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66317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1353 | 1353 |
Events
The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio.
March 3 – Bern signs an alliance with the Swiss Confederation.
Births
July 15 – Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1413)
Margaret I of Denmark, queen of Haakon VI of Norway (died 1412)
John Purvey... |
66318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1355 | 1355 |
Events
January 7 – Portuguese king Afonso IV sends three men to kill Ines de Castro, beloved of his son prince Pedro – Pedro revolts and incites a civil war.
February 10 – The St. Scholastica's Day riot broke out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
April – Philip of Anj... |
66319 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1356 | 1356 |
Events
January 20 – Edward Balliol quits job as King of Scotland and gives job to Edward III of England
September 19 – Battle of Poitiers The English, led by the Black Prince, beat the French in the Hundred Years' War, taking the King John II of France while winning.
October 18 – The Basel earthquake breaks the c... |
66320 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1361 | 1361 |
Events
Founding of the University of Pavia, Italy.
The Hungarian capital is moved from Esztergom to Buda.
In the Marinid Empire in present-day Morocco, Abu Salim Ibrahim is overthrown by Abu Umar. Abu Umar is then later in the year overthrown by Abu Zayyan.
State of anarchy within the Blue Horde. Between 1361 a... |
66321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1362 | 1362 |
Events
First Foundation of the Venerable English College
January 16 – The "Grote Mandrenke" storm tide strikes Holland, England, Germany and Denmark destroying the city of Rungholt in Nordfriesland, Germany.
Under Edward III, English replaces French as England's national language, for the first time following the... |
66322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1364 | 1364 |
Events
Charles V becomes King of France.
May 12 – Foundation of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
September 29 – The Breton War of Succession ends with the victory of the House of Montfort at the battle of Auray.
Philip of Anjou becomes Titular Emperor of Costantinoples and Prince of Taranto.
Rana Kshetra ... |
66323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1365 | 1365 |
Events
Foundation of the University of Vienna
Adrianopole (now Edirne) becomes the capital city of the Ottoman Empire.
Failed revolt against the Venetian rulers in Crete.
The city of Alexandria in Egypt is sacked by an allied force of Peter I of Cyprus and the knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
Mpu ... |
66324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1366 | 1366 |
Events
Thomas Fraser obtains lands in Aberdeenshire, upon which he starts the building of a towerhouse that would later be known as Muchalls Castle.
Henry II deposes his half-brother, Pedro of Castile, to become King of Castile.
Muhammed V builds the Granada Hospital in the Granada (in present-day Spain).
War co... |
66325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1368 | 1368 |
Events
Timur ascends throne of Samarkand (now in Uzbekistan)..
Hongwu (also known as Zhu Yuanzhang) establishes the Ming Dynasty in China after the disintegration the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
Work begins on the current Great Wall of China.
Emperor Chōkei accedes to the throne of Japan
Ramesuan succeeds Ramathibodi ... |
66326 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1369 | 1369 |
Events
King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. The French recapture most of Aquitaine.
Venice repels Hungarian invasion.
Hugues Aubriot founds the Bastille in Paris.
Tamerlane names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.
Košice becom... |
66327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1370 | 1370 |
Events
May 24 – The Treaty of Stralsund ends the war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League.
October 20 – Philip of Anjou, Titular Emperor of Constantinople, marries Elisabeth of Slavonia, daughter of Stephen, duke of Transylvania and Slavonia, and Margareta of Bavaria.
December 20 – Pope Gregory XI succeeds Po... |
66328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1372 | 1372 |
Events
In this year, the city of Aachen, Germany begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins. It is the first city in the world to do so.
The French & the Castilians defeat the English in the naval Battle of La Rochelle. The French gain control of the English Channel for the first time sin... |
66329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1376 | 1376 | 1376 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
March – The peace treaty between England and France is extended until April of 1377.
April 28 – The start of Good Parliament in England, so called because its members attempted to reform the corrupt Royal C... |
66330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1379 | 1379 | 1379 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
September 9 – Treaty of Neuberg signed, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between brothers Albert III and Leopold III. Albert III retains the title of Duke of Austria.
The Venetians and Ottomans inva... |
66331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1385 | 1385 | 1385 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
August 14 – Battle of Aljubarrota – John of Aviz defeats John I of Castile in the decisive battle of the 1383-1385 Crisis. John of Aviz is crowned King John I of Portugal, ending Queen Beatrice's rule, and ... |
66332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1386 | 1386 | 1386 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Elizabeta Kotromanic, the mother of the overthrown Queen Mary of Hungary and Croatia, arranges the assassination of Charles of Durazzo, the ruler of Hungary, Naples, Achaea and Croatia.
Mary is reinstated ... |
66333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1387 | 1387 |
Events
Sigismund, the future Holy Roman Emperor and husband of Queen Mary of Hungary, orders the murder of his mother-in-law, Elizabeta Kotromanic, and declares himself joint ruler of Hungary.
Timur conquers the Muzaffarid Empire in central Persia and appoints three puppet rulers.
Khan Tokhtamysh of the Golden Ho... |
66336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20County%20Council | London County Council | London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London, during its whole existence (1889-1965), and the first London-wide general municipal authority that was directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council. The LCC w... |
66339 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denomination%20%28currency%29 | Denomination (currency) | When dealing with money, denomination is the value of the individual currency.
For example a one dollar bill, a 100 dollar bill, a penny and a quarter are all different denominations of money. A one dollar bill and a one dollar coin are the same denomination as they are the same value.
Monetary union
When countries ... |
66340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopalian | Episcopalian | Episcopalian and Episcopal could mean:
Episcopal Church
Anglican Communion, Anglican Churches worldwide
Anglicanism, people, institutions and concepts of the Anglican Communion (UK and Commonwealth common usage) |
66346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation | Simulation | A simulation is a way of seeing a thing happen without it actually taking place in the same way. A simulation can be used to predict what might happen without doing it, in case it is dangerous or too expensive or difficult. It can also be used to show people what will happen next, or what happened in the past. It can a... |
66347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%2C%20Paul%20and%20Mary | Peter, Paul and Mary | Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk music group, most famous during the 1960s. The members are Peter Yarrow, Paul (Noel) Stookey and Mary Travers.
Their songs include "If I Had a Hammer" (also called "The Hammer Song"), "Puff, the Magic Dragon", "Leavin' On a Jet Plane" written by John Denver, and "Blowin' in t... |
66351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Warnes | Jennifer Warnes | Jennifer Warnes is an American singer. She first became famous during the late 1960s, and was a regular performer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. She performed alongside Leonard Cohen in his 1984 album Various Positions.
In the late 1970s, she had hit records including "Right Time of the Night" and "I Know a Hea... |
66357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Friends | Super Friends | Super Friends is an American cartoon television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and was based on the Justice League of America and related comic book characters published by DC Comics.
Children's tele... |
66358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrabah%20National%20Park | Warrabah National Park | Warrabah is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 371 km north of Sydney.
Fact sheet
Area: 34.71 km²
Coordinates:
Date of establishment: July 6, 1984
Managing authorities: New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service
IUCN category: II
Protected areas of New South Wales
National parks in Australia |
66359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepreth | Shepreth | Shepreth is a small village in South Cambridgeshire on the main line between Cambridge and London.
It contains a wildlife park (Willers Mill, a.k.a. Shepreth Wildlife Park), a nature reserve (Shepreth L-Moor) and one of the UK's only insect research laboratories.
Images
Villages in Cambridgeshire |
66360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everest%20College | Everest College | Blair College is now Everest College a for-profit college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Everest College offers career college programs in many areas. The College was founded in Pueblo, Colorado as Brown's School of Business in 1897, changing its name to Blair's Business College in 1918. In 1981, Blair Business Colleg... |
66362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilocos | Ilocos | Ilocos Region is a region in the Philippines. Its regional center is San Fernando, La Union. The region has four provinces: Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan.
Inhabitants are called Ilocanos and they speak the Ilocano language.
The term Ilocos Region is derived from this term. However, the designation... |
66365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Medley | Bill Medley | Bill Medley (born September 19, 1940 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer and songwriter. He was a founding member of the Righteous Brothers. He also had a solo career.
In 1987, Medley had a hit record with a he sang with Jennifer Warnes, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life". It was the theme to a popular mo... |
66369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure | Adventure | An adventure is something exciting that happens to someone. An adventure can be a made-up story, or it can be something that happens in real life.
People often like stories about a person or a group of people who go off and have an adventure. There is often some danger in the story. Enid Blyton and Edgar Rice Burro... |
66373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom%20%28shrub%29 | Broom (shrub) | Brooms are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs.
All the brooms and their relatives (including Laburnum and Ulex) grow in Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. The greatest diversity one can find in the Mediterranean region. Many brooms (though not all) are fire-climax species, adapted to regu... |
66374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom | Broom | A broom is a cleaning tool. It consists of stiff fibres attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. In the context of witchcraft, "broomstick" is likely to refer to the broom as a whole. A smaller whisk broom or brush is sometimes called a duster.
History of broom design
Brooms have c... |
66375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom%20%28disambiguation%29 | Broom (disambiguation) | A broom is a cleaning tool which also had other uses, e.g. magical and for punishment.
Broom may also mean:
Broom (shrub), a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrub genera from the Cytiseae tribe
Broom (album), an album by the American indie band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Broom-Hilda, U... |
66378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleanliness | Cleanliness | Cleanliness means that there is no dirt, no dust, no stains, no bad smells. The goals of cleanliness are health, beauty, no offensive odor and to avoid the spreading of dirt and contaminants to oneself and others. In the case of glass objects such as windows or windshields, the purpose can also be transparency. Washing... |
66379 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing | Washing | Washing is one way of cleaning, with water and often some kind of soap or detergent. Washing is an essential part of good hygiene and health.
Soaps and detergents help to spread the oils and dirt particles through the water, so they can be washed away. The spreading of oil through water is called emulsification.
Pe... |
66380 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car%20wash%20%28disambiguation%29 | Car wash (disambiguation) | Car Wash can mean:
Car wash, a facility for cleaning automobiles
Car Wash (movie), a 1976 film
Car Wash (album), a soundtrack album to the film
Car Wash (song), a song by Rose Royce from the soundtrack (later covered by Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliot on the sound track of the movie 'Shark Tale' |
66381 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wash | The Wash | The Wash is the square-mouthed estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia on the east coast of England, "where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire". It is among the largest estuaries in the United Kingdom. It is listed as a Ramsar site as being an important wetland area.
Geography
The Wash looks on the map like a large bit... |
66382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thar%20Desert | Thar Desert | The Thar Desert (, ), also known as the Big Indian Desert, is a desert. About 85 per cent is in western Republic of India and the rest in southeastern Pakistan.
It is mostly in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It extends into the southern portion of Haryana and Punjab states and into northern Gujarat state. In Pakistan,... |
66385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20shrubs | List of shrubs | Those marked * can also develop into tree form.
Related pages
Shrub
Lists of plants |
66387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyme | Thyme | Thyme (Thymus) (pronounced "time") is a genus of perennial plants. There are about 350 different species of thyme. They are herbaceous plants and sub-shrubs. They can grow to about 40 cm tall. They are the family Lamiaceae and native to Europe, North Africa and Asia.
The stems are usually narrow, sometimes even wiry. ... |
66389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution | Distribution | Distribution is the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients.
The word distribution has several usages:
Mathematics
In mathematics a distribution is a generalization of a function to be able to model certain systems, inspired by physics, see distribution (mathematics).
Probability theory and stat... |
66390 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed%20computing | Distributed computing | Distributed computing is a word from computer science, about using many computers to solve a big problem. One way to solve a big problem is to use a very fast computer called a supercomputer. Supercomputers are very expensive, and many scientists can not buy them. A cheaper way to solve a big problem is to split it int... |
66397 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus | Thymus | The thymus is a specialized lymphoid organ of the immune system. The thymus is in front of the heart and behind the sternum.
In the thymus, T cells or T lymphocytes mature. T cells are critical to the adaptive immune system, where the body adapts specifically to foreign invaders.
The thymus is where T cells develop ... |
66398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency%20distribution | Frequency distribution | In statistics, a frequency distribution is a list of the values that a variable takes in a sample. It is usually a list, ordered by quantity. It will show the number of times each value appears. For example, if 100 people rate a five-point Likert scale assessing their agreement with a statement on a scale on which 1 de... |
66399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Overseas%20Territories | British Overseas Territories | A British Overseas Territory is one of fourteen territories under the United Kingdom's sovereignty, but not as part of the United Kingdom itself.
Before 1981 the territories were known as colonies or Crown colonies. The British Overseas Territories are also referred to as overseas territories of the United Kingdom, UK... |
66400 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promenade%20concert | Promenade concert | This article is about concerts in the parks in London in the 18th and 19th centuries. For the Promenade Concerts in the Royal Albert Hall see BBC Proms.
The word Promenade Concert today usually refers to one of the concerts in the series started by Henry Wood in 1895, known today as the BBC Proms. However, before the... |
66406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1381 | 1381 |
Events
June 12– Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels from Kent and Essex, led by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, meet at Blackheath. There the rebels are encouraged by a sermon by renegade priest John Ball.
June 14– Peasants' Revolt: Rebels destroy John of Gaunt's Savoy Palace and storm the Tower of London, killing the ... |
66407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1388 | 1388 |
Events
The completion of the Wyclif Bible by John Purvey and the beginning of prosecution of Wyclif's followers, known as the Lollards.
Battle of Otterburn: a Scottish army, led by James Douglas, defeats an English army, capturing the their leader, Harry Hotspur. Douglas is killed during the battle.
John of Gaunt... |
66408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1390 | 1390 |
Events
Robert III succeeds his father, Robert II, as King of Scotland.
Henry III succeeds his father, John I, as King of Castile and León.
John VII Palaiologos overthrows his grandfather, John V Palaiologos, as Byzantine Emperor. John V Palaiologos is restored later in the year by his son, Manuel, and the Republi... |
66409 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1391 | 1391 |
Events
July 18 – Tokhtamysh-Timur War: Battle of the Kondurcha River – Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present-day southeast Russia.
Manuel II Palaiologos becomes Byzantine Emperor after his father, John V Palaiologos, dies of a nervous breakdown due to his continued humiliation by the Ottoman Empi... |
66410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1392 | 1392 |
Year 1392 (MCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
December 16 – Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu, in order to end the nanboku-cho period of conflict between the Northern and Southern imperial courts.
... |
66411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1393 | 1393 |
Events of 1393
In central Persia, the Muzzafarid Empire, led by Shah Mansur, rebels against their Timurid occupiers. The rebellion is squashed and the Muzaffarid nobility are executed, ending the Muzaffarid Dynasty in Persia.
George VII succeeds his popular father, Bagrat V, as King of Georgia.
Abdul Aziz II beco... |
66413 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1396 | 1396 | Year 1396 was a leap year starting on Saturday.
Events of 1396
May 19 – Martin I succeeds his brother, John I, as King of Aragon (now north-east Spain).
September 25 – Battle of Nicopolis: The Ottomans defeat a joint crusade by Hungary, France, the Holy Roman Empire, England and Wallacia, led by King Sigismund of H... |
66417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1410 | 1410 |
Events of 1410
March 29 – The Aragonese capture Oristano, capital of the giudicato di Arborea in Sardinia
July 15 – Battle of Grunwald (also known as Tannenberg or Zalgiris). Polish and Lithuanian forces under the cousins Władysław Jagiełło of Poland and Vytautas the Great decisively defeat the forces of the Teuton... |
66418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1411 | 1411 |
Events
February 11 : Peace of Toruń 1411 signed in Toruń, Poland
July 24 : Battle of Harlaw between Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles and an army commanded by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar.
September 21 : King Henry IV of England calls his ninth parliament.
date unknown : The University of St Andrews is founded by... |
66419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1413 | 1413 |
Events
March 21 – Henry V becomes King of England.
Project of Annals of Joseon Dynasty began.
The University of St Andrews is chartered by papal bull.
Births
February 21 – Louis, Duke of Savoy (died 1465)
November 19 – Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1470)
Deaths
March 20 – Henry IV of England (bor... |
66420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1414 | 1414 | Year 1414 (MCDXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1414
January 7 – Michael Küchmeister von Sternberg becomes the 28th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.
August 6 – Joan II succeeds her brother Ladislas as Queen of Naples.
November 16 – Cou... |
66421 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1416 | 1416 |
Events of 1416
January 27 – Republic of Dubrovnik is the first state in Europe to outlaw slavery.
May 30 – The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic.
Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge destroyed, the longest arch bridge in the world at the time
Births
March 27 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (died 1... |
66422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1417 | 1417 |
Events of 1417
April 18 – Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg begins to rule as margrave of Brandenburg
June 24 – The Isle of Man holds the first known Tynwald Day; the annual meeting of its parliament Tynwald which has continued every year until present.
July 27 – Avignon Pope Benedict XIII is deposed, bringing to ... |
66423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1418 | 1418 |
Events of 1418
May 19 – Capture of Paris by John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy
September – Beginning of English Siege of Rouen
Mircea I of Wallachia, is succeeded by Vlad I Uzurpatorul.
The first Portuguese settlers move to Madeira Islands.
Births
December 12 – Archduke Albert VI of Austria (died 1463)
date unkno... |
66424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1419 | 1419 |
Events of 1419
January 19 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which brings Normandy under the control of England.
June 20 – Start of the Oei Invasion of Tsushima Island in Japan by Joseon Korea.
July 30 – 1st defenestration of Prague
September 10 – Assassination of John the Fearless, Duk... |
66425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1420 | 1420 | Year 1420 was a leap year starting on Monday.
Events
May 21 – Treaty of Troyes. With the Burgundian faction dominant in France, King Charles VI of France acknowledges Henry V of England as his heir and as virtual ruler of most of France.
May 25 – Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
... |
66426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1421 | 1421 |
Events of 1421
March 21 – Battle of Baugé. A small French force surprises and defeats a smaller English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy.
May 26 – Mehmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Murad II.
November 17–19 – St. Elizabeth flo... |
66427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1423 | 1423 |
Events
April 27 – Hussite Wars: Battle of Horic – The Taborites decisively beat the Utraquists.
July 31 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant – The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
August 23 – English with Burgundian soldiers defeat the French, who were supported by the Scots,... |
66428 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1424 | 1424 | Year 1424 was a leap year starting on Saturday.
Events of 1424
August 17 – Battle of Verneuil – An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. Alençon was captured and Douglas killed.
June – Battle of L'Aquila – Jacop... |
66429 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1426 | 1426 |
Events of 1426
March 6 – Battle of St. James (near Avranches). An English army under John, Duke of Bedford defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont, forcing the Duke of Brittany to recognize English suzerainty.
June 16 – Hussite Wars: Battle of Usti nad Labem The Hussites decisively beat the crusading armies ... |
66430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1427 | 1427 |
Events of 1427
August 4 – Hussite Wars: Battle of Tachov The Hussites decisively beat the crusader armies, ending the Fourth Anti-Hussite Crusade.
August 17 – First band of Gypsies visits Paris, according to an account of the citizen of Paris.
Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is fo... |
66431 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1430 | 1430 |
Events of 1430
May 14 – First French attempts to relieve the Siege of Compiègne.
May 23 – Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
June 14 – William Waynflete becomes vicar of Skendleby, Lincolnshire.
The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians.
The Ord... |
66432 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1432 | 1432 | Year 1432 was a leap year starting on Tuesday.
Events of 1432
April – At the end of the Hook and Cod wars, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland is forced by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to abdicate all her estates in his favour; end of Hainaut and Holland as independent counties.
June 1 – Battle of San... |
66433 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1434 | 1434 |
Events of 1434
April 14, The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France was laid.
May 30, Battle of Lipany in the Hussite Wars
Jan van Eyck paints the wedding of Giovanni Arnolfini
Explorer Gil Eanes reaches Cape Bojador in Western Sahara. In the same year, Portuguese traders deliver... |
66434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1437 | 1437 |
Events of 1437
Foundation of All Souls College, University of Oxford.
Ulugh Beg's Zij-i-Sultani star catalogue is published.
Kazan Khanate is established.
Edinbourgh is made the capital of Scotland.
Births
October 4 – John IV, Duke of Bavaria
date unknown – Isaac Abrabanel, Jewish statesman (died 1508)
prob... |
66435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1441 | 1441 |
Events of 1441
King's College, University of Cambridge, is founded by King Henry VI.
Ouagadougou becomes the capital of the Mossi Empire.
Two Ethiopians attend an ecclesiastical council at Florence, as part of the negotiations concerning a possible union of Coptic and Roman Catholic Christianity. This is the earl... |
66436 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Air%20Traffic%20Services | National Air Traffic Services | The United Kingdom's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is a company set up in 2001 to run air traffic control services. This means that NATS makes sure aircraft can fly safely across Britain, and that aircraft can take-off and land safely at British airports.
NATS is a private company, but the government owns 49%... |
66437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal | Gal | Gal can mean the following:
A term for a girl (used mostly in North America)
Abbreviation for gallon, an imperial system measurement. |
66438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy%20%28disambiguation%29 | Fantasy (disambiguation) | Fantasy is a genre of art, books, movies, television and music that uses magic and other supernatural things as a main part of either plot, theme, setting or all three. Fantasy may also refer to:
Fantasy (psychology), a situation imagined by an individual or group, which does not correspond with reality but expresses ... |
66442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech%20Airlines | Czech Airlines | Sometimes called the CSA; for other uses see CSA.
Czech Airlines was started as Czechoslovak State Airlines on 6 October 1923. This was when the Czech Republic and the Slovakia were one country.
The company started flying domestically (only inside Czechoslovakia) in 1924. In 1930 they made their first international ... |
66448 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arika%20Yumemiya | Arika Yumemiya | Arika Yumemiya is a fictional protagonist from the anime My-Otome.
Story
Arika lived with just her grandmother, who died when Arika became 15. The grandmother told Arika that her mother was an otome, and gives Arika a necklace from her mother. Wanting to find out more about her mother, and to become an otome like her,... |
66450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist | Protagonist | A protagonist is the main character of a story. It can be used for any kind of story: in literature, a movie, a television show or a play. The protagonist is also called the central character or main character and is often the hero of the story. However, the protagonist does not always win and survive in a story.
Prot... |
66454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s%20So%20Raven | That's So Raven | That's So Raven is an original Disney teen television comedy series. The main character is a teenage girl, Raven Baxter, played by actress Raven-Symoné. The original character name was Dawn Baxter. Then it was changed to Mariah Baxter, then to Raven Baxter when Raven Symone won the part.
Summary
Raven Baxter is a psy... |
66456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Armenia | Russian Armenia | Russian Armenia () is the time of Armenia's history under Russian rule from 1829, when Eastern Armenia became part of the Russian Empire to the start of the Democratic Republic of Armenia in 1918.
History of Armenia
19th century in Russia
1829 establishments
1918 disestablishments
20th century in Russia |
66458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben%20Studdard | Ruben Studdard | Ruben Studdard (born September 12, 1978) is an African-American singer. He won season 2 of American Idol. His runner up is Clay Aiken.
Performances and results
Corey Clark was taken out of the contest so the Top 9 performances became Top 8 when no one was taken out.
When Ryan Seacrest said the results of this Studd... |
66464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocotyledon | Monocotyledon | Monocotyledons are a class of flowering plants (angiosperms), whose embryo (seed) store only one cotyledon.
The APG II system recognises a clade called "monocots" but does not assign it to a taxonomic rank.
You can recognize a monocot by its leaves: they have long parallel veins running down the leaf. In contrast, di... |
66468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsby%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Hornsby, New South Wales | Hornsby is a suburb and shire in the northern part of Sydney.
History
The name 'Hornsby' comes from a convict who became a constable. His name was Samuel Henry Horne, and he was given some land for helping catch two bushrangers, whose names were Dalton and MacNamara. He named the land he was given 'Hornsby Place' afte... |
66470 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen%20Campbell | Glen Campbell | Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American musician, singer and actor. He was born in Billstown, Arkansas. Almost all of his solo works have been in the country music genre. Before his solo career, he played guitar on rock and pop music records, including "Mary, Mary" by The Monkees. Campbel... |
66472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony%20No.%207%20%22Leningrad%22%20%28Shostakovich%29 | Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" (Shostakovich) | Symphony No. 7 in C major "Leningrad", Op. 60 is a famous symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was composed in 1941. It is a very long work, lasting about 75 minutes. The symphony was first performed by the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra on 5 March 1942. Shostakovich was awarded a Stalin Prize by the Soviet government for th... |
66473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian%20Armenia | Persian Armenia | Persian Armenia means the Armenian land ruled by Persia in some time. The size of Persian Armenia changed over time.
History of Iran
History of Armenia |
66478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iuridictum | Iuridictum | Iuridictum is an encyclopedia about law in Czech language made with a wiki, which means that anyone can change the encyclopedia or create new articles. The project was started in 2005 by Tomáš Pecina, former administrator of Czech Wikipedia.
References
Other websites
Iuridictum
Encyclopedias
Wikis |
66480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential | Potential | Potential might refer to:
Scalar potential
Vector potential
Potential difference, the amount of energy to be able to pass from one energy to another
Potential energy, an energy which stores to release in a different energy |
66482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena%20Searrs | Rena Searrs | Rena Searrs, in the fictional anime My-Otome, was a powerful otome of the king of Windbloom, but she died from a war 14 years ago. She is later revealed to be the mother of Arika Yumemiya.
Her Gem (jewel) is the Blue Sky Sapphire.
My-Otome |
66483 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina%20Wang | Nina Wang | Nina Wang is a fictional character from the anime My-Otome.
Background
Nobody knows of Nina's past, just that she was kidnapped by assassins when she was young. She trained to become an assassin with other young children, until a man called Sergay Wang came to kill the assassins. Sergay sees Nina, and decides to adopt... |
66484 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping | Kidnapping | Kidnapping is an illegal act of stealing people. It has been around for a long time. For example, there were slave traders in Ancient Rome who kidnapped people and sold them as slaves. If a parent steals a child without the other parent's consent it is known as parental abduction. Sometimes, kidnapping is done for rans... |
66493 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha | Gurkha | Gurkhas (Gorkhas) are Nepali citizens of Khas origin recruited into the British Army, and now also recruited into the modern Nepali and Indian Armies. They come from the mountains of Nepal and are best known for their courage, honesty, and loyalty.
The Brigade of Gurkhas are a part of the British Army. They have foug... |
66497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses%20of%20Chorene | Moses of Chorene | Moses of Chorene () is known as the author of the most important mediaeval Armenian history. He is known as the first Armenian historian.
Armenian writers
Armenian historians
490s deaths
5th-century births |
66498 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal | Decimal | The decimal numeral system is the most usual way of writing numbers. It has ten as a starting point, or base. It is sometimes called the base ten or denary numeral system. The word "decimal" is also used instead of the word "period" to mean the dot (".") that is sometimes used to separate the positions of the numbers i... |
66499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral%20system | Numeral system | A numeral system (or system of numeration) is a way to write numbers. Roman numerals and tally marks are examples. "11" usually means eleven, but if the numeral system is binary, then "11" means three.
A numeral is a symbol or group of symbols, or a word in a natural language that represents a number. Numerals differ ... |
66503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashiro%20Kazahana | Mashiro Kazahana | Mashiro Kazahana is a main character in the anime My-HiME. Mashiro Blanc de Windbloom is her name in My-Otome.
Mashiro first meets Mai Tokiha when Mai is trying to find Mikoto Minagi, and Mashiro is seen in a rose garden with a maid. When she later meets Mai, Mai finds out that Mashiro is the chairwoman of the Fuuka A... |
66506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairperson | Chairperson | A chairperson is a person who presides over meetings, such as a board of directors for a corporation, or any other meeting. The chairman of a corporation is not the chief executive officer, and only conducts the meetings in most companies.
Although "chairman" has been used for both men and women, some prefer to use... |
66508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTSTEP | NeXTSTEP | NeXTSTEP was a computer operating system made by a company called NeXT. NeXT was run by Steve Jobs, who was the CEO of Apple until his death in 2011. NEXTSTEP was based on UNIX and used source code from BSD. It had a graphical user interface and it let people write computer programs using object-oriented programming. N... |
66510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%20%28operating%20system%29 | Darwin (operating system) | Darwin is a free, open source, Unix operating system made by Apple Inc. It is named after Charles Darwin. Darwin is used as the base of macOS, but it cannot run macOS programs by itself.
Operating systems
Apple software |
66512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashiro | Mashiro | Mashiro is a Japanese name meaning white. Mashiro may refer to:
Mashiro Matsumura
Mashiro Kazahana or Mashiro Blanc de Windbloom, fictional characters in My-HiME and My-Otome
Mashiro, a fictional character in Bleach (manga)
Given names |
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