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- Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television and radio host. His career in radio ...42 KB (5,955 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- #REDIRECTBimbisara, King ...28 bytes (3 words) - 15:58, 4 August 2022
- Bimbisara (ruled 544-491 B.C.E.) was a king of the Magadha empire and belonged to Haryanaka dynasty, which ruled until approximately 326 B.C ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...21 KB (3,359 words) - 03:03, 8 January 2024
- Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), born Nathaniel Adams Coles, was a popular American jazz singer-songwriter and pianist. ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- The King James Version of the Bible, or Authorized Version, first published in 1611, has had a profound impact on English literature and can ...44 KB (6,927 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- Alan King (December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- #REDIRECTEdward III of England ...34 bytes (5 words) - 19:02, 27 July 2022
- #REDIRECTMartin Luther King, Jr. ...36 bytes (5 words) - 18:13, 31 December 2022
- The Epic of King Gesar is the central epic poem of Tibet and much of Central Asia. It is prized as one of the few living epics, performed by ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968) was America's foremost civil rights leader and is deemed by many ...58 KB (9,123 words) - 17:52, 18 January 2023
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an American federal holiday ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- B.B. King, born Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015), was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely considered ...26 KB (3,986 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
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- #REDIRECTBimbisara, King ...28 bytes (3 words) - 15:58, 4 August 2022
- #REDIRECTBimbisara, King ...28 bytes (3 words) - 15:59, 4 August 2022
- #REDIRECTMartin Luther King, Jr. ...36 bytes (5 words) - 18:13, 31 December 2022
- elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and the first king in Prussia (1701–1713). A lavish patron of the arts, he did much to enrich Prussia's physical ...6 KB (831 words) - 00:44, 8 October 2022
- Nangklao (Rama III), or King Jessadabodindra (full royal name Prabath Somdej Pra Paramadhiwarasetha Maha Jessadabodindra Siammintarawirodom Borommadha ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- Alan King (December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- Phuttaloetla Nabhalai, Rama II, now known as Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (February 24, 1767 – July 21, 1824), was the son of King Rama I and Queen ...9 KB (1,378 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- When built in 1394 by order of King Taejo, it was thought to be one ... Spirits enter and exit the south entrance gate, the king entered through ...6 KB (909 words) - 00:56, 4 August 2022
- the Chinese Shang Dynasty, the tyrannical King Zhou, but contain no mention ... present-day Korea), and to have become the king of Gija Joseon. Previously ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- Seongdeok Daewang, or Seongdeok the Great reigned from 702–737 C.E. as the thirty-third king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla, in the ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 02:52, 30 September 2022
- King David II of Scotland succeeded his father, Robert I better known as Robert the Bruce in 1329 at the age of five, and ruled until his death ...9 KB (1,346 words) - 20:57, 19 May 2020
- King Myeongjong (명종 明宗|1534–1567, r. 1545–1567) was the thirteenth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of ...9 KB (1,376 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- of the Hundred Years' War initiated by King Edward III of England. The ... are reputed to have been met by the young king himself, and to have presented ...8 KB (1,321 words) - 07:09, 23 November 2022
- and demagogue, Huey Long—All the King's Men (1946)—Warren ... published his most famous work, All the King's Men, while a professor ...8 KB (1,091 words) - 02:13, 16 December 2022
- mektige) (994/995 – November 12, 1035) was king of England, Denmark, and Norway and governor or overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania. Canute is generally ...11 KB (1,794 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- to rule directly from the will of God. The king is thus not subject to the ... that God had bestowed earthly power to the king, just has He had given spiritual ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 15:08, 26 August 2020
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an American federal holiday ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- of Kraków, known for opposing the cruelty of King Bolesław II the Bold, who reacted by causing Stanislaus' death. Born in the village of ...11 KB (1,749 words) - 13:40, 5 September 2022
- Nathan was a tenth century B.C.E. Israelite prophet who lived in the time of King David. His actions are described in the Books of Samuel, Kings ...11 KB (1,891 words) - 01:30, 11 November 2022
- Gate, imposing and impressive by the time King Sejong rebuilt it in the 1470s ... remained closed and was reserved for the king's escape to Pukhan Sansong ...7 KB (1,106 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- Mongkut (Rama IV of Siam) (October 18, 1804 – October 1, 1868), was king of Siam (Thailand) from 1851 to 1868. Historians have widely regarded ...12 KB (1,824 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- III, was mayor of the palace of Austrasia and the King of the Franks, from 751 to 768, and is best known for being the father of Charlemagne, or "Charles ...9 KB (1,417 words) - 00:10, 24 November 2022
- the perfect gentleman and his family, the king, and his court. ... the main gate Donwhamun during the reign of King Taejong of Joseon. King Sejo ...8 KB (1,063 words) - 01:18, 4 December 2023
- the imposition of a new tax to finance the King's wars in France, which ... and the thirteenth year of the reign of King Edward II. His father was ...10 KB (1,583 words) - 23:15, 3 May 2023
- le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was King of France (1380–1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. The Hundred Years’ War continued ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 00:35, 5 December 2023
- into English as "Jesus Nazarene, King of the Jews." This title appears in the New Testament in the Passion narrative of the Gospel of John ( ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- of the German Emperor William II and the elected king of Finland from October 9 to December 14, 1918. He was married to Princess Margaret of Prussia ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- popular resistance and was able to convert King Ethelbert of England to Christianity ... Kent was targeted by the pope because its king, Æthelbert, had married a ...8 KB (1,136 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- one of the last kings of Judah. The son of King Jehoiakim, his reign in Jerusalem ... from office by the Babylonian army of King Nebuchadnezzar II. Jehoiachin ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 04:29, 31 July 2022
- Margaret Beaufort (May 31, 1443 – June 29, 1509) was the mother of King Henry VII of England, the grandmother of Henry VIII, and great-grandmother ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- The name king Vikramaditya ( विक्रमादित्य ) is a Sanskrit tatpurusha, from विक्रम ( vikrama ) meaning "valour ...12 KB (1,714 words) - 20:21, 3 May 2023
- had been massacred by regent Daewongun and King Gojong. Just two years before ... Gapsinjeongbyeon, an attempt to overthrow King Gojong's government. ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- Great (Akkadian: Šarukinu, "the true king") (reigned 2334 B.C.E ... section, the text skips to Ur-Zababa, king of Kish, awake after a dream ...10 KB (1,482 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- King Cheoljong (1831 - 1863) (r. 1849-1863) was the 25th king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. Cheoljong was only a very distant relative of his ...11 KB (1,646 words) - 07:55, 13 January 2023
- Bimbisara (ruled 544-491 B.C.E.) was a king of the Magadha empire and belonged to Haryanaka dynasty, which ruled until approximately 326 B.C ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- Sinmun of Silla (r. 681 – 692) was the thirty-first king of Silla ... was the eldest son of Silla's unifier-king, King Munmu (문무왕, 文武王 ...11 KB (1,743 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- House," it earlier referred to the king's palace but eventually ... The earliest instance where pr-`3 is used specifically to address ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- She was the daughter of King Eirik II of Norway and Margaret, daughter ... in June of 1281. With only one son of the King, also named Alexander, then ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 05:29, 5 November 2022
- Jizi had been a relative of the last king of the Shang Dynasty, King ... that Jizi went to Joseon. In this account, King Wu of Zhou recognized Jizi ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 06:49, 11 December 2022
- from 1908 until 1917, when he proclaimed himself king of Hejaz, which received international recognition. His family had ruled the Hejaz since 1201 ...11 KB (1,749 words) - 21:19, 9 February 2024
- Gwanghaegun or Prince Gwanghae (1574 – 1641) was the fifteenth king of the Joseon Dynasty. His personal name was Yi Hon (李琿). He came to ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- Taejong (1367-1422, r. 1400-1418) the third king of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and the father of King Sejong the Great, did not take the throne ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 19:15, 24 October 2022
- Jehoiakim ("he whom Jehovah has set up," Hebrew: יהוֹיָקִים) was one of the last kings of Judah. The son of King Josiah, ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 20:02, 4 November 2023
- Farouk I of Egypt (February 11, 1920 – March 18, 1965), was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt ...13 KB (2,063 words) - 00:45, 14 July 2022
- Alexander Jannaeus (also known as Alexander Jannai/Yannai) was king and high priest of Judea from (103 B.C.E. to 76 B.C.E.). His Hebrew name ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 14:25, 18 July 2023
- name roughly means "Very Greatest King, Broad Expander of Territory ... Today, King Gwanggaeto the Great is regarded by Koreans as one of ...14 KB (2,166 words) - 12:47, 24 January 2023
- games, and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia, famous for his ... ==King of the gods== Zeus [[Image:Zeus Hermitage St. Petersburg 20021009 ...7 KB (1,101 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- including the Cave of the Divine King, Cave of the Great Kings, ... the largest and most important monasteries. King Valagambahu has been traditionally ...13 KB (1,949 words) - 18:09, 24 January 2024
- Yi Ha-eung, best known by his title as regent to King Gojong, Daewongun ... Yi Myeongbok was crowned King Gojong of Joseon in 1864, and Daewongun ...9 KB (1,510 words) - 07:43, 12 January 2024
- in an intellectual contest in the court of King Darius and thus won the king ... than a warning from God given through the Egyptian king. ...11 KB (1,713 words) - 06:31, 13 June 2023
- 9, 1513, between an invading Scots army under King James IV of Scotland and an English army commanded by Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. It ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 17:39, 28 March 2024
- I, he was a staunch supporter of the king when civil war broke out in 1642. law, which equated the authority of the king over his subjects with the ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 05:04, 15 December 2022
- Daniel at the court of Cyrus, the Persian king of Babylon near the end of ... The narrative of priests of Bel, the king asks Daniel, "Do you ...11 KB (1,817 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- between Amenhotep III and the Babylonian king Kadeshman-Enlil shows a fascinating ... of the period. Letters from the Babylonian king Kadashman-Enlil I anchor the ...34 KB (6,076 words) - 02:40, 24 July 2023
- King Gongmin (공민왕 恭愍王1330 – 1374) ruled Goryeo (Korea) from 1351 until 1374. He was the second son of King Chungsuk( 충숙 忠肅王 ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 09:05, 20 December 2022
- ), also known as Azariah, was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah ... :I will destroy the king [e] of Ashdod and the one who holds the ...10 KB (1,704 words) - 22:57, 13 November 2022
- In 1833, he was appointed professor of political economy at King& ... lecture on political economy, delivered at King's College, London, 27th ...8 KB (1,180 words) - 01:42, 14 December 2022
- War. The Norwegian forces were led by king Håkon Håkonsson and the ... since about 1100, its kings vassals of the king of Norway. Since the 1240s ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 10:04, 22 September 2023
- Kingdom during the fourteenth year of King Jinheung's reign, just ... jpg|270px|thumb|right|Pine tree that bowed to King Sejo.]] ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 21:05, 20 January 2022
- For humans, various species, such as the king colobus (C. polykomos ... species of African primates and the king colobus also is considered ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 18:03, 31 October 2023
- Gojong, the Joseon Dynasty's last king. Only direct descendants in ... A military leader in the waning days of the Goryeo period, King Taejo ...95 KB (11,477 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- a supposed edict of Cyrus in which the king names Yahweh rather than Marduk ... 539 B.C.E., assuming the titles of "king of Babylon, king of Sumer ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 02:16, 6 July 2023
- C.E., before moving, at the behest of the king and ministers, to Vijayanagara ... to that time, mentions that the King of Bisnaga used to listen ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- specifying what she was queen (or female king) of, but not so Pope Boniface ... she married Haakon, in 1363, he was yet co-king of Sweden, making Margaret ...12 KB (1,911 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- Henry III (October 1, 1207 – November 16, 1272) was the son and successor of John Lackland as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 22:21, 8 February 2022
- armies. Although he reportedly refused a king's crown when it was offered ... With the Midianites vanquished, a movement arises to make Gideon king ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- Like the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Zhou acted merely as a ... themselves dukes of the Zhou dynasty king; but now the warlords began ...14 KB (2,355 words) - 22:04, 18 November 2022
- them suitable allies for England's King Henry VIII in the aftermath ... her chair when Henry entered the room. The king reportedly took an immediate ...14 KB (2,263 words) - 04:57, 31 July 2023
- who served as royal secretary in the time of King Josiah. of Jerusalem and the execution of King Zedekiah in 586, King Nebuchadnezzar ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 21:06, 20 July 2021
- that the mausoleum holds the bodies of of King Micheon or King Gogugwon. ... bestowed by Murong Jun of the Former Yan on King Gogugwon in 354, indicating ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- Jehu (יְהוּא, Yehu—"The LORD is he") was king of Israel, 842–815 B.C.E. He assumed the throne after being anointed by a messenger ...15 KB (2,424 words) - 04:42, 31 July 2022
- Excalibur, or Caliburn, is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- to the throne of England. She married Malcolm III, King of Scots, becoming his queen consort in 1070. Her influence, which stemmed from a lifelong ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 13:25, 5 September 2022
- Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...21 KB (3,359 words) - 03:03, 8 January 2024
- of the Venerable Bede and Eadbert, the king, was his brother. These two ... In 781, King Elfwald sent Alcuin to Rome to petition the Pope for ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 05:08, 17 June 2023
- Goryeo Dynasty and the founder and the first king of the Joseon Dynasty, the final dynasty in Korea before it became a modern republic. The name 'Taejo ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 19:06, 24 October 2022
- text in English prose relating the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Le Morte d'Arthur was wildly popular in the decades ...10 KB (1,589 words) - 21:21, 30 April 2023
- The Jacobean era refers to a period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of King James I (1603-1625). The Jacobean era ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 08:05, 18 March 2024
- Later, with Ben E. King's yearning sound on lead tenor, the group ... Five Crowns, including lead singer Ben E. King, promoting them under the ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- known for his mediation in England between King Henry III and his rebellious ... of the state, and to be regularly consulted by the King. ...11 KB (1,739 words) - 23:29, 17 December 2022
- Agrippa I, also called Agrippa the Great (10 B.C.E. – 44 C.E.), was the last king of the Jews. He was the grandson of Herod the Great and son ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- Few personal details have been recorded of the great king. His mother ... The fragment from Natya-darpana mentions the king Ramagupta, the elder ...13 KB (1,823 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia c. 538 B.C.E. He ... three months after replacing his father King Jehoiachim, who had died during ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:52, 13 June 2023
- The Book of Esther is set in the third year of Ahasuerus, a king of ... Ahasuerus, the king of Persia, is married to the beautiful Queen Vashti ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- in the form of a dialogue addressed to the king Ptolemy, it was apparently ... anointed priests and teacher of Ptolemy the king, apparently Ptolemy Philometer ...7 KB (1,086 words) - 06:27, 12 August 2023
- an elite royal guard, when he helped King Jayanegara, the son of Majahapit ... Majapahit, rebelled against the Majapahit king Jayanegara (ruled 1309-1328 ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- נאמן (ne’eman), meaning "God, King [who is] Trustworthy." ... In the King James Bible, the word amen is preserved in a number of ...6 KB (852 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- #039;s house) became the Maison du Roi (King's house), the latter ... of the dukes can be seen. No duke or king actually lived here. The names ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
- B.C.E. middle chronology) was the sixth king of Babylon. He became the ... Hammurabi was a First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon, and ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 17:00, 21 January 2024
- the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, and the father of ... to the highest heaven and was replaced as king of the gods by Marduk. His ...10 KB (1,744 words) - 21:24, 24 March 2024
- The Star of David is a widely recognized symbol of Judaism, named after King David of ancient Israel, which consists of two interlocking equilateral ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- it also houses the many treasures of King Tutankhamen and many interesting ... ==King Tutankhamun== [[Image:Tutmask.jpg|thumb|200px|Golden funeral ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- two of his greatest works (Idylls of the King and Ulysses) are concerned ... Tennyson attended King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, and entered ...9 KB (1,502 words) - 16:53, 20 July 2023
- for Shakespeare's company, the King's Men. Both during his ... first for the Children and then for the King's Men. ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 06:38, 8 April 2024
- When Harald Klak, the newly baptized king of parts of Denmark, returned ... in response to a request from the Swedish king Björn at Hauge for a mission ...11 KB (1,722 words) - 05:16, 31 July 2023
- decorations, and landscape. The King, Louis XIV and his chief minister ... received the title of First Painter to the King in 1664. He was also named ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 21:28, 4 December 2023
- Afonso VI, King of Portugal (Portuguese pron. IPA [ ɐ'fõsu twenty-third according to some historians) king of Portugal and the Algarves ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 22:00, 23 November 2020
- Due its connections to royalty, it was spared King Henry VIII's ... Since the coronations in 1066 of both King Harold and William the ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598, by King Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 17:25, 6 October 2020
- On February 27, he discovered a tomb of a king, identified by inscriptions ... mentioned Psusennes I, the third king of the Twenty-first Dynasty ...8 KB (1,137 words) - 05:24, 24 November 2022
