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Anglo-Iraqi War
The Anglo-Iraqi War, also called the Rashid Ali Revolt or Revolution of 1941, was the April–May 1941 British-led invasion of Iraq after Rashid Ali al-Kaylani's pro-Axis coup, ending in British occupation and the Farhud pogrom.
Anglo-Irish Treaty
The Anglo-Irish Treaty, formally the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, signed 6 December 1921, ended the Irish War of Independence, created the Irish Free State as a Dominion, and triggered the Irish Civil War.
Anglo-Japanese Alliance (日英同盟)
The Anglo-Japanese Alliance (日英同盟), signed 30 January 1902, bound Britain and Japan to neutrality or joint war in East Asia; renewed 1905 and 1911, replaced by the Four-Power Treaty and terminated 1923.
Anglo-Japanese Convention of Nagasaki
The Anglo-Japanese Convention of Nagasaki (日英和親条約) was a treaty signed at Nagasaki on 14 October 1854 by Admiral James Stirling and Japanese officials, opening Nagasaki and Hakodate to British ships.
Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation
The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (日英通商航海条約) was signed in London in 1894, ending British extraterritoriality in Japan from 1899 and superseded in 1911.
Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899
The Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899 (اتفاقية الكويت البريطانية 1899) was a secret agreement between Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah of Kuwait and Britain, establishing a de facto British protectorate.
Anglo-Manipur War
The Anglo-Manipur War, or Khongjom Lan, was the 1891 war between British India and the princely state of Manipur, decided at the Battle of Khongjom.
Anglo-Merina Treaty of 1817
The Anglo-Merina Treaty of 1817 was an agreement between Britain and Radama I of Madagascar, signed at Tamatave, ending the slave trade for British military support.
Anglo-Moroccan Treaty of 1856
The Anglo-Moroccan Treaty of 1856 was an agreement signed at Tangier on 9 December 1856 between Great Britain and the Sultan of Morocco, opening Morocco to British trade.
Anglo-Nepalese War (नेपाल–अंग्रेज युद्ध)
Anglo-Nepalese War (नेपाल–अंग्रेज युद्ध), also Gorkha War: 1814–1816 conflict between the East India Company and Nepal, ended by the Treaty of Sugauli ceding one third of Nepal and starting Gurkha recruitment.
Anglo-Norman language
Anglo-Norman, also called Insular French or Anglo-French, is the medieval French variety brought to England in 1066, used in government and law until the mid-15th century, and a major source of English vocabulary.
Anglo-Norman literature
Anglo-Norman literature is writing in the French of England from the Norman Conquest of 1066 until the language ceased to have an independent literary existence.
Anglo-Normans
Anglo-Normans: the French-speaking ruling people formed in England after the 1066 Norman Conquest under William the Conqueror; also called the Anglo-Norman elite. Known for land dispossession, Anglo-Norman French government language, castles, and assimilation into English identity by c.1220.
Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1919
The Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1919 (قرارداد ۱۹۱۹) was a treaty between Britain and Qajar Iran, announced in August 1919 but never ratified by the Iranian parliament.
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
The Anglo-Persian Oil Company, later the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, was a British oil company formed in 1909 to work the D'Arcy concession in Persia, with the government taking a majority stake in 1914.
Anglo-Persian War
The Anglo-Persian War (جنگ ایران و انگلیس) was the 1856 war between Britain and Qajar Iran, triggered by Iran's capture of Herat and ended by British victory.
Anglo-Polish alliance
Anglo-Polish alliance: the 1939 British guarantee to Poland (31 March) and Agreement of Mutual Assistance (25 August 1939), pledging mutual aid against European aggression; it led Britain to declare war on Germany on 3 September 1939 and ran until August 1944.
Anglo-Portuguese Alliance
Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (Aliança Luso-Inglesa): the England/UK–Portugal alliance, cited as the world's oldest in force, based on the treaties of Tagilde (1372), London (1373), and Windsor (1386), renewed through the Methuen treaties of 1703 and NATO membership.
Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891
The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891, signed by Great Britain and Portugal on 11 June 1891, defined colonial boundaries in Africa, recognizing Portuguese Mozambique and Angola while placing Barotseland and Manica in the British sphere.
Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907
The Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 (کنوانسیون ۱۹۰۷) was a British-Russian agreement, signed at St. Petersburg, dividing Persia into spheres of influence and settling claims over Afghanistan and Tibet.
Anglo-Russian Entente (1907)
The Anglo-Russian Entente (Англо-русское соглашение 1907 года), signed in St Petersburg in 1907, divided Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet into British and Russian spheres of influence, completing the Entente before World War I.
Anglo-Satsuma War
The Anglo-Satsuma War (薩英戦争) was an 1863 battle in Kagoshima Bay, where seven British warships bombarded Satsuma to punish it for the Namamugi Incident, ending in a draw and later friendship.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a set of Old English annals first compiled under King Alfred (871-899), continued in seven manuscripts A-G to 1154 at Peterborough, the chief vernacular source for early England.
Anglo-Saxon dress
Anglo-Saxon dress, also called Anglo-Saxon clothing, is the clothing worn in England from the fifth to the eleventh centuries, reconstructed mainly from fasteners found in graves.
Anglo-Saxon paganism
Anglo-Saxon paganism, also known as Anglo-Saxon heathenism, is the pre-Christian religion of the Germanic settlers of Britain, practiced from about 450 to 700 AD before their conversion to Christianity.
Anglo-Saxon runes
Anglo-Saxon runes, or futhorc (fuþorc), is the runic alphabet derived from the Elder Futhark and expanded to 28–33 runes for writing Old English and Old Frisian, known from the Ruthwell Cross, Franks Casket, coins, and manuscripts.
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain: 5th–8th century migration from the continental North Sea zone into eastern England. Ancient DNA shows up to 76% continental ancestry in early medieval eastern England, 10–40% in modern southern English, mass migration plus native adoption.
Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons: Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) who settled Britain from the fifth century to 1066, founding kingdoms, converting to Christianity from 597, and unifying England under Wessex.
Anglo-Scottish border
Anglo-Scottish border: the 108-mile land boundary between England and Scotland, fixed by the 1237 Treaty of York, following the Tweed, Cheviots, Esk and Sark, and an internal UK boundary since the 1707 Union.
Anglo-Siamese Agreement of 1896
The Anglo-Siamese Agreement of 1896 was an agreement between Britain and Siam in which Siam pledged not to alienate territory, chiefly in the northern Malay States.