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83054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evol%C3%A8ne | Evolène | Evolène is a municipality of the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Other websites
Official website
Official tourisme website
Municipalities of Valais |
83057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden%2C%20Switzerland | Baden, Switzerland | Baden is a city and municipality of the district Swiss canton of Aargau.
References
Other websites
Official webpage of the city of Baden
Schools in Baden
Municipalities of Aargau
Cities in Switzerland |
83058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldingen%2C%20Switzerland | Baldingen, Switzerland | Baldingen is a municipality of the district Zurzach in canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Other websites
Official Website of Baldingen
Municipalities of Aargau |
83059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinwil | Beinwil | Beinwil could mean:
Beinwil (Freiamt) in Canton Aargau, Switzerland.
Beinwil am See in Canton Aargau, Switzerland.
Beinwil, Solothurn, Switzerland. |
83060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinwil%20%28Freiamt%29 | Beinwil (Freiamt) | Beinwil (Freiamt) is a municipality of the district Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Municipalities of Aargau |
83061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratification | Ratification | Ratification is the confirmation of a treaty.
Treaties are signed by members of the government of a country. Many treaties make a country do something, or change the law of the countries which agree to it. Therefore some countries can only ratify a treaty if it is confirmed by the legislature of the country, or by a... |
83062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinwil%20am%20See | Beinwil am See | Beinwil am See is a municipality of the district Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Aargau |
83064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Orleans%20Pelicans | New Orleans Pelicans | New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team. They play in New Orleans, Louisiana. They play their home games at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans are a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team started playing in the NBA in 1988 as the Charlotte Hornets playing in Charlotte,... |
83066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20WWE%20personnel | List of WWE personnel | WWE is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut. WWE personnel consists of professional wrestlers, managers, play-by-play and color commentators, ring announcers, interviewers, referees, trainers, producers, road agents, creative writers, and various other positions. Executives and bo... |
83067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Queen%20Vic | The Queen Vic | The Queen Vic (full name The Queen Victoria) is a fictional pub in the British television show EastEnders. It has the fictional address of 46 Albert Square, Walford, London E20. It is known for being painted several times during the series.
EastEnders |
83068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%20Hornets | Charlotte Hornets | Charlotte Hornets is the name of several past and present sports teams in Charlotte, North Carolina:
The Charlotte Hornets (NBA), an NBA (basketball) team that played as the Charlotte Bobcats from 2004 to 2014
The Charlotte Hornets, another NBA team that played under that name from 1988 until moving to New Orleans in... |
83069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Beale | Ian Beale | Ian Beale is a fictional character in EastEnders. He is played by Adam Woodyatt.
Ian is the son of Pete and Kathy Beale. He is the nephew of Pauline Fowler.
Other websites
Ian Beale page on the BBC EastEnders website
EastEnders characters |
83070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla%20and%20Other%20Assorted%20Love%20Songs | Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs | Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is a 1970 album by Derek and the Dominos. It includes one of the best rock songs of all time, with the memorable guitar riff, "Layla".
Songs from the album
"I Looked Away" (Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock) – 3:05
"Bell Bottom Blues" (Clapton) – 5:02
"Keep on Growing" (Clapton, Whitlock... |
83073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Rugby%20League | National Rugby League | The National Rugby League (NRL) is a professional sports league in Australia. They play rugby league. There are 16 teams. Fifteen teams are from Australia and one is from New Zealand. The NRL is very popular in Australia but only in the states of New South Wales and Queensland and there is also one team in Victoria. It... |
83093 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison%20Krauss | Alison Krauss | Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddle player. She is famous for being the leader of the band Alison Krauss & Union Station, and has produced albums for artists like Nickel Creek, Reba McEntire, and Alan Jackson. She has 28 Grammy Awards, more than any other female a... |
83096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle%20Lovett | Lyle Lovett | Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957) is an American country singer-songwriter and actor.
References
Other websites
Official Lyle Lovett Website
The Thinking Man's Cowboy, by Matt Dellinger, New Yorker, February 23, 2004.
Homeboy, by Alec Wilkinson, New Yorker, February 1, 2004.
Lovett charges ahead with h... |
83097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly%20Parton | Dolly Parton | Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American, Grammy Award-winning country music singer/songwriter, composer, author, and actress. She has become one of the most successful female country artists in history, with 25 number-one singles (a record for a female country artist) and 41 top-10 country albums (a... |
83104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince%20Gill | Vince Gill | Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Discography
Singles
"Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" (1992)
"What the Cowgirls Do" (1994)
On music charts
AReached #1 on U.S. Radio & Records country singles charts.
B"I Still Believe ... |
83106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1259 | 1259 |
Events
Europe
The Oxford Parliament, led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, leads to the acceptance by King Henry III of England of the Provisions of Oxford.
September – The Empire of Nicaea defeats the Principality of Achaea at the Battle of Pelagonia, ensuring the eventual reconquest of Constantinople... |
83107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1258 | 1258 |
Events
c. January – A giant volcano erupts. No one is sure where, but it may have been in a tropical location like El Chichón, Mexico or Quilotoa, Ecuador. Observed effects of the eruption include the following anecdotal accounts: dry fog in France; lunar eclipses in England; severe winter in Europe; a "harsh" spri... |
83110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1257 | 1257 |
Events
Robert de Sorbon founds the Collège de Sorbonne at Paris, giving a formal college (and still-common name) to the already existing University of Paris in France.
Matthew Paris, English historian, personally interviews King Henry III of England for a week straight while compiling his major work of English his... |
83112 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1256 | 1256 |
Events
Europe
May 4 – Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae constituting the Augustinian monastic order at Lecceto Monastery.
The city of Lviv, in present-day Ukraine, is founded by Danylo King of Rus.
Theodore II Lascaris, Byzantine Emperor (in exile in the Empire of Nicaea), successf... |
83113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1255 | 1255 |
Events
Europe
Western Europe
August – The final Cathar stronghold in southern France falls, eliminating the last refuge of the heretical Cathars after the Roman Catholic Church engaged in a program to crush the sect, starting in 1209 with the Albigensian Crusade.
The death of Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln prompts... |
83115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen%20Phillips | Glen Phillips | Glen Phillips (born December 29, 1970) is an American songwriter, singer and guitarist. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of 1990s alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket.
Discography
Studio albums
Abulum (2000)
Winter Pays For Summer (2005)
Mr. Lemons (2006)
Live albums/EPs
Live at Largo (2003)... |
83116 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Brion | Jon Brion | Jon Brion (born December 11, 1963) is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer. He was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. His mother was a jazz singer, his father a band director at Yale, his brother is an arranger and sister a violinist.
The Bats
Brion and Bill Mur... |
83118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Molsky | Bruce Molsky | Bruce Molsky (born in Manhattan, New York in 1955) is an American fiddler, banjo player, guitarist, and singer. He teaches the fiddle at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, as part of its American Roots program. He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.
He has made several recordings, including:
If It Ain't He... |
83119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la%20Fleck | Béla Fleck | Béla Fleck (born July 10, 1958 in New York City, New York) is an American banjo player. He is best known for his work with the band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.
Discography
Solo/with other musicians
Crossing the Tracks (Rounder Records, 1979)
Natural Bridge (Rounder Records, 1982)
Double Time (Rounder Records, 1... |
83120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tift%20Merritt | Tift Merritt | Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. Born in Houston, Texas, Merritt moved to Raleigh, North Carolina at a young age. She has been compared to songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Emmylou Harris.
In 2009, Merritt married Zeke Hutchins, her band's drummer and her long-time... |
83125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott%20Smith | Elliott Smith | {{Infobox musical artist
|Name = Elliott Smith
|Background = solo_singer
|Img =Elliott Smith.jpg
|Img_capt = Elliot Smith performing in 2003
|Img_size =
|Landscape =
|Birth_name = Steven Paul Smith
|Origin = Portland, Oregon, U.S.
|birth_date =
|birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
|death_date=
|death_place = Los An... |
83127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar%20Hill%20Records | Sugar Hill Records | Sugar Hill Records is a folk music record label. Some of the artists who have released albums with the label are Nickel Creek, Allison Moorer, Sam Bush and Dolly Parton.
Folk music
Independent record labels |
83129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1251 | 1251 |
Events
Europe
April – The first Shepherds' Crusade, a domestic French uprising in response to events in Egypt during the Seventh Crusade, occurs.
December 26 – King Alexander III of Scotland marries Margaret, daughter of King Henry III of England, precipitating a power struggle between the two monarchs.
Andrew d... |
83131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1240 | 1240 |
Events
Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kiev.
Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita defeats Sosso king Soumaoro Kanté at the Battle of Kirina, beginning the Mali Empire.
July 15 – Russian prince Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva, saving Russia from a full-scale enemy ... |
83135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1237 | 1237 |
Events
Thomas II of Savoy becomes count of Flanders.
Elbląg, Poland is founded.
Representatives of all 4 khanates lead 150000 Mongol, Turkish and Persian troops into Europe.
The Mongols invade Russia.
Gualdo Tadino, Italy, is destroyed by fire.
The County of Artois is founded in France.
Baldwin II becomes Lat... |
83137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1224 | 1224 |
Events
Foundation of the University of Naples.
Livonian Brothers of the Sword conquers Latgallians and the stronghold of Tartu from Ugaunian and Russian troops.
Last of Arabs expelled from Sicily.
The Chichimecas capture Tula, Hidalgo.
Deaths
Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht (born 1153)
Hōjō ... |
83139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1220 | 1220 |
Events
Middle Ages in Europe
Fifth Crusade (1217-1221)
Battle of Lihula in Estonia between Estonians and Swedes.
Mongols first invade Abbasid caliphate – Bukhara and Samarkand taken
End of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, destroyed by Genghis Khan's Mongolian cavalry
Dominican Order approved by Pope Honorius III
Fred... |
83152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot%20Branning | Dot Branning | Dot Branning (also Cotton) is a fictional character in EastEnders. She is played by June Brown. She works in the laundrette and smokes Superkings.
References
Other websites
Dot Branning page at the BBC EastEnders website
EastEnders characters |
83153 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat%20Evans | Pat Evans | Pat Evans is a fictional character in EastEnders. She has been played by Pam St. Clement from 12 June 1986 to 1st January 2012.
Other websites
Pat Evans page at the BBC EastEnders website
EastEnders characters |
83154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20way | Middle way | The Middle Way or Middle Path is a teaching about a way of looking at things in Buddhism. This teaching advises a path of moderation, taking a middle way between extremes. In particular, the Buddha advises against taking a either an overly hard path or an overly easy path. He said that a person should not be either too... |
83156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Story%20of%20the%20Three%20Bears | The Story of the Three Bears | "The Story of the Three Bears" is a literary fairy tale. It was written by Robert Southey and first published in 1837 in a collection of his essays and stories. Southey's story is about an ugly old woman who enters the house of three bachelor bears during their absence. She eats their food, breaks a chair, and sleeps i... |
83159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesgerichtshof | Bundesgerichtshof | The Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) (BGH) is the highest German court for civil and criminal law. It is one of the five Supreme Courts in Germany.
The Bundesarbeitsgericht (Federal Labour Court),
the Bundesfinanzhof (Federal Finance Court),
the Bundessozialgericht (Federal Social Court) and
the Bundesv... |
83161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category | Category | A category is a group of people or things that are the same in some way.
Category can mean:
Category (philosophy)
taxonomic category - Taxonomic rank
Category (mathematics)
Categories (Aristotle)
Category (Kant)
Categories (Stoic)
Categories (game), a game involving naming categories of things
Category (topology) |
83186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainer | Entertainer | An entertainer is a person who is employed to bring joy, relaxation or happiness.
Features
An entertainer can perform on stage or television or simply entertain children at parties.
Examples
Examples of entertainers include:
Clowns
Magicians
Actors
Comedians
Musicians
Entertainment occupations |
83189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benetice%20%28Sv%C4%9Btl%C3%A1%20nad%20S%C3%A1zavou%29 | Benetice (Světlá nad Sázavou) | Benetice is a small village near the town Světlá nad Sázavou (in Czech Republic).
Key features
Historical features
There was a glass factory in Benetice. It does not exist any more, but some local names of places are derived from the parts of the glass factory as name Na sušírnách or Sklárenský rybník (the name of a... |
83195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo%20Adolfo%20B%C3%A9cquer | Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer | Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida, better known as Bécquer, (Seville, 17 February 1836 – Madrid, 22 December 1870) was a Spanish post-romanticist writer of poetry and short stories. He is considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature. He adopted the alias of Bécquer as his brother Valeriano Bécquer... |
83198 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirso%20de%20Molina | Tirso de Molina | Tirso de Molina (October, 1571? - March 12, 1648) was a Spanish Baroque dramatist and poet.
Originally Gabriel Tellez, he was born in Madrid. He studied at Alcalá de Henares, joined the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy on November 4 1600, and entered the Monastery of San Antolín at Guadalajara, Spain on Janu... |
83208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/HotJava | HotJava | HotJava is a web browser from Sun Microsystems that can execute Java applets. It was the first browser to support Java applets, and is not available anymore and is not supported anymore.
Other websites
HotJava Browser
HotJava @ Evolt
Web browsers
Sun Microsystems |
83210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20browser | Mobile browser | A mobile browser (also called a microbrowser or minibrowser) is a web browser made for use on a mobile device like a mobile phone or PDA. Mobile browsers are made to display internet content in the best way for small screens on mobile devices.
Web browsers |
83213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABrowse | ABrowse | ABrowse is a free web browser for the Syllable operating system.
Other websites
Website
Web browsers |
83217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiira | Shiira | Shiira (シイラ, Japanese for the common dolphin-fish) is a free web browser based on Safari for the Mac OS X operating system.
Other websites
Shiira Project
Shiira: Open Source Web Browser based on Web Kit
Web browsers |
83218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostzilla | Ghostzilla | Ghostzilla is a web browser for Microsoft Windows based on Mozilla. The browser runs inside the window space of another program e.g. in Microsoft Outlook, where the page is made to look like the things one would expect in an email. It makes people think think the person they're reading an email.
Between May 2004 and ... |
83219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiftweasel | Swiftweasel | Swiftweasel is a free and fully open source build of Mozilla Firefox.
Other websites
Swiftweasel site
Swiftweasel on Softpedia
Swiftweasel on Freshmeat
Geektank Review
Web browsers
Mozilla |
83220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon%20%28web%20browser%29 | Charon (web browser) | Charon is a web browser for the Inferno operating system.
Web browsers |
83246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bern%20%28district%29 | Bern (district) | The District of Bern is a district of the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It has an area of 233 km² and a population of 237,919 people (as of January 2005). The capital city is Bern.
The district contains thirteen municipalities:
Other websites
Website of the city of Bern (in English)
Former districts of Bern |
83248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biel%20%28district%29 | Biel (district) | Biel is a small district in the Swiss canton of Bern. It contains 2 municipalities:
Other websites
Official Website of the city of Biel/Bienne
Tourism Information for Biel/Bienne and Region
Portal with numerous trip suggestions in the Seeland region
Portal with numerous trip suggestions in the Bern Jura region
... |
83269 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose%20Byrne | Rose Byrne | Rose Mary Byrne (born 24 July 1979) is a Golden Globe nominated Australian Actress. She was born in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia.
Other websites
Australian movie actors
1979 births
Living people
Australian stage actors
Australian television actors
Actors from Sydney |
83273 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellikon | Bellikon | Bellikon is a municipality in Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Bellikon - Official website
Bellikon Rehab Clinic
Municipalities of Aargau |
83275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzenschwil | Benzenschwil | Benzenschwil was a municipality of the district Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. On 1 January 2012 the former municipality of Benzenschwil merged into the municipality of Merenschwand.
Other websites
Former municipalities of Aargau |
83276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergdietikon | Bergdietikon | Bergdietikon is a municipality of the district Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The lake Egelsee is in Bergdietikon.
References
Municipalities of Aargau |
83279 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egelsee%20%28Aargau%29 | Egelsee (Aargau) | Egelsee is a lake at Bergdietikon, Aargau, Switzerland. The surface area is . It is the largest natural lake in the canton.
Lakes of Switzerland
Aargau |
83282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berikon | Berikon | Berikon is a municipality of the district Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Aargau |
83296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/998 | 998 |
Events
Otto III takes control the city of Rome and brings his cousin, Pope Gregory V, back to power.
A Benedictine abbey is started at Sherborne.
Births
George I of Georgia
Deaths
Abu'l-Wafa, Iranian mathematician |
83297 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/995 | 995 |
Events
Erik Segersäll is replaces by Olof Skötkonung, the first baptized ruler of Sweden (see Swedish monarchs).
Basil II lifts the siege of Aleppo by bringing his entire army across Anatolia in sixteen days.
Constantine III becomes king of Scotland.
Boleslaus II of Bohemia kills the Slavnik's dynasty at Libice... |
83306 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1177 | 1177 |
Events
November 25 — Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon beat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
During the third year of the Angen era in Japan, a fire devastates Kyoto.
Benedictus Abbas becomes abbot of Peterborough.
Byland Abbey is started in Yorkshire by the Cistercians.
Casimir II becomes du... |
83307 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1176 | 1176 |
Events
January — Assize of Northampton.
May 22 — Murder tried but failed by the Hashshashin on Saladin near Aleppo.
Raynald of Chatillon released from prison in Aleppo.
May 29 — Frederick Barbarossa is beaten.
September 17 — Seljuk Turks beats Manuel I Comnenus at the Battle of Myriokephalon.
Cathedral of Sens... |
83308 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1174 | 1174 |
Events
Vietnam is given the name of Annam by China.
Henry II of England confesses Rosamund Clifford as his mistress.
Revolt of 1173-1174 against Henry II of England ends when the rebels are beaten.
William I of Scotland is captured by Ranulf de Glanvill at the Battle of Alnwick (1174).
Richard of Dover becomes ... |
83311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20West | Comet West | Comet West was a spectacular comet, also considered to qualify for great comet status.
It was discovered through pictures by Richard M. West, of the European Southern Observatory, on August 10, 1975. During peak brightness, observers reported that it was bright enough to study during full daylight.
Comet West was wh... |
83315 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/600 | 600 | 600 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
The population of the Earth rises to about 208 million people.
Smallpox arrives in Europe for the first time.
King Ingvar of Sweden invades Estonia but is killed by the locals.
Juchau Anglo-Saxon tribesmen arrive in England.
The Persians begin to use windmi... |
83317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/601 | 601 |
Events
Peter (Byzantine General) wins the battle against the Eurasian Avars
Liuva II replaces his brother Reccared as King of the Visigoths.
The Qieyun, a Chinese character rhyme dictionary, is published
The future Archbishops of Canterbury, Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius, and the future Archbishop of York Pauli... |
83318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/601%20%28disambiguation%29 | 601 (disambiguation) | 601 can mean:
601 AD, (The year)
PowerPC 601, a microprocessor shipped by the AIM alliance in 1993
The number 601 |
83320 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Elder%20Scrolls%20IV%3A%20Oblivion | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a role-playing video game. It was made by the American game maker Bethesda in May 2006. The game is for the Xbox 360 video game console and the PC (computer). It was also made for the Sony PlayStation 3 in May 2007.
Awards
This game got the "Game of the Year" award at the Golden Joys... |
83321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/602 | 602 |
Events
A series of wars begin between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empire.
Births
Li Chunfeng
Liu Rengui
Mu'awiyah, who started the Umayyad Dynasty of caliphs (approximate date)
Xuanzang, famous Chinese Buddhist monk
Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 690)
Taejong muyeol of Silla, 29t... |
83323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem%20Karoli%20Baba | Neem Karoli Baba | Shri Neem Karoli Baba or Shri Neeb Karori Baba (नीब
करोरी बाबा) (? - September 11, 1973, in Vrindavan, India), also known to followers as Maharaj-ji, was a Hindu guru and who loved the Hindu deity Hanuman. He is known in the West for having been the guru of a number of Americans who traveled to India in the 1960s and 1... |
83325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%20Here%20Now | Be Here Now | Be Here Now is a 1971 book on spirituality by the spiritual teacher Ram Dass. The title comes from what his guide in India, Bhagavan Das, used to tell him.
Summary of the book
The book has four sections:
"Journey: The Transformation: Dr. Richard Alpert, PhD. into Baba Ram Dass"
"From Bindu to Ojas: The Core Book" (Bi... |
83327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi%20%28disambiguation%29 | Yogi (disambiguation) | The word Yogi can mean either:
an advanced practitioner of Yoga (Yogi) in Eastern religions
a person who got Yogam, i.e. a blessed or gifted person, a person with knowledge, talent, ability or luck.
Yogi Berra, a baseball player, named after a yogi.
Yogi Bear, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character.
Yogi Rock, a rock ... |
83328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi | Yogi | A yogi (Sanskrit, feminine root: yogini) is a term for a male who practices various forms of the path of Yoga, maintaining a steadfast mind, the process of transcending the lower self. These designations are mostly reserved for advanced or daily practitioners. In contemporary English yogin is an alternative rendering f... |
83329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1172 | 1172 |
Events
Duke Richard of Aquitaine becomes Duke of Poitiers. He later becomes King Richard I of England.
Pope Gregory VIII starts the Council of Avranches.
The Synod of Cashel ended the Celtic Christian system and converted them to Rome.
Births
Baldwin I of Constantinople (d. 1205)
Fujiwara Moroie, last of the ... |
83330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1171 | 1171 |
Events
Saladin bans the Fatimid Caliphate, bringing back Sunni rule in Egypt.
Manuel I Comnenus orders all the Venetians in the Byzantine Empire to be arrested.
Rhys ap Gruffydd agrees to talk to Henry II of England.
Building of the Cathedral of Saint Sabino in Bari is finished.
Serbian ruler Stefan Nemanja beg... |
83362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/85%20Io | 85 Io | 85 Io is a big, dark Main belt asteroid of the C spectral class. It is probably a primitive body made of carbonates. Like 70 Panopaea it orbits within the Eunomia asteroid family but it is not related to the shattered parent body.
Io is a retrograde rotator, with its pole pointing towards one of ecliptic coordinates (... |
83373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat%20of%20arms%20of%20Iraqi%20Kurdistan | Coat of arms of Iraqi Kurdistan | The coat of arms of Iraqi Kurdistan is an eagle holding a sun on its wings. The sun is formed of three colours, red, yellow and green, which represent the Kurdish flag.
Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan |
83381 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/87%20Sylvia | 87 Sylvia | 87 Sylvia is one of the biggest main-belt asteroids. It is a member of the Cybele group. It is beyond the middle of the belt. Sylvia is famous for being the first asteroid known to have more than one moon.
Discovery and naming
Sylvia was found by N. R. Pogson on May 16, 1866 from Madras (Chennai), India. Paul Herget,... |
83385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20Embedding%20Plugin | Java Embedding Plugin | Java Embedding Plugin (JEP) allows Java on Mac OS X with browsers that are not Safari.
Other websites
http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net
Web browsers |
83386 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena%20%28web%20browser%29 | Arena (web browser) | Arena is a web browser made by the W3C for testing support for HTML 3 and Cascading Style Sheets.
Other websites
web browsers |
83387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock | Flock | Flock is a web browser based on Mozilla Firefox. Flock is also the name of the company making the browser.
Awards
Upon leaving beta, Flock has won a number of awards:
Webby Award in social networking, 2008
SXSW community Award, 2008
Open Web Award for Applications and Widgets, 2007
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83388 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTrack | HTTrack | HTTrack
Developer(s) Xavier Roche
Initial release May 1998
Stable release
3.49-2 / 20 May 2017; 4 months ago
Repository github.com/xroche/httrack
Written in C
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, GNU, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and Android
Type Offline browser and Web crawler
License GNU General Public License Versi... |
83391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Meleon | K-Meleon | K-Meleon is a web browser for Microsoft Windows. It's build to be small, simple and fast. Small means that if a user's computer does not have much space in his hard drive, the person will still be able to use it.
Other websites
K-Meleon Homepage.
Web browsers
Mozilla |
83395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNT | CNT | CNT may be:
Croatian National Theatre (Hrvatsko narodno kazalište)
Central Nacional de Trabajadores, the National Workers' Central (Paraguay)
Central Nacional de Televisão - television network established in Curitiba, Brazil, named today TVJB
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo - National Confederation of Labor in S... |
83402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo%20Linux | Gentoo Linux | Gentoo Linux is a version of the Linux operating system. It was created by Daniel Robbins. The project and its products are named after the Gentoo penguin.
Development
Gentoo Linux uses a package management system called Portage. Portage is like the BSD ports collection. Gentoo package management is designed to be mod... |
83407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1151 | 1151 |
Events
September 7 — Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and is replaced by his son Henry who is 18 years old.
The first plague and fire insurance policy is issued in Iceland
Births
April 3 — Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202)
Unkei, Japanese sculptor (d. 1223)
Deaths
January 13 — Abbot Suger, French statesm... |
83408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1148 | 1148 |
Events
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona fought and beat Tortosa for the Moors.
King Afonso I of Portugal takes Abrantes from the Moors.
Anna Comnena writes the Alexiad, which is a biography of her father, Emperor Alexius I.
Births
John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem and Latin Emperor of Constantinople (d.... |
83411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1146 | 1146 |
Events
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux prays for the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy.
First information about Bryansk found.
Births
Giraldus Cambrensis, Welsh clergyman and chronicler (d. around 1223)
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (d. 1219)
Deaths
August 1 — Vsevolod II of Kiev
August 8 — Eric III o... |
83413 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1145 | 1145 |
Events
February 15 — Pietro Bernardo Paganelli of Montemagno, Calci is elected as Pope Eugene III, and succeeds Pope Lucius II as the 167th pope.
Pope Eugene III issues Quantum praedecessores, calling for the Second Crusade
Construction begins on Notre-Dame d'Chartres in Chartres, France
Kim Pusik and his team o... |
83415 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico%20Fellini | Federico Fellini | Federico Fellini (born 20 January 1920 in Rimini, died 31 October 1993 in Rome) was an Italian movie-maker and director. Fellini's movies combine memory, dream, and fantasy.
The first movie Fellini directed was Lo Sceicco Bianco (1951), with Alberto Sordi, written by Michelangelo Antonioni and Ennio Flaiano. In making... |
83416 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1144 | 1144 |
Events
Louis VII surrenders to Pope Celestine II and so received a blessing from the pope
March 12 — Pope Lucius II becomes Pope over Pope Celestine II as the 166th pope.
December 24 — County of Edessa is beaten by Zengi (see Siege of Edessa).
Montauban, France, is started.
Normandy comes under Angevin control ... |
83418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Milton | John Milton | John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, religious thinker, and civil servant for the English Commonwealth Government. He is one of the most important figures in Western literature. He is most famous for his Christian epic poem Paradise Lost. His writing influenced both later poets and relig... |
83419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge%20%28mechanics%29 | Wedge (mechanics) | A wedge is a simple machine used mainly to put in between two stones. A wedge as a tool is used to push two things apart such as the blade of a sword and knife does when it cuts wood. A wedge can also be used to lift an object or hold an object in place. The mechanical advantage of a wedge depends on the ratio of its ... |
83420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet%20of%20Germany | Cabinet of Germany | The Bundesregierung, sometimes called the Bundeskabinett or Federal Cabinet, is the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and it consists of the Chancellor and the Federal Ministers.
The job of the cabinet is listed in the articles 62 to 69 of the constitution. This also has the oath of office that the ministe... |
83423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave%20New%20World | Brave New World | Brave New World is a dystopia novel by Aldous Huxley. It was first published in 1932. The novel is set in London of "AF 632", which is about 2540 AD, and speaks of developments in reproductive technology, operant conditioning, and sleep-learning that change society.
The general idea is a World Government manipulates p... |
83426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Jos%C3%A9%20Quintana | Manuel José Quintana | Manuel José Quintana y Lorenzo (April 11, 1772 - March 11, 1857), poet, was born at Madrid, Spain.
Writings
In 1801 Quintana wrote a tragedy, El Duque de Viseo, written about a patriotic theme. which was successful.
Life
The first book of his Vidas de Españoles célebres, about the lives of Spanish heroes, helped to... |
83427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran | Fortran | Fortran is a programming language first created in the 1950s. It is still in use today. It is a procedural language mainly used for scientific computing and numerical analysis.
History
The first FORTRAN compiler was created in 1954-57 by a team at IBM led by John W. Backus. This compiler was the first compiler for any... |
83438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Butler%20Yeats | William Butler Yeats | William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and mystic. He was born in Dublin, Ireland on 13 June 1865. He spent most of his time in Sligo and some time in London.
Yeats' early poetry drew heavily on myth and legend. His later work had more to do with contemporary issues. One of his famous poems is c... |
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