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- April 6, 1520) was an Italian master painter and architect of the Florentine ... Raphael apprenticed with Perugino, studied the work of Michelangelo ...21 KB (3,084 words) - 00:38, 8 December 2022
- a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) and ... GCMG (Grand Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) and KCB ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- The St Andrews Agreement was an agreement between the British and ... By enabling the inclusion of the DUP, which had opposed the Belfast ...19 KB (2,877 words) - 15:48, 27 April 2023
- 1471), was a Renaissance Roman Catholic monk and author of The Imitation of ... Thomas was born at Kempen in the duchy of Cleves in Germany around ...10 KB (1,599 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- A Fabergé egg is considered to be any one of the sixty-nine ... jeweled eggs made by Peter Carl Fabergé and his assistants between ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- Saint Maximus the Confessor (also known as Maximus the Theologian ... instructed him in the theological teachings of Gregory of Nazianzus and Pseudo ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 01:06, 9 November 2022
- William of Ockham (also Occam or any of several other spellings) ... While the use of Ockham's Razor in the later development of philosophy ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 15:21, 14 May 2023
- as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and playwright. He is best remembered ... Critics have speculated that Peter Pan was a reflection of Barrie ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 08:18, 13 March 2024
- June 6, 1891), was the first Prime Minister of Canada. He was one of the architects ... as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George was announced ...20 KB (2,893 words) - 22:57, 23 April 2023
- The Battle of Constantinople was fought in June 922 at the outskirts ... The Bulgarians, who by 922 were in control of most of the Balkans ...15 KB (2,004 words) - 20:31, 28 March 2024
- George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (June 3, 1865 – January ... of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Grand ...39 KB (5,812 words) - 13:04, 14 November 2022
- KG), Order of the Bath (GCB), Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG), Royal ... a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (GCMG) on ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- known for his novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, and Unionist politician who served ... Buchan was the eldest child in the family of four sons and one surviving ...18 KB (2,741 words) - 04:22, 3 August 2022
- :This article deals with Saint Thomas Christians and the various churches ... The Saint Thomas Christians are a group of Christians from the Malabar ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- Saint George (ca. 275/281 – April 23, 303 C.E.), also known as George ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
- 23, 1800), South Carolina statesman, was one of four signers of the Declaration ... A delegate at both the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, GCB, OM, GCMG, KCSI, CIE, PC, FRS ... Lord Cromer was one of the most experienced and famous colonial administrators ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (August 3, 1867 ... England, Baldwin was educated at St Michael's School, Harrow ...18 KB (2,603 words) - 18:42, 14 October 2022
- was an English novelist, the eldest sister of the remarkable Brontë family ... Charlotte Brontë is, like her sisters but unlike most other authors ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- 10, 2005) was an American politician and a long-time member of the ... 1980, McCarthy made a remarkable about-face and endorsed Ronald Reagan for ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 04:13, 23 March 2024
- The Battle of Saratoga in September and October 1777, was a decisive ... The capture of an entire British army secured the northern American ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 10:21, 22 September 2023
- John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni Da/di Montecorvino in Italian, also ... In 1294, he finally reached Khanbaliq (Beijing), just after the death ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He ... British India (now Pakistan), to Aga Khan II and his third wife, Nawab A'lia ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... A tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. Derived from the ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- George IV (George Augustus Frederick; August 12, 1762 – June 26 ... George was a stubborn monarch, often interfering in politics, especially ...44 KB (6,632 words) - 10:49, 13 December 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations ... newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The paper ...14 KB (2,023 words) - 17:49, 30 April 2023
- 21, 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was a British author ... India, during the period when India was part of the British Empire under the ...23 KB (3,458 words) - 10:53, 13 December 2023
- John Michael Wright (May 1617 – July 1694) exact dates are unknown ... in Edinburgh under the Scots painter George Jamesone, acquiring a considerable ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- – July 23, 1800) was an American statesman and judge who became the first ... Rutledge was a member of the South Carolina Assembly, the Stamp Act ...23 KB (3,551 words) - 18:20, 29 November 2022
- known as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem ... system which eventually made it the target of a zealous, impoverished French ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- Savonarola, was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494 ... with religion, studying both the Bible and Aristotle. Savonarola initially ...11 KB (1,636 words) - 15:15, 15 December 2022
- a rebel leader during the Peasants' War and a leader of a radical Christian ... Muentzer was born in the small village of Stolberg in the Hartz Mountains ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 21:24, 30 April 2023
- Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( ... ), is a cultural and religious celebration held on March 17, the traditional ...52 KB (7,483 words) - 20:49, 17 April 2023
- was an Australian-born British philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of ... Space, Time and Deity was one of the last attempts by a British philosopher ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 02:18, 23 December 2022
- Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward VIII held the titles of ...39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:44, 17 January 2023
- holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George ... now widely known as Presidents' Day and is often an occasion to honor ...19 KB (2,531 words) - 23:00, 3 May 2023
- William IV (William Henry; August 21, 1765 – June 20, 1837) was ... Royal Navy; he was, both during his reign and afterward, nicknamed the ...36 KB (5,444 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
- – August 24, 1770) was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval ... Chatterton's genius and his tragic death are commemorated by ...14 KB (2,111 words) - 18:41, 30 April 2023
- philosopher, mechanical engineer, and (proto-) computer scientist ... plans, a difference engine was completed, and functioned perfectly. Built ...17 KB (2,481 words) - 01:55, 4 December 2023
- The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598, by King Henry IV ... end the long-running, disruptive French Wars of Religion. ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 17:25, 6 October 2020
- Samuel Daniel (1562 – October 14, 1619) was an English poet and ... in his own right, Daniel stands out as one of the most versatile of all English ...9 KB (1,447 words) - 02:58, 23 December 2022
- Irish-born British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman popularly referred ... Kitchener was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, in Ireland, son ...25 KB (3,907 words) - 14:28, 9 February 2022
- – July 15, 1927) was an Irish Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil politician, revolutionary ... authorities in 1911, in 1916, in 1918, and twice during Ireland independence ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 17:49, 16 May 2020
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... [[Image:Ouroboros_1.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Engraving of Ouroboros ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- Maronites are members of one of the Syriac Eastern Catholic Churches ... Before the conquest of Lebanon by Arabian Muslims, which resulted ...14 KB (2,092 words) - 16:35, 27 January 2022
- The Order of the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Roman ... and dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and ...33 KB (5,125 words) - 23:21, 3 March 2023
- Britannica (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1993, ISBN 978-0852295717 ... He narrowly escaped execution and survived imprisonment due largely ...17 KB (2,576 words) - 23:11, 15 May 2023
- tactics employed by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst in ... However, the era of yellow journalism was influential both in galvanizing ...18 KB (2,650 words) - 09:56, 23 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Lifestyle ... |observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh 1818-1887, was a ... He was known as one of Britain's kindest politicians, owing much ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 18:37, 14 October 2022
- 1965) was an American-born poet, dramatist, and literary critic whose works ... Like fellow modernist poet and expatriate Ezra Pound, Eliot drew liberally ...25 KB (3,801 words) - 02:02, 27 February 2023
- also general council) is a conference of the bishops of the whole Church ... ," which literally means "the inhabited," and was originally ...25 KB (3,755 words) - 21:55, 5 October 2020
- – March 13, 1881) was the tsar (emperor) of Russia from March 2, 1855 until ... Born in 1818, he was the eldest son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 14:23, 18 July 2023
- - September 12, 1875), American philosopher and mathematician, was an early ... After reading Darwin's Origin of Species (published in 1859) ...12 KB (1,761 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- castration before puberty. This is done in order for the child to be more ... generally carries a negative connotation, and is therefore the name used ...17 KB (2,678 words) - 14:25, 29 November 2023
- in England. He is most famous as a student of Peter Paul Rubens and for his ... ==Life and work== [[Image:Anthonis van Dyck 008.jpg|thumb|right|Self ...25 KB (3,984 words) - 16:23, 17 January 2024
- Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (329–January 25, 389 C.E.), also known ... The promulgation of his (at times contested) theological perspectives ...32 KB (4,920 words) - 17:26, 17 February 2023
- from the United Kingdom by force of arms. It was the most significant ... The Rising was suppressed after six days and its leaders were court ...29 KB (4,554 words) - 17:17, 11 October 2020
- Lech Wałęsa born September 29, 1943) is a Polish politician and ... including issues surrounding command of the military. However, Poland ...29 KB (4,198 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
- Nicholas II of Russia (May 18, 1868 – July 17, 1918) ( ... , Nikolay II) was the last tsar of Russia, the King of Poland, and ...28 KB (4,350 words) - 23:31, 14 November 2022
- 14, 1870) was the first senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the American ... full generals in the army since the birth of the nation, but Farragut was ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- The Battle of Quebec, also known as the Battle of the Plains of Abraham ... The culmination of a three-month siege by the British, the battle ...33 KB (5,197 words) - 10:21, 22 September 2023
- a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader ... Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth ...49 KB (7,394 words) - 02:27, 2 May 2024
- in Arlington, Virginia, near The Pentagon, and directly across the Potomac ... . Veterans and military casualties from each of the nation's ...24 KB (3,687 words) - 03:05, 15 August 2023
- January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. He has been called ... for his satirical portrayals of American cultural manners and mores ...15 KB (2,252 words) - 22:29, 29 January 2023
- was a well-known Russian revolutionary, and one of the leading figures ... he “converted” to anarchism in 1865 and helped to formulate many of ...43 KB (6,370 words) - 17:48, 9 November 2022
- Romanesque architecture is the term that describes the architecture ... sturdy piers, groin vaults, large towers, and decorative arcading. Each ...63 KB (10,037 words) - 21:37, 16 April 2023
- Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (March ... Callaghan was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967 during ...29 KB (4,489 words) - 01:32, 8 February 2023
- 1833) was born in the great northern seaport of Hull and served in the English ... When Wilberforce's opponents criticized his faith and attacked ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and experimental photographer/inventor ... Herschel was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, the son of William and ...15 KB (2,220 words) - 05:56, 3 August 2022
- Joan of Arc, also Jeanne d'Arc Joan of Arc's name was written ... – May 30, 1431), is a national heroine of France and a saint of ...41 KB (6,624 words) - 13:42, 1 August 2022
- an American lawyer, diplomat, congressman, and sixth president of the United ... As secretary of state in the administration of James Monroe, Adams ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 03:49, 3 May 2024
- - September 10, 2020) was an English actress of stage and screen. Her career ... Rigg received recognition as one of the greatest dramatic actors, ...38 KB (5,401 words) - 11:54, 29 January 2024
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and ... Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- the Sun. It is the third largest by diameter and fourth largest by mass. Uranus ... (astronomical). The first symbol derives from the name of its discoverer ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 13:36, 3 May 2023
- Pio of Pietrelcina (May 25, 1887 – September 23, 1968) was a Capuchin ... Pio is renowned among Roman Catholics as one of the Church's ...40 KB (6,382 words) - 17:02, 2 October 2023
- where he ended his career as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh ... His writing on Islam pioneered, in the English-speaking world, use ...26 KB (3,916 words) - 10:37, 11 May 2023
- George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018) was ... During the final days of the Cold War, he was responsible for managing ...41 KB (6,218 words) - 08:07, 23 January 2023
- Semiotics, semiotic studies, or semiology, is the study of signs and ... semioticians focus on the logical dimensions of the science. They examine areas ...23 KB (3,229 words) - 09:44, 26 January 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Mythical creatures ... The modern day term, Vampire (derivative of the German vampir), usually ...26 KB (4,074 words) - 01:36, 18 April 2023
- 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early twentieth century ... Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- spelled La Guardia, was the Republican Mayor of New York for three terms from ... LaGuardia was born in New York City to a non-traditional parents of ...15 KB (2,248 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- who served as Bundeskanzler (Chancellor) of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 ... the conditions for peaceful resolution of conflict, and to end war. Speaking ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- de la Légion d'honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) ... This world-renowned Order is the highest decoration in France and ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was one ... Davis was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...36 KB (5,661 words) - 15:45, 20 September 2023
- 26, 2021) was a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide ... At the invitation of South Africa's first post-apartheid president ...30 KB (4,335 words) - 09:58, 29 January 2024
- was an English Romantic composer. Several of his first major orchestral ... The son of a musician (his father was a church organist) Elgar was ...21 KB (3,203 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- thumb|right|Friedrich II. (the Great), King of Prussia, aged 68, by Anton Graf.]] Frederick II of Prussia, also known as Frederick the Great (January ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk leader and British military officer during ... spent attempting to rectify the injustice of the Iroquois lands being handed ...30 KB (4,676 words) - 07:18, 10 August 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics A savings and loan association (S&L) is a financial institution ...19 KB (3,012 words) - 17:07, 23 December 2022
- was a prominent United States businessman and political figure, and the ... to the United Kingdom at the start of World War II. His term as Ambassador ...31 KB (4,694 words) - 04:52, 7 May 2024
- The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious ... American Professional Football Association and adopted the name National ...39 KB (6,001 words) - 14:44, 11 November 2022
- The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. Its ... Formed at the end of the twelfth century in Acre, Palestine, the medieval ...34 KB (5,036 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- 31, 1948) was the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, serving ... Gore subsequently became chairman of the Emmy Award-winning American ...32 KB (4,643 words) - 04:21, 17 June 2023
- David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (January ... . The same year, he introduced National Insurance to cover the cost ...46 KB (7,168 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- γλώσσα "tongue, language" and lalô λαλώ "speak ... The origin of the modern Christian concept of speaking in tongues ...22 KB (3,243 words) - 16:54, 17 December 2022
- was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Emmy-winning English actor ... Olivier's career as a stage and film actor spanned more than ...43 KB (6,624 words) - 17:52, 25 October 2022
- Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important hand-written ancient ... Originally, it contained the whole of both Testaments. The Greek Old ...31 KB (4,479 words) - 22:23, 7 January 2024
- Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better ... Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, producing ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 16:38, 29 July 2023
- May 2, 1997 to June 27, 2007. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 ... He was the Labor Party's longest-serving Prime Minister and the ...44 KB (6,546 words) - 04:00, 1 May 2023
