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Annexation of Eritrea

The annexation of Eritrea was the incorporation of Eritrea into the Ethiopian Empire in November 1962, ending its UN-mandated federation and leading to Eritrean independence in 1993.

Annexation of Goa

Annexation of Goa: India's Operation Vijay, 17-19 December 1961, took Goa, Daman and Diu from Portugal after 450 years; 3,240 prisoners, UN veto, 1974 recognition treaty.

Annexation of Hawaii

The annexation of Hawaii was the absorption of the Republic of Hawaii into the United States by a congressional joint resolution signed by President McKinley in July 1898.

Annexation of Junagadh: 1947-48 takeover of the Kathiawar princely state whose Muslim Nawab acceded to Pakistan; India intervened, held a February 1948 plebiscite (190,779 to 91 for India), and Junagadh joined the Indian Union.

Annexation of Kartl-Kakheti by Russia

The annexation of Kartl-Kakheti by Russia (ქართლ-კახეთის შემატება რუსეთს) incorporated the East Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti, with its capital at Tiflis, into the Russian Empire in 1801, ending Bagrationi rule.

Sep 19, 2026

Annexation of Kummuh

The annexation of Kummuh was the absorption of the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Kummuh, also known as Commagene, into the Assyrian empire by Sargon II in 708 BC.

Annexation of Novgorod

The Annexation of Novgorod (Присоединение Новгорода) was Ivan III's absorption of the Novgorod Republic into Moscow, won at the Shelon River in 1471 and completed in 1478.

Annexation of Pegu

The Annexation of Pegu was the incorporation of Lower Burma into British India, proclaimed on 20 December 1852 at the close of the Second Anglo-Burmese War.

Annexation of Santo Domingo

The annexation of Santo Domingo was an unsuccessful effort by President Ulysses S. Grant's administration, from 1869 to 1871, to annex the Dominican Republic to the United States by treaty.

Annexation of Satara

The annexation of Satara was the East India Company's absorption of the Maratha princely state of Satara in 1849, under Lord Dalhousie's doctrine of lapse.

Annexation of Sindh

The Annexation of Sindh (सिंध का विलय) was the British East India Company's 1843 conquest of Sindh from the Talpur amirs, won by General Charles Napier at Miani and Dubbo.

Annexation of Thanjavur

The annexation of Thanjavur was the transfer of the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom to the British East India Company, ceded by treaty in 1799 and annexed in 1855.

Annexation of the Baltic states and Bessarabia

The annexation of the Baltic states and Bessarabia (Присоединение Прибалтики и Бессарабии) was the Soviet Union's 1940 incorporation of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romanian territories.

Annexation of the Punjab

The Annexation of the Punjab (ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦਾ ਮਿਲਣਾ) was the incorporation of the Sikh Empire into British India in 1849, after the Second Anglo-Sikh War.

Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China

Incorporation of Tibet into the PRC, 1950–51, called annexation by exiles and many scholars, peaceful liberation by Beijing: Chamdo campaign October 1950, 17-Point Agreement of May 23, 1951, Dalai Lama's 1959 flight, TAR founded 1965; terminology and casualty figures contested.

Annexation of Tver (1485)

The Annexation of Tver (Присоединение Твери) was the absorption of the Grand Principality of Tver into Muscovy in September 1485, when Tver surrendered to Ivan III of Moscow.

Annexin

Annexins (ANXA1–A13) are a conserved family of Ca2+- and phospholipid-binding proteins with a helical core membrane-binding module and variable N-termini, acting in membrane dynamics, exocytosis, inflammation, and apoptosis imaging (annexin V).

Annexin A1

Annexin A1 (ANXA1, lipocortin 1) is a 37-kDa calcium-dependent phospholipid-binding protein, glucocorticoid-induced, signaling via FPR1/2; dual tumor suppressor/oncogene and target of the MDX-124 antibody in phase I cancer trials.

Annexin A2

Annexin A2 (ANXA2, annexin II, p36), a calcium-dependent phospholipid-binding protein that forms a heterotetramer with S100A10, regulating plasmin generation, fibrinolysis, membrane repair, and cancer progression.

Annexin A5

ANXA5 (annexin A5, annexin V) is a 35.9 kDa human calcium-dependent phosphatidylserine-binding protein of the annexin family, used as an apoptosis probe, anticoagulant, APS and pregnancy-loss biomarker, and 99mTc imaging agent.

Sep 29, 2026

Annexin V staining

Annexin V staining is a flow cytometry assay for apoptosis, detecting phosphatidylserine exposed on the cell surface and paired with propidium iodide to separate viable, apoptotic, and dead cells.

Annexon Biosciences

Annexon Biosciences, also known as Annexon, Inc., is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in Brisbane, California, founded in 2011 that develops drugs targeting the complement protein C1q.

Anni Albers

Anni Albers, born Annelise Fleischmann in Berlin in 1899, was a German-born American textile artist and educator who helped establish textiles as modern art.

Oct 20, 2026

Anni Friesinger Postma

Anni Friesinger-Postma (Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma, born 1977) is a retired German speed skater: three Olympic golds (1500 m 2002, team pursuit 2006 and 2010), record 12 world single-distances titles, four 1500 m world records.

Anni Pede Erdkamp

Anni Pede Erdkamp, born Anni Pede in 1940, was a West German runner whose women's marathon world best of 3:07:26, run in Waldniel in 1967, stood until 1970.

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Anni-Frid Lyngstad, known as Frida, is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer, ABBA member 1972–1982 and lead vocalist on Fernando and Money, Money, Money; solo albums include Something's Going On (1982) and Djupa andetag (1996).

Oct 10, 2026

Annibale Albani

Annibale Albani (1682–1751) was an Italian cardinal and nephew of Pope Clement XI who served as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church for nearly twenty-eight years and influenced four conclaves.

Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci is an Italian painter from Bologna, known for reforming Italian art away from Mannerism and Caravaggio. He also directed the influential Farnese Gallery ceiling in Rome.