravia. Napoleon defeats Austrians and Russians, Dec 2, 1805. Peace with Austria.

Austrasia. 511-751. East Frankish kingdom. Part of Merovingian Empire. 7C Mayors of Palace held power. Carolingian Empire. Clovis. Neustria.

Avalon. Elysium of Arthurian legend.

Axis Pact. 1936-45. German-Italian Agreement, 1936. Cooperative alliance maintained through WWII. Allied with Spain, 1939; Japan, 1936. Yugoslavia 1941. Tripartite Pact.

Ba’ath. 1943-. Pan-Arab Socialist unity party.

Babel. Babylonian tower to heaven started by Noah’s sons.

Babington, Anthony. 1561-86. English conspirator to murder Elizabeth I for Mary Queen of Scots. Beheaded.

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