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A niches, or Aniche (ä-nesh'). A manufactur He opposed Napoleon in the south of France on his return from Elba, was a commander in the French invasion of Spain in 1823, and was exiled in 1830. Angoulême, Duche e d' (Marie Thérèse Charlotte). Born at Versailles, Dec. 19, 1778: died Oct. 19, 1851. Daughter of Louis XVI. and wife of the Duc d'Angoulême, an active adherent of the ultra-royalists. ing and mining town in the department of Nord, France, 14 miles west of Valenciennes. Population (1891), commune, 6,765. A niello, Tommaso. See Masa niello . Animuccia (a-nē-möʻchä), Giovanni. Born at Florence about 1490 (?): died 1571. An Italian composer of sacred music. "He composed the famous 'Laudi,' which were sung at the Oratorio of S. Filippo after the conclusion of the regular office, and out of the dramatic tone and tendency of which the 'Oratorio' is said to have been developed. Hence he has been Angoumois (on-gö-mwä'). A former division of western France, which, with Saintonge, formed a government previous to the Revolution. (Compare Saintonge .) It corresponds called the 'Father of the Oratorio." Grove, Dict. of nearly to the department of Charente. Angra (äng'grä). A seaport, capital of the Azores, situated on the southern coast of Terceira, in lat. 38° 38′ N., long. 27° 13′ W. It is the seat of a bishopric. It was surnamed "do heroismo" for its patriotic opposition to the pretender Dom Miguel, 1830-32. Population, about 11,000. Angra Mainyu (an'grä min'yö). See Ahura Music. Anio (ä'nē-ō), or Aniene (ä-ne-ā'ne), or Teverone (ta-va-ro'ne). [L. Anio ( Anien- ) or Anien , Gr. Ἀνίων οι Ἀνίης .] A river in central Italy, the ancient Anio, which joins the Tiber 3 miles north of Rome. It forms a waterfall 330 feet high near Tivoli, and its valley is noted for its beauty and an tiquities. Mazda . Angra Pequena (äng grä pa-kā'nä). [Pg., 'Little Bay.'] A region in the protectorate of German southwestern Africa, extending from Orange River northward to the Portuguese Angola north of Cape Frio (but excluding Walfisch Bay). It was acquired by the German Lüderitz in 1883, and pa ed under German protection in 1884. Angra Pequena. A harbor on the coast of the protectorate of Angra Pequena, in lat. 26° 28′ S., long. 14° 55′ E. Angri (än'gre). A town in the province of Aniruddha (an-i-röd'dha). [Skt., 'uncon trolled.'] In Hindu mythology, a son of Pradyumna and grandson of Krishna. Usha, a Daitya prince , daughter of Bana, falling in love with him, had him brought by magic to her apartments at Son it a pur a. Bana sent guards to seize them, but Aniruddha slew them with an iron club. Bana then secured him by magic. Krishna, Balarama, and Pradyumna went to rescue him and fought a great battle, in which Bana was aided by Siva and Skanda, the god of war. Bana was defeated, but, spared at the interce ion of Siva and Aniruddha, was taken home to Dvaraka with Usha as his wife. Anjala. In Swedish history, an unsucce Salerno, Italy, 19 miles southeast of Naples. ful league of noblemen against Gustavus III., Population, about 10,000. Angström (ang's trem), (âng's trėm), Anders Jonas. Born at Lödgö in Westernorrland, Sweden, Aug. 13, 1814: died June 21, 1874. A noted Swedish physicist. He was appointed in 1858 profe or of phys ics at Upsal (where he had been connected with the astronomical observatory from 1843). Author of "Recherches le spectre solaire" (1868), etc. Anguilla (ang-gwil'li), or Snake Island. [Sp. Anguila .] An island of the Le er Antilles, in the British West Indies, which lies north of St. Martin in lat. 18° 13′ N., long. 63° 4′ W. Area, 35 square miles. Population (1891), 3,699. Anguisciola (än-gwē'sho-lä), or Angu ola (än-gös-sō'lä), Sofonisba. Born at Cremona, Italy, about 1530: died at Genoa 1626 (?). An Italian portrait-painter. Angus (ang'gus). The ancient name of Forfar IMG:content-0089.png:[blocks in formation] Angornu (än-gor'nö), or Angorno (än-gor' no), or Ngornu (n'gor'nö). A town in Bornu, Sudan, situated near Lake Chad, about lat. 12° 45' N., long. 13° E., an important trading center. Population (estimated), 50,000. Angostura (än-gos-tö'rä), or Ciudad Bolivar (se-ö-däd' bo-lē'vär). A town in Venezuela, situated on the Orinoco in lat. 8° 10′ N., long. 63° 50′ W., near the narrow pa of the river at the head of ocean navigation. It is an important commercial town. Population, about 11,000. Angoulême (on-gö-lam'). The capital of the department of Charente, France, situated on the Charente in lat. 45° 40′ N., long. 0° 10′ E.: the ancient Inculisma. It was the ancient capital of An of Scotland. Anhalt (än hält). A duchy of northern Germany and state of the German Empire. It is surrounded by Pru ia and consists of two chief portions, an eastern (De au-Köthen-Bernburg), which is level, and a western (Ballenstedt), which is hilly and mountainous. It has also several enclaves. Its capital is De au, and its government a hereditary constitutional monarchy under a duke and landtag. It sends one member to the Bundesrat and two members to the Reichstag. It became an independent principality in the first part of the 13th century and was often divided and reunited. The present duchy was formed in 1863 by the union of the duchies of Anhalt-De au-Köthen and Anhalt-Bernburg. Area, 906 square miles. Population (1900), 316,085. Anhalt-Bernburg, Christian, Prince of. See Christian . Anhalt-De au, Leopold, Prince of. See Leo pold . Anholt (än'holt). An island belonging to Denmark, situated in the Cattegat 47 miles north of Zealand. It is seven miles long. Anholt. A small town in the province of Westphalia, Pru ia, situated on the Y el (on the Dutch frontier) 16 miles northwest of Wesel. 1788. Anjar (än-jär'). A small town in Cutch, India, lat. 23° 6' N., long. 70° 5′ E. Pop. (1891), 14,433. Anjeles. See Los Angeles (Chile). Anjengo (än-jeng'go), or Anjutenga (än-jöteng'gä). A seaport in Travancore, India, situated on the western coast in lat. 8° 40′ Ν., long. 76° 45′ E. Anjer (än'yer). A seaport in Java, in lat. 6° 4' S., long. 105° 53′ E. It was overwhelmed by a tidal wave following the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. Anjou (an'jö; F. pron. on-zhö′). [L. Andecavi , Andegavi , a Gallic tribe; urbs or civitas Ande cava or Andecavorum , their city.] An ancient government of France, capital Angers. It was bounded by Maine on the north, by Touraine on the east, by Poitou on the south, and by Britt any on the west. It comprised the department of Maine-et-Loire and small portions of adjoining departments. Anjou was united with Touraine in 1044, and with Maine in 1110. By the marriage of Geoffrey Plantage net with Matilda, heire of Henry I., Anjou, England, and Normandy were united in 1154 when Henry II. founded the Angevin house (Plan tagenet). Anjou was conquered by Philip August us of France about 1204, and was united subsequently with Naples and Provence. It was annexed to the French crown in 1480 by Louis XI. Anjou, Counts and Dukes of. The origin of the countship is referred to Ingelger, seneschal of Gâtina is, who in 870 received from Charles the Bald that portion of the subsequent province of Anjou which lies between the Maine and the Mayenne. Among his descendants are Fulke, count of Anjou, a Crusader, who became king of Jerusalem 1131, and Fulke's son Geoffroy le Plantage net, who married Matilda, the daughter and heire of Henry I. of England, and founded the English royal house of Plantage net. (See Henry II .) The second house of Anjou was a branch of the royal family of France. King John of England forfeited his French fiefs to Philip August us about 1204, and Anjou pa ed into the hands of Charles, the brother of Louis IX. Charles established the house of Anjou on the throne of Naples in 1266. His son Charles II. of Naples gave Anjou and Maine to his son-in-law, Charles of Valois, and from 1290 the counts of Valois took the title of duke of Anjou and count of Maine. The son of Charles of Valois became king of France, as Philip VI., 1328, uniting Anjou to the crown. King John bestowed IMG:content-0090.png:[blocks in formation] Ankober (än-kō'ber), or Ankobar (-bär). The capital of Shoa, Aby in i a, in lat. 9° 34′ Ν., long. 39° 53′ E. Population, about 10,000. Ankogel (än'ko-gel). A peak of the Hohe Tauern, about 10,700 feet high, on the borders of Anna Bolena. An opera by Donizetti, pro- duced at Milan in 1830. Anna Carlovna (än'nä kär'lov-nä). See Anna Leopoldovna. Anna Comnena (an'ä kom-nē'nä). Born at Constantinople, Dec. 1, 1083: died 1148. A Byzantine prince and historian, daughter of Alexius I. Comnenus. She wrote the "Alex- iad" (which see). Anna, Donna. One of the principal characters in Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni." man long intervals, in a Moscow review, and was published in 1878. Anna Leopoldovna poldovna (än'nä lā-ō-pol'dov-nä), or erine Carlovna (kär'lov-nä), Elizabeth Cat her in Christine. Born Dec. 18, 1718: died March 18, 1746. Grand duche , and regent of Ru ia 1740-41, daughter of Charles Leopold, duke of Mecklenburg, and wife of Anton Ulric, duke of Brunswick. On the death of the czarina Anna Ivanovna, Oct. 28, 1740, she became regent for her son Ivan, who had been appointed her succe or by Anna, but was deprived of this post Dec. 6, 1741, by a conspiracy which deposed Ivan and placed Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, on the throne. Anna Matilda (an'a ma-til'da). The name adopted by Mrs. Hannah Cowley, dramatist and poet, in a poetical correspondence with Robert Merry (who called himself "Della Crus ca") in the "World." with two others of her school (the "Della Cruscans") she was held up to scorn by ford in his "Baviad and Mæviad," and the name "Anna Matilda" has pa ed into a synonym of nam by-pam by verse and sentimental fiction. See Laura Matilda . Anna Petrovna (än'nä pe-trov'nä) Born 1708: died 1728. Eldest daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I., wife of Charles Frederick, duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and mother of Peter III. Annabel (an'a-bel). [ Anna bell a , fair Anna.] A character in Dryden's "Absalom and Achito phel" intended for the Duche of Mon mouth. Anna bell a, Queen. In Scott's novel "The Fair Maid of Perth," the wife of King Robert