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- #REDIRECTPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ...45 bytes (6 words) - 14:06, 9 April 2021
- Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name. Nestled in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, this maritime province ...27 KB (3,922 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, KBE (January 17, 1933 – May 12, 2003), served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1978 ...29 KB (4,230 words) - 22:56, 30 November 2022
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark June 10, 1921 – April 9, 2021) was a member of the British royal ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
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- Frederick I of Prussia (July 11, 1657 – February 25, 1713) of the Hohenzollern dynasty was elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and the first ...6 KB (831 words) - 00:44, 8 October 2022
- #REDIRECTPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ...45 bytes (6 words) - 14:06, 9 April 2021
- Court Jew is a term for Jewish leaders who rose to positions of influence in Christian European noble houses. The first historical examples of ...12 KB (1,873 words) - 20:25, 28 May 2020
- The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of Prince-electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania. It originated ...30 KB (4,097 words) - 18:41, 7 February 2024
- The Diet of Worms (Reichstag zu Worms) was a general assembly (a Diet) of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire that took place in Worms, a small ...7 KB (1,119 words) - 14:32, 29 January 2024
- The Peace of Westphalia refers to the pair of treaties (the Treaty of Münster and the Treaty of Osnabrück) signed in October and May 1648 which ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 19:34, 15 August 2023
- (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from June 11, 1727 until his death. He was the last British monarch to ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- Joseph von Fraunhofer (March 6, 1787 – June 7, 1826) was a German optician who was the first to study and classify the dark lines that appear ...10 KB (1,534 words) - 02:14, 11 August 2022
- Nicola (Antonio) Porpora (August 17, 1686 – March 3, 1768) was an Italian composer of baroque operas and opera seria. He was also a teacher ...5 KB (709 words) - 23:33, 14 November 2022
- 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
- The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Second Battle of Höchstädt) was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession ...50 KB (7,770 words) - 11:32, 20 September 2023
- Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (November 11, 1599 – March 28, 1655) was a German princess and queen consort of Sweden. She was the daughter ...22 KB (3,602 words) - 04:10, 6 November 2022
- Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, prince and landgrave of the House of Hesse (May 1, 1868 – May 28, 1940), was the brother-in-law of the ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- Nangklao (Rama III), or King Jessadabodindra (full royal name Prabath Somdej Pra Paramadhiwarasetha Maha Jessadabodindra Siammintarawirodom Borommadha ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- Johannes Pfefferkorn (1469 – 1523) was a German-Jewish convert to Catholicism who became a famous anti-Jewish polemicist. After associating ...12 KB (1,811 words) - 07:19, 5 April 2024
- in 1615 to work as court composer to the Prince-elector of Saxony. He held his Dresden post until the end of his life (sowing the seeds of what ...6 KB (981 words) - 08:32, 21 January 2024
- of James I of England). Incidentally, the Prince-Elector had control of the Rhenish Palatinate, a state along the Rhine that Spain sought to acquire ...41 KB (6,305 words) - 18:37, 30 April 2023
- Gwanghaegun or Prince Gwanghae (1574 – 1641) was the fifteenth king of the Joseon Dynasty. His personal name was Yi Hon (李琿). He came to ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- Monarchs in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea are descended from Emperor Taejo of the Jeonju Lee lineage. Joseon Monarchs ruled Korea for 500 years ...95 KB (11,477 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- Empress Suiko (推古天皇 Suiko Tennō) (554 C.E. – April 15, 628 C.E.)April 15, 628 C.E. corresponds to the Seventh Day of the Third Month ...9 KB (1,420 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- Anne of Cleves (September 22, 1515 – July 16, 1557) (German: Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg) was the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England from ...14 KB (2,263 words) - 04:57, 31 July 2023
- Cai Lun ( t=蔡倫|s=蔡伦|p=Cài Lún|w=Ts'ai Lun ) (ca. 50–121 C.E.), courtesy name Jingzhong (敬仲), is conventionally regarded as ...11 KB (1,768 words) - 23:46, 12 January 2023
- Anne (February 6, 1665 – August 1, 1714) became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland on March 8, 1702, succeeding William III and II. Her ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
- Árpád (c. 845 – c. 907) was the second Grand Prince of the Magyars (c. 895 – c. 907). Under his rule the Magyar people moved from Etelkoz ...14 KB (1,600 words) - 16:21, 13 January 2024
- Taejong (1367-1422, r. 1400-1418) the third king of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and the father of King Sejong the Great, did not take the throne ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 19:15, 24 October 2022
- Imperial Diet to Brandenburg-Prussia. Since the prince-elector guaranteed Saxony's religious status quo, Augustus's conversion alienated some ...20 KB (2,966 words) - 06:08, 3 August 2023
- George III (George William Frederick; June 4, 1738 – January 29, 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from October 25, 1760 ...42 KB (6,393 words) - 10:46, 13 December 2023
- , or "Maud" as she was known to all who were close to her, is one of Canada's most beloved authors. A writer of poetry, short ...12 KB (1,894 words) - 02:29, 5 November 2022
- Cao Pi (Ts'ao P'ei.曹丕, 187-June 29, 226 [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2&dyna=%ABe%C3Q&king=%A4 ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 19:30, 25 November 2023
- King Cheoljong (1831 - 1863) (r. 1849-1863) was the 25th king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. Cheoljong was only a very distant relative of his ...11 KB (1,646 words) - 07:55, 13 January 2023
- Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (Russian: Алексей Константинович Толстой; September 5|1817|August 24 – ...7 KB (1,141 words) - 05:10, 17 June 2023
- Saint Alexander Nevsky (Алекса́ндр Яросла́вич Не́вский in Russian; transliteration: Aleksandr Yaroslavich Nevskij ...15 KB (2,202 words) - 14:33, 18 July 2023
- Melodeons are very small pressure type reed organs, sometimes called "lap organs," which were built in the United States around 1840 ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- Category:Public [[Image:James I of England by Daniel Mytens in 1621.jpg|thumb|250px|James I wore the insignia of the Order of the Garter for the ...30 KB (4,913 words) - 21:16, 20 March 2024
- The Daoguang (Tao-kuang) Emperor (Daoguang (reign name, or nien-hao), personal name Min-ning, posthumous name (shih) Ch'eng-Ti, temple name ...12 KB (1,653 words) - 19:28, 21 August 2020
- Taejo of Goryeo (877-943, r. 918-943 Combining his rule of Taebong and Goryeo. He only established Goryeo in 936. ), the founder of the Goryeo ...14 KB (1,907 words) - 02:50, 27 February 2023
- "Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 00:39, 8 December 2022
- Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Гаври́ла Рома́нович Держа́вин, July 14, 1743 – July 20, 1816) was Russia's finest ...6 KB (907 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin ( Александр Порфирьевич Бородин , Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin) (October 31/November ...8 KB (1,152 words) - 08:55, 18 July 2023
- Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great (c. 958 – July 15, 1015, Berestovo), also known as Saint Vladimir of Kiev, was the grand prince of Kiev who ...12 KB (1,795 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- . [[image:Heinrich der Seefahrer.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Henry the Navigator]] Henry the Navigator (1394 - 1460) was the third son of John I of ...10 KB (1,543 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2017
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ( [ɑ̃twan də sɛ̃.tɛg.zy.pe.ʀi] ) (June 29, 1900 – presumably July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator ...18 KB (2,919 words) - 06:45, 31 July 2023
- The Jacobean era refers to a period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of King James I (1603-1625). The Jacobean era ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 08:05, 18 March 2024
- Emperor Gao (256 B.C.E. or 247 B.C.E. – June 1, 195 B.C.E.), commonly known inside China as Gaozu ( c=高祖|p=Gāozǔ , Wade-Giles: Kao Tsu ...17 KB (2,890 words) - 20:34, 31 December 2021
- Prussia Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Old Prussian: Prūsa) was, most recently, a historic state originating in Brandenburg, an area that for centuries ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- Mongkut (Rama IV of Siam) (October 18, 1804 – October 1, 1868), was king of Siam (Thailand) from 1851 to 1868. Historians have widely regarded ...12 KB (1,824 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- Taejo of Joseon (1335-1408; r. 1392-1398), born Yi Seonggye, was the main figure in overthrowing the Goryeo Dynasty and the founder and the first ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 19:06, 24 October 2022
- Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – June 19, 1312) was the favorite, and possibly lover, of King Edward II of England. A Gascon ...19 KB (3,020 words) - 22:48, 28 March 2023
- Christina Georgina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 – December 29, 1894) was a Victorian era English poet. Her family was artistically talented and ...11 KB (1,551 words) - 21:11, 10 December 2023
- Murasaki Shikibu (c. 978, Kyoto — c. 1014 or 1031 Kyoto), Japanese novelist and lady-in-waiting in the imperial court at the height of the ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- Emperor Kangxi of China, also known as K'ang-hsi, May 4, 1654 – December 20, 1722) was the fourth Emperor of China of the Manchu Qing ...20 KB (3,209 words) - 02:38, 5 October 2022
- Phuttaloetla Nabhalai, Rama II, now known as Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (February 24, 1767 – July 21, 1824), was the son of King Rama I and Queen ...9 KB (1,378 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- Berlin is the capital city and one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of ...35 KB (5,027 words) - 11:02, 28 September 2023
- Heike (平家) or Taira (平) or Heishi (平氏) is a Japanese clan name. Along with Minamoto, Taira was a hereditary clan name bestowed by the ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 08:27, 21 January 2024
- The Danegeld ("Dane gold") was an English tribute raised to pay off Viking raiders to save the land from being ravaged. The expeditions ...9 KB (1,352 words) - 15:03, 18 May 2020
- Wilhelm II ; Prince Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia (January 27, 1859 – June 4, 1941) was the third and last German Emperor and ...73 KB (11,213 words) - 11:59, 5 May 2023
- Beelzebub, also Ba‘al Zebûb or Ba‘al Zəvûv (Hebrew בעל זבוב, with numerous variants--in addition to Beelzebub, Ba‘al Zebûb, and ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 10:24, 26 September 2023
- The Tale of Igor's Campaign (Old East Slavic language: Слово о плъку Игоревѣ, Slovo o plŭku Igorevě; Modern Ukrainian: ...10 KB (1,577 words) - 17:34, 30 April 2023
- From 962 to 1517, the Archbishop of Cologne was a prince-elector and an ecclesiastical elector of the Holy Roman Empire, and ruled a large temporal ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 22:35, 7 January 2024
- Li Houzhu ( c=李後主|p=Lǐ Hòuzhǔ|l=The Latter Lord Li , 936–978), also known as Houzhu of Southern Tang (南唐後主, literally "the ...10 KB (1,502 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- Enoch (Hebrew: meaning "initiated") is a name in the Hebrew Bible used by two separate figures who lived during the generation of Adam ...11 KB (1,772 words) - 11:37, 5 February 2022
- 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
- Brass is the term used for alloys of copper and zinc. It has a yellow color, somewhat similar to gold. The proportions of zinc and copper can ...6 KB (938 words) - 13:23, 11 February 2022
- Cesare Borgia (September 13, 1475 – March 11, 1507) was a Spanish-Italian cardinal who resigned his church office to became a military commander ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- The House of Nemanjić (Serbian: Немањићи, Nemanjići; Anglicized: Nemanyid; German: Nemanjiden) was a medieval Serbian ruling dynasty ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 18:44, 7 February 2024
- Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (July 15, 1919 – February 8, 1999) was an Irish-born British writer and philosopher, best known for her novels, ...8 KB (1,094 words) - 13:15, 6 March 2024
- William III of England (The Hague, November 14, 1650 – Kensington Palace, March 8, 1702; also known as William II of Scotland and William III ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 May 2023
- Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本 人麻呂; c. 662 – 708 or 710 C.E.), was a Japanese poet of the Nara period who featured prominently in the ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 02:25, 5 October 2022
- Zheng Chenggong ( t=鄭成功|p=Zhèng Chénggōng|w=Cheng Ch'eng-kung ; Pe̍h-oē-jī: Tēⁿ Sêng-kong); Koxinga ( t=國姓爺|p=Guóxìngyé ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 15:22, 3 December 2022
- Category:Public[[Image:Putuoshan_guanyin.JPG|thumb|right|280px|right|Statue of Guan Yin on Mount Putuo]] Guan Yin (Pinyin: Guān Yīn; traditional ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- The Battle of Kosovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Косовски бој or Бој на Косову was fought on St Vitus' Day (June 15, now celebrated ...12 KB (1,801 words) - 10:04, 22 September 2023
- Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerd) (February 16, 1497 - April 19, 1560) was a German professor and theologian, a key leader of the ...46 KB (7,311 words) - 03:55, 24 November 2022
- Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name. Nestled in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, this maritime province ...27 KB (3,922 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church in Westminster, London, ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- Charles I (November 19, 1600 – January 30, 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from March 27, 1625 until his execution ...42 KB (6,645 words) - 19:12, 4 December 2023
- Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, KBE (January 17, 1933 – May 12, 2003), served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1978 ...29 KB (4,230 words) - 22:56, 30 November 2022
- Hōjō Masako (北条 政子, 1156- 1225) is known in Japanese history as the “nun shogun” or “ama shogun” (尼将軍) because of her ...16 KB (2,515 words) - 16:09, 25 January 2023
- The term Huguenot refers to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, historically known as the French Calvinists. Calvinism, and ...28 KB (4,156 words) - 15:10, 9 February 2024
- Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji Tennō, literally “emperor of enlightened rule”) (November 3, 1852 – July 30, 1912) was the 122nd imperial ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- Bimbisara (ruled 544-491 B.C.E.) was a king of the Magadha empire and belonged to Haryanaka dynasty, which ruled until approximately 326 B.C ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is a highly prestigious annual award show hosted by the British ...26 KB (3,803 words) - 02:24, 22 November 2023
- Maria Theresa (May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780) was (reigning) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and, through her marriage ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- Fang Xuanling (房玄齡) (579–648), formal name Fang Qiao (房喬) but went by the courtesy name of Xuanling, That Fang's formal name ...22 KB (3,442 words) - 22:43, 13 July 2022
- 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
- The Bagrationi dynasty (bagrationt'a dinastia) was the ruling family of Georgia. Their ascendancy lasted from the early Middle Ages until ...21 KB (3,136 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- Cinderella (French: Cendrillon, German: Aschenputtel), is a popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant ...20 KB (3,064 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- Xiang Yu (項羽, 项羽, Xiàng Yǔ, Hsiang Yü, original name Hsiang Chi) (232 B.C.E. - 202 B.C.E.) was a prominent general during the fall ...27 KB (4,419 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- Carol I of Romania, original name Prince Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of Hohenzollern (April ...26 KB (4,057 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
- The Árpáds or Arpads was the ruling dynasty of the federation of the Magyar tribes (ninth-tenth centuries) and of the Kingdom of Hungary (1000/1001 ...26 KB (3,604 words) - 06:17, 13 June 2023
- Mary II (April 30, 1662 – December 28, 1694) reigned as Queen of England and Ireland from February 13, 1689, and as Queen of Scots (as Mary ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- The spinels are an important group of oxide minerals with similar crystalline structures. Their general chemical formula may be written as (X ...8 KB (1,173 words) - 15:23, 27 April 2023
- Saint Stephen I (Hungarian: I. (Szent) István, Slovak: (Svätý) Štefan I.) (967 – August 15, 1038) was Grand Prince of the Magyars (997 ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- The Yongzheng Emperor ( 雍正 born Yinzhen 胤禛) (December 13, 1678 - October 8, 1735) was the fourth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 17:48, 15 October 2020
- 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
- } Afonso VI, King of Portugal (Portuguese pron. IPA [ ɐ'fõsu ]; English Alphonzo or Alphonse), or Affonso (Old Portuguese), (August 21 ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 22:00, 23 November 2020
- Henry III (October 1, 1207 – November 16, 1272) was the son and successor of John Lackland as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 22:21, 8 February 2022
- and well-educated. Her grandfather, George, Prince-Elector of Hanover, was the heir of Queen Anne of Great Britain. George succeeded as King George I ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- Hōryū-ji (法隆寺; Temple of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 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
- Yaroslav I the Wise (c. 978 - February 20, 1054) (East Slavic: Ярослав Мудрый; Christian name: George; Old Norse: Jarizleifr) was ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Diana Spencer) (July 1, 1961—August 3, 1997) was the first wife of Charles ...23 KB (3,638 words) - 11:53, 29 January 2024
- Leopold II of the Belgians (April 9, 1835 – December 17, 1909) succeeded his father, Leopold I of Belgium, the first king of the independent ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 21:56, 25 October 2022
- } Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard) (January 31, 1938 - ) reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013, after ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- Mumtāz Mahal (April 1593 - June 17, 1631) (Persian, Urdu: ممتاز محل; pronunciation / mumtɑːz mɛhɛl /; meaning "beloved ornament ...10 KB (1,493 words) - 18:21, 10 November 2022
- Christina (December 8 Note that the birth date is December 8 in the Julian calendar, which was in effect in Sweden at the time, corresponding ...33 KB (5,367 words) - 21:12, 10 December 2023
- Philippa of Hainault (June 24, 1311 – August 15, 1369) was the queen consort of Edward III of England. Born in Hainaut, Flanders (today France ...14 KB (2,233 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- Boris III, Tsar of Bulgaria (January 30, 1894 – August 28, 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- The Eighty Years' War, or Dutch Revolt (1568–1648), was the revolt of the Seventeen Provinces in the Netherlands against the Spanish king ...28 KB (4,365 words) - 11:02, 23 December 2021
- Prince Aritomo Yamagata (山縣 有朋, Yamagata Aritomo) (June 14, 1838 – February 1, 1922) was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (June 3, 1865 – January 20, 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor ...39 KB (5,812 words) - 13:04, 14 November 2022
- The Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746) was the last military clash ever to be fought on British soil. It was between the forces of the Jacobites ...24 KB (3,671 words) - 11:38, 20 September 2023
- Horace Newton Allen (1858 - 1932), a Protestant, medical missionary from the United States, who later also served as a diplomat, made a remarkable ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- The Treaty of Georgievsk ( Георгиевский трактат , Georgievskiy traktat; გეორგიევსკის ტრაქტატი ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 14:54, 2 May 2023
- The Nara period ( 奈良時代, Nara-jidai) of the history of Japan covers the years from about 710 to 784 C.E., during which the Empress Genmei ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- The Principality of Monaco, more commonly known as Monaco, is a sovereign and independent state in Western Europe located along the French Riviera ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 23:17, 28 March 2024
- Emperor Hirohito or Emperor Shōwa (昭和天皇, Shōwa Tennō) (April 29, 1901 - January 7, 1989) was the 124th emperor of Japan according ...23 KB (3,453 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- Category:Image wanted Funk is a musical style advanced primarily by African-American artists like James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone in ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- Alexander I also called Alexander I Karađorđević or Alexander the Unifier Serbian, Croatian, Serbo-Croatian: Aleksandar I Karađorđević ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 14:24, 18 July 2023
- Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame Gabrielle ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 10:19, 26 September 2023
- Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple compound in Indonesia, and one of the largest Hindu temples in Southeast Asia, located approximately ...15 KB (2,259 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- Sultan Mahommed Shah, Aga Khan III, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, PC (November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- Pǔyí (Traditional Chinese: 溥儀; Simplified Chinese: 溥仪) (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro Aisin-Gioro is ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- Category:Public [[Image:Hussein_of_Jordan_1997.jpg|thumb|right|300 px|King Hussein I of Jordan, 1997]] Hussein bin Talal (حسين بن طلال ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- Stephen III of Moldavia, or Stephen III (c. 1433 - July 2, 1504), also known as Stephen the Great ( Ştefan cel Mare ; Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- Queen Noor (Arabic: الملكة نور born Lisa Najeeb Halaby on August 23, 1951)) is the widow of the late King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan. ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 15:44, 7 December 2022
- The Primary Chronicle (Old-Slavonic: Пов ѣ сть времяньныхъ л ѣ тъ; Russian: Повесть временных лет, Povest ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- Yan Zhitui ( c=顏之推|p=Yán Zhītuī|w=Yen2 Chih1-T'ui1 , 531–591) was a Chinese scholar, calligrapher, painter, musician, and government ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 10:09, 22 May 2023
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- John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni Da/di Montecorvino in Italian, also spelled Monte Corvino (1246, Montecorvino, Southern Italy - 1328, Peking ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
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- Niccolò di Bernado dei Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527) was an Italian political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. He ...29 KB (4,511 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
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- Huang Taiji (November 8, 1592 – September 21, 1643; reigned 1626 – 1643) ( c=皇太極|p=Huáng Tàijí ; transliteration from Manchu: Hong ...14 KB (2,103 words) - 17:48, 27 January 2022
- Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827)(Beethoven was baptized on December 17, 1770. Children of that era were ...18 KB (2,631 words) - 17:30, 20 December 2022
- category:image wanted {{Infobox Korean name |hangul=신문왕 |hanja=神文王 |rr=Sinmun Wang |mr=Sinmun Wang |hangulborn=정명 or 일초 ...11 KB (1,743 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- Lumbini (Sanskrit: sa|लुम्बिनी , "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Kapilavastu district of Nepal, near ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[File:Drawing of William de Marisco.jpg|right|thumb|300px|As illustrated in Matthew Paris ...18 KB (2,928 words) - 19:19, 14 August 2020
- 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
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- Sir Samuel White Baker (June 8, 1821 - December 30, 1893) was an English explorer to Africa. Seeking the headwaters of the Nile River, he explored ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 03:03, 23 December 2022
- John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (June 6, 1650 – June 27, 1722) All dates in the article are New Style (unless otherwise stated). The ...54 KB (8,414 words) - 17:21, 16 December 2022
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- The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, alpine country in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland to its west and by Austria to its east ...28 KB (4,022 words) - 08:35, 8 March 2023
- Atiśa Dipankara Shrijnana (Bangla: অতীশ দীপঙ্কর শ্রীজ্ঞান) (982 - 1052 C.E.), a Buddhist teacher from ...20 KB (3,073 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- Yáng Guìfēi ( t=楊貴妃|s=杨贵妃|p=Yáng Guìfēi ) (literally means, "precious princess consort") (June 1, 719 — July 15 ...13 KB (1,997 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
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- François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, le Prince de Marcillac (September 15, 1613 - March 17, 1680), was an accomplished seventeenth-century ...14 KB (2,358 words) - 05:00, 9 April 2024
- Jack "J.L." Warner (August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978), born John Leonard Warner in London, Ontario, Canada of a Polish–Jewish ...9 KB (1,211 words) - 08:50, 13 March 2024
- Molds (American English) or moulds (British English) are microscopic, multicellular fungi. They are generally composed of hyphae (filamentous ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 19:49, 9 November 2022
- The Elephanta Caves represent the focal point of the Elephanta Island, located in the Mumbai harbour off the coast of Mumbai (Bombay), India ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- Henry V of England (September 16, 1387 – August 31, 1422) was one of the great warrior kings of the Middle Ages. He was born at Monmouth, ...22 KB (3,484 words) - 15:24, 22 February 2022
- Yam or Yamm, from the ancient Semitic word meaning "sea," is the name of the Canaanite god of rivers and the sea. Yam was also the ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
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- 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
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Lifestyle Category:Marriage and family [[Image:Mixed-couple.jpg|thumb|250 ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 21:17, 26 May 2015
- George IV (George Augustus Frederick; August 12, 1762 – June 26, 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover ...44 KB (6,632 words) - 10:49, 13 December 2023
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- Abū Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Farakh al-Fārābi (in Persian: محمد فارابی) or Abū Nasr al-Fārābi (in some sources, known as Muhammad ...18 KB (2,709 words) - 07:20, 16 June 2023
- Edward VII (November 9, 1841 – May 6, 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the British Dominions beyond the ...38 KB (5,885 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in the world and, dating back to the time of William ...30 KB (4,758 words) - 10:59, 15 May 2023
- Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- The Mongol invasion of Rus' was heralded by the Battle of the Kalka River in 1223 between Subutai's reconnaissance unit and the combined ...16 KB (2,408 words) - 13:10, 10 March 2023
- Lee Ha-eung (1820 – 1898), served as the regent, Daewongun, or formally Heungseon Heonui Daewonwang, during much of the later nineteenth century ...9 KB (1,510 words) - 07:43, 12 January 2024
- Ferenc (Francis) II Rákóczi (March 27, 1676 - April 8, 1735) was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs, in 1703-11, as ...24 KB (3,987 words) - 06:28, 24 May 2021
- Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685 – July 28, 1750) was a prolific and versatile German composer and organist of the Baroque era, whose ...38 KB (5,972 words) - 07:13, 5 April 2024
- Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; June 23, 1894 – May 28, 1972) was ...39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:44, 17 January 2023
- Walter Tyler, commonly known as Wat Tyler (1320 – June 15, 1381) was the leader of the English Peasants' Revolt (1381) also known as Tyler ...10 KB (1,583 words) - 23:15, 3 May 2023
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- The Longmen Grottoes (ch. 龍門石窟/ 龙门石窟, lóngmén shíkū; lit. Dragon's Gate Grottoes) or Longmen Caves are located ...11 KB (1,501 words) - 02:38, 4 November 2022
- Taejo Lee Sung-gye founded Joseon (July 1392 - August 1910) (also Chosun, Choson, Chosŏn) in 1392. The dynasty continued until 1910, lasted ...39 KB (5,704 words) - 03:49, 6 August 2022
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- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (/ˌtælɪrænd ˈpɛrɪɡɔːr/, French: [ʃaʁl mɔʁis də tal(ɛ)ʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ, – moʁ-]; ...51 KB (7,312 words) - 22:21, 4 December 2023
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- Tammuz (also known as Dumuzi) was the name of an ancient Near Eastern deity who was best known for his patronage of herdsmen and his romantic ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
- Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques, (July 25, 1109 – December 6, 1185), also known as the Conqueror, was the ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
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- Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, c. 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist and theologian ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 19:18, 13 February 2024
- The Arthashastra (more precisely Arthaśāstra) refers to a tradition of political statecraft that arose in India, which is epitomized by the ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 11:01, 16 August 2023
- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (August 26, 1676 – March 18, 1745) was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 00:47, 29 November 2022
- The Divine Right of Kings is a political and religious doctrine of royal absolutism. It asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 15:08, 26 August 2020
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- Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ, IPA: /luaŋ pʰabaːŋ/), a city located in north central Laos, is situated ...10 KB (1,520 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
- Gene Sarazen (born Eugenio Saraceni) (February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) is one of only five golfers (along with Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Gary ...23 KB (3,569 words) - 21:10, 23 October 2022
- is a masterpiece of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century, around the peak ...22 KB (3,369 words) - 17:34, 30 April 2023
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark June 10, 1921 – April 9, 2021) was a member of the British royal ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, pronounced [rʌˈmanəf] ) was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia, which ruled the country ...20 KB (3,088 words) - 04:57, 16 December 2022
- Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) was the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001 ...32 KB (4,643 words) - 04:21, 17 June 2023
- Wei Zheng ( c=魏徵|w=Wei Cheng 580-643), courtesy name Xuancheng (玄成), formally Duke Wenzhen of Zheng (鄭文貞公), was a Chinese politician ...33 KB (5,278 words) - 23:26, 3 May 2023
- Charles Le Brun (February 24, 1619 – February 22, 1690) was a true Renaissance man. The reputation he garnered for his paintings was matched ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 21:28, 4 December 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
- The Amarna letters (sometimes "Amarna tablets") are an archive of correspondence on clay tablets, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian ...34 KB (6,076 words) - 02:40, 24 July 2023
- Category:Image wanted Philip Massinger (1583 - March 17, 1640) was an English dramatist famous for his plays throughout the 1600s. Born the second ...24 KB (3,692 words) - 03:47, 24 November 2022
- The Eight Banners (In Manchu: [[Image:jakūn gūsa.png|jakūn gūsa|20px]] jakūn gūsa, In Chinese: 八旗 baqí) were administrative military ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 00:04, 13 February 2024
- Category:Public [[Image:Gem.pebbles.800pix.labelled.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A selection of gemstone pebbles made by tumbling rough rock with abrasive ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 06:40, 18 April 2024
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- Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- The Golden Horde (Turkish: Altın Ordu), also known as Kipchak Khanate or the Ulus of Jochi, was a Mongol state established in parts of present ...11 KB (1,663 words) - 18:55, 30 August 2021
- An abbey (from Latin abbatia, derived from Syriac abba, "father"), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an ...20 KB (3,198 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- A natural satellite is an object that orbits a planet or other body larger than itself and which is not man-made. Such objects are often called ...19 KB (2,647 words) - 15:21, 11 November 2022
- Lucrezia Borgia (April 18, 1480 - June 24, 1519) was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance figure who later became Pope Alexander ...12 KB (1,792 words) - 02:28, 5 November 2022
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- Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power and rights given to all citizens by law. Civil rights are distinguished from ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé PC CC CMM CD (née Benoît) (April 26, 1922 – January 26, 1993) was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
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- The Royal Ballet is Great Britain's most prestigious ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House, in Covent Garden, London. Led by Director ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 20:54, 21 December 2022
- Edward II (April 25, 1284 – September 21, 1327), of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327. His tendency ...27 KB (4,277 words) - 18:25, 12 February 2024
- Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471 ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 23:17, 8 February 2022
- Torquato Tasso (March 11, 1544 – April 25, 1595) was an Italian poet of the sixteenth century. He is remembered primarily for two things: he ...18 KB (2,976 words) - 04:39, 1 May 2023
- The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, also known as the First Polish Republic or Republic (Commonwealth) of the Two (Both) Nations (Peoples), ( ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
- Dresden, the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony, is located in the broad basin of the River Elbe, 19 miles (30 km) north ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley KP OM GCB GCMG VD PC (June 4, 1833–March 25, 1913) was a British army officer. ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- William Tell was a legendary hero of disputed historical authenticity who is said to have lived in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland in the early ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- Dagon was an ancient northwest Semitic god worshiped by the early Amorites and by the people of Ebla and Ugarit. He was also a major god, perhaps ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Тютчев) ( December 5|1803|November 23 - July 27|1873|July 15 ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 07:26, 15 April 2024
- Emperor Taizong of Tang ( c=唐太宗|p=táng tàizōng , January 23, 599 – July 10, 649), personal name Lǐ Shìmín ( c=李世民 ...60 KB (9,319 words) - 21:30, 31 December 2021
- Larch is the common name for any of the deciduous coniferous trees comprising the genus Larix of the pine family (Pinaceae), characterized by ...12 KB (1,828 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- Pulakesi II (Kannada: ಇಮ್ಮಡಿ ಪುಲಿಕೇಶಿ) (r. 610 - 642 C.E.) reigned over the Chalukyas of Badami an Indian royal dynasty ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 23:43, 2 December 2022
- Ashurbanipal (Akkadian: Aššur-bāni-apli; 685 B.C.E. – 627 B.C.E.), was the last great king of ancient Assyria. During his rule, Assyrian ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 22:19, 8 November 2021
- Veliky Novgorod, the third largest city in Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, has deep historical roots to Russian culture ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 14:59, 3 May 2023
- Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван IV Васильевич) (August 25, 1530 – March 18, 1584) was the Grand Duke of Muscovy from 1533 ...11 KB (1,776 words) - 06:37, 11 March 2024
- Prince Itō Hirobumi (伊藤 博文) Itō Hirobumi, October 16, 1841–October 26, 1909), also called Hirofumi, Hakubun Shunsuke, and Toshisuke ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 06:30, 11 March 2024
- death in 1740, Charles Albert (1697-1745), the prince-elector of Bavaria who was son-in-law of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, rejected the Pragmatic Sanction ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- Metatron is the name of an angel that is described primarily in Jewish Rabbinical literature as well as non-canonical Kabbalistic mystical texts ...18 KB (2,679 words) - 23:31, 19 October 2023
- Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English–American playwright and author. She is best known for her children ...16 KB (2,561 words) - 06:42, 1 April 2024
- Munich ( München ˈmʏnçən Minga ), the capital city of Bavaria, Germany, is the third largest city in the country, with approximately 1.35 ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- Rajaraja Chola I ( இராஜராஜ சோழன் ), considered as the greatest king of the Chola Empire by many, ruled between 985 and ...31 KB (4,346 words) - 00:09, 8 December 2022
- The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ( Hazār-o Yak Šab, كتاب ألف ليلة و ليلة Kitāb 'Alf Layla wa-Layla; also known ...16 KB (2,579 words) - 15:31, 30 April 2023
- Milovan Djilas or Đilas (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Ђилас) (June 4, 1911 – April 20, 1995) was a Montenegrin Serb, Communist politician ...13 KB (1,947 words) - 20:29, 5 January 2024
- Wu Zetian (625 – December 16, 705), personal name Wu Zhao, was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Emperor although ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2022
- Mecca (Makkah al-Mukarramah, مكة المكرمة ) is a holy Islamic city in Saudi Arabia's Makkah province, in the historic Hejaz region ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- Karikala Chola (Tamil: கரிகால சோழன்), the greatest among the early Chola kings of the Sangam age in South India, was the ...14 KB (1,806 words) - 20:57, 26 March 2024
- The Deutsches Museum (German Museum) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of technology and science [http://travel.nytimes.com/travel ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 10:09, 29 January 2024
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman. His most famous plays, including The ...24 KB (3,861 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- The papacy is the office of the pope (from Latin: "papa" or "father"), the bishop of Rome, who is the leader of the Roman ...30 KB (4,688 words) - 06:38, 18 November 2022
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- Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843) was an English poet and writer of the Romantic school. Southey was intimately linked to all ...13 KB (2,061 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- 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 (4,528 words) - 08:10, 3 August 2022
- Zhang Jiuling ( t=張九齡|s=张九龄 ) (673–740), courtesy name Zishou (子壽), nickname Bowu (博物), formally Count Wenxian of Shixing ...22 KB (3,451 words) - 05:57, 13 June 2023
- in Imperial politics. Ever since the Prince-Elector of Brandenburg made himself King in Prussia at the beginning of that century, their domains ...102 KB (14,729 words) - 11:39, 3 May 2023
- Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (September 24, 1717 – March 2, 1797), more commonly known as Horace Walpole, was a writer, politician, and ...13 KB (1,897 words) - 16:20, 25 January 2023
- Henry VIII (June 28, 1491 – January 28, 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from April 22, 1509, until his ...40 KB (6,352 words) - 23:16, 8 February 2022
- Yuan Shikai (Courtesy Weiting 慰亭; Pseudonym: Rong'an 容庵 t=袁世凱|s=袁世凯|p=Yuán Shìkǎi|w=Yüan Shih-k'ai ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- Carlo Gesualdo, known as Gesualdo da Venosa (March 8, 1566 – September 8, 1613), Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, was an Italian composer ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- Charles II (May 29, 1630 – February 6, 1685) was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from January 30, 1649 (de jure) or ...35 KB (5,347 words) - 02:10, 13 January 2023
- Borobudur, a ninth century Buddhist Mahayana monument in Central Java, Indonesia. Built for the devotees of Mahayana Buddhism, the temple stands ...30 KB (4,409 words) - 19:44, 20 November 2023
- Alexander III (March 10, 1845 – November 1, 1894) reigned as Tsar (Emperor) of Russia from March 14, 1881 until his death in 1894. Alexander ...18 KB (2,859 words) - 14:23, 18 July 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Category:Biography Curtius, Ernst [[Image:Ernst Curtius.JPG|right|thumb|Ernst Curtius]] ...7 KB (1,047 words) - 19:34, 13 February 2024
- Boudica (also Boudicca, Boadicea, Buduica, Bonduca) (d. 60 - 61 C.E.) is a heroine of the Brythonic Celtic Iceni people of Norfolk in Eastern ...18 KB (2,715 words) - 19:55, 20 November 2023
- Simon bar Kokhba (Hebrew: שמעון בר כוכבא, also transliterated as Bar Kokhva or Bar Kochba) was a messianic Jewish leader who led ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 07:58, 20 September 2023
- Shabuddin Mohammed Shah Jahan (full title: Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Abu'l-Muzaffar Shihab ud-din Muhammad, Sahib ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
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- Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. shortened to Nissan is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan that manufactures automobiles, trucks, buses ...26 KB (3,647 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- Bhumibol Adulyadej ( ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช ; pʰuːmipʰon adunjadeːt ; Royal Institute: Phummiphon Adunyadet) (December ...37 KB (5,123 words) - 12:44, 14 April 2024
- Francis George Steiner [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FGSNR The Papers of George Steiner] Janus |quote=[Steiner ...21 KB (2,963 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
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- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education [[Image:800px-Smithsonian Building NR.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Smithsonian Institution ...22 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- Batu Khan (c. 1205 – 1255) was a Mongol ruler and the founder of the Blue Horde. Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. His ...14 KB (2,251 words) - 18:34, 14 February 2023
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- Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevitch (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (April 17, 1818 – March 13, 1881) was the tsar ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 14:23, 18 July 2023
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- Emperor Haile Selassie I (born Lij Tafari Makonnen Ge'ez, Amh. pronounciation lij teferī mekōnnin, July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975) ...31 KB (5,022 words) - 16:46, 21 January 2024
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- Balhae (698 - 926) (Bohai in Chinese) existed as an ancient kingdom established after the fall of Goguryeo. After Goguryeo's capital and ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
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- Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev ( Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев Sergej Pavlovič Dâgilev), also referred to as Serge, (March ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 23:22, 13 August 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
- Magadha (मगध) formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas (Sanskrit, "great countries"), or regions, in ancient India. The core ...20 KB (3,019 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- Category:Public [[Image:queenvictoria.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Queen Victoria at the time of her golden Jubilee, 1887.]] Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria ...55 KB (8,699 words) - 23:51, 17 November 2022
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- Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton—formerly île Royale, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Míkmaq: Únamakika, simply: ...26 KB (3,747 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- Bujumbura ( ˌbuːdʒəmˈbuːrə ) is the largest city, and the administrative, communications, and economic center of Burundi. Bujumbura is ...18 KB (2,590 words) - 18:38, 22 November 2023
- Ajmer Ajmer.ogg|pronunciation ( अजमेर /ədʒmeːr/ ) is a city in Ajmer District in India's Rajasthan state. The city gave its ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- An alloy is the combination of metal with other chemical elements (metallic or nonmetallic), forming a solution or chemical compound that retains ...17 KB (2,388 words) - 08:10, 23 July 2023
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms ( t=三國演義|s=三国演义|p=sānguó yǎnyì ), written by Luo Guanzhong in the fourteenth century, is a Chinese ...29 KB (4,917 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- Allahabad (Hindi: इलाहाबाद; Urdu: الہ آباد Ilāhābād) is the English name of a city in the north Indian state of Uttar ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:37, 17 May 2021
- Janet Leigh (born Jeanette Helen Morrison; July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004) was an American actress. Her most famous role was in Alfred Hitchcock ...15 KB (2,271 words) - 15:36, 12 August 2022
- Empress Dowager Cixi1 ( c=慈禧太后|p=Cíxǐ Tàihòu|w=Tz'u-Hsi T'ai-hou ) (November 29, 1835 – November 15, 1908), (pronounced ...56 KB (8,700 words) - 18:30, 13 February 2024
- Shinran Shonin (親鸞聖人) (1173-1262) was a pupil of Honen and the founder of the Jodo Shinshu (or True Pure Land) sect in Japan. He was ...16 KB (2,491 words) - 14:15, 27 January 2023
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- 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
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- Nova Scotia ( ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ) (Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh ; Nouvelle-Écosse ) is a Canadian province located on Canada's ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- John Hunyadi (Medieval Latin: Ioannes Corvinus; Hungarian: Hunyadi János; Romanian: Iancu or Ioan de Hunedoara) (c. 1387 – August 11, 1456 ...19 KB (2,971 words) - 07:01, 8 April 2024
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- Spain led European global exploration and colonial expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Trade flourished across the Atlantic and ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
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- Amenhotep I (sometimes read as Amenophis I and meaning "Amun is satisfied") was the second Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. His ...23 KB (3,603 words) - 02:51, 24 July 2023
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- Kathmandu ( काठमांडौ , येँ ) is the capital and the largest city of Nepal, and is situated in the World Heritage Site Kathmandu ...24 KB (3,331 words) - 17:13, 5 October 2022
- Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. The Palace is a setting for state occasions, royal entertaining, and ...28 KB (4,475 words) - 16:52, 22 November 2023
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- Thomas Middleton (1580 – 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet who is notable for his mastery of English prosody and his deeply ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full title An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
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- The Gemara (also Gemorah) ('גמרא' - from gamar: Hebrew (to complete); Aramaic (to study) is the part of the Talmud that contains ...8 KB (1,227 words) - 06:37, 18 April 2024
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- Agostino Nifo (c. 1473 - 1538 or 1545) Latin Augustinus Niphus, or Niphus Suessanus, Niphus also spelled Nyphus, was an Italian philosopher and ...8 KB (1,200 words) - 06:47, 16 June 2023
- Category:Lawyers and Jurists [[Image:Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt - Hugo Grotius.jpg|thumb|230px|Hugo Grotius by Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, 1631]] ...25 KB (3,772 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was a self taught lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil ...15 KB (2,378 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
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- Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963) was a multi-talented French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 17:01, 4 July 2022
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- Sofonisba Anguissola (also spelled Anguisciola; c. 1532 - 1625) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. After her initial training, she met ...16 KB (2,469 words) - 22:03, 30 January 2023
- Thomas Lynch, Jr. (August 5, 1749 – 1779) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of South Carolina ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 21:21, 30 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Category:Archaeologists Montet, Pierre Pierre Montet (June 27, 1885 – June 19 ...8 KB (1,137 words) - 05:24, 24 November 2022
- Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia called "Vlad the Impaler" and also known as Vlad Dracula or simply Dracula, in Romanian Drăculea (1431 ...62 KB (10,177 words) - 20:44, 3 May 2023
- Nicholas II of Russia (May 18, 1868 – July 17, 1918) ( Никола́й II , Nikolay II) was the last tsar of Russia, the King of Poland, and ...28 KB (4,350 words) - 23:31, 14 November 2022
- Category:Image wanted Mirabai (मीराबाई) (1498-1547) (sometimes also spelled Meera) was a female Hindu mystical poet whose compositions ...8 KB (1,235 words) - 18:54, 9 November 2022
- Carolina, Baroness Nairne (August 16, 1766 – October 26, 1845), Scottish songwriter, was born in the auld hoose of Gask, Perthshire to Jacobite ...8 KB (1,337 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by the Allied Powers, led by the United States with contributions also from ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific ...34 KB (5,408 words) - 16:10, 10 October 2020
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- Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (October 18, 1777 – November 21, 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, and short story writer. He ...16 KB (2,396 words) - 15:02, 26 October 2022
- Hamlet: Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is one of his best-known works, and also one of the most-quoted writings in ...40 KB (6,336 words) - 16:59, 21 January 2024
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, essayist ...25 KB (3,843 words) - 02:57, 23 December 2022
- Tashkent ( Toshkent, Тошкент ; Ташкент , Taşkent ) is the capital of Uzbekistan and the Tashkent Province. The city was an important ...23 KB (3,205 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- The Laotian Civil War (1962-1975) was an internal fight between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government in which both the political ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- Saint Ambrose (c.339 - April 4, 397 C.E.), known in Latin as Ambrosius, was successful bishop of Milan, who was later recognized as one of the ...27 KB (4,266 words) - 02:47, 24 July 2023
- Baekje (October 18 B.C.E. – August 660 C.E.), a kingdom in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula originally named Sipje, comprised the Three ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- The number 144,000 is a positive integer that has a special religious significance for many Christians because of its use in the biblical Book ...9 KB (1,421 words) - 06:27, 13 June 2023
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- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c 1525 – February 2, 1594) was an Italian composer of Renaissance music. He was the most famous sixteenth ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 20:39, 29 August 2021
- Satan (meaning "accuser") represents the arch enemy of God in the Abrahamic religions, who personifies evil and temptation, and is ...27 KB (4,237 words) - 16:57, 23 December 2022
- Robert O'Hara Burke (1821 - June 28, 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer, who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was ...8 KB (1,267 words) - 01:46, 16 December 2022
- Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) was an iconic American actress, singer and model. Decades after her death, she remains one of ...30 KB (4,676 words) - 15:56, 6 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology [[File:Princess Beatrice mourning.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The five daughters of Queen ...23 KB (3,744 words) - 01:46, 11 March 2023
- Raghavendra Swami (1595 - 1671), also known as Guru Raya and Rayaru, was an influential saint in Hinduism. He advocated Vaishnavism (worship ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 00:04, 8 December 2022
- The Bering Strait ( Берингов пролив Beringov proliv) is a formidable sea strait linking the icy Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- Franz Joseph Haydn Although he is still often called "Franz Joseph Haydn," the name "Franz" was not used in the composer& ...31 KB (4,922 words) - 00:40, 11 August 2022
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- Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, (January 10, 1869 – December 29, 1916) was a controversial Russian mystic who influenced the latter days of the ...18 KB (2,856 words) - 20:15, 31 January 2023
- Charles I of Hungary (1288, Naples, Italy – July 16, 1342, Visegrád, Hungary, is also known as Charles Robert, Charles Robert of Anjou, and ...26 KB (3,949 words) - 19:12, 4 December 2023
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- The Portuguese Empire was the earliest and longest lived of the modern European colonial empires. It spanned almost six centuries, from the capture ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), was an American actress who reached fame during the 1940s as the era's leading sex symbol ...30 KB (4,610 words) - 01:42, 15 December 2022
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- The Storming of the Bastille ( Prise de la Bastille pʁiz də la bastij| ) in Paris, France, on July 14, 1789, refers to revolutionary insurgents ...35 KB (5,341 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- Seongdeok Daewang, or Seongdeok the Great reigned from 702–737 C.E. as the thirty-third king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla, in the ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 02:52, 30 September 2022
- Category:Public Milton, John [[Image:John Milton - Project Gutenberg eText 13619.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|John Milton, English poet]] ...27 KB (4,255 words) - 06:59, 3 August 2022
- The Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit sa|भगवद् गीता Bhagavad Gītā , "Song of God" or “The Lord’s Song”) is a Sanskrit ...36 KB (5,510 words) - 03:32, 1 October 2023
- Paul Henry Thiry, baron d'Holbach (1723 - 1789) was a French author, philosopher, and encyclopedist, and one of the first outspoken atheists ...19 KB (2,831 words) - 08:10, 20 September 2023
- Du Fu (712–770 C.E.) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Along with Li Bai (Li Bo), he is frequently called the greatest of the ...18 KB (2,990 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 41.1 million square miles (106.4 million ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers—Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Born on the Isle of Man to English parents, they were raised in ...20 KB (3,173 words) - 10:22, 26 September 2023
- Boris Fyodorovich Godunov ( Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в ) (c. 1551 – 23 April|1605|13 April ) was de facto regent of Russia ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 19:41, 20 November 2023
- Geb (also spelled Seb, and Keb) was an important member of the Ennead, the pantheon of deities revered in ancient Lower Egypt. Geb represented ...20 KB (3,212 words) - 17:11, 23 October 2022
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Case citation 347 U.S. 483 (1954), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which explicitly ...25 KB (3,783 words) - 04:40, 22 November 2023
- Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov ( Михаил Евграфович Салтыков ) ( January 27,|1826|15 January in Spas-Ugol village, Tver ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 17:53, 9 November 2022
- Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (August 15, 1771 – September 21, 1832) was an influential Scottish novelist, poet, and critic. Scott was among ...17 KB (2,589 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Order of Canada (November 18, 1939 - ) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher, and ...39 KB (5,259 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- Japanese folklore is heavily influenced by the two primary religions of Japan, Shinto and Buddhism. Japanese mythology is a complex system of ...36 KB (6,032 words) - 22:05, 24 November 2022
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- Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse considered by many to be the greatest racehorse of all ...29 KB (4,653 words) - 17:43, 25 January 2023
- The naval Battle of Aegospotami took place in 404 B.C.E. and was the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, a Spartan fleet ...9 KB (1,437 words) - 11:30, 20 September 2023
- The Ottoman-Habsburg wars refers to the military conflicts fought from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries between the Ottoman Empire ...37 KB (5,890 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2020
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication [[Image:protocomicstrip.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Example of a proto-comic strip from ...19 KB (2,982 words) - 07:56, 14 January 2023
- The Légion d'honneur or Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) is a French order established ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- Category:Economists Cantillon, Richard Richard Cantillon (1680 – May, 1734) was an important figure in the Physiocrat school of economics, initially ...20 KB (3,098 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- The Kara-Khitan Khanate, or Western Liao (Mongolian Хар Хятад; Kara Kitad; t=西遼|s=西辽|p=Xī Liáo ) existed from 1124 C.E. (Yelü ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 02:50, 5 October 2022
- Category:Image wanted Dame Daphne du Maurier DBE (May 13, 1907 – April 19, 1989) was a famous British novelist best known for her short story ...9 KB (1,407 words) - 22:15, 25 January 2024
- Johann Pachelbel (IPA: [ paˈxɛlbəl ]) (baptized September 1, 1653 – March 3, 1706) was an acclaimed German Baroque composer, organist and ...46 KB (6,947 words) - 14:51, 1 August 2022
- Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 – October 14, 1959) was an Australian film actor, writer, producer, and director. He became most ...9 KB (1,222 words) - 21:24, 20 March 2024
- Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE MC (September 8, 1886 – September 1, 1967) was an English poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical ...18 KB (2,623 words) - 14:37, 27 January 2023
- Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660), commonly referred to as Diego Velázquez, was a Spanish painter, the ...37 KB (5,925 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- Samuel Daniel (1562 – October 14, 1619) was an English poet and historian who exerted a considerable influence on the development of Elizabethan ...9 KB (1,447 words) - 02:58, 23 December 2022
- A fairy tale is a story featuring folkloric characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals, and usually ...47 KB (7,154 words) - 00:31, 25 March 2024
- The city of Thiruvananthapuram has been the center of cultural activities of Kerala (India) from the time it served as capital of Travancore ...11 KB (1,459 words) - 06:44, 12 January 2024
- Anubis is the Greek name for the ancient jackal-headed god of the dead in Egyptian mythology whose hieroglyphic version is more accurately spelled ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 05:49, 11 August 2023
- The reed organ is a keyboard instrument that operates via bellows that blow wind past free-floating reeds. A free floating reed doesn’t change ...24 KB (3,811 words) - 03:00, 8 December 2022
- Tiridates I was King of Armenia beginning in 53 C.E. and the founder of the Arshakuni Dynasty which ruled until 428. The dates of his birth and ...29 KB (4,494 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (March 30, 1746 – April 16, 1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. Goya was a court painter to the ...18 KB (2,863 words) - 04:54, 9 April 2024
- The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the nineteenth century ...19 KB (2,726 words) - 15:54, 6 November 2022
- Saint Margaret (c. 1046 – November 16, 1093), was the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the Anglo-Saxon heir to the throne of England. She married ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 13:25, 5 September 2022
- Freemasonry is a fraternal organization that arose from obscure origins in the late sixteenth to early seventeenth century. Freemasonry now exists ...59 KB (8,933 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the seminal events of the early twentieth century. In the face of mounting opposition and disastrous ...26 KB (3,801 words) - 18:19, 22 December 2022
- The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments; it is essentially a small natural horn with no valves. All pitch control is done by varying ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- The Russian Provisional Government ( Временное правительство России|Vremennoye pravitel'stvo Rossii ...44 KB (5,965 words) - 22:22, 29 May 2022
- Pietro Pomponazzi (also known by his Latin name, Petrus Pomionatius) (September 16, 1462 – May 18, 1525) was an Italian philosopher. He was ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 05:29, 24 November 2022
- The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather than a single document, comprised a series of individual peace treaties signed ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 15:00, 2 May 2023
- <!-- --> {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ಬನವಾಸಿ ಕದಂಬರು |conventional_long_name = Kadambas of Banavasi ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 21:31, 7 September 2023
- Category:Public [[Image:Catherine03.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Equestrian portrait of Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna]] Catherine II, also known ...19 KB (2,933 words) - 16:15, 3 December 2023
- Utopia is a term denoting a visionary or ideally perfect state of society, whose members live the best possible life. The term “Utopia” was ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 14:05, 3 May 2023
- Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning English actor. In his acting, he gave ...26 KB (4,059 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- Bali is an Indonesian island positioned in a chain with Java to the west and Lombok to the east. The Balinese people are descendants of a prehistoric ...19 KB (2,723 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- Habsburg (in English-speaking countries sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was an important ruling house of Europe and ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- Bermuda (officially, The Bermuda Islands) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- Ashoka the Great (304 B.C.E. - 232 B.C.E.; also known as Asoka, Sanskrit: अशोक, Aśoka; pronounced Ashok, even though there is an 'a ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło He is known under a number of names: la|Jogaila Algirdaitis; pl|Władysław II Jagiełło; be|Jahajła ...51 KB (7,629 words) - 23:06, 1 April 2023
- The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September 5, 1905, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ...11 KB (1,628 words) - 04:51, 5 November 2022
- Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; April 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- Osama bin Laden (Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن) (March 10, 1957 - May 2, 2011) was a founder of the militant Islamist ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim (Egyptian Arabic: توفيق الحكيم, ar|Tawfīq el-Ḥakīm ; October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was ...19 KB (2,884 words) - 18:13, 2 December 2023
- Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova), ( Великая Княжна Анастасия Николаевна Романов ...45 KB (6,850 words) - 00:19, 3 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Lifestyle Category: Holiday {{Infobox Holiday | |holiday_name=May Day |image=Maypoles.jpg ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- Prague (Czech: Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava River in central Bohemia, it is home to ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- William Pitt the Younger (May 28, 1759 – January 23, 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. ...28 KB (4,338 words) - 18:25, 17 April 2023
- The Greek conquests of India took place in the years before the Common Era, and a rich trade flourished between India and Greece, especially ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 15:30, 28 January 2023
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population of 150,000 and is the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. The Baroque ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- Category:Politicians and reformers Category:Social workers Howard, John (prison reformer) John Howard (September 2, 1726 – January 20, 1790 ...10 KB (1,593 words) - 05:58, 3 August 2022
- Saint Ursula was a legendary Romano-British princess traditionally believed to have died as a Christian martyr together with 11,000 other virgins ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (July 6, 1781 – July 5, 1826) was the founder of the city of Singapore (now the Republic of Singapore) ...33 KB (5,257 words) - 16:24, 8 February 2023
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early twentieth century. His prolific and ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 07:30, 15 April 2024
- The Mariinsky Theater ( Мариинский театр , also spelled Maryinsky Theater) is a historic theater of opera and ballet in St Petersburg ...11 KB (1,538 words) - 15:55, 6 November 2022
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (January 22, 1729 – February 15, 1781) was a German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic, was one of the ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 06:09, 31 December 2022
- Dzungar (also Jungar or Zungar; Зүүнгар Züüngar ) is the collective identity of several Oirat tribes that formed and maintained the last ...21 KB (3,293 words) - 13:28, 25 September 2020
- Category:Image wanted Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (January 7, 1899 – January 30, 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French group ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was a long-serving leader of the YMCA and the World Student Christian Federation(WSCF) ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 07:08, 3 August 2022
- Majapahit was an Indianized kingdom based in eastern Java from 1293 to around 1500. Its greatest ruler was Hayam Wuruk, whose reign from 1350 ...26 KB (3,833 words) - 05:33, 5 November 2022
- Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe on the boundary between Eastern and Western European continental masses ...71 KB (10,329 words) - 17:32, 2 January 2024
- Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Soekarnoputri (January 23, 1947 - ), was President of Indonesia from July 2001 to October 20, 2004. She was the ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 09:38, 10 March 2023
- The Trent Affair, also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair, was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil ...21 KB (3,294 words) - 16:44, 2 May 2023
- John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham ...20 KB (3,092 words) - 08:05, 3 August 2022
- François Villon (ca. 1431 - ca. 1474) was a French poet, thief, and general vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his Testaments and his Ballade ...11 KB (1,757 words) - 04:59, 9 April 2024
- The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Order of St ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- The Qajar dynasty (also known as Ghajar or Kadjar) is a common term to describe Iran (then known as Persia) under the ruling Qajar royal familyAmanat ...27 KB (4,140 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- Amaranth is the common name for any of the typically annual (rarely perennial) plants of the flowering plant genus Amaranthus, characterized ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 00:49, 9 January 2023
- The Xiongnu ( c=匈奴|p=Xiōngnú|w=Hsiung-nu ); were a nomadic people from Central Asia, generally based in present day Mongolia and China. ...37 KB (5,668 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- Hussein bin Ali (1852 – 1931) (حسین بن علی, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī) was the Sharif of Mecca, and Emir of Mecca from 1908 until 1917 ...11 KB (1,749 words) - 21:19, 9 February 2024
- Alan King (December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- Xuanzang (玄奘, Xuán Zàng, Hsüan-tsang, Xuanzang, original name Ch'en I, honorary epithet San-tsang, also called Mu-ch'a T'i ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers of the period, causing 900,000 to 1,400,000 deaths. Statistics of Wars ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- Pope Adrian VI (March 2, 1459 - September 14, 1523), born Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens, served as Bishop of Rome from January 9, 1522, until his ...11 KB (1,609 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov ( Александр Константинович Глазунов , Aleksandr Konstantinovič Glazunov; ...11 KB (1,503 words) - 10:09, 4 January 2023
- Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American essayist, novelist, intellectual, filmmaker, and activist. Sontag was ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 00:28, 27 February 2023
- The Battle of Kandahar, September 1, 1880, represents the last major conflict of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The battle in southern Afghanistan ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 10:03, 22 September 2023
- Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793 - 1875) was a surgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, builder, and prototypical British gentleman scientist ...27 KB (4,255 words) - 22:32, 29 January 2023
- Category:Public [[Image:Guru Rinpoche - Padmasambhava statue.jpg|thumb|240px|Guru Rinpoche - Padmasambhava statue - near Kulu]] Padmasambhava ...11 KB (1,775 words) - 06:13, 18 November 2022
- Chung Dojeon (Jeong Dojeon; 1342 – 1398), also known by the pen name Sambong, was the most powerful medieval Korean noble and politician of ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 01:06, 9 February 2023
- Christopher Columbus landed on Hispaniola on December 5, 1492 and named it La Isla Española, "The Spanish Island," which was eventually ...21 KB (3,152 words) - 21:45, 31 January 2024
- category:Image wanted Roth, Philip {{Infobox Writer | name = Philip Roth | image = Philip Roth - 1973.jpg | caption = Roth in 1973 ...23 KB (3,273 words) - 22:40, 28 March 2023
- Margaret (1283 – 1290), usually known as the Maid of Norway, literally The Virgin of Norway, sometimes known as Margaret of Scotland (Margrete ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 05:29, 5 November 2022
- Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is one of the smallest states in Europe. At 180 square miles (468 sq. km.), it is about half ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- Mahmud of Ghazni (October 2, 971 – April 30, 1030 C.E.), also known as Yamin ad-Dawlah Mahmud (in full: Yamin ad-Dawlah Abd al-Qasim Mahmud ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- Footbinding (simplified Chinese: 缠足; traditional Chinese: 纏足; pinyin: chánzú, literally "bound feet") was a custom practiced ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- Sir John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr (September 23, 1880 – June 25, 1971) was a Scottish doctor, biologist and politician who received the ...11 KB (1,795 words) - 02:42, 4 November 2022
- The State of Kuwait ( الكويت ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south ...41 KB (6,203 words) - 15:18, 22 March 2024
- The Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991)Benjamin. A. Valentino, Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the Twentieth Century (Ithaca, NY: Cornell ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:34, 22 March 2024
- Girolamo Savonarola (September 21, 1452 – May 23, 1498), also translated as Jerome Savonarola or Hieronymus Savonarola, was an Italian Dominican ...11 KB (1,636 words) - 15:15, 15 December 2022
- Subutai (Subetei, Subetai, Sübeedei; Classic Mongolian: Sübügätäi or Sübü'ätäi; 1176–1248) also known as Subetai the Valiant ...22 KB (3,556 words) - 21:26, 26 February 2023
- The French invasion of Russia (also known as the Russian Campaign) in 1812 was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. The campaign reduced the ...45 KB (6,717 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- Zheng He ( t=鄭和|s=郑和|p=Zhèng Hé|w=Cheng Ho ; Birth name: 馬三寶 / 马三宝; p=Mǎ Sānbǎo ; Islamic name: حجّي محمود شمس ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel (November 14, 1778 – October 17, 1837) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin from ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 14:45, 1 August 2022
- Brunei, officially the State of Brunei, Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam), Jawi: برني دارالسلام ), is a country located ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- Lev Nikolayevich Gumilyov ( Лев Никола́евич Гумилёв ) (October 1, 1912 – June 15, 1992), also known as Lev Gumilev, was ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 22:04, 25 October 2022
- Suleiman I, in Turkish language Süleyman and in the Arabic alphabet سليمان (nicknamed “the Magnificent” in Europe and “the Lawgiver” ...10 KB (1,667 words) - 19:26, 22 October 2022
- The Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is the rustic 125-acre mountain retreat of the President of the United States ...11 KB (1,604 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, Order of Merit (OM), Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk – ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- Tecún Umán (Tecún Umaán, Tecúm Umán, Tecúm Umam, or Tekun Umam) (c. 1500 - December 20, 1524) was the last ruler and king of the K'iche ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 02:50, 19 April 2023
- The City of Halifax is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and the traditional political capital of the province of Nova Scotia. Founded in 1749 ...34 KB (5,199 words) - 16:57, 21 January 2024
- Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna is one of the most important cultural monuments in Austria and one of Europe's most popular tourist attractions ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- Cardinal József Mindszenty (March 29, 1892 - May 6, 1975) was the head of the Roman Catholic Church of Hungary during the Cold War, whose trial ...12 KB (1,708 words) - 21:45, 4 October 2022
- Pope Leo X, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici (December 11, 1475 - December 1, 1521) was Pope from 1513 to his death. He is known primarily ...28 KB (4,490 words) - 20:07, 25 October 2022
- The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought during Napoleon Bonaparte's imperial rule over France (1805–1815). They ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- Quebec is a province in eastern Canada. Known as la belle province ("the beautiful province"), Quebec is bordered to the west by the ...36 KB (5,238 words) - 15:40, 7 December 2022
- Romeo and Juliet is a world-renowned tragedy by William Shakespeare concerning two young "star-cross'd lovers" and the role played ...57 KB (9,012 words) - 21:40, 16 April 2023
- Northern Africa is generally accepted to refer to the northernmost region of the African continent, stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974), born Anne Gray Harvey, was a modern American poet, children's author, and a playwright ...11 KB (1,705 words) - 06:56, 28 July 2023
- Joseph Conrad (December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924) was a Polish-born British novelist, one of the most important and respected writers of the ...22 KB (3,425 words) - 07:21, 10 August 2022
- European exploration of Africa began with the Greeks and Romans, who explored and settled in North Africa. Fifteenth century Portugal, especially ...29 KB (4,463 words) - 06:53, 12 September 2023
- The Fula or Fulani is an ethnic group residing in many countries of West Africa. They are concentrated principally in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 14:26, 3 December 2023
- In Greek mythology, Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδών ; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of both the sea and earthquakes. In sculpture, he was instantly ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- Leon Harrison Gross (alias Lee Falk), (April 28, 1911 - March 13, 1999), was considered a talent in music, art, theater, and writing. Falk was ...28 KB (4,294 words) - 19:00, 25 October 2022
- Total depravity (also called total inability and total corruption) is a theological doctrine that derives from the Augustinian doctrine of original ...13 KB (2,059 words) - 04:43, 1 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics [[Image:Sotheby's london new-bond-street.jpg|thumb|240 px|Sotheby's auction ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- Jianzhen or Ganjin (Chien-chen鑒真 or 鑑真; 688–763) was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In 742, Ganjin was visited ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 12:20, 1 August 2022
- Pharaoh is the title given in modern parlance to the ancient Egyptian kings. In antiquity its use began during the New Kingdom (1570–1070 B ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- The bedhaya (also written as bedoyo, beḍaya, and various other transliterations) is a sacred ritualized dance of Java, Indonesia, associated ...12 KB (1,955 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer ...34 KB (5,298 words) - 04:37, 18 November 2022
- Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe comprising the western and central thirds of the Czech Republic. It has an area of 52,750 km² ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- Saint Martin is a tropical island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 186 miles (300 km) east of Puerto Rico. The island is divided into ...23 KB (3,300 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Arabic: بطرس بطرس غالي) (November 14, 1922 - February 16, 2016) was an Egyptian diplomat who was the sixth ...12 KB (1,720 words) - 19:59, 20 November 2023
- The term Messiah, literally "Anointed One," refers to the belief in a religious (and often political) savior figure who inaugurates ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{ethnic group| |group=Mi'kmaq |image=[[Image:Mikmaq State ...22 KB (3,368 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- The Ostrogoths ( Ostrogothi or Austrogothi ) were a branch of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe that played a major role in the political events ...25 KB (3,947 words) - 04:44, 18 November 2022
- The Grigori (from Greek egrḗgoroi, "The Watchers") are a group of fallen angels described in biblical apocrypha, who mated with women ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 20:02, 31 January 2023
- Ahmose I (sometimes written Amosis I and "Amenes" and meaning The Moon is Born) was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the ...39 KB (6,109 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
