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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 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.
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.
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.
Annie Andrews (physician)
Annie Andrews is a Charleston, South Carolina pediatrician and the 2026 Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, a former MUSC pediatric hospitalist who lost to Nancy Mace in 2022 and now faces Darline Graham.
Annie Besant
Annie Besant (1847–1933), British socialist, secularist, and theosophist, moved to India in 1893, founded the Central Hindu College and Home Rule League, and became the first woman president of the Indian National Congress in 1917.
Annie Brown
Annie Brown (1843–1926), youngest daughter of abolitionist John Brown, served as lookout and cover-household member at the Kennedy Farm staging area before the 1859 Harpers Ferry raid; later Annie Brown Adams.
Annie Chapman
Annie Chapman (Eliza Ann Smith, c. 1840/1841-1888), second canonical Jack the Ripper victim, killed 8 September 1888 at 29 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields; uterus removed; Wynne Baxter inquest ended inconclusively; not a documented sex worker.
Annie Dookhan
Annie Dookhan, former Hinton State Laboratory Institute chemist in Boston (2003–2012), fabricated drug test results, jeopardizing over 20,000 cases; her 2013 guilty plea led to the largest mass dismissal of wrongful convictions in U.S. history.
Annie Genevard
Annie Genevard is a French politician who has served as Minister of Agriculture since 2024, after serving as deputy for Doubs and mayor of Morteau.
Annie Glenn
Annie Glenn (Anna Margaret Castor Glenn, 1920-2020), wife of astronaut-senator John Glenn for 73 years and American advocate for people with communication disorders, overcame a severe 85% stutter via Hollins therapy in 1973 and became an Ohio State adjunct speech pathology professor.
Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen (born 1967) is an American investigative journalist and author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, Area 51, and Operation Paperclip; Pulitzer finalist for The Pentagon's Brain, Baillie Gifford shortlist, Princeton graduate, lives in Los Angeles.
Annie Lamont
Annie Lamont is an American venture capitalist who co-founded Oak HC/FT in 2014 after 28 years at Oak Investment Partners; her investments include Athenahealth, Devoted Health, and CareBridge.
Annie Nightingale
Annie Nightingale (Anne Avril Nightingale, 1940-2024), British broadcaster, first female DJ on BBC Radio 1 (joined 1970), its longest-serving presenter, Old Grey Whistle Test host, breakbeat 'Queen of Breaks', MBE and CBE.
Annihilationism
Annihilationism is the Christian doctrine that the unsaved are ultimately destroyed rather than tormented forever, tied to conditional immortality and taught formally by Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses.
Anniya
Anniya, also written Anniyas or Anniyash, was the last named king of Azzi-Hayasa in eastern Anatolia, defeated by the Hittite king Mursili II around 1321–1295 BC.
Annotated bibliography
Annotated bibliography: a list of citations each followed by a brief annotation summarizing and evaluating the source. Differs from abstracts and literature reviews; types include descriptive, evaluative, and combination annotations.
Annotations to the Records of the Three Kingdoms
Annotations to the Records of the Three Kingdoms (三国志注) is a commentary on Chen Shou's Records, written by Pei Songzhi under a 429 imperial commission from Emperor Wen of Liu Song.
Announcement about Drunkenness (Jiu Gao)
The Announcement about Drunkenness (酒诰) is a Book of Documents chapter in which the Duke of Zhou instructs Kang Shu, regarded as China's earliest criticism of alcohol.
Annpurna Devi
Annpurna Devi, born in 1970, is an Indian BJP politician serving as Union Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development and representing Kodarma, Jharkhand, in the Lok Sabha.
Annual Customs of Dahomey
The Annual Customs of Dahomey, called Xwetanu by the Fon, were yearly ceremonies at the capital Abomey where tribute was paid, ancestors honored, and state policy decided.
Annual general meeting
An annual general meeting, or AGM, is a yearly meeting a company holds with its shareholders, who hear from the board, vote on directors, and question management face to face.
Annual immigration statistics of Canada
Annual immigration statistics of Canada record yearly permanent resident admissions, peaking at 400,870 in 1913 and 483,640 in 2024, governed by IRPA and the Immigration Levels Plan tabled in Parliament.
Annual leave
Annual leave, also called paid vacation, is a worker's statutory entitlement to paid time off, accrued over a leave year and distinct from public holidays.
Annual meetings of the American Economic Association
The annual meeting of the American Economic Association convenes each January with the Allied Social Science Associations, drawing thousands of economists for sessions and the job market.
Annual payments (suibi) to Liao, Xia, and Jin
Annual payments (suibi, 岁币) were yearly deliveries of silver and silk the Song dynasty paid to the Liao, Western Xia, and Jin states under peace settlements.
Annual percentage rate
The annual percentage rate (APR) is a standardized, legally required measure of the yearly cost of consumer credit, reflecting interest plus, depending on the jurisdiction, certain fees and charges.
Annual publication
Annual publication: a serial work issued once a year, also called an annual or yearbook; covers annual reports, directories, almanacs, and yearly journal volumes, cataloged with MARC frequency code 'a' and eligible for ISSN.