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- The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, pronounced [rʌˈmanəf] ) was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia, which ruled ...20 KB (3,088 words) - 04:57, 16 December 2022
- was an American journalist and publisher, the grandson of publisher Joseph ... Patterson inherited wealth, experience, and the ability to succeed in the ...10 KB (1,527 words) - 00:44, 11 August 2022
- from Northern Ireland, and co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with ... * White, Barry. John Hume: a statesman of the troubles. Belfast L ...10 KB (1,561 words) - 06:00, 3 August 2022
- from 1926 until his death in 1977. One of the first multi-media stars, Bing ... has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of In Search of Lost ... Austria, and Italo Svevo in Italy is one of the seminal figures of Modernist ...21 KB (3,300 words) - 03:06, 6 November 2022
- committed nationalist and socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of ... O'Casey was especially associated with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin ...10 KB (1,633 words) - 17:35, 25 January 2023
- Community in 1973. With the onset of The Troubles (1969-1998) a 1973 referendum ... Following the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in 1969, the ...32 KB (4,882 words) - 18:46, 23 March 2023
- only a deacon, not a priest or a bishop at the time, by modern criteria he ... Cardinal Deacon of San Adriano thus joining the College of Cardinals. In addition ...11 KB (1,739 words) - 23:29, 17 December 2022
- wide range of subjects, they bear witness to the breakdown of relationships ... the Irish Republican Army during "the Troubles" (Ireland’s struggle ...11 KB (1,818 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- The Drifters are a long-lived American doo wop/R&B band, who helped ... Later, with Ben E. King's yearning sound on lead tenor, the group ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- The European Community (EC) was originally founded on March 25, 1957 ... While the founders' hopes for supranational identity and for ...13 KB (1,869 words) - 04:30, 23 March 2024
- pioneer, soldier, and statesman. He was the seventh governor of Kentucky ... Born in South Carolina, Adair enlisted in the state militia and served ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 04:05, 3 August 2022
- Sotheby's is the world's second oldest international auction ... bookseller Samuel Baker first auctioned off the library collection of the ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- for previous popes. He was not a member of the college of cardinals when ... native of Grizac in Languedoc (today part of the commune of Le Pont-de-Montvert ...12 KB (1,868 words) - 13:42, 3 May 2023
- (March 1, 1926 – December 6, 1996) was the commissioner of the National ... always resulted in huge forward leaps for the business of football. Rozelle ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:05, 24 November 2022
- 15, 1888) was an English poet and critic of the Victorian age. He is often ... Arnold was also a major cultural critic, and his views on the moral ...12 KB (1,996 words) - 16:55, 7 November 2022
- Kenneth David Kaunda, (April 28, 1924 - June 17, 2021) served as the ... From the time he became President until his fall from power in 1991 ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- and author. Respectfully dubbed as "The Wizard of Tuskegee," ... people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships ...32 KB (5,107 words) - 19:08, 20 November 2023
- The term "dualism" can be used for any theory according ... In the past century, substance dualism has enjoyed relatively little ...17 KB (2,604 words) - 21:17, 30 January 2024
- The Council of Chalcedon, also known as the Fourth Ecumenical Council ... Following the lead of Pope Leo I, the council sought a middle path ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 08:25, 10 January 2024
- The Kanem–Bornu Empire was an African trading empire ruled by the ... The Lake Chad area, around which the kingdom was centralized, was ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 02:36, 5 October 2022
- The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars, involved the military ... Critics of religion point to the Hussite Wars and to others conflicts ...28 KB (4,454 words) - 21:23, 9 February 2024
- historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations ... Toynbee approached history not from the perspective that takes the ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- ===Background: The Troubles=== The Belfast Agreement built on and was ... The Troubles are usually said to have started in October 1968 when ...31 KB (4,792 words) - 08:51, 27 September 2023
- of Mary I) from 1554 to 1558, Lord of the Seventeen Provinces (holding ... empire across continents, creating one of the vastest empires ever known ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- on an individual. It can also refer to the mental or emotional response ... a serious physical impact distinct from the troubles of what psychotherapists ...14 KB (2,140 words) - 16:01, 23 September 2022
- Bakar) (c. 573 – August 23, 634) ruled as the first of the Muslim caliphs ... Abu Bakr was a towering figure in the development and early survival ...14 KB (2,336 words) - 06:48, 14 June 2023
- The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as "John ... A close study of the history of the company shows how the British ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
- Baseball who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-handed power ... Nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast" by the press ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 13:10, 1 August 2022
- as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, the ... Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- The Ghaznavid Empire was a KhorāṣānianClifford Edmund Bosworth ... The dynasty was founded by Sebuktigin when he succeeded to the ruler ...15 KB (2,234 words) - 16:57, 8 December 2022
- He is widely known to scholars of Judaism as the Maharal of Prague, or simply ... The Maharal is famously associated with the legend of the golem, in ...15 KB (2,356 words) - 08:30, 12 May 2024
- and forceful singing, his powerful use of the 12-string guitar, and the ... Mosley in the title role. It focuses on the troubles of Leadbelly's youth ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- The Bornu Empire (1396-1893) was a medieval African state of Niger ... rebellions and outright invasion from the Bulala, the once strong Sayfawa ...14 KB (2,148 words) - 19:44, 20 November 2023
- known as Howlin' Wolf or sometimes, The Howlin' Wolf, was an ... *Romano, Will. Incurable Blues: The Troubles and Triumph of Blues ...14 KB (2,286 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which took effect on January 1 ... one possible solution is to allow the formation of smaller units ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 09:17, 15 January 2023
- of Jesus Christ on earth, as espoused in the premillennial and some postmillennial ... Although the term "amillennialism" was coined in the 1930s ...19 KB (2,732 words) - 07:00, 25 July 2023
- enjoyed popular success in many parts of the world and have sold over 400 ... series, including those featuring Noddy, the Famous Five, and the Secret ...16 KB (2,376 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- Unified Silla (668 – 935) refers to the unification of the Three ... Due to the north-south split during this period of Korean history ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- ) (Latin: Basilius), also called Saint Basil the Great (Greek: Άγιος Βασίλειος ... and observant nature, which, despite the troubles of ill-health and ecclesiastical ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 03:31, 1 January 2022
- sportswoman who, on August 22, 1950, became the first African-American woman ... and is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis ...19 KB (2,597 words) - 08:38, 23 July 2023
- of semi-philosophical writings survive under the title of Memoria, his more ... body and once again become involved in the troubles of the world. The worst ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- pitcher in Major League Baseball, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He ... work as a baseball play-by-play announcer on the "Game of the Week," ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
- The St Andrews Agreement was an agreement between the British and ... of communitarian violence known as The Troubles in the late 1960s. Since ...19 KB (2,877 words) - 15:48, 27 April 2023
- ) was the dynastic name generally given to the caliphs of Baghdad ... From the eighth until the thirteenth century and in some form until ...16 KB (2,377 words) - 07:16, 13 June 2023
- were belatedly recognized as some of the finest plays in the tradition ... Grillparzer stands on the cusp of the new age of realism, in which ...15 KB (2,376 words) - 05:19, 9 April 2024
- Cyril of Alexandria (c. 378 - 444 C.E.) was the Christian patriarch ... Cyril's fame as a saint resulted from his leadership in the Christological ...19 KB (2,930 words) - 07:26, 12 January 2024
- essayist, Biblical scholar, and founder of the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai ... enough ("worshiping") before the portrait of Emperor Meiji ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- made into a silent movie with Mary Pickford. The Secret Garden, called a masterpiece ... The rags-to-riches themes of her stories echo her own rise from impoverished ...16 KB (2,561 words) - 06:42, 1 April 2024
- A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland ... This essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained ...17 KB (2,706 words) - 07:08, 13 June 2023
- and biblical scholar. After graduating from the University of Oxford, Pockocke ... Islam and Muhammad. He helped to pioneer the use of primary sources as ...17 KB (2,663 words) - 15:59, 21 December 2021
- James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was a member of the ... unopposed for a second term in 1820. With the opposition Federalist Party ...18 KB (2,572 words) - 16:07, 8 February 2023
- and a Baptist Minister. He pioneered the social gospel movement, especially ... His father, Augustus, who was German went to the United States as a Lutheran ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- Alpaca is the common name for a domesticated, gregarious, high-altitude ... for thousands of years, even prior to the Incas, who raised and bred ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 08:21, 23 July 2023
- James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the fifteenth ... to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Spear as the second of ten children. The ...17 KB (2,451 words) - 21:06, 20 March 2024
- Anglo-Saxon England refers to the period of English history from the ... in the Domesday Book is testament to the troubles there during William& ...18 KB (2,773 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- Aga Khan (Persian: آغا خان ) is the hereditary title of the ... The Aga Khans are known throughout the world for their philanthropic ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 06:09, 16 June 2023
- The Battle of the Boyne was a turning point in the Williamite war ... its symbolic importance has made it one of the most infamous battles in British ...20 KB (3,207 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- This article is about the Roman philosopher. For the Native American ... [[Image:Seneca.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Seneca the Younger]] ...18 KB (2,996 words) - 09:45, 26 January 2023
- author and film producer, best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles ... to say, "Everything else can wait, but the search for God cannot wait." ...35 KB (5,701 words) - 16:50, 20 May 2024
- ; "he will laugh") is the son and heir of Abraham and the ... The historicity of Isaac's story in the Bible has come under ...18 KB (3,040 words) - 13:27, 6 March 2024
- Jeremy Taylor (1613 - August 13, 1667) was a clergyman in the Church ... The troubles of his episcopate no doubt shortened his life. Nor were ...18 KB (2,949 words) - 02:26, 1 August 2022
- ) was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first ... Godunov's life was the subject of two of the great works of Russian ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 19:41, 20 November 2023
- – April 25, 1595) was an Italian poet of the sixteenth century. He is remembered ... Italian-speaking audiences—a symbol for the "tortured artist." ...18 KB (2,976 words) - 04:39, 1 May 2023
- The campaigns of violence have become known popularly as The Troubles ... ===The Troubles=== [[Image:Ian Paisley Crop.png|thumb|350px|Protestant ...84 KB (12,511 words) - 06:37, 16 November 2022
- Gary Player, and Tiger Woods) to win all the major championships in his ... difference between them either. Despite the troubles, Gene came home his first ...23 KB (3,569 words) - 21:10, 23 October 2022
- The Book of Isaiah is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the ... In the first 39 chapters, Isaiah prophesies doom for a sinful Kingdom ...20 KB (3,308 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- (May 2, 1772 – March 25, 1801), was one of the earliest of the German Romantics ... Novalis was born in 1772 on the château Oberwiederstedt located in ...20 KB (3,018 words) - 22:15, 16 November 2022
- political writer, and poet, considered the foremost satirist in the English ... In his own times, Swift aligned himself with the Tories and became ...20 KB (3,110 words) - 19:48, 4 May 2024
- director, actor, and composer. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature ... Fo was associated with liberal and socialist causes. His most famous ...18 KB (2,675 words) - 21:43, 25 June 2022
- Stigmata (from Greek: stizo, “to prick”) refers to the five wounds ... The causes of stigmata are largely mysterious, but some observers ...21 KB (3,372 words) - 18:00, 21 October 2022
- Isaiah or Yeshayáhu (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ "Salvation is ... In his long career spanning the late eighth and early seventh century ...20 KB (3,364 words) - 02:59, 8 March 2024
- Marie Antoinette (November 2, 1755 – October 16, 1793), the Archduchess ... she was executed by guillotine in 1793 for the crime of treason. In recent ...41 KB (6,571 words) - 08:32, 10 March 2023
- The Legislative Assembly ( link=no|Assemblée législative ) was the legislature of the Kingdom of France from October 1, 1791 ...23 KB (3,164 words) - 20:20, 30 September 2023
- The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting ... The primary natural resources are spiny lobster, conch, and other ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society ... Years' War, and more recently, The Troubles of Northern Ireland. Religious ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational ... activists (an era now known as "the troubles")"At a critical ...42 KB (5,941 words) - 09:17, 10 March 2023
- from 117 C.E.–138 C.E., and a member of the plebian family gens Aelia ... succession to her. He is famous for building the defensive wall between what ...23 KB (3,703 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event ... the British Armed Forces and because of The Troubles, it is worn primarily ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed ... These wars were between supporters of the king's right to absolute ...48 KB (7,492 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- literature. He was responsible for two of the most popular works of American ... Stevenson was the man who "seemed to pick the right word up on ...22 KB (3,551 words) - 01:41, 16 December 2022
- A troubadour was a composer and performer of songs during the Middle ... The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry ...21 KB (3,432 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- 1885) was a Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba, and ... westward migration was no panacea for the troubles of the Métis and the ...46 KB (7,007 words) - 04:09, 4 November 2022
- a United States Army cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the ... his remarkable life and military career. The celebrated calvary man has ...23 KB (3,575 words) - 07:01, 18 April 2024
- |caption=Seal of the Penobscot Indian Nation of Maine |poptime=3-4,000 ... The Penobscot (Panawahpskek) are a sovereign people indigenous to ...23 KB (3,545 words) - 07:18, 23 November 2022
- philosopher, who served for many years in the British House of Commons as ... Burke was taken up by the literary and artistic circles of London ...23 KB (3,559 words) - 18:14, 12 February 2024
- and registered trademark) of Chrysler. It is the oldest Sports utility vehicle ... It was use by the United States military during World War I that brought ...24 KB (3,439 words) - 04:31, 31 July 2022
- often fearsome temperament, which earned him the nickname "The Angry Man ... Mingus was born in Nogales, Arizona, but was raised largely in the ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 22:22, 4 December 2023
- based comedy duo who became famous during the early half of the twentieth ... The two comedians worked together briefly in 1919, on The Lucky Dog ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 17:50, 25 October 2022
- and novelist. His artistry is grounded in the relationship between the sensual ... Award in 2010. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame ...66 KB (10,062 words) - 21:06, 11 January 2024
- poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature ... |title=Expressing Humanity During 'The Troubles:' The Poetry of Seamus ...80 KB (11,371 words) - 23:33, 1 August 2023
- Ginsberg is best known for Howl (1956), an epic poem about the self ... New Jersey. Both of his parents belonged to the 1920s New York literary counterculture ...22 KB (3,314 words) - 18:29, 21 July 2023
- Christian philosopher and theologian in the Methodist tradition. In 1876 ... Bowne identified the essence of a human being with the "person ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 19:41, 20 November 2023
- Ferenc (Francis) II Rákóczi (March 27, 1676 - April 8, 1735) was ... an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece ...24 KB (3,987 words) - 06:28, 24 May 2021
- "southern belles." She was the first non-American to win ... In her 30-year career she made only 20 films, most of them in the ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 17:29, 16 August 2023
- of France. British explorer James Cook named the territory’s main island ... an independent state of “Kanaky.” The troubles culminated in 1988 with ...22 KB (3,230 words) - 04:37, 11 March 2023
- a Hindu goddess, Tārā was absorbed into the Buddhist pantheon during the ... as a Buddha of compassion and action. She is the female aspect of Avalokitesvara ...26 KB (4,258 words) - 04:30, 27 February 2023
- A Copt refers to a native Egyptian Christian. The word "Coptic ... In modern usage, it is frequently applied to members of the Coptic ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 03:00, 8 January 2024
- quot;), also referred to as King David, was the second and most famous king ... The successor to King Saul, who was the first official king of the ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- writing a wide variety of plays, including The Crucible, A View from the ... Miller was often in the public eye, most famously for refusing to ...28 KB (4,477 words) - 11:12, 16 August 2023
