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48031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%20effect | Special effect | Special effects are used in movies to create images that do not exist. There are many different types of special effects, for example, making little models or using computer animation.
Action movies often use special effects to create images that would be dangerous or cost a lot of money. For example, if an action mov... |
48042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions%20of%201848%20in%20the%20German%20states | Revolutions of 1848 in the German states | The Revolutions in the German states developed in most of the 38 states of Germany that were loosely bound together in the German Confederation after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. To these states belonged Austria as well though Hungary that was part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was not part of the German Confeder... |
48044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication | Abdication | Abdication is the act of resigning from an office (official job), especially from being the leader of a country. The word is normally used for kings and queens who decide to give up their position which brings an end to a reign. The term is also used for popes.
A similar term for an elected or appointed official is r... |
48047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20Columbae | Beta Columbae | Beta Columbae is a star in the Columba constellation. The Columba constellation is known as "The Dove".
Red giants |
48050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia%20Eagles | Philadelphia Eagles | The Philadelphia Eagles are an American football team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Eagles joined the National Football League in the year 1933. They have appeared in three Super Bowls (XXXIX, XV and LII) and won the Super Bowl LII in 2018, winning the 2017 season. They have won three championships in 1948, 19... |
48056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube | YouTube | YouTube is a free video sharing and social networking website and app on the internet. The website lets people upload, view, and share videos. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005 by three former members of PayPal. Google (a search engine company) has owned and operated YouTube since 2006. YouTube now carries paid... |
48068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich | Greenwich | Greenwich is a district of London. It is the main part of the Borough of Greenwich, about 8.9 km east south-east of Charing Cross.
The Royal Greenwich Observatory is in Greenwich. It was originally built for the Astronomer Royal. The Oservatory created the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time (GM... |
48079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch%20Me%20If%20You%20Can%20%28movie%29 | Catch Me If You Can (movie) | Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical crime drama movie. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. The movie was directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on the 1980 book by Frank Abagnale.
Catch Me if You Can is set in 1963. Frank Abagnale is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Frank is sixteen years old. Car... |
48081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armorica | Armorica | Armorica or Aremorica is the name given in ancient times to the part of Gaul that includes the Brittany peninsula and the territory between the Seine and Loire rivers
Other websites
An Tour Tan- Dorioù Breizh – Breton culture and traditions
Gouelioù Breizh - Breton events
Sevenadur ha gizioù Breizh e saozneg - Br... |
48082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaul | Gaul | Gaul () was the name given in ancient times to the area of Western Europe that included northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. Many Celtic tribes lived in the region and were known by the Romans simply as "Gauls".
In Engli... |
48083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw | Danelaw | The Danelaw (from the Old English Dena lagu, Danish: Danelagen ) is an 11th-century name for an area of northern and eastern England. This area was under the administrative control of the Danish Viking empire (or Danes, or Norsemen) from the late 9th century until the early 11th century.
As can be seen from the map, D... |
48084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorvik | Jorvik | Jórvík was the Viking name for the English city of York and the kingdom centred there.
York had been founded as the Roman legionary fortress of Eboracum and revived as the Anglo-Saxon trading port of Eoforwic. It was first captured in November 866 by a large army of Danish Vikings.
Other websites
Brenda Ralph Lewis... |
48085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutton | Mutton | The terms lamb, mutton or hoggett are used to describe the meat of a domestic sheep. The meat of a sheep a year old or younger is generally known as lamb, whereas the meat of an older sheep is either hoggett or mutton depending on its age and characteristics. In some countries all such meat is referred to as lamb. ... |
48086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion | Prion | A prion (pronounced pree-on) is an infectious protein. The word is short for "proteinaceous infectious particles".
All known prion diseases in mammals affect the structure of the brain or other neural tissue. Right now, they cannot be treated and always end in death.
Prions cause many forms of encephalitis, or brain... |
48087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashish | Hashish | Hashish is a sticky, thick, dark-colored resin (plant juice) which is made from the flower of the female cannabis plant, Cannabis sativa. The cannabis plant's leaves and flowers contain chemicals known as cannabinoids. One cannabinoid is THC, which gives a person who smokes or eats parts of the cannabis plant a feeling... |
48091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Pitt%20the%20Younger | William Pitt the Younger | William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 — 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1782—1783, 1783—1801 and 1804—1806. He was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1783 to 1801, and again from 1804 until his death. He is k... |
48098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul%20Sartre | Jean-Paul Sartre | Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French existentialist philosopher, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and critic. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1964, but refused it, saying "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution". He was a Marxist and an ath... |
48100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Steinbeck | John Steinbeck | John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. Some of his most famous works are Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Grapes of Wrath (1940), which won a Pulitzer Prize. In these two books, Steinbeck writes about migrant workers ... |
48102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira%20Kurosawa | Akira Kurosawa | Akira Kurosawa (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese movie director. Kurosawa's movies are liked in Japan. Kurosawa's movies are also liked by people in other countries. He made 30 movies in 50 years. He is thought to be one of the most important movie directors.
In many of his famous movies, including R... |
48103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science%20fiction%20movie | Science fiction movie | Science fiction films are movies which tell stories about the future, outer space, robots, or aliens. Science fiction movies often use special effects to show images of alien worlds or other planets far away.
Science fiction movies are related to science fiction books. Some science fiction movies tell stories about st... |
48108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading%2C%20Pennsylvania | Reading, Pennsylvania | Reading is a city in the American state of Pennsylvania. It is the fifth largest city in Pennsylvania with 80,506 at the July 2008 mark. It is located in Berks County. There were more jobs when it was more populated. Yuengling is available as well.
Cities in Pennsylvania
County seats in Pennsylvania |
48109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanage | Swanage | Swanage is a seaside town on the east-south coast of England. The town, in Dorset, has a population of around 10,001 people. The town has a wide range of tourist attractions: A steam Railway, Durlston Country Park (Nature reserve), Victorian Pier, two public swimming pools, tennis courts, Indoor & Outdoor bowling green... |
48111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20English | Old English | The Old English language, often called Anglo-Saxon, was spoken in Anglo-Saxon England from 450 AD to 1100 AD. It was spoken by the Anglo-Saxons, who came to Great Britain from what is now Germany and Denmark. Different Anglo-Saxon kingdoms spoke different dialects, but a western dialect became the main literary version... |
48114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20people | Scottish people | Scottish people or Scots are people native to Scotland or who are descended from a native of Scotland. They almost all speak Scottish English, but some of those living in the Highlands and the islands may speak the Scottish Gaelic (a Gaelic language) as well.
Robert Burns is the national poet of Scotland.
References... |
48117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungen | Hungen | Hungen is a town in the district of Gießen, in the state of Hesse, Germany. It is southeast of Gießen. It is northeast of Friedberg. Other towns near Hungen are Laubach Nidda, Wölfersheim and Münzenberg.
The first documented mention of Hungen is in the year 782. In 1806 it became part of the Grand Duchy of Hessen.
... |
48120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremerhaven%20Hauptbahnhof | Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof | Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station in the German city of Bremerhaven, Bremen.
The station lies on the line from Bremen to Cuxhaven. The line from Bremen was built in 1862, and a station for that was built in Geestemünde. At the time, Geestemünde did not belong to Bremerhaven, but was a separate to... |
48121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy | Duchy | A duchy is a territory or domain ruled by a duke or duchess. Historically, some duchies in Continental Europe were sovereign, while others (especially in France and Britain) were subordinate districts of a kingdom.
Traditionally, a grand duchy, such as Luxembourg, was generally independent and sovereign. Sovereign d... |
48122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam%20Bam%20Bigelow | Bam Bam Bigelow | Scott Charles Bigelow (September 1, 1961 - January 19, 2007) was an American professional wrestler. He was more commonly known as Bam Bam Bigelow. He was famous for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) (now World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) ) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the late 1980s and ea... |
48125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman%20language | Anglo-Norman language | The Anglo-Norman language is the name given to the special sort of the Norman language spoken by the Anglo-Normans, the descendants of the Normans who ruled the Kingdom of England following the conquest by William of Normandy in 1066. This langue d'oïl became the official language of England and later developed into th... |
48128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langues%20d%27o%C3%AFl | Langues d'oïl | Langues d'oïl (which literally means in English: "languages of yes") is the linguistic and historical name for the Gallo-Romance languages which developed from Latin in the northern territories of Roman Gaul that now are occupied by northern France, part of Belgium and the Channel Islands.
Romance languages
Gallo-Ro... |
48131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring | Ring | For the article about a mathematical concept, see Ring (mathematics)
A ring is a piece of jewelry that is usually worn on the finger.
It is usually made of metal such as gold, silver, platinum, but can be made of other things, for example, bone or glass. Many rings have gemstones on them, for beauty and decoration on... |
48135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descendant | Descendant | The term descendant or descendent has several meanings, some of which
Primary meaning:
The progeny of a previous generation; the product of reproduction. Descendants are offspring.
A later evolutionary type in the same line.
It can also mean, by extension:
A type of object that developed from another object existin... |
48136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallo-Romance%20languages | Gallo-Romance languages | The Gallo-Romance are a branch of Romance languages. It includes French and several other languages spoken in modern France and northern Italy and Spain. According to certain linguists, it also includes Occitan and Catalan; others group these two together as a separate Occitano-Romance branch, or place Catalan within t... |
48141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital%20accumulation | Capital accumulation | Capital accumulation means the gathering of objects of value; the increase in wealth; or the creation of wealth. In this context capital can be understood as assets used for profit.
In economics capital accumulation is often seen as the same as investment.
But capital accumulation can refer as well to
real investme... |
48143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment | Investment | Investment or investing means that an asset is bought, or that money is put into a bank to get a future interest from it. Investment is total amount of money spent by a shareholder in buying shares of a company. In economic management sciences, investments means longer-term savings.
It is a term used in business manag... |
48144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Bannockburn | Battle of Bannockburn | The Battle of Bannockburn, fought on 23 and 24 June 1314, was an important Scottish victory in the Wars of Scottish Independence. A smaller Scottish army defeated a much larger and better armed English army.
Background
When King Alexander III of Scotland died in 1286, his heir was his granddaughter Margaret, Maid of ... |
48145 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars%20of%20the%20Roses | Wars of the Roses | The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) were a series of civil wars fought over the throne of England between supporters of the House of Lancaster, the Lancastrians, and supporters of the House of York, the Yorkists. Both houses were branches of the Plantagenet royal house and were related through King Edward III.
The wars ... |
48147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbook | Matchbook | A matchbook is a small cardboard container that holds a quantity of matches inside and has a coarse striking surface on the exterior.
A flap on the front is lifted to access the matches, which are attached to the interior base in a comb-like pattern and must be torn away before use. (In the matchbox, by contrast, the... |
48148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Kellner%20Diary | Friedrich Kellner Diary | The Diary of Friedrich Kellner is a journal written during the Second World War. The author, August Friedrich Kellner, was a justice inspector in the courthouse in Mainz. He was also a political activist for the Social Democratic Party of Germany between 1918 and 1933. After Hitler banned the party, the family moved to... |
48151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Opposition%3A%20The%20Diaries%20of%20Friedrich%20Kellner | My Opposition: The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner | My Opposition: the Diaries of Friedrich Kellner is a 2007 documentary movie by Abella Entertainment Ltd. of Toronto, Canada. It is produced and directed by Fern Levitt and Arnie Zipursky. Leonard Asper is an executive producer. The movie is distributed by CCI Entertainment.
Subject matter
The documentary tells the... |
48156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Nobel%20Prize%20winners%20in%20Economics | List of Nobel Prize winners in Economics | The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, informally called the Nobel Prize in Economics, is a prize awarded each year for outstanding contributions in the field of economics. The prize was not one of the awards set out in the will of Alfred Nobel. The winners of the prize receive thei... |
48167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey%20Jacobellis | Lindsey Jacobellis | Lindsey Jacobellis (born August 19, 1985 in Danbury, Connecticut) is an American snowboarder. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and won the silver medal.
References
Other websites
Lindsey Jacobellis at NBC Olympics
Lindsey Jacobellis at ESPN XGames
Lindsey Jacobellis at ESPN XGames
1985 births
Living... |
48168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis%20of%20Evil | Axis of Evil | Axis of Evil is a term first used by US President George W. Bush in his State of the Union speech on January 29, 2002 to describe the governments of Iraq, Iran, and North Korea and later Cuba, Libya, and Syria. He used this term because he believed that they backed terrorism and were trying to buy weapons of mass destr... |
48169 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20the%20Union%20Address | State of the Union Address | The State of the Union Address is a speech the president of the United States of America gives every year, usually in January. In the speech the president talks about how the country is doing and what plans he will be proposing for that year.
According to tradition, president speaks with its appeal annual. The US Cons... |
48172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja | Ninja | A ninja is a kind of spy or assassin who lived in Japan beginning in the 14th century.
History
Ninja (or shinobi) were a mystery in the History of Japan. The correct Japanese word for these warriors was shinobi-no-mono, which literally means "people who survive/endure". Ninja is easier to say; this is why it is more ... |
48173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Arizona%20Memorial | USS Arizona Memorial | The USS Arizona Memorial is in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is to remember the sailors killed when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941 by the Japanese. During the attack 1,177 sailors were killed on the USS Arizona. The memorial is located on top of the sunken USS Arizona. People can walk over the ship to look at... |
48174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Arizona%20%28BB-39%29 | USS Arizona (BB-39) | The USS Arizona (BB-39) was an American battleship from the Pennsylvania Class. The building of the ship was started in 1913 and it was commissioned in 1916. It fought in World War I. The USS Arizona is best known for its sinking during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The attack was the event t... |
48175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20crime | War crime | A war crime is a crime that happens in a war. There are international laws of war that say what people can do during wars and what they cannot do. A war crime breaks these rules.
Today, these rules are international laws called the Geneva Conventions and the Hague Convention.
Definition
To be a war crime, a crime mu... |
48178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate | Senate | In a modern democracy, a senate is a group of people who are part of a legislature. A legislature passes or changes laws for their country, state, or other area. Members of a senate are called senators. Some legislatures are bicameral, meaning they have two groups of people (working in separate places) called houses. A... |
48186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kano | Kano | Kano is a city in Nigeria. It is the center of the Kano State. Kano is the third largest city in Nigeria, after Ibadan and Lagos. About 3,626,204 people live in Kano.
It has long been the economic centre of northern Nigeria, and a centre for the sale of groundnuts. Kano is known for the Bayero University and a railway... |
48203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Bosworth%20Field | Battle of Bosworth Field | The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field was an important battle during the Wars of the Roses in 15th century England. It was fought on 22 August 1485 between the Yorkist King Richard III, the last of the Plantagenet dynasty, and the Lancastrian Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond, who wanted to become king. It ended in ... |
48205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia%20coli | Escherichia coli | Escherichia coli or E. coli is a bacterium that lives in the intestines of people and other warm-blooded animals. Scientists have studied E. coli a lot, and know more about how E. coli cells work than any other organism. E. coli is usually not harmful. In fact, the only known harmful strain is O157. E.coli is a prokary... |
48207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg%20%28Star%20Trek%29 | Borg (Star Trek) | The Borg are a fictional race of cyborgs in the Star Trek universe. The Borg use nanoprobes to assimilate others, like humans or vulcans, into their group consciousness. The Borg's group consciousness is led by the Borg queen, who's role is similar to that of a queen bee in a bee hive.
Defeating the Borg
Despite their... |
48208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Plantagenet | House of Plantagenet | The House of Plantagenet ruled England in some form or another from the reign of Henry II, beginning in 1154, until the House of Tudor came to power when Richard III fell at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
It goes back to the Angevin counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou. Three dynast... |
48209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angevin | Angevin | Angevin is the name of the residents of Anjou, a former province of the Kingdom of France, as well as to the residents of Angers. It is also used for three different medieval dynasties which go back to counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later... |
48213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count | Count | A count is a nobleman in most of European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is also still a "countess" (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). The word count comes from French comte which in turn comes from the Latin comitas, "companion" (of the emperor). In feudalism the territory ruled by a count... |
48216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgerigar | Budgerigar | The budgerigar (nicknamed budgie) is a small parrot. It belongs to the family of old-world parrots and parakeets (Psittaculidae). Budgerigars are often called parakeets, especially in American English. The term Parakeet refers to many types of small parrots with long flat tails. The budgerigar is found in the drier par... |
48220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocarditis | Endocarditis | Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart. Endocarditis most often affects the heart valves. The heart valves are a part of the human body that does not get blood. This is odd because they are a part of the heart itself. Because of this, if one of the valves gets infected with bacteria or protozoa... |
48221 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetracycline | Tetracycline | Tetracycline is a family of antibiotics discovered as natural products in 1945. It is a broad-spectrum antibiotic because it works against a range of bacteria.
Tetracyclines was first prescribed in 1948. It is produced naturally by the Streptomyces genus of Actinobacteria. It is a protein synthesis inhibitor.
In 195... |
48225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoglobin | Hemoglobin | Hemoglobin (or haemoglobin) is a protein in red blood cells which contains iron. It is used to transport oxygen around the human body. Hemoglobin is found in the red blood cells of all vertebrates apart from white-blooded fish. It also occurs in some invertebrates. Some invertebrates use other chemicals, such as hemocy... |
48226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornea | Cornea | The cornea is the front part of the eye. It is the clear transparent section of the eye. The cornea covers the iris, pupil, and the eye chamber. It is a special form of tissue. The cornea is clear and has no blood vessels. It has nerves, but with no myelin sheaths on them.
The cornea, with the lens, refracts light. Th... |
48227 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASSCE | WASSCE | The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is a type of exam in West Africa. It is made by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). It is only given to students who live in the five English-speaking West African countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Liberia
The exams
There ... |
48230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei%20Prokofiev | Sergei Prokofiev | Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev () (born Sontsovka, Ukraine 23 April 1891; died Moscow 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer and pianist who came from Ukraine. During his lifetime, Ukraine was part of Russia. Together with Dmitri Shostakovich he is one of the greatest Russian composers of the 20th century. Children all ... |
48233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%20Christians | Arab Christians | Arab Christians are people who speak Arabic or of Arabic-speaking origin and have the religion of Christianity.
Most Christian Arabs live in the Middle East, where Islam is the biggest religion. The largest number of Arab Christians are in Egypt (around 8 millions). Many Arabs have emigrated from the Middle East in mo... |
48243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer | Synthesizer | A musical synthesizer is an instrument that uses electricity to make musical sounds. They are the main instrument for making electronic music. Many synthesizers have a keyboard like that of a piano. When playing a piano keyboard, sounds are made by hitting soft hammers against strings pulled very tight. When playing a ... |
48244 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Foxe | John Foxe | John Foxe (1516/1517 – 18 April 1587), is remembered as the author of Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
Education and Resignation from Oxford
Foxe was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, England into a prominent family. In 1535 Foxe was admitted to Magdalen College School. He became a fellow in July 1539.
Foxe resigned from his co... |
48246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism | Evangelicalism |
The word evangelicalism refers to a type of Christian belief and practice in conservative Protestant Christianity, although some Catholic Christians would also call themselves evangelicals.
Evangelicals believe in spreading their faith, (evangelism), the need to be converted, also called being born again, believing ... |
48274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/920s | 920s |
Births
925: Ferdowsi حکیم ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی (died 1020), Persian poet |
48275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/940s | 940s | Below are some of the important events that happened from 940 to 949.
940
Saadia Gaon makes his siddur (Jewish prayer book) in Iraq.
Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan.
The Liao Dynasty stops the rule that a younger sister replace an older sister who died in marriage.
Births
Abu'l-Wafa, Iranian mathe... |
48276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/910s | 910s |
Events
construction begins on the first church at the monastery of Cluny |
48277 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopic%20jar | Canopic jar | Canopic jars were used to store the internal organs of a mummy in Ancient Egypt. The lid had the head of a baboon, human, falcon or a jackal—representing the sons of Horus. These jars were used to store organs which were removed from a dead person, these were the stomach, the intestine, the liver and the lungs, because... |
48278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow | Fellow | A fellow is a member of a group of learned people who work together at university or other academic institutions. However, there are no precise rules for how the title is used, and each academic institution grants the title as it sees fit.
Other websites
Nationally Coveted College Scholarships, Graduate Fellowship... |
48285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millipede | Millipede | Millipedes are a very long type of arthropod. Millipedes are segmented. Most have between 20 and over 100 segments, and have flattened bodies. Except for the first few segments, each segment has 2 pairs of legs, as a result of each segment being the fusing (coming together) of two.
So far, about 12,000 different speci... |
48286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwy%20of%20England | Edwy of England | Edwy All-Fair or Eadwig (940/941 – 1 October 959) was the King of England from 955 until his death. Edwy was the eldest son of King Edmund I and Saint Elgiva. Edwy was chosen in 955 to succeed his uncle Edred as King.
His short reign as King was marked by conflict. He had problems within his family, the Thanes, and th... |
48288 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda%20of%20Canterbury | Oda of Canterbury | Saint Oda or Odo, called the Good or the Severe (d. 958) was a 10th century Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
950s deaths
Archbishops of Canterbury
Christian saints
English Roman Catholics
Roman Catholic archbishops |
48289 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalen%20College%20School%2C%20Oxford | Magdalen College School, Oxford | Magdalen College School is an independent school for boys. It is on the edge of central Oxford, England. It was founded as part of Magdalen College, Oxford by Thomas Becket in 1480
The school was originally founded by William Waynflete to educate the sixteen boy choristers of Magdalen College, Oxford University who sa... |
48290 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20V%20of%20England | Edward V of England | Edward V (2 November 1470– 1483) was the King of England from 9 April 1483 until he was removed two months later, on 25 June 1483.
Early life
Edward was born at Westminster while his father, King Edward IV of England, was in exile in Burgundy. The King, Henry VI, said his mother and his sisters would be safe if they s... |
48291 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire ( or ; abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and (for just 19 metres or 20 yd, England's shortest county boundary) Northamptonshire. Its county town is the ancient ... |
48292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk | Norfolk | Norfolk is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast, including The Wash. The county town is Norwich. Norfolk is home... |
48293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO%203166-2 | ISO 3166-2 | ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard. It was made by the International Organization for Standardization. For each country listed in ISO 3166-1, ISO 3166-2 defines its provinces with two or three letter codes, or numbers.
Current codes
Below is a full table of the ISO 3166-2 codes for each country, with three co... |
48294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicestershire | Leicestershire | Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a county in central England. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, its traditional administrative centre, although the City of Leicester is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county borders onto Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northa... |
48295 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or N'hants) is a county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). It has borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire (including the Borough of Milton Keynes), Oxfordshire, and Lincolnshire (E... |
48314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl | Earl | An Earl (or Jarl) was a title for nobility used by Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavians. It originally meant "chieftain" and it referred especially to chieftains set to rule a territory in a king's stead. In Scandinavia, it stopped being used in the Middle Ages, whereas, in Britain, it became synonymous with the continental ... |
48321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster | Lobster | Lobsters are large crustaceans that live in the sea. They form the family of Nephropidae, which is sometimes also called Homaridae. People make a lot of money from catching lobsters and selling them to make seafood.
Biology
Lots of different kinds of animals that live in the sea are called lobsters. When people talk ... |
48324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny%20lobster | Spiny lobster | Spiny lobsters, also known as rock lobsters are a family (Palinuridae) of about 45 species of crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also called crayfish, sea crayfish or crawfish.
Although they superficially resemble true lobsters in terms of overall shape, and that they also have a hard carapac... |
48327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromeliad | Bromeliad | Bromeliads are a family of tropical plants which includes the pineapple and several colourful houseplants. They are nearly all from Latin America and the Caribbean islands, except for Spanish moss from the southern United States, and a single kind from Africa.
Well-known kinds of bromeliad
Pineapples (Latin name: Anan... |
48335 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus | Eucalyptus | Eucalyptus is a genus of trees. Eucalypt is also the common name for seven similar plants from the tribe Eucalypteae, all from Australasia. They are Eucalyptus, Corymbia, Angophora, Stockwellia, Allosyncarpia, Eucalyptopsis and Arillastrum.
There are over 700 species of eucalypts, and almost all of them are in Austr... |
48345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20theory | Cell theory | Cell theory is the historic scientific theory, now universally accepted, that living organisms are made up of cells. Cells are the basic unit of structure in all organisms and also the basic unit of reproduction.With continual improvements made to microscopes over time, magnification technology advanced enough to disco... |
48357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone | Silicone | Silicones () are polymers that include any inert, synthetic compound made up of repeating units of siloxane. This is a functional group of two silicon atoms and one oxygen atom frequently combined with carbon and/ or hydrogen. They are typically heat-resistant and rubber-like. Silicones are used in sealants, adhesives... |
48360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire (short Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire.
It is divided into five local government districts: Oxford, Cherwell, Vale of the White Horse (after the Uffington ... |
48364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie%20Mouse | Minnie Mouse | Minnie Mouse is an American cartoon character. She is Mickey Mouse's significant other. They were both created by Walt Disney. Her birthday is on 18th November 1908. She only first appeared in 1928, in “Plane Crazy”. She is also known as Princess Minnie and Maestro Minnie. Minnie's favorite foods are cheese, chocolate ... |
48365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notostraca | Notostraca | The order Notostraca has just two living genera in it. Triops and Lepidura. The two genera are considered 'living fossils', as they have not changed in outward form since the Triassic.
Notostracans, or tadpole shrimps, are omnivores living on the bottom of temporary pools and shallow lakes. They live in pools of water... |
48370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria | Porphyria | Porphyria is the name for certain medical conditions or diseases, which have been known since the days of Hippocrates. Those who suffer from the disease can not make certain substances in the blood. They have disorders of certain enzymes which normally work in the production of porphyrins and heme.
The condition is u... |
48371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatom | Diatom | Diatoms ( = through + temnein = to cut: "cut through") are a big group of eukaryotic algae. They are one of the most common types of phytoplankton. Most diatoms are unicellular, although some form chains or simple colonies. Diatom cells are encased within a unique cell wall made of silica (SiO2). These walls, called f... |
48375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapitation | Decapitation | Decapitation or beheading is the act of cutting off the head from the rest of the body of a living thing. Beheading usually means that the removal of the head is deliberate. It is generally done during an execution with an axe, sword, or guillotine. If the removal of the head is an accident or unintentional, it is call... |
48401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri%20Mendeleev | Dmitri Mendeleev | Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (born 8 February (O.S. 27 January) 1834 near Tobolsk – 2 February (O.S. 20 January 20) 1907 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian chemist who created the periodic table of elements. Many of the predictions made in his periodic table (such as the properties of elements undiscovered at the time) ... |
48410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakizashi | Wakizashi | The wakizashi is a traditional Japanese sword. It is shorter than the katana, which was well known in the beginning of the 17th century as a kodachi sword. The two swords were always carried together: the wakizashi finished off the work of the katana sword. Such a sword could be from 30cm to 60cm (12 to 24 inches) lon... |
48414 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Camus | Albert Camus | Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher and writer. Camus wrote novels and plays. Camus was born in Algeria, a country in North Africa. He had French parents. Camus was an existentialist philosopher. Existentialism is a philosophy that is very different from other ways of thinking. Camu... |
48416 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angevin%20Empire | Angevin Empire | The Angevin Empire was a collection of states ruled by the Angevin Plantagenet dynasty. The Plantagenets, Henry II of England, Richard I of England, and John of England, ruled over an area from the Pyrenees to Ireland during the 12th and early 13th centuries. Their empire was roughly half of medieval France as well as ... |
48417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spine | Spine | The spine is a column of vertebrae in the back part of the torso (upper body). It is also called the backbone or vertebral column. There is a spinal canal that runs through the length of the spine. Inside this canal is the spinal cord. Animals that have a spine are called vertebrates, and animals that do not have one a... |
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