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17363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime | Mime | Mime is a type of acting that does not use words or speech. Mime is all about physical movement and exaggerating your expressions. Mimes (people who practice mime) must use their actions to send a message or tell a story. They are not allowed to speak directly to the audience.
Probably the most well-known mime was Mar... |
17365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo | Kangaroo | A kangaroo is an Australian marsupial. It belongs to the genus Macropus. The common name 'kangaroo' is used for the four large species, and there are another 50 species of smaller macropods. The kangaroos are common in Australia and can also be found in New Guinea.
Common names
kangaroos: large males are 2 metres ta... |
17366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet%20Tubman | Harriet Tubman | Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c. 1820 or 1821 – March 10, 1913) was an African-American anti-slavery worker, and humanitarian. She was also a Union spy and the first black woman to ever lead an American mission during the American Civil War. She was born into slavery but she escaped. During her life, she made nin... |
17368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device%20driver | Device driver | A device driver is a program that lets the operating system communicate with specific computer hardware.
Computer parts need a driver because they do not use standard commands. For example, video cards from Advanced Micro Devices (or AMD) and Nvidia do the same job, but each requires its own driver as different hard... |
17376 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20processing%20unit | Central processing unit | A central processing unit (CPU) is an important part of every computer. The CPU sends signals to control the other parts of the computer, almost like how a brain controls a body.
The CPU is an electronic machine that works on a list of computer things to do, called instructions. It reads the list of instructions and r... |
17378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running%20of%20the%20Bulls | Running of the Bulls | The Running of the Bulls (in Spanish el encierro, meaning "the enclosing") is an activity that involves running in front of bulls on a course of a sectioned-off area of a town's streets. It is done all around Spain, but the most famous running of the bulls is in Pamplona. In most bull runs the bulls are not killed, and... |
17384 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20shift | Red shift | Red shift is a way astronomers use to tell the distance of any object that is very far away in the Universe. The red shift is one example of the Doppler effect.
The easiest way to experience the Doppler effect is to listen to a moving train. As the train moves towards a person, the sound it makes as it comes towards ... |
17385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral%20line | Spectral line | A spectral line is the way scientists can tell one element from another by looking at color.
The colors of the rainbow
In order to understand spectral lines, color has to be understood. In a rainbow, the colors of light go from purple to red. Several hundred years ago, the famous scientist Isaac Newton did an experi... |
17387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla | Godzilla | Godzilla is a giant dinosaur-like fictional monster who first appeared in movies from Japan, in the year 1954. Since then has been featured in twenty-nine movies. During his movie career, this large reptile fought against many other mythical monsters, including the giant moth-like Mothra, the three-headed King Ghidorah... |
17389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1090s | 1090s | The 1090s was the decade that started on January 1, 1090 and ended on December 31, 1099.
Events
1090 - Béjaïa becomes the capital of the Hammadid Dynasty in Algeria.
1091 - King William II of England invades Normandy.
1093 - Sviatopolk II becomes Grand Prince of Kiev and ruler of Kievan Rus'.
1094 - El Cid becom... |
17390 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1101 | 1101 |
Events
A second wave of crusaders arrives in the newly established Kingdom of Jerusalem, after being heavily defeated by Kilij Arslan I at Heraclia. See Crusade of 1101.
Raymond IV of Toulouse, count of Tripoli, takes Ankara from the Seljuk Turks.
Robert Curthose signs the Treaty of Alton, giving up his claim to ... |
17391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1137 | 1137 |
Events
Louis VII becomes King of France and marries Eleanor of Aquitaine
Rochester Cathedral is hurt by a fire, but is soon rebuilt. |
17392 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1194 | 1194 | 1194 (MCXCIV) was .
Events
July 5 – Emperor Guangzong of Sung China was forced to step down.
November 20 – Palermo falls to Henry VI
December 25 – Henry VI becomes king of Sicily.
City of Portsmouth awarded its Royal Charter.
Henry Marshal becomes Bishop of Exeter.
Yellow River of China experienced a major cour... |
17393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1207 | 1207 | 1207 is a year in the 13th century.
Events
Stephen Langton consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury June 17 by Pope Innocent III.
Pope Innocent III declares for Philip of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor, a reversal of his previous support for Otto IV.
King John issued letters patent creating the new Borough of Liverpool
... |
17394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Pentagon | The Pentagon | The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. It is in Arlington, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.). It has limestone walls. It is in the shape of a pentagon, and has seven floors.
The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world,but any place in the building can be reached within... |
17395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Beach%20Boys | The Beach Boys | The Beach Boys are an American pop/surf rock group from Hawthorne, California. They formed in 1961. The original members were brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their friend Al Jardine. Many of the band's early songs were about life in southern California, the beach, girls, cars, and ... |
17397 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem | Modem | A modem (comes from: modulator demodulator) is a piece of computer hardware. It is used to communicate between distant computers. Two modems, one on each computer, are required to make a connection, and each modem can send and receive data to and from the other modem.
Modulation is changing the digital data from a c... |
17398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO | 3DO | The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer (often just called the 3DO) is a video game console invented by The 3DO Company. It was created by Trip Hawkins, the man who created Electronic Arts. The 3DO was not built by the company itself. They had a list of instructions that other companies could use to build their own. Panasonic ... |
17399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/APF-M1000 | APF-M1000 | The APF-M1000 was a video game console made by APF in 1978. The controllers had numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 called a numeric keypad) and a joystick. With a joystick, the player moves the joystick and uses it to control the action in the game. It could only be used on a color TV. It came built-in with the game "Rocket ... |
17401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor%2C%20Ontario | Windsor, Ontario | Windsor is a city in southern Ontario, Canada, which is across the Detroit River from the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. Windsor was founded in 1749 by the French. It has a population of 233,763 (counted in 2017).
Media
CBET CBC
Cities in Ontario |
17410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY | QWERTY | QWERTY is a certain typewriter or computer keyboard layout that is commonly used in some English-speaking countries. The term comes from the fact the first 6 letters of the top row of keys are Q, W, E, R, T, and Y. The QWERTY design was patented by Christopher Sholes in 1874 and sold to E. Remington and Sons during th... |
17414 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List | List | A list is a part of a text, which has many words separated by commas (,) or a group of words going down the page that may use bullet points, letters, or numbers. Semicolons (;) are also used sometimes to separate items in a list.
These are lists:
I have invited Peter, Mary, and Henry to my birthday.
People who I hav... |
17422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimatter | Antimatter | Antimatter is a term in particle physics. Antimatter is a material composed of antiparticles. These have the same mass as particles of ordinary matter but have opposite charge and properties, such as lepton and baryon number.
Encounters between a particle and an antiparticle lead to both of them being destroyed. This ... |
17425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk | Minsk | Minsk or Miensk (Мінск (official spelling in Belarus), Менск; Минск ; Mińsk) is the capital and a major city of Belarus. About 2 million people lived in the city as of 2021. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States. As a capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is ... |
17427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes | Mercedes | Mercedes:
is a female first name, see Mercedes (name)
a German car manufacturer, see Mercedes-Benz |
17432 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1310s | 1310s |
Events
The Fraticelli pose a problem for the Roman Catholic church
In Europe, climate change leads to the Great Famine of 1315–1317 |
17433 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1326 | 1326 |
Events
Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman I (1299-1326) to Orhan I (1326-1359)
Aradia de Toscano, is initiated into a Dianic cult of Italian Witchcraft (Stregheria), and discovers through a vision that she is the human incarnation of the goddess Aradia. Known as La Bella Pelegrina amongst the outla... |
17436 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor%20of%20Germany | Chancellor of Germany | The chancellor of Germany (German: Bundeskanzler, literally: federal chancellor) is the head of government of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Chancellor of Germany is elected by the majority of the members of the Bundestag, the German parliament. The chancellor is the German people's version of a Prime Minister ... |
17439 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore | Mysore | Mysore is a city in Karnataka, India. Mysore is south-west of Bangalore. Travel time from Bangalore to Mysore is 2-3 hours by road or rail. Mysore is the second largest city in Karnataka.
Mysore Palace, Jaganmohan Palace, Chamundi Hills, Brindavan Gardens, and Mysore Zoo are the places to see in Mysore. Some people g... |
17440 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada | Kannada | Kannada () is a language, and it is a script used for writing the language. Most people in the southern Indian state of Karnataka speak Kannada, and there are speakers in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and Goa. There are some differences in the way Kannada is spoken in these places.There are about 44 m... |
17444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1458 | 1458 |
Events
January 24 – Matthias I Corvinus becomes King of Hungary
Start of Magdalen College, University of Oxford
George of Podebrady becomes King of Bohemia
Pope Pius II becomes pope
Turks issue a decree to protect the Acropolis after they conquer Athens. |
17445 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1461 | 1461 |
Events
February 2 – Battle of Mortimer's Cross – Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales.
February 17 – Second Battle of St Albans – The Earl of Warwick's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under Queen Margaret, who re... |
17446 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1467 | 1467 |
Events
October 29 – Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege
Beginning of the Sengoku Period in Japan.
Circa this year, polyalphabetic cipher invented by Leone Battista Alberti.
Regent of Sweden Erik Axelsson Tott supports the re-election of deposed Charles VIII of Sweden to the throne.
Pope Paul II a... |
17447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%20League | Arab League | The Arab League is an organization made up of countries in the Arab world in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia. Most, though not all of these countries use Arabic as their official language. The purpose is to find ways for the countries to have unity and to work together to solve their problems.
Mission
The organizat... |
17448 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1478 | 1478 |
Events
February 18 – George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.
April 26 – The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.
December 28 – Battle of Giornic... |
17451 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1613 | 1613 | Year 1613 (MDCXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
Events
January – Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery.
Februa... |
17452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1608 | 1608 |
Events
March 18 – Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia
May 14 – Protestant Union founded in Auhausen.
July 3 – Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
August 24 – The first official English representative to India lands at Surat.
October 2 – Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first t... |
17453 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1577 | 1577 |
Events
March 17 – formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold
May 28 – Publication of the Bergen Book, better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings. The earlier version, known as the Torgau Book (1576), h... |
17454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1870s | 1870s |
Events
The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell.
The light bulb was invented.
The phonograph is invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison.
Ludwig Boltzmann's statistical definition of thermodynamic entropy
Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) results in the collapse of the Second French Empire and in ... |
17455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1501 | 1501 |
Events
Alexander becomes King of Poland.
The Safavid kingdom was established in northern Iran.
Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt. |
17456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Voight | Jon Voight | Jon Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American actor.
Early life and family
His mother was of German ancestry; his father was of Slovak ancestry. Voight is the middle of three brothers: volcanologist Barry Voight was born in 1937; musician Chip Taylor was born in 1940.
Voight's son James Haven and daughter Angeli... |
17465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene%20McCarthy | Eugene McCarthy | Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was a United States senator from Minnesota. He ran for President of the United States five times. He died from Parkinson's disease.
Other websites
Eugene J McCarthy Lectureship at Saint John's University
Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005): The Legacy of the... |
17466 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold%20Schwarzenegger | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, film producer, screenwriter, and director. He was the governor of the American state of California from 2003-2011. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
After serving in the army, Schwarzenegger mo... |
17470 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy%20Spirit | Holy Spirit | The Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is a part of the triune godhead (three in one God) of Christianity.
According to the Bible
The Holy Spirit was there from the beginning. Genesis 1:2 says that the Holy Spirit helped create the Earth.
It was by the Holy Spirit that Jesus was conceived in Mary (Matthew 1:18,19).
When Je... |
17473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Protocol | Internet Protocol | The Internet Protocol (IP) is the most important communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying data across network boundaries. It establishes the Internet. In the past, IP did not provide the connectivity; It only specified how packets are supposed to be created. The Transmission Control Protocol ... |
17474 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1850s | 1850s |
Events
Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process
Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time
First transatlantic telegraph cable laid
First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis
Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the t... |
17476 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1479 | 1479 |
Events
January 20 – Ferdinand II becomes king of Aragon and rules together with his wife Isabella, queen of Castile over most of the Iberian peninsula. Together they take over Granada in 1492, ending 800 years of Moorish rule.
January 25 – Treaty of Istanbul between Ottoman Empire and Republic of Venice, in which ... |
17477 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1505 | 1505 |
Events
March 5 – Papal dispensation issued for the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon
Portuguese under Dom Lourenço d'Almeida reach Colombo, Sri Lanka and send envoys to King of Kotte.
June 27 – Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his father's command
... |
17478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihito | Akihito | (known simply as Akihito) is the former emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019, He was the 125th emperor of his line according to Japan's traditional order of succession. He is head of the Imperial House of Japan.
Akihito became emperor after the death of his father in 1989, who was Emperor Shōwa. The current emperor's ... |
17480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1133 | 1133 |
Events
Geoffrey of Monmouth produces the Historia Regum Britanniae.
Construction of the Durham Cathedral is completed in England.
Construction of Exeter Cathedral begins in England.
June 4 – Lothair III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Innocent II.
Births
March 5 – Henry II of England (d. 1189
Sources |
17481 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1265 | 1265 |
Births
Dante
Emperor Fushimi
Deaths
Hulagu Khan |
17483 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero%20Space%20Museum | Aero Space Museum | There is also the San Diego Aerospace Museum.
The Aero Space Museum is an airplane museum in Calgary in Canada. The museum, founded in 1975, is near the Calgary Airport.
Some things at the museum are war-time airplanes: a Sopwith Triplane from World War I and an Avro Lancaster from World War II.
There are also peace-t... |
17487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Museum%20of%20Flight | Canadian Museum of Flight | The Canadian Museum of Flight is an aircraft museum at the Langley Airport in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The museum has about 20 peace-time and war-time motor airplanes, gliders, and helicopters to see, six of which can still fly.
Aircraft
List of aircraft displayed :
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk.3B
Beechcr... |
17489 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic%20Flight%20Museum | Olympic Flight Museum | The Olympic Flight Museum is an aircraft museum at the Olympia Airport in Olympia, Washington, USA. The museum has more than 20 airplanes and helicopters to see, most of which can still fly.
Other websites
Olympic Flight Museum website
Aircraft museums
Museums in Washington
Olympia, Washington |
17490 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Diego%20Aerospace%20Museum | San Diego Aerospace Museum | San Diego Aerospace Museum is an aircraft and space exploration museum in San Diego, California, USA. It contains many original and copies of old aircraft and spacecraft, including:
A Lockheed A-12 Oxcart
A Ford Trimotor
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI
A North American P-51 Mustang
The Apollo 9 command module "Gumdrop"... |
17493 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson%20Air%20Museum | Pearson Air Museum | The Pearson Air Museum is an airplane museum at Pearson Field Airport in Vancouver, Washington, USA. The museum and Pearson Field, and the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, are all part of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve.
Planes shown
The Pearson Air Museum shows different kinds of unusual, special, and ... |
17494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador () is a province on the East Coast of Canada, and is the farthest east of all Canadian provinces and territories. The capital of Newfoundland and Labrador is St. John's. In 2016, 519,716 people lived in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Newfoundland is an island, while Labrador is within the mainlan... |
17495 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenfinch | Greenfinch | The greenfinch (Chloris chloris), also known as the European greenfinch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
This bird is widespread throughout Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. It is mainly resident, but some northernmost populations migrate further south. The Greenfinch has also been i... |
17496 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20John%27s%2C%20Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's is the capital of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is also the largest city in the province, with 108,860 people living there and 205,955 people in the St. John's Metropolitan Area.
Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) has two campuses in St. John's and College of the North Atlant... |
17497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nest | Nest | A nest is place animals build to hold their eggs or provide a place to raise their babies. They are most typical of birds, but many other vertebrates do make nests.
Nests may be composed of organic material such as twigs, grass, and leaves. They may be a simple depression in the ground, or a hole in a rock, tree, or b... |
17498 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg%20%28biology%29 | Egg (biology) | An egg results from fertilization of an ovum. The egg is a container for the zygote. It protects the zygote, and feeds the embryo.
The animal embryo develops until it can survive on its own, at which point the egg hatches. Most fish, amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, monotremes, arthropods and molluscs lay eggs... |
17499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan%20tiger | Javan tiger | The Javan tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) is 1 of 3 extinct types of tigers. It lived on the island of Java in Indonesia. It became extinct in the 1970s-1990s. The last known sighting of one was in 1972.
It was small when compared with the subspecies from the Asian mainland. However, it was larger than the Bali tige... |
17505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1518 | 1518 |
Events
A plague of tropical fire ants devastates crops on Hispaniola. |
17506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1528 | 1528 |
Events
June 19 – Battle of Landriano – A French army in Italy under Marshal St. Pol is decisively defeated.
November 6 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot on Texas.
Andrea Doria revolts against the French and establishes the independence of Genoa... |
17507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1529 | 1529 |
Events
April 22 – Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
March 7 or 9 – At the Battle of Shimbra Kure, Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi, with 200 men armed with matchlocks, defeats the ar... |
17508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus | Abacus | An abacus is an old tool used for arithmetic. It is still used in some parts of the world, and it is well suited for use in shops and street markets. Sometimes blind people use an abacus, because they can feel the numbers easily. The most common abacuses work by moving beads on rods.
Abacuses can do addition, subtract... |
17509 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1573 | 1573 |
Events
Births
January 10 – Simon Marius, German astronomer (died 1624)
April 17 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (died 1651)
April 26 – Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
July 15 – Inigo Jones, English architect (died 1652)
July 25 – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (died ... |
17510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1606 | 1606 |
Births
February 12 – John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (died 1676)
March 3 – Edmund Waller, English poet (died 1687)
May 23 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
May 25 – Saint Charles Garnier, Jesuit missionary (died 1649)
June 6 – Pierre Corneille, French writer (died 1684)
... |
17511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1547 | 1547 | 1547 was a common year starting on a Saturday in the Julian calendar. It was the 547th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 16th century and the 8th year of the 1540s decade.
Summary
1547 was a year that marked the deaths of two powerful European Kings - Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France. In E... |
17512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion | Accordion | An accordion is a musical instrument that has keys similar to a piano, but is small enough for a person to hold. It makes sounds using air pushed and pulled through reeds using a bellows. The accordion can also have buttons instead of keys. The 6-plus-6-system with three rows has the same fingering in all twelve scales... |
17513 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/499%20BC | 499 BC |
Events
Aristagoras, acting on behalf of the Persian Empire, leads a failed attack on the rebellious island of Naxos.
Aristagoras instigates the Ionic Revolt, beginning the Persian Wars between Greece and Persia.
Sardis destroyed by Athenian and Ionian troops.
499 BC |
17514 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1781 | 1781 | The year 1781 is .
Events
March 13 – Uranus.
End of the American Revolutionary War
Births
January 26 – Achim von Arnim, German writer (d. 1831)
January 30 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d. 1838)
February 17 – Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec, French physician and inventor (d. 1826)
March 4 – Rebecca ... |
17515 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1566 | 1566 |
Events
Births
March 8 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer and murderer (died 1613)
May 26 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (died 1603)
June 19 – King James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (died 1625)
June 20 (O.S.) – King Sigismund III of Poland (d. 1632)
August 12 – Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of ... |
17516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1714 | 1714 |
Events
George I becomes king of Great Britain
Births
January 1 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
January 6 – Percivall Pott, English surgeon (d. 1788)
January 26 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)
February 2 – Gottfried August Homilius, German composer (d. 1785)
February 22 ... |
17517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1841 | 1841 |
Events
January 26 – The United Kingdom occupies Hong Kong. Later during the year, the first census of the island recorded a population of about 7,500.
February 18 – The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and lasts until March 11.
March 4 – Martin Van Buren, President of the United States ... |
17518 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Agricola | Georg Agricola | Georg or Georgius Agricola (1494-1555) was a German scholar and scientist. He was one of the first people to study mining and minerals (stones and gems), that is the father of mineralogy.
German scientists
1494 births
1555 deaths |
17519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1440 | 1440 | Year 1440 (MCDXL) was a leap year which started on a Sunday in the Julian calendar. It was the first year of the 1440s decade.
Events
February 21 – The Prussian Confederation is formed.
September – Gilles de Rais, an early known serial killer, is arrested and taking into custody on orders from the Bishop of Nantes.... |
17520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1457 | 1457 |
Events
Births
January 28 – Henry VII of England
February 2 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera
Deaths
March 14 – Jingtai Emperor of China (born 1428)
May 22 – Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (born 1381)
August 1 – Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist
November 23 – King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (born ... |
17521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1428 | 1428 |
Births
May 3 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (died 1495)
September 21 – Jingtai Emperor of China (died 1457)
Donato Acciaiuoli, Italian scholar (died 1478)
Abulkhair Khan, Uzbek leader (died 1468)
Didrik Pining, German explorer (approximate date)
Leonor of Viseu, Princess and later ... |
17522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1525 | 1525 |
Events
Births
Deaths
February 24 – Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
February 26 – Cuauhtémoc, last Aztec ruler (tortured to death)
May 5 – Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (born 1463)
May 27 – Thomas Muentzer, German pastor and rebel leader (born 1489)
July 22 – Richard Wingfield, Engl... |
17523 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1489 | 1489 |
Births
April 15 – Sinan, Turkish architect (died 1588)
June 4 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
July 2 – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1556)
August 10 – Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (died 1553)
November 28 – Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland) (died 154... |
17524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1494 | 1494 |
Events
Births
February 2 – Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1557)
April 20 – Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (died 1566)
May 24 – Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
September 5 – Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (died 1576)
September 12 – King Francis I of France (died 1547)
No... |
17528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga%20CD32 | Amiga CD32 | The Amiga CD32 was a game console made by Commodore International release in 1993. It was based around the Amiga A1200 Computer.
Using third party devices, it is possible to upgrade the CD32 with keyboard, floppy drive, hard drive, RAM and mouse, turning it into the equivalent of an Amiga 1200 personal computer.
In ... |
17530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GX4000 | GX4000 | The GX4000 was a console made by Amstrad in 1990. At first, it was successful. But it did not continue its early success. The GX4000 games could be used with other Amstrad computers. Only 40 games were made for it. Soon it disappeared into the mist of history. These days it is very rare to see one that is still in work... |
17535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ApeXtreme | ApeXtreme | ApeXtreme is a console created by Apex Digital Inc. It was released January 9, 2004.
It can do many things, like play computer games, DVDs, CDs, VCDs and use the Internet.
What it can do:
games
videos
pictures
slide shows
music
DVD
VCD
CD
MP3
Internet radio
Video game consoles |
17573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1617 | 1617 | Year 1617 (MDCXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
February 27 – The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia. Sweden gains... |
17575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1623 | 1623 |
Deaths
February 8 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546)
March 19 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
June 16 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)
July 4 – William Byrd, English composer
July 8 – Pope Gregor... |
17576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1556 | 1556 |
Events
January 23 – Most devastating recorded earthquake in Shaanxi, China. Over 850,000 deaths.
Births
January 8 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1623)
February 21 – Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (d. 1615)
March 7 – Guillaume du Vair, French statesman and philosopher (died 16... |
17577 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1625 | 1625 |
Events
Births
Deaths
January 7 – Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer
March 7 – Johann Bayer, German astronomer (b. 1572)
March 25 – Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
March 27 – King James I of England and Ireland/James VI of Scotland (b. 1566)
March 29 – Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish histo... |
17578 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1561 | 1561 |
Births
January 6 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (died 1656)
January 22 – Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, scientist, and statesman (died 1626)
July 11 – Luís de Góngora y Argote, Spanish poet (died 1627)
August 20 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (died 1633)
August 24 – Thomas Howard, ... |
17588 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Year%27s%20Day | New Year's Day | New Year's Day is a holiday in many countries. It was created to welcome the new year. In most countries, New Year Day is celebrated on 1 January. This holiday has been the most celebration with over 200 countries and territories in the world.
The new year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the end of ... |
17590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coagulation | Coagulation | A coagulation, also known as clot is a semi-solid substance that blood forms, especially when it is in air. When a person bleeds, the blood turns into a clot at the injury.
A blood clot is also called a thrombus. The process is called coagulation.
If a person gets a cut on their body, that person may bleed. To stop t... |
17600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthma | Asthma | Asthma (or Asthma bronchiale) is a disease that hurts the airways inside the lungs. It causes the tissue inside the airways to swell. Asthma also causes the bands of muscle around the airways to become narrow. This makes it hard for enough air to pass through and for the person to breathe normally. Asthma also causes ... |
17605 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish | Turkish | Turkish might mean:
Something related to the country Turkey
Something related to the Ottoman Empire, also called the Turkish Empire
Turkish language
Turkish people
Turkish alphabet |
17609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1690 | 1690 |
Events
January 6 – Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans
January 14 – The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany
May 20 – England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II
July 1 – The Battle of the Boyne, in Ireland
October 6-12 – Massachusetts Puritans led by Sir William Ph... |
17610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/890 | 890 |
Events
The sovereignty of prince Svatopluk I in Bohemia is confirmed.
First ceremonial visit by a Welsh king (Anarawd, King of Gwynedd) to an English court (that of Alfred the Great).
Founding of Kirby Muxloe. (approximate date) |
17611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bochum | Bochum | Bochum ( , also , ; Westphalian: Baukem, Low Franconian: Boochem, Old Saxon: Bochem) is a city in the Ruhr area of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is part of the Arnsberg Government Region.
Bochum has about 380,000 inhabitants.
The city is formed by the traditional industry of coal mining in the Ru... |
17614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive%20rock | Progressive rock | Progressive rock is a type of rock music with complicated musical technique and composition. This means that the tempo, time signature, and style can change many times in a single song.
Most normal rock songs follow a very simple pattern in the way they are arranged. This pattern is a verse followed by a chorus, then ... |
17619 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Juan%2C%20Puerto%20Rico | San Juan, Puerto Rico | San Juan is the capital and largest city of Puerto Rico. The city's population is 433,733. It is the 42nd-largest city and the oldest European settlement in United States territory. Today, San Juan is Puerto Rico's most important seaport.
History
San Juan was founded in 1521. It was named after San Juan Bautista, or ... |
17620 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir | Kashmir | Kashmir (Hindi: कश्यपपुरा, , ), previously spelled Cashmere, is a region in South-central Asia. Historically, the name Kashmir referred to the valley just to the south of the western end of the Himalayan mountain range. Today, Kashmir refers to a much larger area that includes the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (whi... |
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