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Act of Union (1707)
History; World history

A treaty uniting Scotland and England, which had been jointly ruled by the Stuart monarchs since 1603. The union created the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Although its ...

Act of Union (1801)
History; World history

A law that made Britain and Ireland one state. The 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion and the threat of a French invasion convinced William Pitt that this was crucial for national ...

Battle of Actium
History; World history

Battle of 31 BC in which Octavian (Augustus) blockaded the fleet of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium on the Ambracian Gulf in northwest Greece. Although Mark Antony and ...

Adad-nirari II
History; World history

King of Assyria (r.911-891 BC), who initiated renewed Assyrian expansion and the establishment of the Neo-Assyrian empire. He undertook campaigns against Aramaeans and ...

Adal
History; World history

Islamic state of east Africa in the 14th to the 16th centuries. Its capital was at Harer in modern Ethiopia. its ruler Ahmed Gran (d.1543) invaded Ethiopia, taking much of the ...

John Adams
History; World history

(1735-1826) American lawyer and politician, and second president of the USA. A signatory of the 1776 Declaration of Independence, he became an American diplomatic representative ...

Adelaide
History; World history

The first settlement and capital (from 1836) of the colony of South Australia, which was swamped by 17,000 indigent British immigrants. Governor Sir George Grey resolved the ...

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