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19653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2031 | May 31 |
Events
Pre-1600
455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
1293 – Mongol invasion of Java was a punitive expedition against King K... |
19654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2030 | May 30 |
Events
Pre-1600
70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.
1381 – Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.
1416 – The Council of Consta... |
19655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2023 | May 23 |
Events
Pre-1600
1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.
1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
1568 – Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, de... |
19659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2016 | May 16 |
Events
Pre-1600
946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
1204 – Having been elected on May 9, Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
1426 – Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes king of Ava.
1527 – The Flor... |
19660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2022 | May 22 |
Events
Pre-1600
192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
1176 – The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo.
1200 – King John of Engl... |
19662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean%20value%20theorem | Mean value theorem | In mathematics, the mean value theorem states, roughly, that for a given planar arc between two endpoints, there is at least one point at which the tangent to the arc is parallel to the secant through its endpoints. It is one of the most important results in real analysis. This theorem is used to prove statements about... |
19664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallow | Mallow | Mallow or mallows may refer to:
Nature
Malvaceae, a family of plants; in particular the following genera:
Abelmoschus, a genus of about fifteen species of flowering plants
Althaea (plant), marsh mallow
Callirhoe (plant), poppy mallow
Corchorus, mallow, molokia, mlukhia
Eremalche, flowering plants endemic to the ... |
19665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Bloch | Marc Bloch | Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch (; ; 6 July 1886 – 16 June 1944) was a French historian. He was a founding member of the Annales School of French social history. Bloch specialised in medieval history and published widely on Medieval France over the course of his career. As an academic, he worked at the University of Strasb... |
19667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Ventris | Michael Ventris | Michael George Francis Ventris, (; 12 July 1922 – 6 September 1956) was an English architect, classicist and philologist who deciphered Linear B, the ancient Mycenaean Greek script. A student of languages, Ventris had pursued decipherment as a personal vocation since his adolescence. After creating a new field of stud... |
19668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniac%20Mansion | Maniac Mansion | Maniac Mansion is a 1987 graphic adventure video game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It follows teenage protagonist Dave Miller as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend Sandy Pantz from a mad scientist, whose mind has been enslaved by a sentient meteor. The player uses a point-and-click interface to guide D... |
19669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%20Brothers | Marx Brothers | The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Five of the Marx Brothers' thirteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy films, with two of them, Duck Soup (1933) and A ... |
19672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2028 | May 28 |
Events
Pre-1600
585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of Halys, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
621 – Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Ch... |
19673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3 | MP3 | MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany, with support from other digital scientists in the United States and elsewhere. Originally defined as the third audio format of the MPEG-1 standard, it was retained... |
19674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2015 | May 15 |
Events
Pre-1600
221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
589 – King Authari marries Theodeli... |
19675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2013 | May 13 |
Events
Pre-1600
1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book Revelations of Divine Love.
1501 – Amerigo Vespucci, this time under Portuguese flag, set sail for western lands.
1568 – Mary Queen of Scots is... |
19676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2014 | May 14 |
Events
Pre-1600
1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.
1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.
1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England.
1509 – Bat... |
19677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2020 | May 20 |
Events
Pre-1600
325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery.
685 – The Batt... |
19679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Rose | Mary Rose | The Mary Rose (launched 1511) is a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. She served for 33 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany. After being substantially rebuilt in 1536, she saw her last action on 1545. She led the attack on the galleys of a French invasion fleet,... |
19680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Kart | Mario Kart | is a series of racing games developed and published by Nintendo. Players compete in go-kart races while using various power-up items. It features characters and courses from the Mario series as well as other gaming franchises such as The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing, and Splatoon.
The series was launched in 1992 ... |
19683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module | Module | Module, modular and modularity may refer to the concept of modularity. They may also refer to:
Computing and engineering
Modular design, the engineering discipline of designing complex devices using separately designed sub-components
Modular function deployment, a method in systems engineering and product developmen... |
19684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%2021 | May 21 |
Events
Pre-1600
293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy.
878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabids after a nine-month siege.
879 – Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and t... |
19688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%20map | Mind map | A mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information. A mind map is hierarchical and shows relationships among pieces of the whole. It is often created around a single concept, drawn as an image in the center of a blank page, to which associated representations of ideas such as images, words and parts of word... |
19690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine%20gun | Machine gun | A machine gun is an auto-firing, rifled long-barrel autoloading firearm designed for sustained direct fire with fully powered cartridges. Other automatic firearms such as assault rifles and automatic rifles are typically designed more for firing short bursts rather than continuous firepower, and not considered machine... |
19692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly%20%28game%29 | Monopoly (game) | Monopoly is a multi-player economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties, and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy. Money can also be gained or l... |
19693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Steiner | Max Steiner | Maximilian Raoul Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American music composer for theatre and films, as well as a conductor. He was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional, either composing, arranging, or conducting, when he was ... |
19694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury%20%28planet%29 | Mercury (planet) | Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun. Its orbit around the Sun takes 87.97 Earth days, the shortest of all the Sun's planets. It is named after the Roman god Mercurius (Mercury), god of commerce, messenger of the gods, and mediator between gods and mortals, corresponding to the ... |
19701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty%20Python%20and%20the%20Holy%20Grail | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film inspired by the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group (Chapman, Cleese, Gilliam, Idle, Jones, and Palin), directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was conceived during the hiatus between the third and fourth series of their BBC te... |
19702 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation | Mutation | In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA. Viral genomes contain either DNA or RNA. Mutations result from errors during DNA or viral replication, mitosis, or meiosis or other types of damage to DNA (such as pyrimidine dimers caused by... |
19705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgyrus | Microgyrus | A microgyrus is an area of the cerebral cortex that includes only four cortical layers instead of six.
Microgyria are believed by some to be part of the genetic lack of prenatal development which is a cause of, or one of the causes of, dyslexia.
Albert Galaburda of Harvard Medical School noticed that language centers... |
19708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism | Mercantilism | Mercantilism is an economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy. It promotes imperialism, colonialism, tariffs and subsidies on traded goods to achieve that goal. The policy aims to reduce a possible current account deficit or reach a current account surplus, and it i... |
19709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat%20Puppets | Meat Puppets | Meat Puppets are an American rock band formed in January 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood (guitar/vocals), his brother Cris Kirkwood (bass guitar/vocals), and Derrick Bostrom (drums). The Kirkwood brothers met Bostrom while attending Brophy Prep High School in Phoenix. The three t... |
19710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mathematics%20competitions | List of mathematics competitions | Mathematics competitions or mathematical olympiads are competitive events where participants sit a mathematics test. These tests may require multiple choice or numeric answers, or a detailed written solution or proof.
International mathematics competitions
Championnat International de Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques —... |
19711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Polanyi | Michael Polanyi | Michael Polanyi (; ; 11 March 1891 – 22 February 1976) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism supplies a false account of knowing, which if taken seriously undermines humanity's highest achievements.
Hi... |
19712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol | Methanol | Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, amongst other names, is a chemical and the simplest alcohol, with the formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated MeOH). It is a light, volatile, colourless, flammable liquid with a distinctive alcoholic odour similar to that of ethanol (potable al... |
19714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk | Milk | Milk is a nutrient-rich liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Early-lactation milk, which is called colostrum, contains antibodies that strengthen the immune system and... |
19715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss%20Congeniality%20%28film%29 | Miss Congeniality (film) | Miss Congeniality is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, and Caryn Lucas, and starring Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt and Candice Bergen with William Shatner and Ernie Hudson in supporting roles. In the film, the FBI asks tomboy agent Gracie to go ... |
19716 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetism | Magnetism | Magnetism is the class of physical attributes that are mediated by magnetic fields. Electric currents and the magnetic moments of elementary particles give rise to a magnetic field, which acts on other currents and magnetic moments. Magnetism is one aspect of the combined phenomenon of electromagnetism. The most famili... |
19719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter%20%28mathematics%29 | Filter (mathematics) | In mathematics, a filter or order filter is a special subset of a partially ordered set. Filters appear in order and lattice theory, but can also be found in topology, from which they originate. The dual notion of a filter is an order ideal.
Filters were introduced by Henri Cartan in 1937 and subsequently used by Bour... |
19722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy | Metallurgy | Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys.
Metallurgy encompasses both the science and the technology of metals; that is, the way in which science is appl... |
19723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS | MUMPS | MUMPS ("Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System"), or M, is a high performance transaction processing key–value database with integrated programming language. It was originally developed at Massachusetts General Hospital for managing hospital laboratory information systems.
MUMPS technology h... |
19726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury%20%28programming%20language%29 | Mercury (programming language) | Mercury is a functional logic programming language made for real-world uses. The first version was developed at the University of Melbourne, Computer Science department, by Fergus Henderson, Thomas Conway, and Zoltan Somogyi, under Somogyi's supervision, and released on April 8, 1995.
Mercury is a purely declarative l... |
19727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Faraday | Michael Faraday | Michael Faraday (; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.
Although Faraday received little formal education, he ... |
19728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage | Marriage | Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. It is considered a cultural universal, but the definition of m... |
19731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midgard | Midgard | In Germanic cosmology, Midgard (an anglicised form of Old Norse ; Old English , Old Saxon , Old High German , and Gothic Midjun-gards; "middle yard", "middle enclosure") is the name for Earth (equivalent in meaning to the Greek term , "inhabited") inhabited by and known to humans in early Germanic cosmology. The Old N... |
19732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mage%3A%20The%20Ascension | Mage: The Ascension | Mage: The Ascension is a role-playing game based in the World of Darkness, and was published by White Wolf Game Studio in 1993. The characters portrayed in the game are referred to as mages, and are capable of feats of magic. Magic in Mage is subjective rather than objective as it incorporates a diverse range of ideas ... |
19734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm%20Fraser | Malcolm Fraser | John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia, in office from 1975 to 1983 as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Fraser was raised on his father's sheep stations, and after studying at Magdalen College, Oxford, returned to Au... |
19735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie%20University | Macquarie University | Macquarie University () is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney.
Established as a verdant university, Macquarie has five faculties, as... |
19736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muspelheim | Muspelheim | In Norse cosmology, Muspelheim (), also called Muspell (), is a realm of fire.
The etymology of "Muspelheim" is uncertain, but may come from Mund-spilli, "world-destroyers", "wreck of the world".
Narrative
Muspelheim is described as a hot and glowing land of fire, home to the fire giants, and guarded by Surtr, with ... |
19737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s%20equations | Maxwell's equations | Maxwell's equations are a set of coupled partial differential equations that, together with the Lorentz force law, form the foundation of classical electromagnetism, classical optics, and electric circuits.
The equations provide a mathematical model for electric, optical, and radio technologies, such as power generati... |
19738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrizable%20space | Metrizable space | In topology and related areas of mathematics, a metrizable space is a topological space that is homeomorphic to a metric space. That is, a topological space is said to be metrizable if there is a metric such that the topology induced by is Metrization theorems are theorems that give sufficient conditions for a topo... |
19739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Agricola | Martin Agricola | Martin Agricola (6 January 1486 – 10 June 1556) was a German composer of Renaissance music and a music theorist.
Biography
Agricola was born in Schwiebus in Lebusz.
From 1524 until his death he lived at Magdeburg, where he occupied the post of teacher or cantor in the Protestant school. The senator and music-printer ... |
19740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20August%20Zorn | Max August Zorn | Max August Zorn (; June 6, 1906 – March 9, 1993) was a German mathematician. He was an algebraist, group theorist, and numerical analyst. He is best known for Zorn's lemma, a method used in set theory that is applicable to a wide range of mathematical constructs such as vector spaces, ordered sets and the like. Zorn's ... |
19745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main%20%28river%29 | Main (river) | The Main () is the longest tributary of the Rhine. It rises as the White Main in the Fichtel Mountains of northeastern Bavaria and flows west through central Germany for to meet the Rhine below Rüsselsheim, Hesse. The cities of Mainz and Wiesbaden are close to the confluence.
The largest cities on the Main are Frank... |
19747 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20Vipsanius%20Agrippa | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (; 63 BC – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law, and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus. He was responsible for the construction of some of the most notable buildings in history, including the original Pantheon, and is well known for his... |
19757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariotto%20Albertinelli | Mariotto Albertinelli | Mariotto di Bindo di Biagio Albertinelli (13 October 1474 – 5 November 1515) was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Florence. He was a close friend and collaborator of Fra Bartolomeo.
Some of his works have been described as "archaic" or "conservative"; others are considered exemplary of the grandiose classicism... |
19758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing%20cuisine | Beijing cuisine | Beijing cuisine, also known as Jing cuisine, Mandarin cuisine and Peking cuisine and formerly as Beiping cuisine, is the local cuisine of Beijing, the national capital of China.
Background
As Beijing has been the capital of China for centuries, its cuisine is influenced by culinary traditions from all over China, but ... |
19760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism | Manichaeism | Manichaeism (;
in New Persian ; ) was a major religion founded in the 3rd century AD by the Parthian prophet Mani (), in the Sasanian Empire.
Manichaeism taught an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness. Through an ongoin... |
19761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan%20cuisine | Moroccan cuisine | Moroccan cuisine is influenced by Morocco's interactions and exchanges with other cultures and nations over the centuries. Moroccan cuisine is usually a mix of Amazigh, Andalusian, and Mediterranean cuisines, with slight European (French and Spanish) and sub-Saharan influences.
According to Moroccan chef and cuisine r... |
19763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Van%20Buren | Martin Van Buren | Martin Van Buren ( ; born Maarten van Buren (); December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 8th president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A founder of the Democratic Party, he had previously served as the 9th governor of New York, the 10th United States secretary of ... |
19765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne%20Cricket%20Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground | The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the 11th largest globally, and the second largest cricket ground by cap... |
19766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%20Plan | Marshall Plan | The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred over $13 billion (equivalent of about $ in ) in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II. Rep... |
19769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariculture | Mariculture | Mariculture or marine farming is a specialized branch of aquaculture (which includes freshwater aquaculture) involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other animal products, in enclosed sections of the open ocean (offshore mariculture), fish farms built on littoral waters (inshore mariculture), or in a... |
19770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics | Memetics | Memetics is the study of information and culture based on an analogy with Darwinian evolution. Proponents describe memetics as an approach to evolutionary models of cultural information transfer. Memetics describes how an idea can propagate successfully, but doesn't necessarily imply a concept is factual. Critics conte... |
19773 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%2025 | March 25 |
Events
Pre-1600
421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.
717 – Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empi... |
19780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20islands%20of%20Michigan | List of islands of Michigan | The following is a list of islands of Michigan. Michigan has the second longest coastline of any state after Alaska. Being bordered by four of the five Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior—Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds, as well as innumerable rivers, that may contain their own islands incl... |
19808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20governors%20of%20Michigan | List of governors of Michigan | The governor of Michigan, is the head of government of Michigan and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; the power to either approve or veto appropriation bills passed by the Michigan Legislature; the power to convene the legislature; and the po... |
19809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses%20Amyraut | Moses Amyraut | Moïse Amyraut, Latin Moyses Amyraldus (September 1596 – January 8, 1664), in English texts often Moses Amyraut, was a French Huguenot, Reformed theologian and metaphysician. He was the architect of Amyraldism, a Calvinist doctrine that made modifications to Calvinist theology regarding the nature of Christ's atonement.... |
19811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray%20River | Murray River | The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: Millewa, Yorta Yorta: Tongala) is a river in south-eastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest rivers of Australia (the Murrumbidgee, Darling, Lachlan, Warrego and Paroo Rivers). T... |
19812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Mercury | Project Mercury | Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the US Air Force by the newly created civilian space agen... |
19813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius%20Maecenas | Gaius Maecenas | Gaius Cilnius Maecenas ( – 8 BC) was a friend and political advisor to Octavian, who later reigned as Augustus. He was also an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets, including both Horace and Virgil. During the reign of Augustus, Maecenas served as a quasi-culture minister to the Roman emperor but i... |
19814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meander%20%28disambiguation%29 | Meander (disambiguation) | A meander is a bend in a river.
Meander may also refer to:
Geography
Municipalities or communities
Meander, Mississippi, former name of Gholson, an unincorporated community in Noxubee County, Mississippi, U.S.
Meander, Tasmania, a rural town in Meander Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia
Meander Valley Council, a... |
19818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%2016 | March 16 |
Events
Pre-1600
934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant burn to death after the Fall of Montségur.
1601–1900
1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the... |
19821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus%20%28emperor%29 | Tacitus (emperor) | Marcus Claudius Tacitus (; died June 276) was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title Gothicus Maximus.
Early life
His early life is largely unknown. His faction circulated copies of the historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus' ... |
19822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV%20Tampa | MV Tampa | MV Tampa was a roll-on/roll-off container ship completed in 1984 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in South Korea for the Norway-based firm, Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning.
Service history
Tampa affair
In August 2001, under Captain Arne Rinnan, a diplomatic dispute brewed between Australia, Norway, and Indonesia af... |
19823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya%20numerals | Maya numerals | The Mayan numeral system was the system to represent numbers and calendar dates in the Maya civilization. It was a vigesimal (base-20) positional numeral system. The numerals are made up of three symbols; zero (a shell), one (a dot) and five (a bar). For example, thirteen is written as three dots in a horizontal row ab... |
19826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Foot | Michael Foot | Michael Mackintosh Foot (23 July 19133 March 2010) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Labour Leader from 1980 to 1983. Foot began his career as a journalist on Tribune and the Evening Standard. He co-wrote the 1940 polemic against appeasement of Adolf Hitler, Guilty Men, under a pseudonym.
Foot serve... |
19828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20and%20Moritz | Max and Moritz | Max and Moritz: A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks (original: Max und Moritz – Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen) is a German language illustrated story in verse. This highly inventive, blackly humorous tale, told entirely in rhymed couplets, was written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch and published in 1865. It is ... |
19829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%20Day | May Day | May Day is a public holiday, in some regions, usually celebrated on 1 May or the first Monday of May. It is an ancient festival marking the first day of summer, and a current traditional spring holiday in many European cultures. Dances, singing, and cake are usually part of the festivities.
In 1889, May Day was chosen... |
19830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%E2%80%93Boltzmann%20distribution | Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution | In physics (in particular in statistical mechanics), the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution is a particular probability distribution named after James Clerk Maxwell and Ludwig Boltzmann.
It was first defined and used for describing particle speeds in idealized gases, where the particles move freely inside a stationary con... |
19831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Thatcher | Margaret Thatcher | Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013), was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. The longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, she was the first woman to hold that office. As prime minister, ... |
19833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metastability | Metastability | In chemistry and physics, metastability denotes an intermediate energetic state within a dynamical system other than the system's state of least energy.
A ball resting in a hollow on a slope is a simple example of metastability. If the ball is only slightly pushed, it will settle back into its hollow, but a stronger pu... |
19834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Wollstonecraft | Mary Wollstonecraft | Mary Wollstonecraft (, ; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more attention than her writing. Today Wollstonecraft ... |
19836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20mass | Molecular mass | The molecular mass (m) is the mass of a given molecule: it is measured in daltons (Da or u). Different molecules of the same compound may have different molecular masses because they contain different isotopes of an element. The related quantity relative molecular mass, as defined by IUPAC, is the ratio of the mass of ... |
19838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic%20bonding | Metallic bonding | Metallic bonding is a type of chemical bonding that arises from the electrostatic attractive force between conduction electrons (in the form of an electron cloud of delocalized electrons) and positively charged metal ions. It may be described as the sharing of free electrons among a structure of positively charged ions... |
19839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl%20group | Methyl group | A methyl group is an alkyl derived from methane, containing one carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms — CH3. In formulas, the group is often abbreviated Me. Such hydrocarbon groups occur in many organic compounds. It is a very stable group in most molecules. While the methyl group is usually part of a larger mole... |
19842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mild%20ale | Mild ale | Mild ale is a type of ale, with a predominantly malty palate. Modern mild ales are mainly dark-coloured with an alcohol by volume (ABV) of 3% to 3.6%, although there are lighter-hued examples as well as stronger examples reaching 6% abv and higher. It originated in Britain in the 17th century or earlier, and originally... |
19843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars%20Society | Mars Society | The Mars Society is a U.S. registered non-profit organization that leads a worldwide movement, with dozens of chapters, to educate and inform the general public, members of the media, and government representatives about the importance of Mars exploration and the establishment of a permanent human presence on the Red P... |
19845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva | Minerva | Minerva (; ) is the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. Minerva is not a patron of violence such as Mars, but of defensive war only. From the second century BC onward, the Romans equated her with the Greek goddess Athena. Minerva is one of... |
19846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars%20Direct | Mars Direct | Mars Direct is a proposal for a human mission to Mars which purports to be both cost-effective and possible with current technology. It was originally detailed in a research paper by Martin Marietta engineers Robert Zubrin and David Baker in 1990, and later expanded upon in Zubrin's 1996 book The Case for Mars. It now ... |
19848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Planck | Max Planck | Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (; ; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.
Planck made many substantial contributions to theoretical physics, but his fame as a physicist rests primarily on his role as the originator... |
19849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%2030 | March 30 |
Events
Pre-1600
598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro-Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague.
1282 – The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the ... |
19852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhuri%20Dixit | Madhuri Dixit | Madhuri Dixit Nene (née Dixit; born 15 May 1967) is an Indian actress, producer and television personality. One of the most popular leading ladies of Hindi cinema, she has appeared in over 70 Bollywood films. Noted by critics for her beauty, dancing skills, and strong characters, Dixit's early career was shaped up most... |
19855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars%20Attacks | Mars Attacks | Mars Attacks is a science fiction-themed trading card series released in 1962 by Topps. The cards feature artwork by science fiction artists Wally Wood and Norman Saunders. The cards form a story arc, which tells of the invasion of Earth by cruel, hideous Martians under the command of a corrupt Martian government who c... |
19856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal%20Protocol | Montreal Protocol | The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. It was agreed on 16 September 1987, and entered into force on 1 January 1989. Since then, it has undergone nine revisions, in 1990 (London),... |
19857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncton | Moncton | Moncton (; ) is the largest urban centre in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" because of its central inland location in the region and its history as a railway and... |
19858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20theory | Model theory | In mathematical logic, model theory is the study of the relationship between formal theories (a collection of sentences in a formal language expressing statements about a mathematical structure), and their models (those structures in which the statements of the theory hold). The aspects investigated include the number ... |
19859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick | Moby-Dick | Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribu... |
19862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground | Underground | Underground most commonly refers to:
Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
Underground may also refer to:
Places
The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
The Underground (Stoke concert venue), a club/music venue based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Un... |
19863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira%20River | Madeira River | The Madeira River ( ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near or in length depending on the measuring party and their methods. The Madeira is the biggest tributary of the Amazon, accounting for about 15% of the water in the basin. A map from E... |
19864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara%C3%B1%C3%B3n%20River | Marañón River | The Marañón River (, ) is the principal or mainstem source of the Amazon River, arising about 160 km to the northeast of Lima, Peru, and flowing through a deeply eroded Andean valley in a northwesterly direction, along the eastern base of the Cordillera of the Andes, as far as 5° 36′ southern latitude; from where it ma... |
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