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- 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
- 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) - 06:38, 28 February 2023
- 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
- 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
- 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
- the Palmyrene Empire as the second wife of King Septimius Odaenathus. When ... Zenobia married King Septimius Odaenathus of Palmyra in Syria by 258 ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 05:50, 13 June 2023
- The last king of the dynasty was Samsu-Ditana, son of Ammisaduqa. ... his homesick wife, Amytis, daughter of the king of the Medes, a much more ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 05:24, 26 August 2023
- Judah divided, shortly after the reign of King Solomon, which ended in 931/922 ... However, it should be noted that King David had earlier been anointed ...27 KB (4,065 words) - 16:48, 25 February 2024
- finishing his education at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge ... Following his father's politics, he was a devotee of King George ...13 KB (1,897 words) - 16:20, 25 January 2023
- came to England and lived with him in New King Street. His brothers Dietrich ... 13, 1781, while he was living at 19 New King Street, Bath, when he made ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- is now a suburb of Paris. From 1682, when King Louis XIV moved from Paris ... provided new lodgings for members of the king and his family. ...36 KB (5,934 words) - 06:18, 18 November 2022
- [[Image:Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern.jpg|thumb|150px ... leaders like Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr. and mainline churchmen ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 21:44, 30 January 2023
- performed seated (usually in royal "King Solomon" splendor). Nevertheless ... *King Solomon--1968 (Sequel) *Proud Mary--1969 *King Heavy--1972 ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 01:00, 4 February 2023
- Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461, to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period ...25 KB (3,839 words) - 16:21, 9 August 2023
- group. The talented saxophone playing of King Curtis added classic solos ... "Yakety Yak," recorded in New York City and featuring King ...13 KB (1,946 words) - 15:33, 30 April 2023
- Day. Bonfires, revels, and an elected “King Crispin” were all featured ... the parties and managed merrymaking. A King of the Bean was sometimes ...11 KB (1,816 words) - 21:47, 22 September 2022
- Mac Bethad mac Findlaích (Modern Gaelic: MacBheatha mac Fhionnlaigh),(died August 15, 1057), was King of Scots (also known as the King of Alba ...30 KB (4,672 words) - 14:58, 12 March 2023
- were famously used in the construction of King Solomon's temple in Jerusalem ... most famously used in the construction of King Solomon's temple in Jerusalem ...10 KB (1,494 words) - 23:43, 3 December 2023
- quot; in the U.S.), becoming a "king" and gaining the ability ... only jump diagonally forwards, but a "king" can also move diagonally ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 18:36, 13 February 2024
- Ranked below the King of Heaven, Hong Xiuquan, the territory was divided ... * South King, Feng Yunshan (d. 1852) * East King, Yang Xiuqing (d. 1856) ...20 KB (2,973 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- typically, it was the tyranny of the last king of this dynasty that precipitated ... the last ruler, was said to be a corrupt king. He was overthrown by Tang ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 18:50, 26 November 2022
- him the public face of Chicago Blues. B. B. King would later cite him as the ... the albums Hard Again, I'm Ready, and King Bee show Muddy Waters at his ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was a major European conflict that arose in 1701 after the death of the last Spanish Habsburg king ...29 KB (4,611 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- constitution of the state of Hanover by King Ernest Augustus I of Hanover ... * King Thrushbeard * The Little Peasant * Little Red Riding Hood ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 04:36, 22 November 2023
- Westminster School, which he attended as a king's scholar. He entered ... occurred in the chief justice ship of the king's bench, and Murray claimed ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 20:02, 24 November 2022
- Al-Qays was the son of Hujr, the last king of Kindah which is part ... character based on a much earlier real Arab king" Aymen, Br., ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 12:38, 4 March 2024
- who challenged the idolatrous ways of King Ahab, who ruled the Israel ... After having delivered his message to the apostate king, Elijah retired ...18 KB (2,908 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- found intolerable. The advent of the evil King Herod the Great is the result ... A "king from the east," probably Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon ...13 KB (2,063 words) - 05:06, 18 August 2023
- He was likely the eighteenth dynasty king "Rathotis," who ... have a nickname in popular culture ("King Tut"). The 1922 discovery ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 02:21, 18 April 2023
- the highlight of the Accession Day tilts of King Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and ... the most famous being the stories of King Arthur's knights. By ...13 KB (2,087 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- Henry was born in 1394, the third son of King John I of Portugal. ... #039;s eldest brother Duart (Edward) became king, and granted Henry a "royal ...10 KB (1,543 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2017
- verse can be traced back at least as far as the King James Bible. Walt Whitman, who was deeply influenced by the style of the King James Bible, was ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 14:59, 8 October 2022
- grades outlined in the manuscripts.Francis King. Modern Ritual Magic: The ... therefore, it had to be done on their own.King, 1989, 43 ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 14:46, 12 February 2022
- :such as no later king or man ever equaled! In the sixth century B.C.E., the great Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- Governor General Guido de Lavezaris wrote King Philip II of Spain of his ... Ciudad Fernandina de Vigan, in honor of King Philip II of Spain first born ...13 KB (1,737 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2023
- (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of England, King of Ireland ... ==Early life of King James== James was the only child of Mary I of ...30 KB (4,913 words) - 21:16, 20 March 2024
- At King's College, Cambridge between 1897 and 1901, he became ... form of a book-length letter, preserved at King's College, Cambridge ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- been practiced as the state religion by a king. The Silla king served not ... reinforcing the tradition role of the Silla king as the symbolic representation ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- During the rule of the well-known king, Hammurabi (1792–1750 B.C ... a well-documented garden that the Assyrian King Sennacherib (704–681 BC ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 20:50, 21 January 2024
- which was inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr. He is widely credited ... * Martin Luther King Peace Award, 1999McGrory, Linda. [http://archives ...10 KB (1,561 words) - 06:00, 3 August 2022
- All three probably reported directly to the king. This more evenly distributed ... throne and described Darius' legitimacy to be king. ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- In June 1791, the King and Queen made a disastrous attempt to flee ... forces marched on the Tuileries; the king and queen took refuge with ...20 KB (3,217 words) - 23:22, 28 November 2022
- The son of Herod the Great, Antipas ruled as a client king of the ... Antipas was the son of King Herod the Great of Judea by one of Herod ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 14:56, 12 February 2022
- ) was a Thai kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767. King Ramathibodi ... Phraya Taksin, who proclaimed himself king and established a new capital ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- King Kalakaua, became the first Hawaiian monarch to attend a baseball game and while Cartwright was the king's financial adviser it is unclear ...11 KB (1,661 words) - 09:07, 18 July 2023
- of the Migadāya. According to him, the king of Benares of the Jātaka ... he crossed the river through the air. When King Bimbisāra heard of this, ...15 KB (2,311 words) - 03:29, 23 December 2022
- May 1207. The pope called upon the French king, Philippe II, to act against ... following the intervention of the French king, Louis VIII, who joined the ...18 KB (2,843 words) - 05:04, 17 June 2023
- not by the clergy but by the Ostrogothic king Theodahad, whom he had bribed ... the fold. However, Theodahad (Theodatus), King of the Ostrogoths, did not ...13 KB (2,123 words) - 11:43, 13 February 2022
- *The Boy's King Arthur (1880), based on Sir Thomas Malory's ... (1881), based on the early Welsh legends of King Arthur, as retold in the Red ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 14:34, 27 January 2023
- endless warfare, he led his armies as King of Sweden—from 1611, as ... widely regarded as the archetype of what a king should be and one of the few ...20 KB (3,242 words) - 02:41, 27 July 2023
- Totila (died July 1, 552) was king of the Ostrogoths from 541 until his death. He waged the Gothic War against the Byzantine Empire for the mastery ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- KiLunda language. It was ruled over by a king called the Mwaanta Gaand or ... them to pay crop tributes to the Lundu king." Their role in the slave ...16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
- Known as "The March King," Sousa held a deep-seated belief ... Band" as an homage to the "March King" with the intent to faithfully ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 03:59, 2 May 2024
- motto had at one time been 'Make Christ King.' And this summarizes Mott's feelings. Christ was the King he served, and the fight he ...11 KB (1,626 words) - 03:51, 3 May 2024
- Israelite conquest of Canaan and the first king of Israel, Saul. Jephthah ... the reason for their attacks. The Ammonite king replies that the Israelites ...11 KB (1,778 words) - 19:50, 15 August 2022
- *K: King Henry VIII Gate (principal entrance) *L: The Long Walk ... but the Conqueror's youngest son King Henry I was the first sovereign ...30 KB (4,758 words) - 10:59, 15 May 2023
- the elixir of immortality. The naga king Vasuki helped the gods in ... die a fiery death in the snake-sacrifice of King Janamejaya. The king of the ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 23:09, 10 November 2022
- royal house, tracing their descent from King Edward III. The name "Wars ... The antagonism between the two houses started with the overthrow of ...33 KB (5,447 words) - 22:07, 18 November 2022
- Grey-Eyed King (1910) Hail to thee, o, inconsolate pain! The young grey-eyed king has been yesterday slain. That autumnal evening ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 06:43, 28 July 2023
- Legend says that King Aejang's wife suffered from a dire illness ... renovated Haeinsa for the first time. King Taejo of Goryeo, who founded ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- of Tutankhamen, popularly called the "King Tut" exhibit, attracted ... for treasure, the skull of the ancient king fell away from the body. The ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- even in the enemy kingdom, Baekje. One day, a king of Baekje invited Hwangchang to the Baekje court to perform his great skill. The boy performed ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- great Jewish leaders like Jacob, Moses, and King David at their best (2-3) ... The issue is whether or not Eleazar will obey the king by agreeing ...11 KB (1,662 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- Italian colony, Somalia. The General Assembly asked King Olav to handle this matter. King Olav appointed Trygve Lie in 1959 as mediator to resolve the ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 18:30, 2 May 2023
- comes from Mesopotamia on the Sumerians king's list, c. 2400, where ... Shinema, also chronicles a tale of an incubus king. Incubi also appear ...10 KB (1,633 words) - 19:43, 28 February 2018
- ascetic monastic order, the conversion of King Bridei (Latinized as Brude ... family's troops to rise against the King Diarmait in 561 at the Battle ...21 KB (3,411 words) - 19:21, 22 December 2022
- for his principled refusal to accept King Henry VIII's claim to ... who later served as a judge in the King's Bench court, by his ...28 KB (4,440 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- the Ghaznavid capital to present it to the king. There are various stories ... He had left behind a poem for the King, stuck to the wall of the room ...15 KB (2,389 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- inscription listing the 23 territories of King Darius I (519 B.C.E.) includes ... Gandharas and their king figure prominently as strong allies of the ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- Hercules who began the games. Having agreed to clean King Augeas's stables in exchange for one-tenth of the king's cattle, when King Augeas ...17 KB (2,779 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- proverbs of Solomon the son of David, King of Israel." However, ... It was often the custom to attribute a writing to the king or another ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 00:28, 19 November 2023
- William IV (William Henry; August 21, 1765 – June 20, 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from ...36 KB (5,444 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
- The Battle of the Boyne was a turning point in the Williamite war in Ireland, between the deposed King James VII of Scotland and II of England ...20 KB (3,207 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- The Midianites were beaten by the Edomite king Hadad ben Bedad "in the ... way. Thus, they joined with the Moabite king Balak to ask the prophet Balaam ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- into a longer Akkadian epic about the hero-king Gilgamesh of Uruk (Erech, ... Gilgamesh, the powerful but self-centered king who tyrannizes his people ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- and Ireland, the first to style himself King of Great Britain. ... Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland to King James V of Scotland and his ...19 KB (3,103 words) - 16:03, 7 November 2022
- was worshiped for defeating the evil king Kamsa and for serving as a ... prince named Kamsa overthrew his father, King Ugrasena, and usurped the ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 23:27, 12 June 2023
- ), considered as the greatest king of the Chola Empire by many, ruled ... situated in the dominions of the Chera King Bhaskara Ravi Varman Thiruvadi ...31 KB (4,346 words) - 00:09, 8 December 2022
- musicals as Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Me & Juliet, Pipe ... of Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, and The King and I in London and New York ...8 KB (1,265 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, and Nat King Cole. Another memorable stage ... assassinated), the former Shah of Iran and King Hussein of Jordan, among others ...10 KB (1,596 words) - 07:09, 23 November 2022
