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- (January 31, 1938 - ) reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until ... during her childhood so Beatrix followed in the footsteps of four remarkable ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- to facilitate and manage the logistics of mass deportation to Ghettos ... Born in Solingen, Germany, Adolf Eichmann was the son of a businessman ...27 KB (4,132 words) - 06:02, 15 June 2023
- among the original thirteen colonies settled in the seventeenth century (though ... The first Europeans to settle New England landed in present-day Massachusetts ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 23:24, 28 June 2022
- June 3, 1963), was elected as the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church and ... Pope John XXIII was instrumental in opening up the Roman Catholic ...21 KB (3,268 words) - 04:45, 3 May 2024
- Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal ... Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- 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
- The history of Athens is the longest of any city in Europe: Athens ... The name of Athens in Ancient Greek was Athḗnai (Ἀθῆναι ...19 KB (3,013 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- Program (ERP)), was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding ... The reconstruction plan was developed at a meeting of participating ...47 KB (7,376 words) - 19:38, 14 June 2023
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... The Republic of Palau consists of eight principal islands and more ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- , the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, is located in the ... Founded in the fifth or sixth century as a trading post, it acquired ...26 KB (3,695 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- His "refrigerator mother" theory of autism, now largely disfavored ... Bruno Bettelheim was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a wood merchant ...16 KB (2,237 words) - 04:43, 22 November 2023
- 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
- 29, 1973) was an English poet and one of the most influential poets ... Auden was a poet of prodigious talent and output, living at a time ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 22:02, 3 May 2023
- widely noted for her aesthetics and advances in film technique. Most notable ... On account of that film, Leni Riefenstahl has been, and remains, controversial; ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 07:46, 6 March 2023
- [[Image:Friedrich_II_transparent.png|266px|thumb|right|Friedrich II ... Frederick II of Prussia, also known as Frederick the Great (January ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- The Cold War was the protracted ideological, geopolitical, and economic ... and communism was popularly termed The Cold War because direct hostilities ...49 KB (7,114 words) - 22:28, 7 January 2024
- Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument that uses a reed, in addition ... Perhaps because of the ancient nature of their sound, the bagpipes ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- center-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 ... He was a proponent of the United States of Europe and, having limited ...24 KB (3,434 words) - 16:28, 29 December 2020
- The Treaty of Georgievsk ( Георгиевский трактат ... Russian Empire and the east Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti on July 24, ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 14:54, 2 May 2023
- William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province ... a precedent and my God will Make it the Seed of a Nation. That an example may ...16 KB (2,612 words) - 10:39, 11 May 2023
- An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts ... territory and its people being invaded. Some of these consequences can be beneficial ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- civil engineer, and known slave trader, of the Elizabethan age. He became ... Although he was famous for his courage in battle, he was not liked ...19 KB (3,035 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- lawyer and peace activist; he is one of several people who have been ... In 1907, following a large international conference, Henri La Fontaine ...22 KB (3,199 words) - 17:09, 26 March 2023
- Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements ... Socialism developed as a political ideology in the nineteenth century ...32 KB (4,796 words) - 23:03, 14 September 2023
- Nazi medical doctors and officials accused of criminal human experimentation ... The Doctor's Trial was one of a series of trials held in Nuremberg ...23 KB (3,287 words) - 16:13, 11 November 2021
- most recently, a historic state originating in Brandenburg, an area that for ... the new polity. Had Austria done so, instead of being excluded, history may ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- Mitsui Group is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (keiretsu ... In the seventeenth century, the Mitsui family established close ties ...22 KB (3,120 words) - 12:54, 10 March 2023
- Sir Henry Morton Stanley, also known as Bula Matari (Breaker of Rocks ... He was born in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales. His parents were not ...9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:07, 8 February 2022
- #039;a dinastia) was the ruling family of Georgia. Their ascendancy lasted ... This period of time, particularly the reigns of David IV (1089-1125 ...21 KB (3,136 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- The Law Library of the United States Congress was established in 1832 ... universal access to and the understanding of law serves an important role ...19 KB (2,884 words) - 06:58, 4 March 2023
- Sorbonne.jpg|thumb|300 px|Main buildings of the University of Paris I Panthéon ... The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris) first appeared ...30 KB (4,606 words) - 02:11, 18 April 2023
- ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ... Rome's history spans more than 2,500 years. It is renowned as ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- ) was a pogrom in Nazi Germany on November 9–10, 1938. On a single ... The Nazis coordinated an attack on Jewish people and their property ...26 KB (3,708 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent ... Many scholars argue that the U.N. definition of Southern Africa is ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- international Communist organization founded in Moscow in March 1919. The International ... The Comintern was founded after the dissolution of the Second International ...35 KB (4,964 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- The Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, ( Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres ), located in Chartres, about 50 miles from Paris, is considered one ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 00:43, 5 December 2023
- | order=General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ... | order2 = Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 22:47, 18 October 2021
- Racial segregation is the separation, either by law or by action, ... Racial segregation is characterized by separation of people of different ...23 KB (3,411 words) - 22:42, 7 December 2022
- Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich ... movements, Dadaism reflected the collapse of the cherished ideals of Western ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 07:39, 12 January 2024
- American aviatrix, considered to be one of the most gifted race pilots ... Flying Cross and the French Legion of Honor, and she still holds ...19 KB (3,058 words) - 08:12, 18 March 2024
- The Treaty of Trianon is the peace treaty concluded at the end of ... ==Frontiers of Hungary== The Hungarian government terminated the personal ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 14:59, 2 May 2023
- Diaz) (c. 1450 – May 29, 1500), a Nobleman of the Royal Household, was a ... Dias died at sea in 1550, in a storm off the Cape. Just over a century ...10 KB (1,706 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- quot;)) is the rapid and extensive spreading of a disease whereby there is ... A pandemic is simply an epidemic that affects a large proportion of ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- communist international organization working in opposition to both capitalism ... In France in 1938, Trotsky and many of his supporters, having been ...51 KB (7,375 words) - 14:35, 22 January 2023
- religious institutional power and influence in public and political life. ... mere secularism or the French tradition of laïcité, which advocates ...18 KB (2,564 words) - 23:52, 27 April 2022
- Lynching is a form of violence, usually murder, considered by its ... [[Image:Lynching-of-lige-daniels.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Postcard depicting ...23 KB (3,493 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- |Periods in Office: |October 23, 1923 to November 10 1938 ... |Place of Birth: |Thessaloníki (Selânik) |- |Death: |November 10, 1938 ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- to plane, is a heavier-than-air craft in which movement of the wings ... Fixed-wing aircraft include a large range of craft from small trainers ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical anti-war verse during ... Unlike many of the poets who had memorialized the great achievements ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 14:37, 27 January 2023
- The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine country in Western ... Not only is it the smallest German-speaking country in the world, ...28 KB (4,022 words) - 08:35, 8 March 2023
- writer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest American writers ... for the "Lost Generation" of Americans born in the 1890s ...15 KB (2,424 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 17, 1936 to April 1 ... The war started with military uprisings throughout Spain and its colonies. ...34 KB (5,051 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- historian, best known as "the father of containment" and was a ... In the late 1940s, his writings inspired the Truman Doctrine and the ...39 KB (5,908 words) - 17:04, 10 April 2023
- born conductor and composer. He was born in Berlin, but moved to several ... Growing up as a pianist and then working in operatic venues in Vienna, ...16 KB (2,368 words) - 04:44, 22 November 2023
- The Age of Enlightenment, sometimes called the Age of Reason, refers ... to establishing an authoritative system of aesthetics, ethics, government ...33 KB (4,666 words) - 04:36, 30 April 2021
- Georgian Bay (French: baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron ... Georgian Bay was the first area of the Great Lakes to be visited by ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 20:21, 13 December 2023
- is a form of traditional Japanese theater. Kabuki theater is known ... The term kabuki originally suggested the unorthodox character of this ...13 KB (1,911 words) - 16:49, 14 May 2024
- Gunpowder is a low-explosive substance that is used as a propellant ... explosives—dynamite, TNT, etc.—because of its lower burning speed, which ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
- accepted the call to pastor a Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama, Ralph ... Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King were best of friends, partners ...18 KB (3,027 words) - 00:27, 8 December 2022
- ) is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the Romanian ... for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People") ...14 KB (2,039 words) - 07:06, 13 June 2023
- The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance ... The word renaissance in French, (rinascimento in Italian) literally ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- Rosa Luxemburg (March 5, 1871 – January 15, 1919, in Polish Róża ... and revolutionary. She was a theorist of the Social Democratic Party ...25 KB (3,897 words) - 19:13, 16 December 2022
- ) was a non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of ... The six core members of the group were arrested by the Gestapo, convicted ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 17:23, 4 May 2023
- The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest and southernmost ... the North Sea on the west, and a majority of its land mass lies on a peninsula ...38 KB (5,763 words) - 21:28, 5 March 2024
- [[Image:NBC, NewYork.jpg|thumb| The front entrance of the NBC Tower ... an American television network headquartered in the GE Building (formerly RCA ...26 KB (4,061 words) - 14:41, 11 November 2022
- 15, 1891 – October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished field ... chivalry towards his adversaries. He was one of the few German commanders who ...24 KB (3,681 words) - 21:24, 20 March 2024
- The Mausoleum of Maussollos (or Mausoleum of Halicarnassus) was a ... triumph that the ancient historian Antipater of Sidon identified it as one ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 00:51, 9 November 2022
- as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes ... At times it competed in popularity with the Knights Templar, a more ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- trading state centered on the middle reaches of the Niger River in what is ... Considered one of the greatest African empires, from the early fifteenth ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:15, 4 February 2023
- 275px|An African-American man drinks out of the "colored only" ... Racism refers to various beliefs maintaining that the essential value ...36 KB (5,283 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the ... There was a second set of trials of lesser war criminals that was ...26 KB (4,019 words) - 01:19, 17 November 2022
- Persian: دربند, Darband) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia ... Often identified with the legendary Gates of Alexander, Derbent claims ...18 KB (2,614 words) - 09:48, 29 January 2024
- and playwright who became the founder of modern political Zionism. His ... from anti-Semitism and that the creation of a Jewish state was the only ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 17:56, 30 April 2023
- often hailed as the greatest violinist of the twentieth century. on audiences and fellow musicians in Europe before making his debut ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 09:58, 1 April 2024
- This bacterium, transmitted through the bite of a flea, has caused the death ... The epidemiological use of the term "plague" is currently ...29 KB (4,475 words) - 16:51, 22 November 2023
- Cornelia Johanna Arnalda ten Boom, is known to the world as Corrie ... estimated 800 Jews escape the Nazis during World War II. Born in Haarlem, ...21 KB (3,559 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- Known in German history as the second Battle of Smolensk (August 7 ... including Smolensk and Roslavl. As a result of this operation, the Red Army ...33 KB (4,843 words) - 19:49, 13 February 2023
- Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of ... Operation Downfall consisted of two parts--Operation Olympic and Operation ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- , also called Haakon the Old, was king of Norway from 1217 to 1263. Under ... a single (rather than two co-rulers) king of legitimate birth succeeded ...19 KB (3,123 words) - 23:53, 29 July 2023
- or the Mazarin Bible) is a printed version of the Latin Vulgate translation ... The advent of the printed Bible ushered in an age in which Bibles ...21 KB (3,123 words) - 02:56, 27 July 2023
- , which was made into an Oscar-winning movie in 1979. The Painted Bird was ... Kosinski was born Josek Lewinkopf in Lodz, Poland. As a child during ...21 KB (3,001 words) - 23:50, 14 April 2023
- The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7, 1571 when a galley ... fought solely between rowing vessels was one of history's most decisive ...28 KB (4,326 words) - 10:04, 22 September 2023
- who is best remembered for her portraits of Marie Antoinette, and for her ... Today she is generally regarded as the most famous woman painter of ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 06:24, 13 June 2023
- Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England ... both personally and relating to succession of the Crown and religious polarization ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
- George I, King of the Hellenes Georgios A' Vasileus ton Ellinon; ... In contrast to George I, who ruled as a constitutional monarch, the ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- The World Cup, sometimes called the FIFA World Cup, is an international ... The tournament's final phase is often called the World Cup Finals ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- sculptor, known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass ... A key figure of early Post-minimalism in the United States and one ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 04:48, 23 March 2024
- In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country ... It was given impetus by the throwing off of kings (for example, in the ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
- , also known as Kipchak Khanate or the Ulus of Jochi, was a Mongol state established ... that Batu Khan established to mark a place of his future capital on the Volga ...11 KB (1,663 words) - 18:55, 30 August 2021
- republikais), is a landlocked country in Central Europe with a population ... The eight hundred years of Hungarian oppression was openly confronted ...34 KB (4,824 words) - 22:31, 15 May 2024
- writer who is best known for his development of Christian realism. As he served ... theological ethics acknowledges the reality of human sinfulness a bit too ...32 KB (4,798 words) - 03:06, 8 December 2022
- for a train. It has no payload capacity of its own and its sole purpose ... Traditionally, the locomotive hauls (pulls) the train. In local passenger ...22 KB (3,331 words) - 07:49, 9 March 2023
- Budapest is the capital city of Hungary. It is its country's ... Budapest was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, ...27 KB (3,960 words) - 16:54, 22 November 2023
- poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature ... She was already well-known in Poland, but became better known internationally ...21 KB (2,870 words) - 22:34, 27 July 2023
- (Latin: regnum Francorum, "Kingdom of the Franks"), Frankish ... The idea behind the Holy Roman Empire was of a Christian Europe united ...50 KB (7,783 words) - 08:59, 6 October 2022
- Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and is its largest city, with ... Bratislava was a key economic and administrative center of the Kingdom ...38 KB (5,662 words) - 22:52, 20 November 2023
- von Taaffe; 11th Viscount Taaffe and Baron of Ballymote, in the peerage of ... Taaffe contributed significantly to the democratization process in ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 18:17, 12 February 2024
- Chinese rebellion against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics ... In 1839, the First Opium War broke out, and China was defeated by ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- Others suggest that Beckett was, in truth, a devout optimist who ... Beckett is a unique figure in the history of Western literature. Born ...30 KB (4,732 words) - 01:16, 21 April 2023
- Florenszoon Boeyens, served as Bishop of Rome from January 9, 1522, ... Born in Utrecht, he studied at the University of Louvain in France ...11 KB (1,609 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- was the largest contiguous land empire in history, covering over 33 million ... Eurasia, beginning with the conquests of Western Xia in north China ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- during the French Revolution for the trial of political offenders. It was ... revolutionary factions, with the passage of the Law of Suspects and the ...30 KB (4,279 words) - 19:45, 31 August 2023
- Cannes is a French commune located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes ... with monastic Christianity, although most of the city’s growth has occurred ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- Dahomey, a precolonial West African kingdom, is located in what is ... Unusual in Africa, Dahomey was ruled by a form of absolute monarchy ...28 KB (4,382 words) - 17:35, 27 December 2022
- The Strait of Magellan (often referred to as the Straits of Magellan ... sailing for Spain, who discovered the strait in 1520 during the first successful ...20 KB (2,965 words) - 04:44, 28 April 2023
- The start of the European Colonization of the Americas is typically ... Hemisphere would come under the domination of European nations, leading to ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- 28, 1925 - October 10, 2005), Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and ... While attending a meeting of the British Commonwealth in 1971, he ...20 KB (3,066 words) - 11:05, 10 March 2023
- 1995) was a Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought ... Shils believed in liberty and reason, sustained by an organic, coherent ...17 KB (2,459 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2024
- The Somali Revolution started in 1986, when President Siad Barre began ... The United Nations was involved on the ground in Somalia from 1992 ...21 KB (3,059 words) - 01:10, 4 February 2023
- The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis in the world. ... and by the year 1400 B.C.E. had become part of a powerful Mycenaean city. ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- The Tatars are people of Turkic origin living mainly in Russia but ... society and achieved prominent positions in government and in the military ...38 KB (5,622 words) - 04:35, 27 February 2023
- thumb|200px|Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper ... and politician. After leading the overthrow of the British monarchy, he ruled ...31 KB (4,911 words) - 00:22, 18 November 2022
- a Castilian military and political leader in medieval Spain. Born of the ... The nickname "El Cid Campeador" is a compound of two separate ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 02:49, 17 January 2023
- The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (also referred to as: Bosnian Conflict ... Since the war in Bosnia is a consequence of events in the wider region ...36 KB (5,522 words) - 14:58, 9 February 2022
- The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands ... people. They have been at the forefront of the cultural clash that came ...22 KB (3,240 words) - 04:40, 1 May 2023
- ) is a Japanese trading company and one of the largest sogo shosha ... quot; and "red." It was founded, in 1858, from humble beginnings ...25 KB (3,645 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is regarded ... position. Ljubljana lies at the crossroads of Germanic, Latin, and Slavic ...26 KB (3,718 words) - 07:46, 9 March 2023
- North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- organization based on common control of the means of production as ... A major force in world politics since the early twentieth century ...45 KB (6,718 words) - 00:12, 8 January 2024
- West Germany (in German Westdeutschland) was the common English name ... With an area of 95,976 square miles (248,577 square kilometers), or ...36 KB (5,407 words) - 17:16, 4 May 2023
- Sucre, which is located in the south-central part of Bolivia, is the ... Sucre is also called “The City of Four Names.” Charcas was the ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- ) spans nearly a century of political tensions and open hostilities ... ==Scope of the Conflict== The conflict is sometimes referred to as ...29 KB (4,317 words) - 20:21, 11 August 2023
- Charcoal is the blackish material consisting mainly of carbon obtained ... Historically, wood charcoal was used as a constituent of gunpowder ...15 KB (2,216 words) - 01:45, 4 December 2023
- and most prestigious regatta and Match Race in the sport of sailing, and the ... During the year of the first World's Fair, American boatbuilders ...31 KB (4,811 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- A choir, chorale, or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. A body ... "Choir" has the secondary definition of a subset of an ensemble; ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 17:11, 10 December 2023
- [[Image:A-Procession-in-the-Catacomb-of-Callistus.jpg|thumb|right ... Catacomb refers to a network of underground burial galleries, the ...16 KB (2,439 words) - 14:27, 29 November 2023
- ranking American military officer during World War II and the 34th President ... to a negotiated truce to conclude the Korean War in 1953. ...38 KB (5,775 words) - 17:24, 12 February 2024
- European exploration of Africa began with the Greeks and Romans, who ... The story of the European exploration of Africa comprises many incidents ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... /hanseatic.html Hanseatic League: Europe's First Common Market ...33 KB (4,840 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- The Baltic Sea is a semi-enclosed inland sea located in Northern Europe ... Similar to the Black Sea, the Baltic is one of the most brackish bodies ...25 KB (3,903 words) - 03:20, 17 September 2023
- British statesman, politician, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1925 ... Elected to Parliament in 1882, by 1902, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer ...21 KB (3,355 words) - 00:00, 3 December 2021
- professional baseball catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later ... Berg was a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School ...35 KB (5,251 words) - 19:35, 27 April 2024
- , 2-3. that ruled Iran from 1794 to 1925. In 1794, the Qajar family took ... Britain and Iran fought a war in 1856 over territory between Iran ...27 KB (4,140 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, and a major ... The city of Freetown was founded in 1787, by Great Britain as a settlement ...24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
- [[Image:Gamla uppsala.jpg|350px|thumb|The Royal mounds of Gamla Uppsala ... A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over ...28 KB (4,185 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- was a Spanish painter and sculptor. One of the most recognized figures ... Cubism is perhaps the quintessential modernist artist movement. In ...22 KB (3,461 words) - 10:56, 11 March 2023
- components, and semiconductors, all of which are marketed under their ... Konosuke Matsushita, almost penniless and with less than four years ...25 KB (3,633 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- Airlines vary in size and service, ranging from small companies with ... The setting up of airline services is among the most important developments ...33 KB (4,986 words) - 07:02, 16 June 2023
- (September 30, 1928 - July 2, 2016) was a world-renowned Hungarian Romanian ... Wiesel was a passionate and powerful writer and author of more than ...25 KB (3,747 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... had a long and turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations ... nation-state or ethnic groups as the unit of history, but from civilizations ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows ... The concertina was developed independently in both England and Germany. ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 2023
- Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British ... The State Rooms form the nucleus of the working Palace and are currently ...28 KB (4,475 words) - 16:52, 22 November 2023
- for CBS. Noted for honesty and integrity in delivering the news, he is ... A pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow's work continued ...32 KB (5,062 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). Since ... Grass is best known for his first novel, The Tin Drum, a key text ...19 KB (2,792 words) - 17:34, 12 July 2023
- - January 9, 1927) was a British-born author of books on political philosophy ... This philosophy would later be applied by the Nazis in their Final ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:22, 4 February 2023
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (born February 4, 1906 in Breslau, now Wrocław ... Bonhoeffer's writings, especially his book The Cost of Discipleship ...15 KB (2,197 words) - 14:34, 29 January 2024
- At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by ... The U.S. ended its occupation in part to bolster its efforts in the ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- τινούπολη) was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and, following ... history. Depending on the background of people, and their language ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:54, 16 May 2020
- – May 28, 1971) was an American soldier in World War II, who later became ... In 27 months of combat action in World War II, Murphy became the most ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 18:26, 21 August 2023
- was a British artist and sculptor. The son of a mining engineer, born in ... made him exceptionally wealthy towards the end of his life. However, he lived ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 07:50, 22 January 2024
- and dramatist, best known as the author of the novel series Jean-Christophe ... His first book was published in 1902, when he was already 36 years ...26 KB (3,958 words) - 21:37, 16 April 2023
- Guerrilla warfare (also spelled guerilla) is a method of combat by ... While some efforts on the part of guerrilla forces can be understood ...49 KB (7,286 words) - 23:47, 6 March 2023
- Socialism in one country links=no|социализм в отдельно ... than socialism globally. Given the defeats of the 1917–1923 European communist ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 18:00, 8 December 2022
- Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the ... a reed or a fipple. A woodwind may be made of any material, not just wood ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- [[Image:Pirate_Flag_of_Rack_Rackham.svg|thumb|250px|right|The flag ... at sea, or outside the normal jurisdiction of any state, by an agent without ...24 KB (3,715 words) - 06:18, 24 November 2022
- jpg|thumb|right|250px|Increasingly the world is thought of as a whole]] Globalization, as a concept, refers both to the "shrinking" ...36 KB (5,269 words) - 08:02, 24 January 2023
- ), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic ... was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917. ...46 KB (6,600 words) - 01:52, 26 March 2024
- William III of England (The Hague, November 14, 1650 – Kensington ... Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 May 2023
- from other developed nations because of its national credo, historical ... The difference is often expressed in American circles as some categorical ...29 KB (4,328 words) - 06:49, 25 July 2023
- in Moscow - January 21|1870|9 January in Paris) was a major Russian pro-Western writer and thinker generally ...24 KB (3,543 words) - 14:23, 18 July 2023
- July 12, 1989) was an American philosopher in the school of pragmatism, known ... He argued, controversially, that members of such groups as the Communist ...27 KB (3,748 words) - 14:49, 31 May 2023
- Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony and Countess ... Her contemporaries included Hildegard of Bingen, Heloise, (Peter Abelard ...39 KB (6,271 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- would use fiscal and monetary measures in attempts to mitigate the adverse ... John Maynard Keynes was the son of John Neville Keynes, an economics ...21 KB (3,193 words) - 02:29, 2 May 2024
- ), the largest city in Belgium, is also that nation's capital ... Brussels has grown from a seventh century chapel into a metropolis ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
- under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt (323 B.C.E. — 283 B ... Ptolemy I's legacy lived on in the dynasty he founded and in ...22 KB (3,249 words) - 23:34, 2 December 2022
- Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a noose ... While hanging, especially when carried out in public, is generally ...19 KB (2,904 words) - 01:19, 28 January 2022
- a famous nineteenth century American example of "miscegenation." ... + genus "kind") is the mixing of different races, especially ...21 KB (3,025 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- revolutionary. She was the daughter of a Military officer. She married ... at a young age and met Lenin as a result of her revolutionary activity ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 23:02, 10 November 2022
- The City of Halifax is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and the ... On April 1, 1996, the government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the four ...34 KB (5,199 words) - 16:57, 21 January 2024
- The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or ... until it became bankrupt and was formally dissolved in 1800, ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- The legends of Prester John (also Presbyter John), popular in Europe ... At first, Prester John was imagined to be in India, with tales of ...29 KB (4,428 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting ... Saint Helena, named after Saint Helena of Constantinople since it ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- 1651 book Leviathan set the agenda for much of subsequent Western political ... Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 21:18, 30 April 2023
- Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (January 2, 1895 – September ... After achieving a truce a truce in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he began ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 22:38, 5 May 2020
- Edward VII (November 9, 1841 – May 6, 1910) was King of the United ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince ...38 KB (5,885 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- Francisco Franco, was the Dictator of Spain in parts of the country ... Franco did not have deep political convictions, but rose to power ...40 KB (6,158 words) - 04:53, 9 April 2024
- The American Anti-Imperialist League was established in the United ... Was U.S. intervention in 1898 disinterested altruism in support of ...22 KB (3,341 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- 1492 to 1503), is the most controversial of the Popes of the Renaissance ... He was renowned for his mistresses but also for his patronage of the ...30 KB (4,978 words) - 14:44, 18 July 2023
- The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Germany and its Allies ... defeats during the summer and autumn of 1941, Soviet forces counter ...43 KB (6,775 words) - 01:36, 26 September 2023
- made from metal—usually lead. A bullet (in contrast to a shell) does not ... to refer to the loaded combination of bullet, cartridge case, gunpowder ...22 KB (3,492 words) - 18:43, 22 November 2023
- The Fall of Rome or the Fall of the Roman Empire refers to the defeat ... Some European nations saw themselves as so indebted to the legacy ...28 KB (4,463 words) - 00:34, 25 March 2024
- was the second major crusade launched from Europe. The Second Crusade was started ... to the new crusade bull was poor, and it in fact had to be reissued when ...44 KB (6,838 words) - 00:35, 6 March 2024
- The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign ... Monaco is the world's most densely populated state and second ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- and military officer who participated in both the American and French ... La Fayette served in the American War of Independence both as a general ...23 KB (3,607 words) - 06:57, 15 December 2022
- obtains thrust by reaction to the ejection of fast-moving fluid from within ... In chemically powered rockets, the combustion of propellant produces ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- The Second Italo–Ethiopian War (also referred to as the Second Italo ... Ethiopia had been the only African state to avoid colonization in ...21 KB (3,220 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from ... achievements contributed to the prestige of France, its people, its language ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- known as the Communist Party United States of America (CPUSA) is a Marxist ... In the late 1920s, the party was shaken by internal factionalism when ...34 KB (5,007 words) - 00:16, 8 January 2024
- national, ethnic, racial, or religious group of people either entirely or a ... 1900–1959), a Polish Jewish legal scholar, in 1943, from the roots genos ...35 KB (5,250 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- economic, social, and political development of developing countries. It may ... The Marshall Plan, in which the United States provided significant ...34 KB (5,026 words) - 10:14, 29 January 2024
- was an American industrialist, the founder of the Getty Oil Company. He built ... The Getty family serves as a good example of the old saying that ...17 KB (2,774 words) - 08:23, 13 March 2024
- Sicily is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in ... For much of its existence, Sicily has stood at a crossroads of international ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- Earl Hines is one of jazz music’s most legendary pianists and one ... Earl Hines was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Duquesne, Pennsylvania ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 17:33, 12 February 2024
- World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military ... The Allies were initially made up of Poland, the British Empire, France ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- The Scramble for Africa (or the Race for Africa) was the proliferation ... The latter half of the nineteenth century saw the transition from ...50 KB (7,409 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- The territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (French: ... Originally settled in the seventeenth century due to the attraction ...22 KB (3,091 words) - 20:40, 17 April 2023
- novelist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. A well-known critic of the Polish Communist government, Milosz was ...18 KB (2,685 words) - 07:32, 12 January 2024
- Inquisition, (capitalized I) as broadly used, refers to the judgment ... to the modern mindset. However, the notion of religious liberty and of freedom ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- born British media proprietor and Member of Parliament (MP), who rose from ... Ian Robert Maxwell was born Ján Ludvík Hoch in the small town of ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 01:42, 16 December 2022
- He is widely considered to be one of the greatest cellists of the ... Rostropovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR, to ethnic Russian ...17 KB (2,362 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- became an American legend for his success in prosecuting organized crime ... Dewey, a leader of the liberal faction of the Republican party, fought ...21 KB (3,285 words) - 21:07, 30 April 2023
- Sweden is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern ... develop an advanced manufacturing industry. In the twentieth century, Sweden ...40 KB (5,890 words) - 20:41, 17 March 2024
- telegraphy traffic. Subsequent generations of cables carried telephone traffic ... had introduced their working telegraph in 1839, the idea of a submarine ...19 KB (2,734 words) - 21:23, 26 February 2023
- Robert Musil (Klagenfurt, Austria, November 6, 1880 - April 15, 1942 ... As a result of Musil's background, he is an instrumental figure ...18 KB (2,958 words) - 01:45, 16 December 2022
- Amsterdam, located in the south of the province North Holland in the ... with Amsterdam at the center. The use of soft drugs was tolerated, making ...29 KB (4,176 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- and journalist, chronicled Polish history in a series of panoramic novels ... He is best known internationally for Quo Vadis, a historical novel ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 08:01, 22 January 2024
- [[Image:Japanese internment camp in British Columbia.jpg|thumb|250px ... ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other ...40 KB (5,981 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- January 25, 1982) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served ... Born in rural Russia in 1902, Suslov became a member of the All-Union ...40 KB (5,479 words) - 22:14, 30 March 2023
- June 4, 1738 – January 29, 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland ... It was during George III's reign that Great Britain lost many ...42 KB (6,393 words) - 10:46, 13 December 2023
- 1801 – October 10, 1872) was a Governor of New York and United States ... presidential nomination over Seward in 1860, when Lincoln appointed ...12 KB (1,847 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- ("oil major") with headquarters in London. The company is among ... BP began as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd., registered in 1909 ...36 KB (5,440 words) - 05:21, 26 August 2023
- London, situated in south-eastern England at the head of the River ... London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and ...41 KB (5,950 words) - 21:02, 3 November 2022
- A. A. Milne, was a prolific English author of books, plays, and poems. He ... the Pooh characters help to fund an artist-in-residence program for professional ...15 KB (2,362 words) - 06:49, 13 June 2023
- Dubrovnik, formerly Ragusa, is a city on the Adriatic Sea coast in ... It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- and powerful political and military empire in ancient India. Originating ... At its zenith, the Empire stretched to the northern natural boundaries ...32 KB (4,663 words) - 00:50, 9 November 2022
- The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg ... ), archaically spelled Luxemburg, is a small landlocked country in ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- "Sheep Islands," are a group of islands in Northern Europe ... was politically detached from Norway in 1814. The Faroes are represented ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- ) is the capital city of the Province of Milano and of Lombardy region ... The city was important for the history of Christianity as the site of ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- A graphic novel is a type of comic book. As the name suggests, it ... Graphic novels are typically bound in longer and more durable formats ...26 KB (4,043 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- and the Berlin Philharmonic. A conductor of great stature, his unorthodox ... the Hitler era. He became a cultural icon in his native Germany and was ...21 KB (3,095 words) - 11:58, 5 May 2023
- [[Image:Cannibals.23232.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Cannibalism in Brazil ... Cannibalism is the act or practice of eating members of one's ...27 KB (4,188 words) - 19:25, 25 November 2023
- "Respected Leader"), was one of the most prominent and highly ... with Nazi and other militarist regimes at war with Britain have been the ...36 KB (5,476 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- ,(died August 15, 1057), was King of Scots (also known as the King ... base from which people can participate in a global community. For much ...30 KB (4,672 words) - 14:58, 12 March 2023
- military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on ... a political association. However the Korean War galvanized the member states ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of the Greater Japanese ... During World War I, a force of Japanese destroyers supported the Allies ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- was a physicist and chemist. She was born in Warsaw and spent her early ... Mme. Curie was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity. Together with ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 04:14, 6 November 2022
- Attila (c. 406 - 453 C.E.) was the monarch of the Hun people from ... and noble king, and he plays major roles in three Norse sagas, in much ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 18:24, 21 August 2023
- was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. Born in Denmark and raised in Norway ... Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter, a trilogy about life ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 19:59, 27 July 2023
- Sales tax is a consumption tax charged at the point of purchase for ... this by charging the tax only on the final end user, unlike a gross receipts ...25 KB (4,002 words) - 01:49, 23 December 2022
- The Battle of Austerlitz (also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors ... Austerlitz effectively brought the Third Coalition to an end. On December ...32 KB (5,047 words) - 11:31, 20 September 2023
- A war an armed conflict between nations or conflicting political and statehood or the outright overthrow of the extant government. Wars ...40 KB (6,411 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- Nachman of Breslov (Hebrew: נחמן מברסלב), also known as ... The great-grandson of Hasidism's founder, the Baal Shem Tov, ...16 KB (2,514 words) - 23:00, 10 November 2022
- Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a sparsely populated ... The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by Bushmen ...17 KB (2,377 words) - 02:43, 11 March 2023
- |Born = January 23, 1910 in Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, Belgium |Died = May 16, 1953 in Fontainebleau, France |Instrument = Guitarbanjo ...19 KB (3,034 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
- Brisbane is the third largest city in Australia and the most populous ... The island nation was initially a site for penal colonies in the eighteenth ...24 KB (3,443 words) - 02:23, 22 November 2023
- coined the term "ethnocentrism" in the nineteenth century, although ... Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ... The newly created Austro-Hungarian Empire was a good example of a ...36 KB (5,334 words) - 18:41, 22 August 2023
- represent its content or origins. The act of creating a counterfeit is called ... This is especially true of digital recordings of music and movies ...20 KB (2,953 words) - 08:32, 10 January 2024
- laureate, lauded principally for a series of highly symbolic and often ironic ... Like other German authors, already in their prime during the rise ...35 KB (5,541 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- Canada. This relatively shallow body of water is bounded by Manitoba ... Hudson Bay's drainage basin includes parts of five Canadian provinces ...19 KB (2,919 words) - 12:16, 4 February 2023
- asserts that it has a substantial arsenal of chemical weapons. North Korea ... The world community left the MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) world ...25 KB (3,635 words) - 06:33, 16 November 2022
- A Passion play is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of ... elaborate and sometimes featured hundreds of actors, were highly popular ...20 KB (2,912 words) - 09:02, 18 November 2022
- Health insurance is a type of insurance that covers costs incurred ... There are many types of health insurance plans. Some are high-deductible ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 09:24, 20 January 2024
- was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean ... Many consider Ahn Chang-ho to be one of the key moral and philosophical ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, couples, or groups ... Fleming were among the most beloved athletes of their respective generations ...29 KB (4,650 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- A university is an institution of higher education and research, which ... Universities are seen as a place of great personal development, but ...28 KB (4,044 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- The Siege of Malta (also known as the Great Siege of Malta) took place ... Nevertheless, the siege should not be viewed in isolation. Rather ...33 KB (5,132 words) - 14:36, 27 January 2023
- (November 22, 1890 – November 9,1970), in France commonly referred to ... Prior to World War II he was mostly known as a tank tactician and ...41 KB (6,470 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
- for "Reconquest") was a period of 750 years in which several ... In reality the situation was much more nuanced and complicated. Christian ...48 KB (7,486 words) - 21:14, 23 July 2022
