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- Neville's Cross, taking the Scottish King David II Bruce prisoner. ... Her marriage to King Edward III of England was arranged by Edward ...14 KB (2,233 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- The King James Version of the Bible speaks of “hellfire” and of ... from the Bible in this article are from the King James Version. ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- of rivalry between Poland and Hungary. King Andrew II of Hungary styled ... Innocent IV allowed Daniil to be crowned king, although his realm continued ...16 KB (2,454 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- plantation labor. He was acquired by Robert King, a Quaker merchant from Philadelphia ... King urged Equiano to stay on as a business partner, but Equiano found ...10 KB (1,546 words) - 00:02, 18 November 2022
- and in many respects the pawn of the French king, did retain some self-dignity ... Technically, Bertrand was a subject of the King of England, whose territory ...17 KB (2,612 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King. Despite In the Hall of the Mountain King being one of Grieg's ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- in the treatises between the English king Alfred the Great and the Norwegian ... York, defeating both the recently deposed King Osberht of Northumbria, as ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- was part man and part bull. It was kept by King Minos of Crete in the center ... elaborate maze-like construction built for King Minos of Crete, specifically ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- St Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. 1004– January 5, 1066), son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England ...18 KB (2,742 words) - 23:55, 12 February 2024
- as Saint Stephen, became the first King of Hungary in 1001 ending ... occasionally as mercenaries on behalf of King Carloman of Bavaria, King ...14 KB (1,600 words) - 16:21, 13 January 2024
- legend as the fabled capital of the Asura King Ravana in the Ramayana. Hindu ascetics founded hermitages while the king Matasiva built monasteries ...16 KB (2,446 words) - 05:50, 11 August 2023
- Alexandra was the wife of the Hasmonean king Aristobulus I. On Aristobulus ... the Hasmonean princes to call himself "king." ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 01:53, 23 December 2022
- Sir Edward Mutesa II, KBE (November 19, 1924 - November 21, 1969), was the thirty-sixth kabaka (king) of Buganda from 1939 until his death, and ...15 KB (2,301 words) - 19:37, 10 November 2022
- had been the son of the Chalukya king Kirtivarman I. Ramkrishna Gopal ... Moving further south, Pulakesi II routed the Pallava king Mahendravarman ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 23:43, 2 December 2022
- comes from Jogaila, the first Polish king of that dynasty. In Polish ... which would be translated as High King according to the contemporary ...13 KB (1,810 words) - 12:40, 6 November 2021
- ancient Korea. In 642, Yeon discovered that King Yeongnyu and some of his official ... system had been established by the reign of King T'aejo (53–146 C.E ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- his death, Coke’s papers were seized by King Charles I. When released, ... 1613, was elevated to Chief Justice of the King's Bench, where he continued ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- and was the first wife of an English king to receive her own coronation. ... Matilda was descended on her father's side from King Alfred the ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- Oroonoko, the grandson of an African king, who falls in love with Imoinda ... The king, too, falls in love with Imoinda. He commands that Imoinda ...12 KB (1,861 words) - 06:00, 11 August 2023
- special nature was recognized by the local king, Indrabodhi, who married Padmasambhava ... accidentally stabbed the son of one of the king's ministers, releasing ...11 KB (1,775 words) - 06:13, 18 November 2022
- supporter and a close adviser to Taejo(King) Yi Seonggye ( 태조 太祖 ... Jeong was a strong supporter and a close advisor of Taejo (King) Yi ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 01:06, 9 February 2023
- the Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087, and King of England from 1066 to 1087 ... He was the grandnephew of Queen Emma, wife of King Ethelred the Unready ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 11:03, 9 May 2023
- Queen Noor (Arabic: الملكة نور born Lisa Najeeb Halaby on August 23, 1951)) is the widow of the late King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan. ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 15:44, 7 December 2022
- The last one, Hoshea, was captured by king Shalmaneser of Assyria, and ... denounces the massacre carried out by King Jehu against the descendants ...12 KB (1,912 words) - 00:10, 19 November 2023
- he is portrayed as the primary deity and king of the gods. Enlil was the ... to hold the Tablets of Destiny and rule as king of the gods, while the triad ...12 KB (1,974 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- deity of justice. An inscription left by King Hammurabi indicates that his ... :O scion of the heart of Uruk, King Gilgamesh!" ===Characteristics=== ...13 KB (2,138 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
- Pope John Paul II, Martin Luther King Jr., Jacques Maritain, Gabriel ... Martin Luther King, Jr. was greatly influenced by personalism in his ...9 KB (1,336 words) - 00:44, 24 November 2022
- 1213-1259), who reigned as the twenty-third king of the Goryeo dynasty, refused ... of the Korean peninsula. Beginning with King Wonjong, for approximately ...9 KB (1,252 words) - 19:58, 9 November 2022
- purge of the descendants of Israel's King Ahab. After the ascension ... under the influence of Jezebel, wife of King Ahab of Israel. The prophet ...20 KB (3,192 words) - 21:43, 7 January 2019
- #039;s reign. Thomas was knighted at the king's coronation in 1509 ... 1536 by northern rebels who fought against King Henry's religious policies ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- Daedalus built the labyrinth for King Minos, who needed it to imprison ... Athenian-born, the grandson of the ancient king Erechtheus, who fled to Crete ...11 KB (1,708 words) - 07:41, 12 January 2024
- Edward II (April 25, 1284 – September 21, 1327), of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327. His tendency ...27 KB (4,277 words) - 18:25, 12 February 2024
- (died 651), was an Irish monk who heeded King Oswald's call to revivify ... noble youth who had been raised there as a king in exile since 616 C.E. Divested ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- Church. He engaged in conflict with King Henry II over the rights and ... Chancellor he defended the interests of the king but when he became Archbishop ...22 KB (3,489 words) - 20:22, 31 October 2022
- II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527–1576) and King King Philip II of Spain (1527 ... invitation to be the painter of his court. King Philip II of Spain and others ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 15:54, 6 November 2022
- ) (c. 1165 – December 23, 1230) was queen consort to King Richard ... of support from Richard's brother, King John. She fought for her dower ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- Jeroboam II (ירבעם השני) was the the fourteenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, over which he ruled for 41 years (2 Kings 14:23 ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 08:00, 3 April 2024
- Seoul). His father was also worked for the king, Wang Geon, and had been awarded ... Jo of Goryeo led a coup and assassinated King Mokjong; he set up the crown ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 07:45, 23 January 2023
- of tribes overthrow the Nanda Dynasty. King Chandragupta consequently ... King Ambhi, ruler of Taxila, surrendered the city to Alexander. Many ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 15:30, 28 January 2023
- September 10, 1382, Nagyszombat/Trnava) was King of Hungary, King ... fighter Lajos resembled his exemplar, King Saint Ladislaus. He shared ...19 KB (2,831 words) - 02:53, 4 November 2022
- of a righteous soldier in the tradition of King Arthur's Knights of the ... Both sources record that during the reign of King Jinheung, women ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- 1-9) is a detailed history of the reign of King Solomon as a Golden Age of ... On the other hand, the southern king Jehoshaphat, treated with less ...18 KB (2,889 words) - 21:52, 10 December 2023
- Palace in Rome, all expenses paid by the King of France. The contest was ... that of Madame de Pompadour (mistress of King Louis XV). She adored his ...11 KB (1,576 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- to India and succeeded in establishing the king of Cochin securely on his ... Mars. He was created first Duke of Goa by king Manuel I of Portugal shortly ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- books of Samuel. Jonathan, the eldest son of King Saul, was a military commander in his own right who won important battles against the Philistines ...16 KB (2,582 words) - 05:57, 9 July 2023
- by some to have been the half-sister of King Henry II, thus granting her ... about Tristan and Iseult—mention King Arthur and his Knights of ...12 KB (1,973 words) - 04:15, 6 November 2022
- of power for the Polonnaruwa Kingdom, the king Parākramabāhu I designed ... capital city in 1070 C.E. under the rule of King Vijayabahu I. He defeated ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 08:40, 24 November 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
- it to the world. Later, it was conquered by King Sumaguru Kante of Sosso in ... religious rights. It also contained the king's palace, the grandest ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 23:55, 6 December 2022
- In his advance against the Persian king, Cyrus used Greek mercenaries ... Cyrus the Great, he was the most like a king and the most deserving of ...13 KB (2,062 words) - 14:29, 20 May 2023
- with the Angevin court of Louis I of Anjou, King of Naples. John lived at first ... V; in 1446, he was on a mission to the King of France; and in 1451, he ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 19:54, 22 December 2022
- effect, declaring William and Mary to be King and Queen of Scotland on April ... ** freedom to petition the king ** freedom from a peace-time standing ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- the Chinese Tang dynasty. In 660, under King Muyeol (654-661), Silla subjugated ... King Sinmun (681-692) firmly established the throne of the Unified ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- of Solomon's son Rehoboam as king, and the establishment of ... of neighboring cities. To accomplish this, King Labaya allegedly recruited ...12 KB (1,941 words) - 21:20, 6 October 2022
- 668). In 670, he returned to Korea to warn King Munmo that the Chinese were ... immediately returned to Korea to warn King Munmu (r. 661–680), and ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- state of modern Nigeria. There is still an Oba, or king, although currently his role is mainly symbolic. The first Oba was Eweka I who died in 1246. The ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- astrologers and wise men can tell the king the content of his dream or ... are completely untouched by the flames. The king now declares that no one must ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- December 16, 2022. Mary's uncle was King Charles II; her maternal grandfather ... php?rec=true&UID=655 Reign of King William III] The Literary ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- The Pope also made use of the weakness of King Frederick II of Sicily ... the papal rights to decide whether a King is worthy of the imperial ...15 KB (2,410 words) - 19:30, 5 March 2024
- Jacques Necker (September 30, 1732 – April 9, 1804) was a French statesman of Swiss origin and finance minister of King Louis XVI. Jacques ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 23:39, 4 July 2022
- and ruled the Korean Peninsula as the first king of Goryeo. ... 皇帝) for rulers instead of a supreme king (대왕, 大王). They sometimes ...19 KB (2,644 words) - 18:12, 26 December 2022
- Hezekiah (or Ezekias) (Hebrew: חזקיה, "God has strengthened") was the thirteenth king of independent Judah in the Bible. The son ...20 KB (3,298 words) - 11:58, 22 January 2024
- forces of the Kingdom of Hungary led by King Louis II were defeated by ... counter to growing Ottoman power, Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, entered ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 10:17, 22 September 2023
- nature for people, and some cobras, such as king cobras, are popular attractions ... only 18 cm (Drysdalia) up to 6 m in length (King cobra, Ophiophagus). Myers ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 07:35, 14 January 2023
- In the Old Testament, the Israelite king Ahaziah inquired of Ba‘al ... Zebûb is a story in 2 Kings 1:2-16, where King Ahaziah of Israel, the son ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 10:24, 26 September 2023
- as The Progress of Julius, and The King's General. The latter ... York" of the nursery rhyme, a son of King George III and brother of ...9 KB (1,407 words) - 22:15, 25 January 2024
- Bahram II was the fifth Sassanid King of Persia in 276–293. He was the son of Bahram I (273–276). During his reign, most of Armenia was lost ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- tunic. Leo pioneered what became the king-making role of Popes, although ... indicating that he recognized the Frankish king, with whom Adrian I had enjoyed ...12 KB (1,984 words) - 20:06, 25 October 2022
- Turgot was to be an administrator under King Louis XV in 1772, and later ... At the time of King Louis XVI's trial, the Girondists had, however ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- such as Montezuma (1755), with a libretto by King Frederick. None of his pieces are often performed today, though his passion Der Tod Jesu (The Death ...2 KB (357 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- four permanent electors to advise the new king, in his inexperience, at the ... were assassinated in 1427 by Maxtla the new king of Tepanec, it was his uncle ...6 KB (967 words) - 16:11, 9 February 2024
- seven kings reigned for a period of 155 years. King Mingyinyo (1486-1531) founded the First Toungoo Dynasty (1486-1599) at Taungoo (Kaytumadi), far ...18 KB (2,701 words) - 04:45, 1 May 2023
- Arthur is a legendary British "king" of mythical proportions. Although his historicity is controversial, he ranks as one of the most ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab and thus Queen of Israel in the mid ninth century B.C.E., portrayed as the most wicked woman in the Bible. ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 03:03, 1 August 2022
- of stories to her malevolent husband, King Shahryar (Šahryār), to delay ... must prove her fidelity and loyalty to her king, who suspects that all women ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- the only shrine that could be so used. King Asoka was most diligent in ... in that year (the twelfth year of King Asoka's reign), the right ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- After the death of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia, who had allowed the ... Supporters of Hus became a potent force and even King Wenceslaus of ...17 KB (2,645 words) - 21:21, 9 February 2024
- In each county, the list opened with the holding of the king himself ... : "After this had the king a large meeting, and very deep consultation ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 16:43, 29 January 2024
- Crown served "at the pleasure of the King," public officials were ... engender intolerable injustice, as the King's ministers would be ...16 KB (2,527 words) - 18:47, 4 October 2023
- Allen, Buster Bailey and many others (King Porter Stomp, 1933). During ... alumni, as well as Ray Charles and B.B. King, to name a few. He toured ...5 KB (863 words) - 03:26, 29 July 2022
- order of the Queen"); meaning even the King needed express permission to enter. ... the former botanical garden of the king, the remaining facade was ...10 KB (1,468 words) - 01:37, 24 November 2022
- Images exist depicting Nefertiti and the king riding together in a chariot ... ritual or state ceremony he conducted as king at his capital at Amarna honoring ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- was reportedly rebuilt and fortified by King Solomon. Structures thought ... Egypt and the Kingdom of Judah, in which King Josiah, fell while opposing ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
- should then get permission from his king, though for obvious reasons ... * Mendis, N.K.G. (2001). The Questions of King Milinda: An Abridgement ...9 KB (1,341 words) - 02:11, 18 April 2023
- Gojong, the Gwangmu Emperor (July 25, 1852 – January 21, 1919), reigned 1863-1907 served as the twenty-sixth and final king of the five-century ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- signed at Runnymede, June 15, 1215, by John, King of England. ... a toll on a road or bridge. This pledged to the King. Today, charters ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
- Jewish faith. As God's agent—and the king's—he is empowered to ... 5), could hardly have been written by that king as it appears in Ezra, in ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2023
- *Peter IV of Aragon and his wife Leonor of Portugal, daughter of King ... *Through John of Gaunt; King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa ...18 KB (2,888 words) - 19:02, 7 March 2024
- Party in 1912 at the suggestion of American-born King O'Malley, who was a prominent leader in the ALP. ===Derived terms=== * anti-labor ...3 KB (391 words) - 16:23, 31 December 2023
- for Henry VIII of England (until the king's death in 1547), Edward VI of England (1547-1553), Mary I of England (1553-1558), and finally ...6 KB (933 words) - 22:55, 30 April 2023
- would be accurate as he gives them. was King of Northumbria from 634 until ... was written less than a century after the king's death, was profoundly ...27 KB (4,245 words) - 13:29, 5 September 2022
- from Vietnam. He urged Martin Luther King, Jr. to oppose the Vietnam ... credits the thirteenth-century Vietnamese King Tran Nhan Tong with the origination ...19 KB (2,907 words) - 18:34, 30 April 2023
- between the Ottomans and Europe. The Polish king, Jan Sobieski (elected 1674 ... and torn by internal conflict between the king Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki ...12 KB (1,753 words) - 00:14, 12 April 2023
- of Anjou, and Charles Robert of Anjou-Hungary, King of Hungary and King of Croatia (1308-1342). He belonged to the royal house of Anjou-Hungary ...26 KB (3,949 words) - 19:12, 4 December 2023
- Khitans executed. Gang Gam-chan urged to King Hyeonjong to escape from the ... 000 men. This time, many officials urged to king to enter peace negotiations ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 03:37, 6 October 2022
- (Karageorgevich) was the first king of Yugoslavia (1929–34) ... Montenegro in December 1888. His father was King Peter I of Serbia and his ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 14:24, 18 July 2023
- such as life, wisdom, truth, power, Holy of Holies, King of King, and Lord of Lords among others. Another application of Neoplatonic principles ...7 KB (1,028 words) - 08:24, 2 December 2022
- she famously traveled to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon. The city was already ... This kingdom was at its height under king Ezana, baptized as Abreha ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- * Ravana, a rakshasa with 10 heads, was the king of the rakshasas ... over Ravana, the loyal Vibhishana was made king of Lanka (Section 289). ...11 KB (1,695 words) - 00:11, 8 December 2022
- Wales, September 16, 1387, and he reigned as King of England from 1413 to 1422. Henry was son of Henry of Bolingbroke, later Henry IV, and Mary ...22 KB (3,484 words) - 15:24, 22 February 2022
- contained evidence of extensive warfare, as King Priam's Troy, validating ... army destroyed Troy at the time of King Priam, as described in Homer’s ...9 KB (1,327 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- * Luke names him as Judas, son of James, or in the King James Version: ... to the Armenians," when he baptised King Tiridates III of Armenia in ...13 KB (2,095 words) - 08:48, 12 May 2024
- Simon V de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208 – August 4, 1265) was the principal leader of the baronial opposition to King Henry III of ...26 KB (4,217 words) - 22:11, 29 January 2023
- during, and after the fall of Jerusalem to King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon ... destruction of Solomon's Temple under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon ...14 KB (2,273 words) - 19:59, 27 June 2023
- 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
- courtyards.Basil Guy and Francis Assaf, The King's Crown: Essays on XVIIIth ... * Guy, Basil, and Francis Assaf. 2005. The King's Crown: Essays ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 21:27, 9 February 2024
- The step pyramid at Saqqara, designed by Imhotep for King Djoser ... found on the site were inscribed with this king's name. From its design ...17 KB (2,687 words) - 00:23, 8 November 2023
- asks Jesus concerning the whereabouts of King Herod I, and is informed that ... preserves the less happy ending that the king, after his wife had determined ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- Liliuokalani given to her by her brother, King Kalakaua when he declared ... Paki and H.C. Konia (a grand daughter of King Kamehameha I). Hanai is a ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 15:42, 7 December 2022
- her male suitors. She unwittingly attracted King Henry VIII's attentions ... Upon his return, Wyatt, respected by King Henry due to his political ...9 KB (1,558 words) - 22:57, 30 April 2023
- King Bimbisara of the Śiśunāga Dynasty led an active and expansive ... Accounts differ slightly as to the cause of King Ajatashatru's ...20 KB (3,019 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- given the throne after the death of the previous king Amenhotep I. During his reign, he campaigned deep into the Levant and Nubia, pushing the borders ...23 KB (3,474 words) - 17:25, 18 April 2023
- There, he became well-acquainted with King Hákon Hákonarson, meeting ... by Gizurr Þorvaldsson, an agent of the king. Snorri's last words ...13 KB (2,143 words) - 05:13, 13 October 2022
- years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brhadrata, the last of the ... Following the Mauryans, the first Brahmin king was Pusyamitra Sunga ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:32, 26 February 2023
- received version, and Wenzi as a teacher of King Ping of the Zhou (周平王 ... or "Literate," comparable with King Wen of Zhou (周文王) or ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- in three languages, telling the story of King Darius' conquests, with ... floats above, giving his blessing to the king. One figure appears to have ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- made Philip V, grandson of Louis XIV, King of Spain. The treaty stated ... As Philip was not yet recognized as its king, Spain did not at first send ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 15:00, 2 May 2023
- she died, she became the first female fellow of King's College. She retired in 1971, but continued to write, teach, and supervise students until ...11 KB (1,560 words) - 02:04, 9 February 2023
- 039;s sin. As court prophet to Judah's King Hezekiah, the Bible reports ... that tell us that Isaiah was the cousin of King Uzziah, suggests he was of ...20 KB (3,364 words) - 02:59, 8 March 2024
- ) = "covered shelter." King Laxmi Narsingh Malla built that ... hippie spot during the seventies. The Shah King's Palace stands right ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 20:17, 28 February 2023
- bull calf. The shrine was thus destroyed by King Josiah of Judah during his ... drew its residents out (Josh. 8:17). The king of Bethel is listed among ...13 KB (2,035 words) - 10:23, 4 March 2023
- escaped unharmed from the catastrophe. King Joseph I of Portugal and the ... Like the king, the prime minister Sebastião de Melo (the Marquis ...16 KB (2,455 words) - 04:24, 29 October 2022
- Māyā married king Śuddhodana (Pāli: Suddhodana), the ruler of ... Queen Māyā and King Suddhodhana had no children twenty years into ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- of Scotland) against the forces of the king, Charles I of England (1600–1649 ... of Orange replaced the Roman Catholic King James II of England, he gave ...10 KB (1,440 words) - 17:22, 4 May 2023
- 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
- A friend and associate of Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil ... as great influences. Even blues singer B.B. King attended Franklin's church ...13 KB (1,984 words) - 19:15, 24 November 2023
- Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He is perhaps best remembered ...19 KB (3,042 words) - 21:42, 8 December 2022
- containing the mummified body of the boy king. The sarcophagus was of the ... thumb|250px|right|Sarcophagus of Ahiram, King of Biblos (Phoenicia) in XIII ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy. Their union, which ... by Benegar, who then crowned himself king. Attempting to consolidate ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 05:49, 15 June 2023
- The sudden dismissal of Jacques Necker by King Louis XVI brought fame ... its elaborate examination of the rights of king, of nobles, of Roman Catholic ...11 KB (1,788 words) - 18:30, 24 August 2023
- Then, because of the decree King Darius had sent, Tattenai, governor ... them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 10:18, 2 March 2024
- for the first time in over 150 years by King Louis XVI in the midst of ... the Assembly of Notables installed by the King on February 22, 1787. This ...27 KB (4,325 words) - 21:32, 20 March 2024
- crown, and a statue erected in his honor. King Antigonus of Macedonia often ... attention and was of an even temperament. King Antigonus of Macedonia, who ...9 KB (1,466 words) - 05:48, 13 June 2023
- 383 C.E. At the request of her father, King Donaut of Cornwall, Ursula ... According to this account, Ursula, the daughter of a Christian king ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- } | list1name= History | list1title = * History ** Timeline | list1 = * City of David * Second Temple Period * Aelia Capitolina * Middle Ages ...4 KB (450 words) - 00:14, 2 February 2024
- By Me," co-written by Ben E. King, is considered a classic R ... on recordings of The Drifters and Ben E. King and went on to create the ...10 KB (1,625 words) - 08:02, 3 April 2024
- Empress Myeogseong (October 19, 1851 – October 8, 1895), also known as Queen Min, married to King Gojong, the 26th King of the Joseon Dynasty ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- eclipse that put an end of the battle between King Alyattes of Lydia and King Cyaxares of Media. Both Xenophanes and Diogenes Laertius also noted this event. ...7 KB (978 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- of the powerful Long Juju oracle, the Aro King, Chiefs, and High Priests. defeated. The office of the Eze-Aro, or King, continues and he is constitutionally ...15 KB (2,314 words) - 03:57, 15 August 2023
- The monumental Delhi gate served as the king's formal gate. Because ... *Naubat Khana (Drum House) - a place where the king's musicians ...12 KB (1,823 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
- work eventually found its way into the King James Version (or Authorized ... VIII's divorce. This resulted in the king's wrath being directed ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- "son of Beor," who was hired by King Balak of Moab to curse the ... kings on this side of the Jordan: Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king ...16 KB (2,754 words) - 04:16, 11 January 2023
- along the African coast for many years. The King of Portugal asserted that ... even if east of the line. The Portuguese King John II was not pleased with ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- of Pacific salmon, walleye pollock, red king crab, Pacific cod, Pacific ... *King Island *St. Matthew Island *Karaginsky Island Regions of the ...15 KB (2,176 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- came about in 12 C.E., when the Parthian King Vonones I was exiled from ... Artabanus, in which he was recognized as king and friend of the Romans. ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 03:59, 15 August 2023
- considerations—not least of all the King's desire to obtain a ... of one of the students. Coincidentally, King Henry VIII was visiting the ...22 KB (3,583 words) - 21:06, 30 April 2023
- Matthias Corvinus (Matthias the Just) (February 23, 1443 – April 6, 1490) was king of Hungary and Croatia, ruling between 1458 and 1490. Corvinus ...23 KB (3,564 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- founded as Israel's capital by King Omri in the early ninth century ... northern Kingdom of Israel, was built by King Omri in the seventh year of ...17 KB (2,670 words) - 02:05, 23 December 2022
- Dāʾūd "Beloved"), also referred to as King David, was the second and most famous king of ancient Israel, as well as the most mentioned figure ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- Zululand in 1887, although the office of king continued to be recognized ... allowed to return to Zululand, to be reinstated as king. ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 06:15, 13 June 2023
- enemies and sent into exile. In 278 B.C.E., King Chu was captured, and the ... them all. According to legend, the Chu king fell under the influence of ...16 KB (2,703 words) - 07:48, 3 July 2022
- a government job for him working for the king in Calais in 1531. ... quickly caught the attention of the King, who had never developed an ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 16:15, 3 December 2023
- of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, and proclaimed king on March 26, 1881, with the ... also a foreigner, had been installed as the king of Greece after independence ...26 KB (4,057 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
- John (December 24, 1166 – October 18, 1216) reigned as King of England from April 6, 1199, until his death. He succeeded to the throne as the ...28 KB (4,489 words) - 17:02, 4 May 2024
- two main temples: one to Baal the "king of the gods," and one ... correspondence from Ugarit: one letter from King Ammittamru I and his queen ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- He left a legacy as an able and just king, promoting commerce and ... The king of Urayur Ilancetcenni married a Velir princess from Azhundur ...14 KB (1,806 words) - 20:57, 26 March 2024
- In the late sixth century B.C.E., King Josiah of Judah initiated a ... Samuel shared a sacrificial meal with the future king Saul at a high ...15 KB (2,332 words) - 22:24, 2 May 2024
- from, what he named after the legendary King Minos, the Minoan Civilization ... Following the Greek legend of the Cretan King Minos and the beast called ...10 KB (1,447 words) - 12:20, 7 November 2021
- revolt under Pharnaces, another of the old king's sons. After the death ... Roman name Tiberius Julius from an earlier king Tiberius Julius Aspurgus. ...15 KB (2,433 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- the estate around the Hunyad Castle from King Sigismund, in 1409, ennobled ... appreciated his qualities. (He also was the King's creditor on several ...19 KB (2,971 words) - 07:01, 8 April 2024
- beyond the jurisdiction of secular law. King Henry III rebuked him twice ... was empaneled to consider a demand from the king for a financial subsidy from ...16 KB (2,394 words) - 05:05, 15 December 2022
- again. Thus it was my chance to see the King beheaded at White Hall, and ... into four quarters to be disposed of at the King’s pleasure.”Capitol Punishment ...18 KB (2,928 words) - 19:19, 14 August 2020
- Saul (or Sha'ul) (Hebrew: שָׁאוּל, meaning "given" or "lent") was the first king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel ...26 KB (4,275 words) - 17:04, 23 December 2022
- governor, Zerubbabel, the descendant of King David who supervised the rebuilding ... comes into the story, a descendant of King David appointed by Darius ...16 KB (2,596 words) - 13:06, 13 February 2024
- (or a former general) of the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I, but the two kings ... by Demetrius, the son of Euthydemus the king of the Bactrians; and they ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 04:28, 9 November 2022
- of the Ostrogoths but was later executed by King Theodoric the Great on suspicion ... apart, and he was employed by the Gothic king of Italy at Ravenna, Theodoric ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- that penalty. In Shakespeare's play King Lear (c. 1600), when the king ... for treason (except for assassinating the king), another rule which has been ...14 KB (2,143 words) - 12:38, 18 April 2023
- "bed of justice" upon which the king of France reclined when he ... or larger frames (such as for queen- and king-sized beds), the bed frame ...23 KB (3,768 words) - 10:19, 26 September 2023
- George II (George Augustus; 10, November 1683 – October 25, 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- the region, the most famous Amorite king being the great Hammurabi. ... The Akkadian king Naram-Sin records campaigns against the Amorites ...16 KB (2,552 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
- Theodoric the Great (454 – August 30, 526), known to the Romans as Flavius Theodoricus, was king of the Ostrogoths (471-526), Bernard Grun, ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 18:00, 30 April 2023
- Agrippa II (b. 27/28 C.E.), was a Roman client king who sided with Rome against his Jewish countrymen during the First Jewish War of 66-73. The ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- In Thailand, Father's Day is set as the birthday of the king. Thus, Father's Day has been celebrated on December 5, the birthday of ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 12:56, 21 January 2023
- was traditionally believed to have been King Solomon because of unmistakable ... source=Bible|version=King James|book=Genesis|chapter=3|verse=19 ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 18:44, 20 November 2023
- writer in history. Identified as a daughter of King Sargon I, she was appointed high priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sîn) in his holy city of Ur. ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- often depicted as a humanoid, dressed in a king's costume, but with a ... dedicated to their local "dragon king." In times of drought ...21 KB (3,271 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- Blanche of Castille, regent for the future king Louis, sent troops to quiet ... In 1244, King Louis suffered from a fever that brought him near to ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 15:20, 14 May 2023
- descent of the Ganga Ganges River from heaven. King Sagara (Ocean) of Ayodhya, an ancestor of Rama, had performed the Aswamedha sacrifice ninety-nine ...11 KB (1,609 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- in part to Kyd include Soliman and Perseda, King Leir and Arden of Feversham ... and to resolve their dispute they visit the king of Spain. The king devises ...12 KB (1,976 words) - 21:20, 30 April 2023
- to inspire the daughter and son-in-law of King Gundaphorus to abstain from ... Moving to the neighboring realm of a certain King Misdaeus, Thomas ...27 KB (4,575 words) - 05:44, 15 June 2023
- intervention preventing a Gentile king from entering the Temple of ... to trample them to death. However, the king oversleeps and fails to give ...9 KB (1,497 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- increased, and in 991 the Anglo-Saxon king of England Aethelred II agreed ... When the Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor died a few years later ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- 1217, the full title of the dynasty became King of the land of Rascia, Doclea ... * Stefan (Uroš IV) Dušan (Dušan the Mighty) (1331-1355), King of ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 18:44, 7 February 2024
- Russia’s prior consent. Effectively, the king was the Russia's governor ... Hand Army and son-in-law of the Georgian king, and Adjutant-General Garsevan ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 14:54, 2 May 2023
- children, including his heir, the bi-sexual king spent more time with his male ... , to King Philip IV of France and Queen Jeanne of Navarre, and the ...25 KB (3,939 words) - 02:58, 8 March 2024
- would be promised in marriage to the later King Louis XVI of France. After ... Emperor from 1765; Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and King of Bohemia ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- Babylon and Ur, Cyrus identifies himself as King of Iran, where he reigned ... led to an underappreciation of this Persian king's contribution to democratic ...22 KB (3,584 words) - 07:28, 12 January 2024
- Either Rakai Pikatan, king of the second Mataram dynasty, or Balitung ... Candi Perwara had been offered to the king as a sign of devotion. The ...15 KB (2,259 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- the sovereignty of his principalities to king Frederick William II of Prussia. ... the sovereignty of his principalities to king Frederick William II of Prussia. ...30 KB (4,097 words) - 18:41, 7 February 2024
- behavior. Ascription of divinity to the king strengthened his ability to ... and trade. The surplus wealth enabled the King to build these massive monuments ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 00:04, 18 November 2022
- converted a brother of the Persian King Shapur (241-272) to his teaching ... 241 C.E., and to have converted a Buddhist king, the Turan Shah of India. ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- Gediminas (c. 1275 – 1341) was the monarch of medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the title of Grand Duke, but more correctly High King ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 06:32, 18 April 2024
- * The mention of the "Yona king Antiochus" in the Edicts ... * The mention of the "Yona king Antialcidas" in the Heliodorus ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- made based on the position of the tomb of King Mun-mu (30th King), who unified ... 039;onwang (Protecting the Country Heavenly King), Tanmn Ch'onwang (Many ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- the god Nergal, who became her husband and king. Sometimes her name is given ... affair and ultimate submission to Nergal as her king. ==Origins== ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- who commissioned Jeroboam I to become the king of Israel in opposition to ... During the reign of King Saul, Eli's descendants Ahimelech and ...16 KB (2,424 words) - 14:11, 27 January 2023
- The three Theban Plays, or the Oedipus cycle, Oedipus the King (also ... ===Oedipus the King=== Oedipus the King (also known as Oedipus Rex ...23 KB (3,721 words) - 01:18, 4 February 2023
- her brother's will, the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus. She bore ... heir, Queen Maria Eleonora disappointed the king, who needed a legitimate son ...22 KB (3,602 words) - 04:10, 6 November 2022
- B.C.E. In 305 B.C.E., he declared himself King Ptolemy I, later known as ... son of Ptolemy I Soter. Eventually became king of Macedon. ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 23:33, 2 December 2022
- His career began when President Charles D.B. King heard him speak at a Masonic gathering and openly praised Tubman's intelligence. King ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
- a particularly famous native son in King Herod the Great and his royal ... During the Exodus, when the king of Edom refused to allow the Israelites ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 21:09, 8 August 2023
- to Kaidu, Prince of the Tatars, to the King of Armenia and to the Patriarch ... of John of Montecorvino was a Nestorian king named George, allegedly of ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- over the Palatine Academy at the invitation of King Charles the Bald. The reputation of this school seems to have increased greatly under Eriugena ...10 KB (1,486 words) - 15:09, 1 August 2022
- Amlak defeated and killed the last Zagwe king in battle. The name of the ... was that of brother succeeding brother as king, based on the Agaw laws of ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 04:35, 22 March 2024
- twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Serving King Henry II of England in many different ways, Walter was elected Bishop of Salisbury shortly after ...34 KB (5,307 words) - 23:24, 17 January 2024
- From Thrace he moved to the court of Polycrates, King of Samos. He is said to have acted as tutor to Polycrates; that he enjoyed the king's ...9 KB (1,478 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- The king wanted Jajang to serve as a minister in the court, rather ... Rebuilt in 1601 during the reign of King Sonjo. National Treasure #144. ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- practiced surgery, serving as surgeon to King Louis XV and his mistress ... de Pompadour, influential mistress of King Louis XV. Elected to the Academy ...15 KB (2,179 words) - 03:39, 4 June 2021
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury. King Henry IV passed the De heretico ... Sir John Oldcastle, a close friend of King Henry V was brought to trial ...12 KB (1,874 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- of the whole kingdom under a single king. Leadership among the early ... The Merovingian king was the master of the spoils of war, both movable ...14 KB (2,134 words) - 16:14, 9 November 2022
- II. He also reportedly anointed the young King Alfred the Great of England. ... he anointed and blessed the five-year-old King Alfred the Great of Wessex ...11 KB (1,773 words) - 09:41, 24 November 2022
- According to the Samguk Sagi, King Onjo, who led a group of people ... the new kingdom of Goguryeo. Jumong became King Dongmyeongseong, and had two ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- James II of England (also known as James VII of Scotland; October 14, 1633 – September 16, 1701) became King of England, King of Scots, and ...32 KB (4,831 words) - 21:40, 8 February 2024
- Because King Solomon was led by his wives and concubines to worship idols, the united kingdom of Israel was divided upon his death, having lasted ...3 KB (603 words) - 20:15, 17 May 2023
- was granted in 1968. The death of King Sobhuza in 1982 led to the ... is reflected in the status accorded to the King and Queen Mother, in a unique ...20 KB (2,991 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- Ericson reportedly became a Christian, and King Olaf I of Norway asked him ... of that time. He also entered the service King Olaf Tryggvason, who may have ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- which received its Royal Charter from the King of Denmark in 1827. It remains ... King Fredeick IV of Denmark was interested in the "well-being ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- earth Goddess. Her discoverers were Janaka, king of Mithila (Modern day Janakpur ... find the best match for his daughter Sita, King Janaka presented all would ...19 KB (3,150 words) - 22:35, 29 January 2023
- In 1922, Reith suggested that King George V should use the new medium of radio to speak to the nation as one family. The King declined as he ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 00:36, 10 February 2023
- In the twelfth century, King Richard the Lionheart enclosed the White ... as early as 1204 during the reign of King John, and probably stocked ...20 KB (3,219 words) - 04:47, 1 May 2023
- George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George) (December 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from ...35 KB (5,207 words) - 21:42, 8 February 2024
- 35-39 provide historical material about King Hezekiah and his triumph of ... Isaiah prophesied to King Ahaz of Judah that the northern alliance ...20 KB (3,308 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- from 1690 to 1695 and matriculated at King's College, Cambridge ... neighboring but more important borough of King's Lynn, a constituency ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 00:47, 29 November 2022
- George I, King of the Hellenes Georgios A' Vasileus ton Ellinon; December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913) was King of Greece from 1863 to 1913 ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- The siege of Sparta took place in 272 B.C.E. and was a battle fought between Epirus, led by King Pyrrhus, ( r.|reigned 297–272 B.C.E.) and an ...24 KB (3,591 words) - 22:02, 26 February 2024
- In Greek mythology, Uranus is the personification of the sky and the very first king of the gods. He was the son and husband of Gaia, Mother ...9 KB (1,482 words) - 13:41, 3 May 2023
- these five major judges and one shortlived king (Abimelech), with other minor ... into a national federation with its own king. The figure of Abimelech, ...19 KB (3,100 words) - 00:20, 19 November 2023
- "lord," specifically a conquering king) was the title giving rise ... lords, fumos, usually relatives of the king, were appointed to administer ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 23:43, 21 October 2023
- that at the time clashed with that of the King of the French, Louis-Philippe. ... Louis-Philippe became the so-called citizen King. However, he retained quite ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 09:45, 29 January 2024
- ====King James Only==== Another belief, King James Only, holds that the translators of the ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 03:41, 1 October 2023
- in metal-work reached the ear of King Nidud, the local sovereign ... to do but plot revenge. First, he lured King Nidud's two young sons ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- accession to the English throne in 1603, King James announced his intention ... which was dissolved by the restoration of King Charles II of England. Scottish ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- quot; (God Almighty), and the Canaanite king Melchizedek shared a sacramental ... as Sabaoth, a form that was used in the King James Version of the Bible ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 01:12, 11 November 2022
- Chamberlain's Men, later called the King's Men, to which Shakespeare ... waving in the wind advertised plays by the King's company, and all about ...14 KB (2,143 words) - 08:02, 24 January 2023
- to become one of the closest advisors of King Henry VII; he viciously satirized ... poem presumably on the proper role of a king. By 1500 Skelton had achieved ...13 KB (2,070 words) - 07:50, 3 August 2022
- Philip IV (1268 – November 29, 1314), called the Fair (French: le Bel), son and successor of Philip III, reigned as King of France from 1285 ...23 KB (3,671 words) - 22:38, 28 March 2023
- from Spain because of his opposition to King Ferdinand VII's policies ... in Spain against the new monarchy of King Ferdinand VII who had returned ...15 KB (2,102 words) - 16:30, 9 November 2022
- King Frederick VI of Denmark originally granted a Royal Charter giving ... at the time of the founding of the college, King Frederick VI, the King of ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- Alfonso VIII (November 11, 1155 – October 5, 1214), called the Noble or Él de las Navas, was the King of Castile from 1158 to his death and ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 06:52, 20 July 2023
- Possessing the Tooth of Buddha sealed a king's authority to rule. ... Historical records suggest that King Wickramabahu (1357-1374 C.E. ...14 KB (1,979 words) - 07:07, 28 February 2023
- leader, Odoacer, after the latter became king of Italy in 476. Simplicius ... Augustulus. Odoacer assumed the title of king of Italy. ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 11:44, 13 February 2022
- American Revolution. They were also called Tories, King's Men, or Royalists. Those Loyalists who left and resettled in Canada called themselves the ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 04:14, 4 November 2022
- first by Big Joe Turner and later by B.B. King, whose version of "Sweet ... of soul music, with artists such as Ben E. King, Solomon Burke, Otis Redding ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 06:54, 16 June 2023
- ruled by a form of absolute monarchy. The king was surrounded by an assemblage ... the ultimate expression of authority, the king of the Fon came to embody ...28 KB (4,382 words) - 17:35, 27 December 2022
- font-size:larger;" | His Majesty King Edward VI |- ... Edward VI (October 12, 1537 – July 6, 1553) became King of England ...24 KB (3,796 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- of the island of Scandza with Berig, their king, sailing in only three ships ... Their first named king, Fastida, stirred up his quiet people to enlarge ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 04:34, 30 November 2022
- House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. George was King of the United Kingdom and ... When George's father, King Edward VII died in 1910, he became ...39 KB (5,812 words) - 13:04, 14 November 2022
- of France and Belgium. This is a kind of king cake, with a trinket or a ... during which it is customary to bake King Cakes, similar to the Rosca ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 19:09, 13 February 2024
- ruled the area directly as a Roman client king until his death around 4 B ... was whether he considered himself to be the King of the Jews, and thus a political ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 20:06, 9 April 2023
- of the great Tarim River basin. The Kuchan king either knew the reputation ... renowned Buddhist teacher and cousin of the king, instructed Kumarajiva in ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
