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Anneliese Dodds

Anneliese Dodds is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been MP for Oxford East since 2017 and served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2021.

Anneliese Midgley

Anneliese Midgley, Labour MP for Knowsley since July 2024 and UK government chief whip under Andy Burnham since July 2026; former Unite political director and adviser to Livingstone, Corbyn, and Starmer.

Annemarie C. Axon

Annemarie Carney Axon, born 1973, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Alabama since 2018, nominated by President Trump.

Annesley William Streane

Annesley William Streane (1844 or 1845 – 1915) was a British Anglican clergyman and Hebrew scholar, Fellow and Hebrew lecturer at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Annet Bertram

Annet Bertram (born 1959) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Alliance serving as State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management, after a long civil-service career.

Annette Cleveland

Annette Cleveland is an American Democratic politician first elected in 2012 to the Washington State Senate, representing Vancouver's 49th district and chairing the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee.

Annette McGavigan

Annette McGavigan, a 14-year-old Derry schoolgirl, was shot dead in the Bogside on 6 September 1971 during rioting, becoming the 100th Troubles victim; no one was ever convicted, and in 2024 prosecutors ruled out charging Soldier B while a fresh inquest was granted.

Annette Quijano

Annette Quijano is an American Democratic politician who has represented New Jersey's 20th district in the General Assembly since 2008, serving as Speaker Pro Tempore.

Annexation of American Samoa

The annexation of American Samoa was the process by which the eastern Samoan islands, chiefly Tutuila and Manu'a, became US territory through cessions signed between 1900 and 1904.

Annexation of Anga by Bimbisara

The Annexation of Anga by Bimbisara (अंग का अधिग्रहण) was the conquest of the kingdom of Anga by Bimbisara of Magadha, who killed King Brahmadatta and seized the capital Champa.

Annexation of Awadh

The Annexation of Awadh (اودھ کا الحاق) was the East India Company's 1856 takeover of the Kingdom of Awadh, on grounds of misgovernment, deposing King Wajid Ali Shah.

Annexation of Basutoland

The Annexation of Basutoland was the 12 March 1868 proclamation by which Moshoeshoe's Sotho kingdom, then being overrun by the Orange Free State, was declared British territory and its people British subjects.

Annexation of Bidar by Bijapur

The annexation of Bidar by Bijapur was the 1619 conquest of the Barid Shahi sultanate at Bidar by Bijapur, ending the dynasty of the last sultan, Amir Barid III.

Annexation of Carchemish

The annexation of Carchemish, also called the Assyrian conquest of Carchemish, was Sargon II's 717 BC conquest of the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Carchemish on the Euphrates.

Annexation of Commagene by Vespasian

The annexation of Commagene by Vespasian was Rome's AD 72 invasion of the client kingdom of Commagene, deposing King Antiochus IV and joining his realm to Syria.

Annexation of Crimea

The Annexation of Crimea (Kırım'ın İlhakı) was the incorporation of the Crimean Khanate, Taman, and Kuban into the Russian Empire, declared by Catherine II in 1783, ending the khanate.

Annexation of Devagiri

The annexation of Devagiri (देवगिरि का अन्त) was the absorption of the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri into the Delhi Sultanate, completed in 1318 under Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah Khilji.

Annexation of Easter Island

The annexation of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) was its incorporation into Chile in 1888, when Captain Policarpo Toro and King Atamu Tekena signed a bilingual deed.

Annexation of Eastern Georgia

The annexation of Eastern Georgia (Присоединение Восточной Грузии) incorporated the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti into the Russian Empire in 1801, ending Bagrationi rule and making Georgia an ordinary imperial province.

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

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.

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.