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- Abauzit, Firmin - Genovese theological writer: Birthday, Deathday
- Abbott, Charles - Eminent naval and mercantile jurist: Birthday
- Abbot, Charles - Lord Colchester, lawyer and statesman: Birthday
- Abbot, George - Archbishop of Canterbury: Birthday, Deathday
- Abbot, Robert - Bishop of Salisbury: Deathday
- Abel, Charles Frederick - Musical composer: Deathday
- Abelard, Peter - Eminent French scholar: Deathday
- Abercrombie, John - Physician and author: Birthday, Deathday
- Abercrombie, Ralph - General: Deathday
- Abernethy, John - Eminent surgeon: Deathday
- Abingdon, John: His role in
the hiding of Priests during the Reformation
- Abney, Elizabeth: On Alexander
Cruden attachment to her
- Abubeker, Caliph - First successor of Mohammed: Deathday
- Ackland, Hugh: His
remarkable recovery after being pronounced dead
- Adair, Robert - Ambassador: Birthday
- Adam, Alexander - Eminent classical teacher: Birthday, Deathday
- Adam, Robert - Architect: Deathday
- Adams, John - Second president of the United States: Birthday, Deathday
- Adanson, Michael - French naturalist: Deathday
- Addison, Joseph - Miscellaneous writer: Birthday, Deathday
- Adelung, Johann Christoph - Grammarian and linguist: Birthday
- Adolphus, Gustavus - King of Sweden: Birthday, Biography
- Adolphus, John - Historical writer: Deathday
- Ady, Joseph: His
routine at defrauding people with false claims of inheritance
- �milius, Paulus: Deathday
- Agricola, Cnaeus Julius - Roman General: Biography, Deathday
- Agrippa, Henry Cornelius - Alchemist and author: Birthday
- Agrippa, Herod - Persecutor of the Apostles: Deathday
- Agricola, Cneius Julius - Roman general: Birthday
- Aguilar, Grace - Jewish authoress: Deathday
- Aiken, Anna Letitia: Birthday
- Aikin, John - Popular author: Birthday, Deathday
- Airey, William: His role
in Garatt's 1768 election
- Airy, George Biddell - Astronomer-royal of England: Birthday
- Aislabie, Chancellor: Regarding
his role in the South Sea Financial Bubble
- Aiton, William - Botanist: Deathday
- Ainsworth Robert - Author of the Latin Dictionary: Deathday
- Akbar-Khan: Afghan Warlord: The English
Retreat from Cabul, 1842
- Akenside, Mark - Poet: Birthday, Deathday
- Akerman, John Yonge: On the
early use of the distaff and spindle
- Alberoni, Cardinal - Spanish minister: Birthday
- Aland, John Fortescue: Birthday
- Albano, Francesco - Painter: Birthday
- Albergati, Signor: On the
nature of John Scott's ability to fast for long time periods
- Albert, Charles - Ex-king of Sardinia: Deathday
- Albinus, Bernard Siegfried - Celebrated anatomist: Deathday or Deathday
- Alcuinus, Flaccus - Learned theologian: Biography
- Aldborough; Eugene Scribe, French dramatist: Birthday
- Aldovrandi, Ulysses - Naturalist: Birthday, Deathday
- Aldrich, Henry - Eminent scholar and divine: Deathday
- Alfieri, Victor - Poet: Birthday
- Alfieri, Vittorio - Great tragic dramatist of Italy: Deathday
- Algarotti Francis - Physical scientist: Deathday
- Ali, Mehemet - Paella of Egypt: Biography
- Alighieri, Dante - Great Italian poet: Deathday
- Alison, Archibald - Historian: Birthday
- Allan, David - Scottish painter: Birthday
- Allan, William - Painter: Deathday
- Allardice, Captain Barclay - Noted athlete and pedestrian: Short Biography
- Allein, Richard - Nonconformist divine: Deathday
- Allen, Ralph: His role in
reforming the English postal system
- Alleyn, Edward - Founder of Dulwich College: Birthday, Biography
- Allde, Edward: On his role in the
publishing of the first newspaper
- Amadeus, Victor - First king of Sardinia: Deathday
- Ames, Fisher - American statesman, President of Harvard: Birthday, Deathday
- Amory, Thomas - Eccentric author: Deathday
- Amory, Thomas - English Presbyterian divine: Deathday
- Amyot, Jacques - Great Almoner of France: Birthday, Deathday
- Amyot, Thomas - Literary antiquary: Deathday
- Ancillon, David - Learned French Protestant clergyman: Birthday, Deathday
- Andre, John - Major, spy: Story of events leading
up to his hanging
- Anderson, James: His role
in Garatt's 1768 election
- Anderson, James - Author of works on political economy: Deathday
- Andrews, James Petit - Author of History of Great Britain: Deathday
- Andrews, Lancelot - Eminent prelate and writer: Deathday
- Andrews, Peter: On the
mysterious death of Thomas, Lord Lyttelton
- Aniello Tommaso - Celebrated revolutionary leader: Deathday
- Ankerstrom, John James - Regicide: Deathday
- Anquetil, Louis Peter - Historical writer: Deathday
- Anselm - Archbishop of Canterbury: Biography
- Anstey, Christopher - Author of The New Bath Guide: Birthday, Deathday
- Anstis, John - Garter King-at-Arms: Deathday
- Antoine, Jean - Marquis de Condorcet, distinguished mathematician: Birthday
- Antoinette, Marie - Queen of Louis XVI: Birthday, Deathday
- Antoninus. Marcus Aurelius: Deathday
- ap Thomas, Rhys: On
his role in the battle of Battle of Bosworth
- Apperley, Charles James - Writer on field sports: Deathday
- Apsley, Allan - Lieutenant of the Tower: On the death of the Duke of
Clarence
- Arago, Francois: Natural philosopher: Birthday
- Aram, Eugene - Murder: On his
murder of Daniel Clark
- Arbuthnot, John: Deathday
- Archer, Thomas: On his role in the
publishing of the first newspaper
- Archibald, Marquis of Argyle - Beheaded at Edinburgh: Deathday
- Arden, Thomas - Mayor of Faversham: Story on his murder
- Arden, Mary - Mother of William Shakespeare: Her heritage
- Ariosto, Ludovico Giovanni - Eminent Italian poet: Short Biography, Deathday
- Arkwright, Richard - Inventor of the roller machine for spinning cotton: Biography
- Arminius Jacobus (Jacob Harmensen) - Celebrated Dutch theologian: Deathday
- Armstrong, Archie - Court Jester Under James I:
- Armstrong, John - Poet: Deathday
- Armstrong, John - Author of The Art of Preserving Health: Deathday
- Arnauld, Antoine - French theologian: Birthday, Deathday
- Arnauld, Henry: Deathday
- Arundel, Thomas - Archbishop of Canterbury
- Arne, Thomas - Musical composer: Short
Biography
- Arnold, Thomas - Miscellaneous writer: Birthday, Deathday
- Arnold, Samuel - Composer: Deathday
- Arrowsmith, Aaron - Geographer: Birthday, Deathday
- Arteveldt, Jacques - Brewer in Ghent, and popular leader: Deathday
- Ascham, Roger - Instructor of Queen Elizabeth: Biography
- Ashton, Arthur: His attempt to
defend the town of Drogheda against Cromwell
- Ashmole, Elias - Antiquary: Birthday,
Deathday
- Askew, Anne - Martyred at Smithfield: Deathday
- Ashton, Arthur - On his defense of
Drogheda against Cromwell
- Astley, Philip - Founder of Astley�s amphitheatre: Birthday, Biography
- Astrue, John - Eminent French physician: Birthday
- Atheling, Edgar: His attempt to
claim the English crown from William the Conqueror
- Atkins, Thomas: On the
advanced age of Rev. Patrick M'Ilvain
- Atterbury, Francis - Bishop: Short Biography, Deathday
- Aubrey, John:
Deathday
- Auchmuty, Samuel - General, captor of Monte Video: Deathday
- Audubon, John James - Ornithologist: Biography, Deathday
- Augereau, Pierre - Bonapartist General: Birthday, Deathday
- August, Karl: Mentor to Johann
Wolfgand Goethe
- Augustus, Ernest - King of Hanover: Birthday
- Augustus, Philip - King of France: Biography
- Augustus, William - Duke of Cumberland: Birthday, Deathday
- Austen, Jane novelist: Birthday, Deathday
- Aylmer, John - Bishop: Deathday
- Aynscough, Thomas: His
mentoring of Joshua Brookes
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