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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-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 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-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.
Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909
The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 (สนธิสัญญาอังกฤษ–สยาม พ.ศ. 2452), also called the Bangkok Treaty, was signed at Bangkok on 10 March 1909 between Great Britain and Siam.
Anglo-Somali protection treaties
The Anglo-Somali protection treaties (معاهدات الحماية الصومالية) were agreements signed between British officials and Somali clan elders between 1884 and 1886, establishing the British Somaliland protectorate.
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran (Operation Countenance): joint British-Soviet invasion of neutral Iran on 25 August 1941 to secure supply routes to the USSR, Iranian oil, and expulsion of German nationals; led to Reza Shah's abdication and the 1942 Tripartite Treaty.
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), also called the war of the Spanish Armada, was an intermittent conflict between Elizabethan England and Habsburg Spain, fought at sea, in the Netherlands, Ireland, and the Americas, ending with the Treaty of London of 1604.
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)
Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660), Cromwell's war against Philip IV's Spain: Western Design, failed Hispaniola attack, seizure of Jamaica 1655, Blake's 1657 fleet victory, French alliance, peace 1660.
Anglo-Zanzibar Treaty of 1890
The Anglo-Zanzibar Treaty of 1890 placed the Sultan of Zanzibar's dominions under British protection, issued by Sultan Seyyid Ali bin Said and Colonel Euan-Smith, distinct from the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty.
Anglo-Zanzibar War
Anglo-Zanzibar War, 27 August 1896, Britain versus the Zanzibar Sultanate; the shortest recorded war at 38 to 45 minutes, ending with Khalid bin Barghash's flight and Hamoud bin Muhammed's installation as Sultan.
Anglo-Zulu War
Anglo-Zulu War (1879): British invasion of the independent Zulu Kingdom under Lord Chelmsford. Isandlwana defeat, Rorke's Drift, Ulundi, Cetshwayo's capture, thirteen-chiefdom partition, and annexation to Natal in 1897.
AngloGold Ashanti
AngloGold Ashanti plc is a major gold mining company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with 11 operations in eight countries and a primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
Anglophile
Anglophile: a person who admires England or English/British culture; also an adjective. From Latin Angli plus Greek philos; English use from the 1860s, after French anglophile (1829).
Anglophone Crisis
Anglophone Crisis: armed conflict since late 2016 in Cameroon's North-West and South-West regions between separatists seeking an independent Ambazonia and the government; over 6,000 killed, hundreds of thousands displaced, schools attacked.