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38687 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20Noble%20Truths | Four Noble Truths | The Four Noble Truths are a Buddhist teaching. They show Buddhists why they should follow the Middle Way.
The Four Noble Truths
The First Noble Truth
The first noble truth is called Dukkha, which means suffering. It says that life is full of suffering. To say it a different way, in life, there is sickness, poverty (... |
38690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition | Composition | Composition means literally putting together. It may refer to:
Composition (music), putting notes together to make a piece of music
Composition (visual arts), the way that colors or shapes are put together
Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work for speech or written discourse |
38700 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory%20of%20relativity | Theory of relativity | The theory of relativity was developed by Albert Einstein in the early 1900s. There are two theories of relativity. The first is special relativity and the second is general relativity.
The theory aims to solve problems which could not be solved by classical physics, or by 19th century physics. Certain observations, l... |
38730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS | BIOS | BIOS, computing, stands for Basic Input/Output System. The BIOS is a computer program embedded on a chip on a computer's motherboard that recognizes and controls various devices that make up the computer. The purpose of the BIOS is to make sure all the things plugged into the computer can work properly. It brings life ... |
38759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Politkovskaya | Anna Politkovskaya | Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (; 30 August 1958 — 7 October 2006) was a Russian journalist. Anna Politkovskaya wrote for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta. She was born in the New York City, United States. Her parents were diplomats and her mother was Ukrainian. Her birth name was Anna Stepanovna Mazepa (Russian:Анна Степано... |
38765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali%20language | Bengali language | Bengali is the most eastern Indo-Aryan language from South Asia. It developed from a language called Pali.
Bengali is spoken in Bangladesh and in the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura.
There are about 220 million native speakers and about 250 million total speakers of Bengali. It is one of the most widely sp... |
38777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR%20%28disambiguation%29 | DDR (disambiguation) | DDR is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including:
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic), the former German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany
Dance Dance Revolution, a music video game series |
38778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peso | Peso | The peso is the monetary unit of several countries in the Americas and the Philippines. Originating in Spain, the word peso translates to "weight" and uses the peso sign ("$"; "₱" in the Philippines).
The silver peso worth eight reales was also known in English as a Spanish dollar or "piece of eight" and was a widely ... |
38786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Menzies | Robert Menzies | Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 - 14 May 1978) was the 12th Prime Minister of Australia.
Australia
He was Prime Minister for a total of 18 and half years which is the longest in Australia's history. After the death of Joseph Lyons he was elected leader of the United Australia Party and became Prime Minist... |
38806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline%20Fowler | Pauline Fowler | Pauline Fowler was a character in EastEnders. She was played by English actress Wendy Richard (1943-2009).
In the show, she lived at number 45 Albert Square. She had three children, Mark, Michelle and Martin. Mark died in 2004 of AIDS.
She was married to a man called Joe Macer in 2006, and she also had three grandchi... |
38817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will%20Young | Will Young | Will Young (born 20 January 1979) is an English singer and actor. He was born in Berkshire.
He became famous in 2002 when he won the British singing competition, Pop Idol. Since then, he has had a successful music career.
Young has released three albums so far and has had four number one singles in the United Kingdom... |
38825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration | Concentration | In chemistry, concentration is how much of a substance is mixed with another substance.
The substance that is dissolved (shown as the red dye in the example) is known as the solute. The substance in which the solute is dissolved (shown as the water in the example) is known as the solvent.
To concentrate a solution, o... |
38831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod%20shuffle | IPod shuffle | The iPod shuffle is an MP3 player made by Apple Inc. It is available with a 4GB memory which can hold roughly 1,000 songs, or 2GB memory holding roughly 500 songs. The iPod shuffle is Apple's smallest music player, it is 45.2mm tall, 17.5mm wide, and has a depth of 7.8mm. It was discontinued on 27 Jul 2017.
Features
... |
38835 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightshade | Nightshade | The nightshades (Solanaceae) are a family of flowering plants.
Many members of the family contain strong alkaloids, and some are very toxic. Well-known members of this family are chili peppers, petunias, deadly nightshade, mandrakes, potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines (eggplants) and tobacco.
Because it is thought that ... |
38842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodworking | Woodworking | Woodworking is a skill. In woodworking, one can cut or sand (make wood smooth).
Safety measures
When one is doing woodworking, be careful of being hurt. Remember to wear safety goggles or a facemask (like safety goggles. but to protect ones face). Do not wear long clothing, because it can get stuck in a tool.
Course... |
38848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessmaster | Chessmaster | Chessmaster is a series of chess-playing computer games. It is made by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million games sold . The first version of the game, Chessmaster 2000, was released in 1986. This first version and the next one, Chessmaster 2100, were produced by the n... |
38851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1094 | 1094 |
Events
May – El Cid completes his conquest of Valencia, Spain, and begins his rule of Valencia.
November 27 – Urban II in Clermont Synod proclaims crusade
Duncan III of Scotland succeeds Duncan II of Scotland as King of Scotland
The first mention of the city of Zagreb, Croatia, as it became a bishopric see.
Ray... |
38853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20of%20Assisi | Francis of Assisi | Saint Francis of Assisi (September 26, 1181 – October 3, 1226) is a Christian Saint. He is the founder of the Franciscan Order and patron saint of animals, the environment, merchants, Italy and Catholic Action. He was born in Assisi, Italy where a large basilica was built in his honor.
On his feast day, October 4, ma... |
38854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1182 | 1182 |
Events
Canute VI crowned king of Denmark.
Serbia allies itself with Hungary to gain independence.
First Sejm, or Polish Parliament, convenes at Łęczyca.
Jews expelled from Paris by Philip II of France.
Maronites reestablish their affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church.
Venetians massacred during a riot in ... |
38855 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing | Printing | Printing is putting words and images on paper by mechanical means. Books and newspapers are made by printing. Usually, the images are formed by ink. The ink is put on paper in machines called printing presses.
Printing is one of the technologies which has changed the world. It is an efficient way to multiply writing, ... |
38856 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide%20Cup | Adelaide Cup | The Adelaide Cup is a horserace, held in Adelaide, South Australia. It has been held at the Morphettville Racecourse since 2001.
Horse racing
Adelaide
2001 establishments in Australia |
38860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Lynch | David Lynch | David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American movie director. His movies include Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man and Mulholland Drive. He was also responsible for a television series called Twin Peaks, his overall most famous work. Eraserhead, his first movie, is still his most famous theatrical m... |
38862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Dark%20Side%20of%20the%20Moon | The Dark Side of the Moon | The Dark Side Of The Moon is an album by the band Pink Floyd. The album has sold over 45 million copies. It is believed to be one of the best-selling albums ever, behind Thriller. It is also widely considered one of the greatest albums of all time.
History
It was released in 1973 and is their ninth album. It is one o... |
38870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Fadden | Arthur Fadden | Sir Arthur William Fadden (13 April 1895 – 21 April 1973) was the 13th Prime Minister of Australia. He was leader of the Country Party when Robert Menzies resigned in 1941. He became Prime Minister but lost to John Curtin in an election held only one month after he became Prime Minister. When Menzies became Prime Minis... |
38872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Curtin | John Curtin | John Joseph Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945) was Prime Minister of Australia from 1941-1945. He went to St Abrose's School. His background is Irish
1885 births
1945 deaths
Curtin, John
Politicians from Victoria (Australia)
Australian Labor Party politicians
Leaders of the Opposition (Australia)
Politicians from ... |
38875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Capital%20Territory | Australian Capital Territory | The Australian Capital Territory or ACT is a small territory in Australia. It was created as the home for the Australian capital city, Canberra, because of fighting between New South Wales and Victoria over where the capital city should be. The Jervis Bay Territory was created at the same time so that the ACT would hav... |
38877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General%20of%20Australia | Governor-General of Australia | The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australia's head of state, Queen Elizabeth II. The current Governor-General is David Hurley.
The Governor-General of Australia is a powerful person in the country. The Governor-General is leader of the Executive Council and Commander-in-Chief of t... |
38887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Jeffery | Michael Jeffery | Major-General Philip Michael Jeffery (12 December 1937 – 18 December 2020) was the 24th Governor-General of Australia from 11 August 2003 until 5 September 2008. He was appointed by John Howard. Before this he was Governor of Western Australia. He quit the army in 1993 when he became Governor.
Biography
Jeffery was b... |
38903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny | Nanny | A nanny is someone hired to take care of the children in a family. They are usually female but there are also male nannies. Many nannies can begin their employment in their late teens. Many nannies live in their employers' home most of the days in the year. Some employers require their nanny/nannies to wear a uniform.... |
38906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Forde | Frank Forde | Francis Michael Forde (18 July 1890 – 28 January 1983) was the 15th Prime Minister of Australia. He was Prime Minister for only a week after John Curtin died. He lost a leadership contest to Ben Chifley. He was prime minister for only eight days, less than any other Prime Minister from Australia. He also lived longer t... |
38909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Chifley | Ben Chifley | Joseph Benedict Chifley (22 September 1885 – 13 June 1951) was the 16th Prime Minister of Australia. He won the leadership after the death of John Curtin in 1945. His government tried to take over of all Australia's banks. This was not popular and the High Court said that it would not be allowed. Opposition leader Robe... |
38911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | The High Court of Australia is the most powerful court in Australia. It was created in 1903 and is located in the capital city of Canberra. It currently has seven judges who are called "Justices". It mainly hears appeals by people who are not happy with the decision of another court.
Government of Australia
Australia... |
38912 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20Holt | Harold Holt | Harold Edward Holt (5 August 1908 – 17 December 1967) was the 17th Prime Minister of Australia. He became Prime Minister after the retirement of Robert Menzies. He supported the United States in the Vietnam War. He disappeared while swimming at a beach in Victoria in December 1967. His body was never found. Many urban ... |
38924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere | Biosphere | The biosphere includes everything living on Earth it is also known as ecosphere. Currently the biosphere has a biomass (or amount of living things) at around 1900 gigatonnes of carbon. It is not certain exactly how thick the biosphere is, though scientists predict that it is around 12,500 meters. The biosphere extends ... |
38926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum%20and%20bugle%20corps | Drum and bugle corps | A drum and bugle corps is similar to a marching band but it only has brass instruments, percussion instruments, and color guards. Armies used signal drums and bugles as signals for centuries. The modern drum and bugle corps came from military drum and bugle units coming back from World War I and the wars after it. Earl... |
38929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccolo | Piccolo | The piccolo is a small flute that plays one octave higher than the normal flute. It sounds an octave higher than written. It is the highest instrument in the orchestra. Sometimes it sounds like a birdcall. The name 'piccolo' comes from the Italian word meaning 'small'.
Flutes |
38931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20reed | Double reed | Double reeds are a group of musical instruments in the woodwind family. Instead of a mouthpiece, the player blows air through a pair of reeds that vibrate against each other.
Examples of double reed woodwinds are the bassoon, oboe and Cor anglais (English horn).
Musical instrument construction
de:Zunge (Tonerzeug... |
38933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto%20flute | Alto flute | The alto flute is a flute that plays a fourth (half an octave) lower than the regular flute. It is longer than the regular flute. Sometimes alto flutes have a bent part at the top end.
The alto flute is a transposing instrument. This makes it easy for someone who plays the flute to play on the alto flute. The fing... |
38945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevenage | Stevenage | Stevenage is a town in Hertfordshire in England. It is between the towns of Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City.
In 1801, 1,430 people lived in Stevenage. In 1901, 4,049 people lived in Stevenage. In 2001, 79,724 lived in Stevenage. The town grew the most in the 1950s and 1960s, when it became the first new town in the ... |
38951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh%21 | Yu-Gi-Oh! | Yu-Gi-Oh! is a manga series, two anime series, and a trading card game (the books came first, then the cards and then the series) based on the two anime series. The series follows the adventures of Yugi Mutou, a high school student who plays a game called Duel Monsters. It has a spin-off called Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Japan has ... |
38952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling%20salesman%20problem | Travelling salesman problem | The Traveling Salesman Problem (often called TSP) is a classic algorithmic problem in the field of computer science and operations research. It is focused on optimization. In this context, better solution often means a solution that is cheaper, shorter, or faster. TSP is a mathematical problem. It is most easily expre... |
38956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacity | Capacity | Capacity is the ability to hold something, very similar to volume.
Capacity may also mean:
Capacity in economics, how much a company or a government uses its potential output
Capacitythe legal ability to do certain things, such as making a contract
Capacity of a set, in mathematics, one way of measuring a set's si... |
38957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creditor | Creditor | A creditor is a person who loans money to another person. The person who gets the loan is called the borrower. Creditors are sometimes called moneylenders. Creditors expect the borrower to pay the money back at a later time. The creditor usually gets extra money from the borrower. This extra money is called interest.
... |
38959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost | Cost | Cost may mean:
The amount of money needed to buy something
Something other than money that is used up. Example: "Going to jail cost 5 years of my life". This usage is a metaphor.
Cost function
Cost of living, the amount of money it costs just to live in a certain place. It includes food, housing, etc.
Opportunit... |
38964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno%20Domini | Anno Domini | Anno Domini (Medieval Latin : "in the year of the Lord"), shortened as AD or A.D., is used to refer to the years after the birth of Jesus. AD is also a shortening for Christian Era. Similarly, Before Christ, shortened as BC or B.C., is used in the English language to refer to all years before the start of the time peri... |
38973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haze | Haze | Haze is reduction in visibility due to dust or other particles in the air. It is often a problem in air quality with smoke covering the sky. The particles may also make it hard to breathe. Some people fall sick as well due to the polluted air.
Haze
ca:Broma (temps) |
38975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours | Neighbours | Neighbours is an Australian soap opera. The show started in March 1985 on the Seven Network, but they cancelled it the same year. Rival network Network Ten decided to start making and broadcasting the show, and have done that since 1986. It was produced by Reg Watson. The show started with low ratings, and Network Ten ... |
38984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20McEwen | John McEwen | Sir John McEwen (29 March 1900 – 20 November 1980) was the 18th Prime Minister of Australia. He was leader of the Country Party when Harold Holt disappeared in 1967, and so was appointed Prime Minister until the Liberal Party elected a new leader. The Party elected John Gorton as the leader, and Gorton took over as Pri... |
39005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gorton | John Gorton | Sir John Grey Gorton (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. He was elected Liberal Party leader after Harold Holt was drowned. He was a fighter pilot during the Second World War and had a battle scarred face. He said he was "Australian to the bootheels".
Bettina Brown married Gorton... |
39009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20McMahon | William McMahon | Sir William McMahon (23 February 1908 – 31 March 1988) was the 20th Prime Minister of Australia. He was elected to the Australian parliament in 1949, and stayed as Member for Lowe, in Sydney, for 33 years. He challenged John Gorton for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia in 1971 and won. He was 63 years ol... |
39018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC%20bot | IRC bot | IRC Bots are computer programs. They are used on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) to help control and protect chat rooms. They can do many of the things that a human user can do such as gather data, kick users out of the channel, ban users, or even send stats to other programs and websites.
IRC Bots/Chatroom bots are used in... |
39024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn%20Lane | Shawn Lane | Shawn Lane (March 21, 1963 – September 26, 2003) was an American musician. He was a solo guitarist.
At the age of 4, he began taking vocal lessons, cello lessons and piano lessons. By age ten, he picked up a guitar and found out he was better with a guitar than his other instruments. He joined a band at the age of fif... |
39027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text | Text | Text may mean:
Writing
a piece of writing
Textual criticism, the study of changes in books or manuscripts.
Text message
Books
a book, a set of printed sheets of paper held together between two covers.
a textbook, a book used for the study of a subject. People use a textbook to learn facts and methods about a ... |
39030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Scott | Greg Scott | Greg "Greggles" Scott (born March 6, 1969) is an English television presenter. He is best known for presenting Quizmania, a quiz show on ITV Play.
English television presenters
1969 births
Living people |
39048 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin%20Dragons | Twin Dragons | Twin Dragons (1992) (also known as Brother vs. Brother and When Dragons Collide)
Identical brothers, separated at birth, end up as a criminal and a U.S. pianist, then cross paths years later in Hong Kong.
Cast
Jackie Chan
Maggie Cheung
Nina Li Chi
Anthony Chan
Philip Chan
Sylvia Chang
James Wong
Lai Ying Chow
Kirk W... |
39052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola | Motorola | Motorola was an American company that made cell phones and other electronics. The company was based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a small town just outside of Chicago, Illinois. After losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, Motorola was divided in two separate companies on January 4, 2011; Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solu... |
39054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar%20planet | Extrasolar planet | An extrasolar planet (or exoplanet) is a natural planet in a planetary system outside our own solar system.
In 2013, estimates of the number of terrestrial planets in the Milky Way ranged from at least 17 billion to at least 144 billion. The smaller estimate studied planet candidates gathered by the Kepler space obse... |
39056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extratropical%20cyclone | Extratropical cyclone | An extratropical cyclone (also called a mid-latitude cyclone) is a type of cyclone. It is a large low-pressure weather area with clouds, rain and heavy wind. They occur in areas that are between latitudes 30° – 60° from the equator. They are not the same as tropical cyclones or low-pressure weather areas from polar zon... |
39058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20solar%20system%20body | Small solar system body | A small solar system body (SSSB) is a term defined in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union to describe solar system objects which are not planets or dwarf planets:
All other objects orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as "Small Solar System Bodies" ... These currently include most of the Solar S... |
39066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein | Frankenstein | Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by Mary Shelley. It is about a creature produced by a strange scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was nineteen. It was published when she was twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name... |
39068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN | ESPN | ESPN is an American sports television network owned by ESPN, Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company which own Sony Corporation which WarnerCBS 90% owns 20%. ESPN is an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. The channel is headquartered in Bristol, Connecticut with other studios in Los ... |
39069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance%20Australia%20Fair | Advance Australia Fair | Advance Australia Fair is the official national anthem of Australia.
Peter Dodds McCormick (–1916) wrote the music and the words for the song. It was first performed in 1878, but it only became Australia's official anthem in 1984.
Between 1878 and 1984, the song was used inside of Australia as a patriotic song. For ... |
39070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Winter%20Olympics | 2006 Winter Olympics | The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were held in Turin, Italy from 10 to 26 February 2006. This was the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games. The first time was the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Italy also had the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
The Presid... |
39074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1665 | 1665 | The year 1665 was a common year which started on Thursday.
Events
March 4 – The Second Anglo-Dutch War begins.
Births
February 6 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (d. 1714) |
39075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1683 | 1683 | Year 1683 was a common year that started on Friday when using the Gregorian calendar.
Events
June 6 – The Ashmolean Museum opens as the world's first university museum.
June 12 – The Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II of England is discovered.
July 8 – The Qing Dynasty Chinese admiral Shi Lang led 300 ships... |
39076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1764 | 1764 |
Births
March 13 – Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)
September 25 – Fletcher Christian, leader of the Mutiny on the Bounty (d. 1793)
Deaths
April 15 – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (born 1721)
November 20 – Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathema... |
39077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1629 | 1629 | The year 1629 was a common year which started on Monday.
Events
February 11 – The Pilgrims leave England for North America to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Births
March 9 – Czar Alexis I of Russia (d. 1676)
April 14 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist (d. 1695) |
39078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1692 | 1692 |
Events
January–June
March 1 – The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with the charging of 3 women with witchcraft.
June 8 – During a famine in Mexico City, an angry mob torches the Viceroy's palace and ignites the archives; most of the documents and some paintings are saved by r... |
39079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1702 | 1702 | The year 1702 was a common year which started on Sunday.
Events
March 8 – King William III of England dies. His sister-in-law, Anne, becomes queen.
date unknown
Delaware becomes a separate colony. |
39080 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1640 | 1640 | The year 1640 was a leap year which started on a Sunday.
Events
The first university in Finland, the Academy of Åbo, is founded in Turku. |
39081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1633 | 1633 | The year 1633 was a common year which started on a Saturday.
Events
June 18 – Charles I is crowned King of Scots, at St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. |
39082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1631 | 1631 | The year 1631 was a common year which started on Wednesday.
Events
May 18 – In Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. |
39083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1635 | 1635 | The year 1635 was a common year which start on Monday.
Events
February 22 – The Académie française in Paris is founded as the national academy for the preservation of the French language.
July 31 – The Royal Mail service is made available to the public by King Charles I of England.
August 25 – The Great Colonial Hu... |
39084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1575 | 1575 | The year 1575 was a common year starting on Saturday.
Events
February 13 – Henry III of France is crowned at Reims. |
39085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1760 | 1760 | The year 1760 was a leap year which started on Tuesday.
Events
March 20 – The Great Fire of Boston, Massachusetts, destroys 349 buildings.
October 25 – King George II of Great Britain dies; his grandson George III becomes king. |
39086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1670 | 1670 | The year 1670 was a common year which started on Wednesday.
Events
April 29 – Pope Clement X succeeds Pope Clement IX as the 239th pope.
July 18 – Spain recognises Jamaica and the Cayman Islands as English possessions by the Treaty of Madrid. |
39087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1673 | 1673 | The year 1673 was a common year which started on Sunday.
Events
August 9 – Dutch forces under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recapture New York City from the English (regained by the English in 1674). |
39088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1674 | 1674 | The year 1674 was a common year which started on Monday.
Events
February 19 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. Part of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renames it New York. |
39089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1675 | 1675 | The year 1675 was a common year which start on
Events
April – The South Atlantic Ocean island of South Georgia is discovered.
June 24 – King Philip's War starts in North America.
August 10 – Construction starts on the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Births
March 31 – Pope Benedict XIV (d. 1758) |
39090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1678 | 1678 | The year 1678 was a common year which started on Saturday.
Events
January 27 – The first fire engine company in what will become the United States goes into service.
February 18 – John Bunyan publishes his Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress in London. |
39092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1722 | 1722 | 1722 is a common year which started on Thursday.
Events
April 5 (Easter Sunday) – Dutch admiral Jakob Roggeveen lands on what is now Easter Island. |
39094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1662 | 1662 | The year 1662 was a common year which started on Sunday.
Events
The Dodo bird goes extinct. |
39095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1663 | 1663 | The year 1663 was a common year which started on Monday.
Events
March 4 – The Prince Edward Islands in the subantarctic Indian Ocean are discovered by Dutch explorer Barent Barentszoon Lam. |
39096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1669 | 1669 | The year 1669 is a common year which started on Tuesday.
Events
March 11 – Mount Etna erupts, destroying the town of Nicolosi and killing 20,000 people.
July – The Hanseatic League, 400 years after it was formed, holds its last official meeting in Lübeck.
Date unknown
Phosphorus is discovered by Hennig Brand.
Ant... |
39097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1523 | 1523 | The year 1523 was a common year which started on Thursday.
Events
June 6 – Gustav Vasa is elected king of Sweden, finally establishing its full independence from Denmark, ending of the Kalmar Union. |
39098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1511 | 1511 |
Births
February 8 – Giorgio Vasari (d. 1574), Italian painter, architect and writer
Deaths
January 9 – Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek classical scholar (b. 1424)
February 11 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, eldest son of Henry VIII of England
June 6 – Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah, Islamic scholar, author of the Oran fatwa
July... |
39099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1506 | 1506 | The year 1506 was a common year which started on Thursday.
Events
January 22 – The Swiss Guard arrives at the Vatican, to serve as permanent ceremonial and palace guards under Pope Julius II.
Births
April 7 – Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit saint (d. 1552) |
39100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1693 | 1693 | The year 1693 was a common year which started on a Thursday.
Events
January 11 – 1693 Sicily earthquake: Mount Etna erupts, causing a devastating earthquake that affects parts of Sicily and Malta.
February 8 – The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a Royal charter from King William III... |
39106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula | Dracula | Dracula is a horror novel written by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. Bram Stoker published the novel in England in 1897. The character 'Dracula' may have been based in part on Sir Henry Irving (who was an actor and friend of Bram Stoker) and on Vlad III the Impaler (a Romanian king). The story is about a vampire called D... |
39120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1002 | 1002 | 1002 (MII) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the second year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.
Events
January 23 – Emperor Otto III dies, at the age of 22, of smallpox at Castle of Paterno (near Rome) after a 19-year reign. He leaves no son, nor a surviving brother who can succeed ... |
39121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1570 | 1570 | The year 1570 was a common year starting on Sunday.
Events
February 8 – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake occurs in Concepción, Chile.
February 25 – Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis.
July 14 – Pope Pius V issues Quo Primum, promulgating the 1570 edition of the Roman... |
39122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1470 | 1470 |
Events
March 12 – Wars of the Roses in England – Battle of Losecoat Field: The House of York defeats the House of Lancaster.
July 12 – The Ottomans capture Euboea.
October 3 – Warwick releases Henry VI of England from the Tower of London, and restores him to the throne.
Births
June 30 – Charles VIII of France... |
39123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1530 | 1530 |
Births
Filippo Azzaiolo (d. 1569), Italian composer
Deaths
29 November – Thomas Wolsey (born between 1471 and 1476), English statesman and archbishop |
39124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1534 | 1534 |
Events
Jaques Cartier explored Quebec and Montreal.
Births
Joan Waste (d. 1 August 1556), English woman burned to death because she would not stop being a Protestant
10 February – Song Ik-phil (d. 8 August 1599), Korean politician
23 June – Oda Nobunaga (d. 21 June 1582), Japanese daimyo
1 July – Frederick II ... |
39125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1708 | 1708 | The year 1708 was a leap year which started on Sunday.
Events
July 11 – War of the Spanish Succession: Allied forces commanded by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough defeated the French at the Battle of Oudenarde.
August 18 – War of the Spanish Succession: The British capture Minorca, Spain. |
39126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1656 | 1656 | The year 1656 was a leap year which started on Saturday.
Events
December – The pendulum clock is invented by Christian Huygens. |
39127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1586 | 1586 | The year 1586 was a common year which started on Wednesday.
Events
Simon Stevin, a Flemish mathematician, demonstrates that two objects of different weight fall with the same speed. |
39128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1576 | 1576 | The year 1576 was a leap year which started on Sunday.
Events
August 11 – English navigator Martin Frobisher, on his search for the Northwest Passage, enters the bay now named after him. |
39129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1477 | 1477 |
Events
The University of Tübingen was founded in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Births
January 25 – Anne of Brittany (d. January 9, 1514), Duchess of Brittany |
39132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1646 | 1646 | The year 1646 was a common year which started on Monday.
Events
February 16 – First English Civil War: The Battle of Great Torrington, Devon, the last major battle of the conflict, is fought.
December 21 – Temperatures around the world start to decline as part of the Little Ice Age.
Deaths
December 22 – Peter Mogi... |
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