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17634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural%20area | Rural area | Rural areas are areas which are not towns or cities. They are often farming or agricultural areas. These areas are sometimes called "the country" or "countryside". People who live "in the country" often live in small villages, but they might also live somewhere where there are no other houses nearby.
Rural is the oppo... |
17636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Crane | Stephen Crane | Stephen Townley Crane (November 1, 1871 - June 5, 1900) was an American writer. He was born on November 1, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey to Jonathan Townley Crane, a clergyman, and Mary Helen Peck Crane. He attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, but did not graduate. He moved to New York City in 1892 to writ... |
17637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%27s%20goldfinch | Lawrence's goldfinch | The Lawrence's goldfinch (Carduelis lawrencei) is a small songbird of North America. Bigger than the Lesser Goldfinch, and smaller than the American Goldfinch, with less yellow markings than either.
It lives from central California and its southern coast in the United States, to Baja California in Mexico. Females have... |
17639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Newbold%20Lawrence | George Newbold Lawrence | George Newbold Lawrence (October 20, 1806 - January 17, 1895) was an American businessperson and amateur ornithologist (bird expert).
Lawrence counted birds for Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin, and the three men wrote Birds of North America in 1858.
Lawrence left his 8,000 bird skins to the American Museum of... |
17641 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Claus | Santa Claus | Santa Claus, or Father Christmas, is a legendary character associated with Christmas. He is depicted as a big and cheerful white-bearded man wearing a red suit with white trim. In some countries, he is said to live at the North Pole with his wife Mrs. Claus, elves who are said to build his toys, and reindeer who are sa... |
17642 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon | Cinnamon | Cinnamon is a spice from the inner bark of Cinnamomum verum.
The spice is used in both sweet and savoury foods. It is aromatic. People usually put cinnamon in sweet baked goods (such as cinnamon rolls), hot wine or liquors.
Cinnamon was used to make the spiced wine, claret, in the Middle Ages. In India, cinnamon is... |
17643 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1186 | 1186 | Year 1186 (MCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
John the Chanter becomes Bishop of Exeter.
January 27 – Constance of Sicily marries Henry (the future Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor).
The Byzantine Empire recognises the indepence of Bul... |
17644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1187 | 1187 |
Events
May 1 – Battle of Cresson – Saladin defeats the crusaders
July 4 – Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.
September 20 – October 2 – Siege of Jerusalem – Saladin captures Jerusalem.
October 29 – Pope Gregory VIII issues the bull Audita tremendi, proposing the Third Cr... |
17645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1188 | 1188 |
Events
Saladin unsuccessfully besieges the Hospitaller fortress of Krak des Chevaliers in modern Syria.
Newgate Prison is built.
Richard Lionheart allies with Philip II of France against his father, Henry II of England.
Giraldus Cambrensis and Baldwin of Exeter travel through Wales attempting to recruit men for ... |
17649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg | Egg | Egg can mean different things:
Egg (biology)
Ovum, the female reproductive cell
Zygote, a fertilised ovum
Cleidoic egg: the type of egg produced by amniotes (reptiles, birds, mammals)
Egg (food): a type of egg that can be eaten.
Basic English 850 words |
17651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science%20fiction | Science fiction | Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or SF) is the type genre of speculative fiction which deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, interstellar travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. It has been called the "literature of ideas", an... |
17654 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise%20Pascal | Blaise Pascal | Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer and Catholic theologian. He was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France. His mother died when he was three years old. His father's name was Étienne. He had two sisters, Jaqueline and Gilberte. Pascal was complet... |
17656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s%20triangle | Pascal's triangle | 1
1 1
1 2 1
1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1
1 5 10 10 5 1
The first six rows of Pascal's triangle
Pascal's Triangle is a mathematical triangular array. It is named after French mathematician Blaise Pascal, but it was used in China 3 centuries before his time.
Pascal's triangle can be made as follo... |
17661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidisestablishmentarianism | Antidisestablishmentarianism | Antidisestablishmentarianism is a political position. It means "to keep an established church". An official state church is called the "established" church, so a disestablishmentarian is a person who wants to stop the state church. These people say a state church hurts the freedom of religion. These people say the stat... |
17662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1193 | 1193 | 1193 (MCXCIII) was .
Events
Saladin dies, and the lands of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria are split among his descendants.
Qutb-ud-Din, a Ghurid slave commander, captures Delhi.
Muhammad Khilji, a general under the command of Qutb-ud-Din sacks and burns Nalanda, India's greatest Buddhist university... |
17663 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20McLachlan | Sarah McLachlan | Sarah Ann McLachlan (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is known for her emotional music. She was adopted and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She went to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Her recording company, Nettwerk, released her first alb... |
17665 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Twain | Mark Twain | Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), more widely known as Mark Twain, was a well known American writer born in Florida, Missouri. He worked mainly for newspapers and as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before he became a writer. He married in 1870, and raised his family in Hartford,... |
17668 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Prisoner%20of%20Azkaban | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. The book was released on 8 July 1999. It covers Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts. A movie based on the book was released on 31 May 2004. This is the only book where Lord Voldemort does not make an appearance.
P... |
17669 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Goblet%20of%20Fire | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. It was published on 8 July 2000. The original United Kingdom edition had 636 pages, although the US version has 734. It was made into a movie that was released in 2005.
Plot
Plot introduction
Throughout the three prev... |
17670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn%27s%20disease | Crohn's disease | Crohn's disease is a disease that causes the intestines to become swollen. It is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The intestines may also develop ulcers. People with Crohn's disease often have pain in the stomach, diarrhea, vomiting, and weight loss. Crohn's can also cause skin rashes, arthritis, and swollen... |
17675 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet%20door | Pet door | Pet doors, also known as cat doors, dog doors, doggie doors, or in the United Kingdom, cat flaps, are small doors for pets. They are usually built in regular doors, but can also be in windows or walls. They usually have the hinge on the top, with no latch, so the animal can push their way in and out. Newer models somet... |
17681 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Rainier | Mount Rainier | Mount Rainier is a mountain 54 miles (87 kilometres) southeast of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. The volcano is the highest mountain in the Cascade Range, at 14,410 feet (4,392 metres). The top of the mountain is mostly covered by snow and glaciers. Rainier is an active volcano, but has not had an eruption ... |
17686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Knox | Fort Knox | Fort Knox is an U.S. Army post in Kentucky. Named after Henry Knox, the fort is now the site of the U.S. Bullion Reservatory (where the United States keeps its gold). The fort's fortifications were built in 1862 during the American Civil War; however, after the war the camp became abandoned until 1917.
It is named f... |
17690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s%20equations | Maxwell's equations | Maxwell's equations describe how electric charges and electric currents create electric and magnetic fields. They describe how an electric field can generate a magnetic field.
In the 1860s James Clerk Maxwell published equations that describe how charged particles give rise to electric and magnetic force per unit ch... |
17691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Knox | Henry Knox | Henry Knox (1750-1806) was a military leader for the Americans during the American Revolutionary War. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, he was appointed Chief Artillery Officer of the Continental Army. He is best known for transporting cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston through icy conditi... |
17692 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Revolutionary%20War | American Revolutionary War | The American Revolutionary War was a war fought between Great Britain and the original Thirteen Colonies in North America from 1775 to 1787. Most of the fighting was in North America and other places. The Continental Army, the rebel army, was led by George Washington and helped by France and Spain. They defeated the Br... |
17694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1775 | 1775 |
Events
May – beginning of American Revolutionary War
May – First Continental Congress
June – Second Continental Congress |
17695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental%20Army | Continental Army | The Continental Army was the fighting force of the thirteen British colonies in the American Revolutionary War. It was created in 1775 by the First Continental Congress. Most of the army was disbanded in 1783 after the conclusion of the war. The army was officially closed by a resolution of Congress in 1784. A Legion o... |
17700 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream%20cheese | Cream cheese | Cream cheese is a soft, mild-tasting, white cheese. Sometimes, it is given extra flavor by adding additional seasonings such as puréed garlic, chopped dill, or chopped olives; as well, some cream cheese has small pieces of fruit or other sweet food blended into it. Cream cheese is different from other cheese in that it... |
17703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrewsbury | Shrewsbury | Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, a county of England. It is located 9 miles (14 km) east of the Welsh border and serves as the commercial centre for Shropshire and mid-Wales.
The town is very old. It was started around 700 AD. The town centre has almost the exact same medieval street plan and over 660 list... |
17704 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford | Telford | Telford is a large town in the county of Shropshire, England. It is in the borough of Telford and Wrekin.
It is a new town and building began in the 1960s. It is known for its large shopping centre in the town centre. It also has an ice rink and a large park.
The population of Telford is just over 140,000. It is the ... |
17705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow | Ludlow | Ludlow is a town in Shropshire, a county of England. The town is very old and dates back to around 800 AD. There is a large castle and many other historic buildings.
There are just over 10,000 people living in the town.
It is the largest town in the South Shropshire area.
The town, though not large, is important in... |
17706 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Shropshire | South Shropshire | South Shropshire is an area of Shropshire in England.
It is very hilly and has few people living there. The only large town is Ludlow.
The area has many castles and other ancient features, such as stone circles.
District and borough councils in England
Shropshire |
17714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Yorktown%20%281781%29 | Battle of Yorktown (1781) | The Battle of Yorktown, also called the Siege of Yorktown, fought from September 28-October 19, 1781. It is considered the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Army, led by General George Washington, won a decisive victory against the British Army, led by General Lord Charles Cornwa... |
17715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Saratoga | Battle of Saratoga | The Battle of Saratoga is considered the turning point of the American Revolution. The battle was fought in late 1777. It was actually two engagements: the Battle of Freeman's Farm (September 19) and the Battle of Bemis Heights (October 7). The Americans were led by General Horatio Gates. The British were led by Genera... |
17716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1189 | 1189 |
Events
January 21 – Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade
September 3– Richard I of England is crowned as king of England.
August 29– Ban Kulin wrote "The Charter of Kulin", which become a symbolic "birth certificate" of Bosnian statehood
This year was fi... |
17717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio%20Gates | Horatio Gates | Horatio Gates (1726 - 1806) was an American general in the American Revolutionary War. General Gates fought for the Continental Army and is credited with the decisive American victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
In the earlier French and Indian War, he fought along with George Washington against the French, as... |
17718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1276 | 1276 |
Events
February – The court of the Southern Song Dynasty of China and hundreds of thousands of its citizens move from Hangzhou to Fujian and then Guangdong to get away from an invasion by the Mongol Empire.
March 9 – Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City. Ravensburg also does in the same year.
June – King Rudolp... |
17719 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1274 | 1274 |
Events
May 7 – The Second Council of Lyons, held by the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church convenes to consider the conquest of the Holy Land via Crusades and address the East-West Schism with the Byzantine church. The Council eventually approves a tithe to support efforts to conquer the Holy Land from Muslims... |
17720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1198 | 1198 | 1198 (MCXCVIII) was .
Events
End of the reign of Emperor Go-Toba, emperor of Japan
Emperor Tsuchimikado ascends to the throne of Japan
January 8 – Pope Innocent III ascends Papal Throne
Frederick II, infant son of German King Henry VI, crowned King of Sicily
Births
August 24 — King Alexander II of Scotland (d.... |
17721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1433 | 1433 |
Events
Winter: Much of the English town of Alnwick in Northumbria burnt by Scottish a raiding party.
The Ming dynasty in China disbands their navy, altering the balance of power in the Indian Ocean, making it easier for Portugal and other Western naval powers to gain dominance over the seas. |
17722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1435 | 1435 |
Events
September 21 – Peace of Arras between Charles VII of France and Philip III of Burgundy, ending the English-Burgundian alliance.
Francis of Paola founds the Order of the Minims in Italy. |
17723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich-Heine-University | Heinrich-Heine-University | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) () is the university of Düsseldorf, Germany, named after the most famous son of Düsseldorf, the poet Heinrich Heine.
History
In the era of Napoleon Bonaparte there was the first university in Düsseldorf, which ended after Napoleon surrendered.
So in the further 19th century t... |
17724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1239 | 1239 | 1239 is a year in the 13th century
Events
September 21 – Peace of Arras between Charles VII of France and Philip III of Burgundy, ending the English-Burgundian alliance.
Francis of Paola founds the Order of the Minims in Italy.
Births
June 17 – King Edward I of England (died 1307)
December 17 – Kujo Yoritsugu, ... |
17726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian%20tiger | Siberian tiger | The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is the largest felid in the world. They live in eastern Russia's birch forests, and there are some in China and North Korea. It is estimated that there are around 400 to 500 Siberian tigers left in the wild.
In 2017, the Cat Specialist Group revised felid taxon... |
17728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1455 | 1455 |
Other calendars
Buddhist calendar: 1997 - 1998
Hebrew calendar: 5215 - 5216
Islamic calendar: 859 - 860
Events
February 9 – Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector
February 23 – Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press
May 22 – Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St... |
17730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette | Cassette | Cassette may mean:
Some of kinds of cassettes are:
Audio cassettes, a kind of cassette which can store music and sounds. It is used with a "cassette player" or "cassette recorder".
Videotape cassettes, which can store video and sounds
Cassette single, a recording of a single song sold on a compact audio cassette
... |
17733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio%20cassette | Audio cassette | An audio cassette is a type of cassette which can store music and sounds. To play a tape, a cassette player or cassette recorder is used. This is also known as a cassette deck, by analogy with reel-to-reel decks. Cassettes store the sound on a magnetic tape that is wound around the two reels in the cassette. Like vinyl... |
17744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1694 | 1694 |
Events
February 6 – The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed.
July 27 – A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
December 22 – The Triennial Bill became law.
December 28 – Queen Mary II of England dies; King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland is now sole ruler after his co-ruler's death.... |
17745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1290 | 1290 |
Events
March 1 – The University of Coimbra is founded in Lisbon, Portugal by King Denis of Portugal; it moves to Coimbra in 1308.
July 18 – King Edward I of England banishes all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from Britain; Jews traditionally hold that this event occurs on Tisha B'Av, a sorrowful Jewish holiday.
Au... |
17746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight%20Club | Fight Club | Fight Club is a 1999 American drama movie. It stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter. The movie was directed by David Fincher. It is based on a novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk.
The story is about an unnamed character's path during a dark form of personal enlightenment (or eternal happiness)... |
17747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top%20of%20the%20Pops | Top of the Pops | Top of the Pops is a British music show, which featured popular artists performing their songs. It started in 1964 and ended in 2006 because not enough people were watching it any more. It was hosted by many presenters over the years, most notably by Sir Jimmy Savile, who opened the very first show on New Year's Day 19... |
17751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad%20and%20Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a nation in the south Caribbean Sea. It is 11 km (7 miles) away from Venezuela. The country has two bigger islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and many smaller islands. The capital is Port-of-Spain. The country has about 1,262,366 people in it.
Trinidad and Tobago received independen... |
17756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20St.%20Helens | Mount St. Helens | Mount St. Helens is a volcano in the U.S. state of Washington. It is 96 miles (154 km) south of Seattle and 53 miles (85 km) northeast of Portland, Oregon. The volcano is in Cascade Range of mountains. It is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc in the Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanos. This is a ... |
17758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1795 | 1795 |
Events
Frankfort becomes capital of Kentucky. |
17760 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oder-Neisse%20line | Oder-Neisse line | The Oder-Neisse line (named after the Oder and Neisse rivers) is the border between Germany and Poland since the end of the Second World War. As a result of the defeat Germany lost a part of its territory to Poland. Previously, the German Empire had to cede the former Prussian provinces of Posen and Westpreußen, as wel... |
17768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Wales | Jimmy Wales | Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (; born August 7, 1966) is an American-born British Internet entrepreneur. He is one of the people who started Wikipedia and Wikia. Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. There, he went to Randolph School. He then earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance. In 1996, he an... |
17772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter | Exeter | Exeter is a city in South West England on the River Exe, from which it takes its name. It is the county town of Devon. Just over 100,000 live there. In the city are a ruined castle, much of the old Roman city wall, and Exeter Cathedral.
History
Exeter was built by the Romans, who called it Isca Dumnoniorum (Isca of th... |
17795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Congress | United States Congress | The United States Congress is the legislative, or law making, branch of the United States government. It meets in the United States Capitol.
It has two houses (parts): The United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. This two house system is known as a bicameral (bi is the Latin word for "two",... |
17800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Cornwallis | Charles Cornwallis | Lord Charles Cornwallis (31 December 1738 5 October 1805) was a British general and colonial governor. He is best known for leading the British forces in the American Revolution.
His parents were Elizabeth, and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis.
Cornwallis moved to the 13 colonies in North America in 1776 to t... |
17804 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1738 | 1738 |
Events
November 13 – Treaty of Vienna
Births
Ethan Allen – January 21
Lord Charles Cornwallis – December 31
Deaths
Charles Townshend – June 21 |
17805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Princeton | Battle of Princeton | The Battle of Princeton was a battle during the American Revolution. It was fought in January of 1777 near Princeton, New Jersey. The battle came a week after the Battle of Trenton, where General George Washington had led the Continental Army to a surprise victory over the British.
The Continental Army, led by Washing... |
17808 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork | Fork | A fork is a tool for eating. It has points called tines. Most forks have three or four tines. Some cooking-forks have two tines. The tines help you pick up your food. Forks are useful only for eating solid food. For example, a fork would be useless for eating soup because all the soup would fall through the tines... |
17809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backgammon | Backgammon | Backgammon is a game played by two players. Each player moves pieces around a board. Players roll two dice to find out how far their pieces can move in one turn. The winner of one game is the first to get all pieces all the way around, and off, the board.
The game is laid-out asymmetrically. White's direction of trave... |
17810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20wall | Cell wall | A cell wall is the wall of a cell in plants, bacteria, fungi, algae, and some archaea. Animal cells do not have cell walls, nor do protozoa. Cell walls protect the cells from damage. It is also there to make the cell strong, to keep its shape, and to control the growing of the cell and plant.
The cell wall is the tou... |
17811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friction | Friction | Friction is a force that acts to stop the movement of two touching things. The energy lost to friction is turned into sound and heat. Two kinds of friction are static and kinetic. Static friction is when the friction is strong enough to stop movement between two objects. Kinetic friction is used when the frictional for... |
17813 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima | Lima | Lima is the capital city (where the government works), and is considered the most important and largest city of Peru. 75% of the Peruvian economy is handled in Lima.
Lima is the industrial and financial center of Peru, and one of the most important financial centers in Latin America.
It is an important city of South ... |
17816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaner | Cleaner | A cleaner (or janitor) is someone who takes away garbage and cleans surfaces. Cleaners sometimes repair things, and maintain their equipment in good working order, as well as dusting, washing, waxing and polishing.
Heavy duty cleaners often move furniture, large containers of recycled materials and waste, and other o... |
17836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovinae | Bovinae | Bovinae is a subfamily of the even-toed ungulate family Bovidae. About 26 species of bovines belong to this subfamily.
Bovines are herbivores, and they mostly eat grass.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Bovinae
Tribe Boselaphini
Genus Tetracerus
Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis)
Genus Boselaphus
Nilgai, Boselap... |
17840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolia | Mongolia | Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and the People's Republic of China to the south, east and west. Mongolia's political system is a parliamentary republic.
Until recently, most of the people there were Buddhists. Many of them are nomads (people who always mov... |
17845 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier%20transform | Fourier transform | The Fourier transform is a mathematical function that can be used to find the base frequencies that a wave is made of. Imagine playing a chord on a piano. When played, the sounds of the notes of the chord mix together and form a sound wave. This works because each of the different note's waves interfere with each other... |
17851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1671 | 1671 |
Events
April – Battle of Saraighat. The Ahom general Lachit Borphukan defeated the Mughal forces on the outskirts of present-day Guwahati of then sovereign Assam.
May 9 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too... |
17852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1679 | 1679 |
Events
January 24 – King Charles II of England disbands Parliament
June 22 – the Duke of Monmouth subdues an insurrection of Scottish Covenanters at Birthwell Bridge
August 7 – The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara... |
17853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1691 | 1691 |
Events
March 5 – French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons
March 20 – Leisler's Rebellion – New governor arrives in New York – Jacob Leisler surrenders after standoff of several hours
March 29 – Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender
May 6 – Spanish inquisi... |
17855 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1719 | 1719 | 1719 is a year in the common era.
Events
January 23 – The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire
April 25 – Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe
June 10 – Battle of Glen Shiel
Prussia conducts Europe's first systematic census
Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified b... |
17856 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1753 | 1753 |
Events
January 1 – Britain and its colonies adopt the idea that 1 January should be New Year's Day, following adoption of the Gregorian calendar in September 1752. The concept was first conceived in 1582, but suffered from slow public adoption.
January 13 – Sentenced conspirators of the Tavora affair are executed
... |
17865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Divine%20Comedy | The Divine Comedy | The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri. It is about a trip through the afterlife. The poem has three parts: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise, or Heaven). The Divine Comedy is a piece of world literature.
Inferno is the most famous section of the poem. The poem is abo... |
17867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist | Artist | An artist is a person who creates art. This word is used most often for person and activities of 'high culture'. That is for example drawing, painting, sculpture, acting, dancing, writing, filmmaking, photography, and music. Sometimes a person who is very good at their job is called an artist, even if it is not conside... |
17870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville%2C%20Florida | Jacksonville, Florida | Jacksonville is the largest city in the state of Florida and one of the 15 largest cities in the United States. It is home to the University of North Florida. It is the county seat of Duval County.
It is the largest city in the Continental United States in terms of area. It covers nearly all of Duval County in North F... |
17874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetishism | Fetishism | Fetishism can be one of the following:
The belief that certain natural or man-made things/objects, have supernatural/magical powers. This thing is called a fetish.
Sexual fetishism, sexual attraction to objects that do not move on their own. |
17878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich%20Heine | Heinrich Heine | Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was one of the most significant German poets of the 19th century.
Heine was born into an assimilated Jewish family in Düsseldorf, Germany. His father was a tradesman.
After his father's business failed, Heine was sent to Hamburg.... |
17880 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage | Cabbage | Cabbage (Brassica oleracea Capitata Group) is an edible plant. It is a lot like broccoli, cauliflower or Brussels sprouts. Cabbage is eaten in many ways around the world. Coleslaw and sauerkraut are popular foods that use cabbage. It is also used to make kimchi and borscht, and can also be used in salads. Red cabbage j... |
17881 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool | Pool | The word pool refers to many different things:
A pool is a body of water. It is also called a pond. It can also mean a body of water that people have made. This is called a swimming pool.
Pool is also a game. It is a form of billiards. The object is to use a cue ball to knock other balls into pockets around the edge o... |
17883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupee | Rupee | The rupee is the name of a currency amount ("denomination" of money) in various countries.
It is used in the Republic of India and Pakistan. It was also used in British India, the former East Pakistan until 1971, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, and the Seychelles. In past times, rupees were also the name of the money use... |
17899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/500 | 500 | 500 (Roman numerals: D) is a common year of the Gregorian calendar. It started on a Friday.
It is one of only seven years to use just one Roman numeral. The seven are 1 AD (I), 5 AD (V), 10 AD (X), 50 AD (L), 100 AD (C), 500 AD (D), and 1000 AD (M).
Events
Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-Briti... |
17900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1555 | 1555 |
Events
Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland
February 2 – Diet of Augsburg begins
February 4 – John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England
February 9 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake
May 23 – Paul IV becomes Pope.
September 25 – Peace of Augsburg i... |
17901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel%20fuel | Diesel fuel | Diesel oil or diesel fuel is a type of fuel for cars. It is also an oil used for an energy source. It is made from petroleum and from various other sources.
It is named after Rudolf Diesel who in 1892 invented the diesel engine.
Related pages
Biodiesel
References
Fuel |
17907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf%20International%20Airport | Düsseldorf International Airport | Düsseldorf International Airport (; is an airport in Germany. It is eight kilometres from Düsseldorf. The airport has the IATA Airport Code DUS. There is one other airport named "Düsseldorf Express Airport, Mönchengladbach", but that is only a continental airport and has only a few lines, mostly private jets.
The int... |
17908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna | Sauna | A sauna is a small room or building that is made hot. The heat of a sauna is calming and makes the person using it sweat. This is believed to help people be more healthy though it causes stress on the body by overheating. Today many countries and groups of people have different ways of heating and using a sauna. The te... |
17909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Beuys | Joseph Beuys | Joseph Beuys (pronounced "boyce") (12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist who made arts in many forms including sculpture, performance art (happening, fluxus), video art, and installations. He was an important artist in the second half of the 20th century.
Early life
Beuys was born in Krefeld on 12 May 19... |
17912 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunstakademie%20D%C3%BCsseldorf | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf | The Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf. It is well-known all over the world by its most famous members like Joseph Beuys.
History
The arts school started 1762 as school of drawing by Lambert Krahe (1710 - 1790), in 1773 it became Academy of drawing, painting and sculpturi... |
17913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet | Poet | A poet is someone who writes poetry. Poetry can be written in any language by a poet.
Sappho was an Ancient Greek poet. She lived in Lesbos, Greece. She was famous for writing lyric love poems to women. She wrote in the Ancient Greek language.
Famous English poets are William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, William ... |
17915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhr-Universit%C3%A4t%20Bochum | Ruhr-Universität Bochum | The is one of the biggest universities in Germany. It is in the Ruhr-Area, in the city of Bochum.
History
The Ruhr-Universität was the first public university that was founded in West Germany after World War II (in 1962). Later in the 1960s, education expanded in West Germany and more universities were founded, but ... |
17920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen | Aachen | Aachen ( ; Aachen dialect: Oche [ˈɔːxə]; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle ; Latin: Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum; ) is a German city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has about 260,000 inhabitants and a well-known university, the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH).
History
The R... |
17921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg | Marburg | Marburg is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the Lahn river. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Rural District. It has about 80,000 inhabitants and a small, but well-known university, the Philipps-University.
The upper part of Old town, near the castle and above the former village 'Weidenhausen' at river Lahn an... |
17922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akron%2C%20Ohio | Akron, Ohio | Akron is a large city in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is found near the Ohio & Lake Erie canal. It is home to the U.S. rubber industry, including Goodyear tires.
References
Other websites
City of Akron
Akron Wiki
County seats in Ohio
1825 establishments in the United States
1820s establishments in Ohio |
17923 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipps%20University%20of%20Marburg | Philipps University of Marburg | The Philipps-University of Marburg is the oldest Protestant university of the world, and was founded by Martin Luther's friend Philipp of Hesse in the time of the reformation.
Major areas of research are medicine, nano-science, materials science, and near eastern studies.
List of subjects
Mathematics
Physics
Chem... |
17924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngstown%2C%20Ohio | Youngstown, Ohio | Youngstown (also known as Zamrowskistown) is a city in Ohio, United States. It is the county seat of Mahoning County. Part of Youngstown is also in Trumbull County. The town is on the Mahoning River. It is about southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Youngstown has its own metropolitan ... |
17925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund | Dortmund | Dortmund (; Westphalian [ˈdyːœɐ̯pm̩]; ) is a German city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the Arnsberg Government Region
Dortmund has about 590,000 inhabitants and is in the Ruhr Area. There is a university in Dortmund. The biggest soccer club is Borussia Dortmund.
References
Imperial free c... |
17932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands%20Antilles | Netherlands Antilles | The Netherlands Antilles was a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country was originally a group of six islands in the Caribbean Sea. Some were discovered in 1493 by Christopher Columbus, and some were discovered in 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda.
Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao are part of the Leeward Islands. Th... |
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