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19869 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halld%C3%B3r%20%C3%81sgr%C3%ADmsson | Halldór Ásgrímsson | Halldór Ásgrímsson (8 September 1947 – 18 May 2015) was the Prime Minister of Iceland. The leader of the Progressive Party since 1994, he took over as Prime Minister on September 15, 2004, from the Independence Party leader, Davíð Oddsson. He resigned in 2009.
He died from a heart attack at a Reykjavik hospital, aged ... |
19870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland | Somaliland | Somaliland (; , ), officially the Republic of Somaliland (, is a territory that covers the former protectorate British Somaliland. De facto, .Somaliland It borders Djibouti to the west, the Federal Republic of Ethiopia to the south and Somalia to the east.
The area used to be the Somaliland area which was part of ... |
19873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSDAP%2025%20points%20manifesto | NSDAP 25 points manifesto | The NSDAP 25 points manifesto is a 25-point plan written by Anton Drexler and edited and supported by Adolf Hitler for the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), Nazi Party, when it was founded in 1920.
The purpose of the 25 points was explained in the fifth chapter of the second volume of Mein Kampf
The m... |
19875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny | Penny | A penny (plural pence in the United Kingdom, plural pennies in Canada and the United States) is a coin used by several countries where people speak English. This includes United Kingdom, the United States, where a penny is worth one cent, and Canada, where "penny" is an informal term for one cent coins. Canada stopped ... |
19883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Groening | Matt Groening | Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening (born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, producer, animator, author, musician, comedian, and voice actor. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell, as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama.
Groening has won 12 Primetime Emmy ... |
19892 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai%20Ivanovich%20Lobachevsky | Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky | Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский, 1792–1856) was a Russian mathematician. He became known for his achievements in non-Euclidean geometry.
Biography
Lobachevsky was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. His parents were Ivan Maksimovich Lobachevsky, a clerk in a landsurveying office, and Prask... |
19897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildebeest | Wildebeest | A wildebeest (or gnu) is an animal. It is a large hoofed mammal in the Bovidae family. There are two species of wildebeest. Both live in Africa.
Taxonomy
Genus Connochaetes
Blue wildebeest or brindled gnu (Connochaetes taurinus)
Black wildebeest or white-tailed gnu (Connochaetes gnou)
Size
Wildebeest grow to 1.15 to... |
19898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnu | Gnu | Gnu or GNU may mean:
Gnu, an animal
GNU, a computer operating system |
19902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serengeti | Serengeti | The Serengeti (also Seremgeti) is a region of savannah (woodlands and grasslands) in East Africa. The south of it (80%) belongs to Tanzania. The north of it is in Kenya. It is about 30,000 square kilometers, and one of the greatest areas for wildlife.
It has more than 1.6 million herbivores and thousands of predators... |
19903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider | Spider | Spiders (class Arachnida, order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods. They have eight legs, and mouthparts (chelicerae) with fangs that inject venom. Most make silk. The arachnids are seventh in number of species of all animal orders. About 48,000 spider species, and 120 families have been recorded by taxonomists. Ov... |
19904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1760s | 1760s |
Events and trends
Events
King George III takes the British throne in 1760. The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) comes to an end. France gives Canada to Britain, but criticism of the government still grows, led by the controversial figure of John Wilkes. Meanwhile, there is increasing unrest in Britain's American colon... |
19907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass | Grass | Grass is a plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. A common kind of grass is used to cover the ground in a lawn and other places. Grass gets water from the roots in the ground. Grasses are monocotyledon, herbaceous plants.
The grasses include the "grass", of the family Poaceae (also called Gramineae). Also so... |
19913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacao%20tree | Cacao tree | The cacao tree is a small tree originally grown in tropical South America. It only grows to 4 to 8 meters in height. Its seeds are called cocoa and are used to produce cocoa butter, chocolate drinks, and chocolate. Now the trees are grown in plantations in many tropical countries.
Cultivation
Cacao is planted on over ... |
19916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabad%20and%20Piranshahr | Mahabad and Piranshahr | Mahabad and Piranshahr (, ); (Old name: سابلاخ: Sablakh, which may be of Mongolian origin) is a city in Iran. It is in the north-west of the country, in the region of Iranian Kurdistan and the province of West Azarbaijan. The city is south of Lake Urmia in a narrow valley 1,300 metres above sea level. There are about 1... |
19924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivan%20Qaderi | Shivan Qaderi | Shivan Qaderi (or Sivan Ghaderi or Schuaneh Ghaderi; died 9 July 2005 in Mahabad) was a student and opposition activist in Iran. After his death in 2005, the Kurds protested and the Iranian government had to send more than 100,000 soldiers to this region. The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran reported, that about 50,0... |
19928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauce | Sauce | In cooking, a sauce is a liquid mixture added to another food for flavour. Sauces are not normally eaten by themselves; they add flavour, moisture, and visual appeal to another dish. Sauces are an essential element in cuisines all over the world.
The main sauces of French cuisine are built on a basis of roux, which is... |
19931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti | Spaghetti | Spaghetti, also known as pasta, is a long, string-shaped bolognese.
The word spaghetti was first used in 1849 as sparghetti in Eliza Acton's Modern Cookery. It comes from Italian spaghetto, which means "string".
Spaghetti is made from wheat noodles, which are boiled in water for a short time. Spaghetti can either be ... |
19933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor%20penguin | Emperor penguin | The Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is a penguin that lives in Antarctica. It is the tallest and heaviest penguin. They are the only birds that can lay their eggs on ice.
Emperors are the biggest of the 18 species of penguin found today, and one of the largest of all birds. They are approximately 120cm tall (ab... |
19934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snares%20penguin | Snares penguin | The Snares penguin (Eudyptes robustus), is a crested penguin. It is probably a subspecies of the Fiordland penguin. It is a penguin from New Zealand. It is between 50 and 70 centimetres in height and weighs between 2.5 and 4 kilograms.
It breeds on The Snares, a small island group south of New Zealand's South Island.
... |
19942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuar-chira%20Square | Chuar-chira Square | Chuar-chira Square (, ) (meaning Square of the four candles), is a known square in center of city of Mahabad where after Iranian invasion in 1947, Qazi Muhammad the president of Republic of Mahabad was hanged in public as well as other leaders of the republic in Mahabad and Bukan. In 2005 the Kurdistan Democratic Party... |
19943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20number | Complex number | A complex number is a number, but is different from common numbers in many ways. A complex number is made up using two numbers combined together. The first part is a real number, and the second part is an imaginary number. The most important imaginary number is called , defined as a number that will be -1 when squared ... |
19946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20I%20of%20Prussia | Frederick I of Prussia | Frederick I of Prussia (), (11 July 1657–25 February 1713) of the Hohenzollern dynasty was the first King in Prussia (1701–1713).
1657 births
1713 deaths
Kings and Queens of Prussia
House of Hohenzollern |
19948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Jerusalem%20%281187%29 | Siege of Jerusalem (1187) | The Siege of Jerusalem took place from September 20 to October 2, 1187. It was part of the war called the Third Crusade.
Balian of Ibelin defended Jerusalem against the armies of Saladin. When he surrendered, the Muslims enslaved thousands of Christians but let many leave after they bought their freedom.
A fictionali... |
19949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer%20Hall%20Putsch | Beer Hall Putsch | The Beer Hall Putsch was a failed coup d'état in Munich, Germany between the evening of 8 November and the morning of 9 November 1923. The Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler tried to take over the government of Bavaria, a state in Germany. They began trying to do this by taking several hundred people hostage in a beer hall ... |
19950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verona | Verona | Verona is a city in the Veneto region of Italy with 260,000 inhabitants. It is famous for being the setting for the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet and because of the Roman Arena. This city is built on the Adige river. It has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Köppen climate classification).
Capital cities in... |
19951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv | Kyiv | Kyiv or Kiev () is the capital and largest city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River. Almost three million people live there.
The city hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 final. Kyiv also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017.
Kyiv has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate class... |
19952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harare | Harare | Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe. It is home to over 1.6 million people. It was known as Salisbury from its foundation on September 12, 1890 until April 18, 1982.
Harare is Zimbabwe's biggest and most important financial, commercial, and communications centre, and a trade centre for tobacco, maize, cotton, and citrus... |
19955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day%20Adventist%20Church | Seventh-day Adventist Church | The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian group. It is different from most other Protestant groups because the followers believe that the seventh day of the week, Saturday, is the day to rest from working and worship God. The Bible calls this day the "Sabbath". The Sabbath is the seventh day of the wee... |
19958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye | Lye | Lye is the name of different things:
Lye is a caustic solution used for glass and soap making. It may have in it:
sodium hydroxide (soda lye) or
less commonly, potassium hydroxide (potash lye).
Lye, West Midlands is the name of a small town in England, between Dudley and Stourbridge in the Black Country, Dudley Metro... |
19960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck | Luck | Luck can mean:
Something that happens to someone by chance
A superstitious feeling that brings good fortune or success |
19961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony%20and%20Cleopatra | Antony and Cleopatra | Antony and Cleopatra is a play by Shakespeare. It is a tragedy. Shakespeare's source was Plutarch's Lives. The play was first performed between 1606 and 1607. It was probably first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The play describes the romantic love and suicides of Antony and Cleopatra.
References
Antony and Cleo... |
19964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Het%20Wilhelmus | Het Wilhelmus | "Het Wilhelmus", fully known as "Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", is the national anthem of the Netherlands and the former national anthem of the Netherlands Antilles until 1964. Known since at least the 16th century – around the time of the Dutch Revolt – this song contains the oldest melody among all national anthems of the ... |
19968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1803 | 1803 |
Events
January 4 – William Symington demonstrates his Charlotte Dundas, the "first practical steamboat".
January 30 – Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans. They end completing the Louisiana Purchase.
February 21 – Edward Despard and six others are hanged, drawn and quart... |
19969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1661 | 1661 | 1661 was a common year starting on a Saturday in the Gregorian calendar, and a common year starting on a Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
Events
January 6 – The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. George Monck's regiment defeats them.
January 30 – The body of Oliver Cromwell is subje... |
19970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1579 | 1579 |
Events
January 6 – The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain.
January 23 – The Union of Utrecht united the northern Netherlands in a confederation called the United Provinces. William I of Orange becomes Stadtholder, and the Duc d'... |
19971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/752 | 752 |
Events
Pope Stephen II, pope for 3 days in March.
Pope Stephen III, succeeded Stephen II.
Retired Emperor Shōmu takes part in the dedication ceremony of the great statue of Vairocana Buddha at the Todaiji temple and declares himself a Buddhist. |
19972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1005 | 1005 | 1005 (MV) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the fifth year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.
Events
Malcolm II succeeds Kenneth III as king of Scotland.
Pomerania revolts against the church.
Schaffhausen starts minting its own coins.
Spring – The Republic of Pisa conducts a mil... |
19973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1233 | 1233 |
Events
Fortress of Kalan built.
Establishment of the Inquisition.
Mustansiriya University founded in Baghdad. |
19974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1736 | 1736 |
Events
January 26 – Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne
February 12 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor weds Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette
April 14 – Porteous Riots erupt in Edinburgh after execution of a smuggler Andrew Wilson when town guard captain John Porteous orders his men to fire at the cr... |
19975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1340 | 1340 |
Events
Europe has about 74 million inhabitants.
January 26 – King Edward III of England is declared King of France
June 24 – The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France. The former was under the command of Edward III of England and the latter under th... |
19976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1128 | 1128 |
Events
Pope Honorius II recognizes and confirms the Order of the Knights Templar.
King Afonso I of Portugal, then Count of Portugal defeats his mother, Teresa of Leon, in battle and gains control of the county.
Geoffrey of Anjou marries Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England.
Holyrood Abbey founded in Edinburgh... |
19977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/984 | 984 |
Events
End of the reign of Emperor En'yū, emperor of Japan
Emperor Kazan ascends to the throne of Japan
Henry II, Duke of Bavaria abducts the child king Otto III
Antipope Boniface VII murders Pope John XIV
Births
Bethoc, eldest daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland
Ch'oe Ch'ung, Korean scholar
Deaths
Pope Jo... |
19978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1639 | 1639 |
Events
January 14 – Connecticut's first constitution, the "Fundamental Orders," is adopted.
January 23 – Francisco Maldonado de Silva, Peruvian Jewish poet, executed by burning at the stake
March 13 – Harvard University is named for a clergyman named John Harvard.
November 24 – Jeremiah Horrocks observes the tra... |
19979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1003 | 1003 | 1003 (MIII) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the third year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.
Events
Sweyn I of Denmark begins his first invasion of England.
Humbert I becomes the first count of Savoy.
King Robert II of France invades Burgundy, but fails.
Pope John XVII succee... |
19980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy%20logic | Fuzzy logic | Fuzzy logic is a sort of computer logic that is different from boolean algebra founded by Lotfi A. Zadeh. It is different in the way that it allows values to be more accurate than on or off. While boolean logic only allows true or false, fuzzy logic allows all things in between. An example of this could be a computer g... |
19981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douala | Douala | Douala is the largest city in the African country of Cameroon. It is the capital city of Littoral Province.
The city is placed near the Wouri River. Its population is about 2,000,000 people. The first European people who came to Douala were from Portugal. They found Duala in about 1472. Before 1884 it was named Camero... |
19982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1843 | 1843 |
Events
February 6 – The Virginia Minstrels perform the first minstrel show (Bowery Amphitheatre, New York City).
February 8 – Earthquakes in Guadeloupe magnitude 8.5, 5000 people report killed.
February 11 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan.
May 18 – The Disruption of the Church of Scotland ... |
19983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1225 | 1225 |
Births
Thomas Aquinas, Italian theologian (died 1274)
Saint Isabel of France, daughter of Louis VIII of France
David VI Narin, King of Georgia (died 1293)
Michael VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (died 1282) |
19987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/841 | 841 |
Events
June 25: Battle of Fontenay – Louis the German and Charles the Bald defeat Lothar.
Battle at Magh-Ochtar in Kildare, Ireland, at which Feidlimid mac Cremthanin is defeated by the Southern Uí Neill. |
19988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1164 | 1164 |
Events
Count Henry I of Champagne marries Marie de Champagne.
Uppsala is recognized as the seat of the Swedish metropolitan.
Antipope Paschal III elected by cardinals supporting Frederick Barbarossa.
Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf.
Archbishop Rainald of Dassel brings relics of the Magi from Milan ... |
19989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/578 | 578 |
Events
Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II as Byzantine Emperor
Kongo Gumi, world's oldest (construction) company founded in Osaka, Japan |
19992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1707 | 1707 |
Events
January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal
May 1 – The Acts of Union 1707 become law, making the separate kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
April 25 – Allied army is defeated by Bourbonic army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.... |
19994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1031 | 1031 |
Events
Collapse of the Moorish Caliphate of Córdoba.
Byzantine general George Maniaces captures Edessa.
Henry I becomes King of France
Bezprym seizes the throne of Poland from Mieszko II Lambert
France suffers from a famine (until 1033).
Births
King Malcolm III of Scotland, Scottish royal (died 1093)
Matild... |
19995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1083 | 1083 |
Events
Sancho I of Aragon conquers Graus.
Alfonso VI of Castile conquers Talavera de la Reina.
Bosnia is conquered by Duklja.
June – Pope Gregory VII is besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo by Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. |
19996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1027 | 1027 | 1027 (MXXVII) was a common year when the Julian calendar was used. It was the twenty-seventh year of the 2nd millennium and the 11th century.
Events
March 26 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.
May 14 – Henry I of France is crowned king of France at Reims Cathedral.
Aldred becomes abbot of Tavis... |
19997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1316 | 1316 |
Events
Pope John XXII elected to the papacy.
The Great Famine of 1315-1317.
Deaths
Ala-ud-din-Khilji |
19999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1778 | 1778 |
Events
The term thoroughbred was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick.
January 18 – Third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first see O'ahu then Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands... |
20000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/885 | 885 |
Events
Vikings besiege Paris
Births
Emperor Daigo of Japan
November 26 – Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang
Deaths
April 6 – Saint Methodius, bishop and Bible translator
June – Godfrith, the Sea King
July – Pope Adrian III
July/August – Sulayman ibn Wahb, Abbasid vizier |
20002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1751 | 1751 |
Events
Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow
March 25 – For the last time, New Year's Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales.
March 31 – The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as Prince of Wales. His mother Augusta of Saxe-Gotha becomes Dow... |
20003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/250 | 250 | 250 (CCL) was .
Events
Diophantus writes Arithmetica the first systematic treatise on algebra.
A group of Franks penetrate as far as Tarragona in Spain (approximate date).
Goths invade Moesia.
The Alamanni drive the Romans from the modern area of Donau-Ries.
Decius begins a period of persecution of the Christians in... |
20004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1802 | 1802 |
Events
March 16 – West Point is established.
March 25/27 – Treaty of Amiens between France and United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
March 28 – H. W. Olbers discovers the asteroid Pallas.
May 19 – Napoleon Bonaparte establishes the French légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour).
June 8 – Haitian revolutio... |
20005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/37 | 37 | 37 is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Proculus and Pontius.
Events
March 18 – Roman Senate ends Tiberius' will. They proclaim Caligula Roman Emperor.
Caligula tries declare himself a god. This cre... |
20006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1584 | 1584 |
Events
June 1 – With the death of the Duc d'Anjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France.
July 5 – Maronite College established in Rome
July 10 – William I of Orange assassinated
Change to the new Gregorian Calendar in many countries. Dates between October 5 – 14 ignored.... |
20007 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/193 | 193 |
Events
January 1 – Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
June 1 – Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated in his palace.
Pertinax is killed after 87 days as Roman emperor. Septimius Severus finally gains control of the Roman Empire, after eliminating Pescennius Niger and Didius Julianus. Clodius Albinus also ... |
20008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1243 | 1243 | 1243 was a year in the 13th century
Events
Innocent IV was elected pope.
Castile captures the city of Murcia from the Moors.
City of Brno founded
Battle of Köse Dag |
20010 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1541 | 1541 |
Events
The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish
February 12 – Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
May 8 – Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River naming it Rio de Espiritu Santo.
May 23 – Jacques Cartier departs Saint-Malo France on his third voyage.
July 9 – Estevão da Gama ... |
20011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1354 | 1354 |
Events
October 8 – Cola di Rienzo, self-proclaimed "tribune" of Rome, is killed by an angry mob
End of reign of John VI Cantacuzenus, as Byzantine emperor.
The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang is established. |
20012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1286 | 1286 |
Births
March 8 – John III, Duke of Brittany (died 1341)
June 30 – John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (died 1347)
James Douglas the Black, Scottish patriot (died 1330)
Hugh the younger Despenser (died 1326)
Frederick I of Austria (died 1330)
William III, Count of Holland (died 1337) |
20013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1129 | 1129 |
Deaths
March 8 – Queen Urraca of Castile (born 1082)
July 24 – Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (born 1053)
Prince Álmos, of Hungary
Constantine II of Armenia
Thoros I of Armenia
Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester
Symeon of Durham, English chronicler
Margrave Leopold of Styria |
20014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1082 | 1082 |
Births
November 2 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)
Queen Urraca of Castile (d. 1129) |
20015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1135 | 1135 |
Deaths
June 4 – Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)
December 1 – King Henry I of England
Al-Mustarshid, Caliph of Baghdad
Milarepa, Tibetan yogi and poet (born 1052) |
20016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1052 | 1052 | The year 1052 was a leap year which started on Wednesday.
Events
Godwin, Earl of Wessex returns to England from exile.
Births
May 23 – King Philip I of France (d. 1108) |
20017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1761 | 1761 |
Events
January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat was fought between Marathas and Afghans
January 16 – British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
February 8 – Earthquake in London breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar
March 8 – Second earthquake in North London, Hampstead and Highgate
In Dutch Guayana a “s... |
20018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1470s | 1470s | The 1470s was the decade that started on January 1, 1470 and ended on December 31, 1479.
Events
1470 July 12 – The Ottomans capture Euboea.
1471 March – The Yorkist King Edward IV returns to England to reclaim his throne.
1472 – Foundation of the Kingdom of Fez.
1474 February – The Treaty of Utrecht ends the Angl... |
20019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1476 | 1476 |
Events
March 2 – Battle of Grandson. A Swiss army defeats the Burgundians under Charles the Bold
June 2 – Battle of Morat. The Swiss again defeat Charles.
December – Vlad III Dracula manages to become reigning Prince of Wallachia for the third and last time before being assassinated by decapitation. His head is s... |
20025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleiwitz%20incident | Gleiwitz incident | The Gleiwitz incident was a planned German attack against the radio station "Sender Gleiwitz" in the German town of Gliwice on the night of August 31, 1939. This attack along with other Nazi activities was used to make people think that Poland attacked Germany and that Poland, not Germany started World War II.
Nazism
... |
20028 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free | Free | Free may mean:
For things that are not alive, it means that it is being given away by someone who does not want any money in return
For living creatures, including people, it means having freedom: being able to be what one wants to be, or to do what one wants to do, without being ordered around
Free County (), a form... |
20029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackinac%20Island | Mackinac Island | Mackinac Island is an island in Lake Huron. It is part of the U.S. state of Michigan and is 8 miles (13 kilometers) around.
Many people go to see Mackinac Island in the summer because the island passed a local law that says that no one can use a car on the island. Everybody has to ride a horse or a bicycle. In rece... |
20031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s%20100%20Years...%20100%20Stars | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars is a list of the top actors in Hollywood history. It was announced by the American Film Institute on June 16, 1999.
The list promised one hundred people on it, but in the end there were only fifty.
As of 2020, of the fifty stars listed, only two are still alive: one man (Sidney Poitier), ... |
20032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana | Havana | Havana () is the capital city of Cuba. Its population was 2.1 million in 2012. It is at 23°8′N 82°23′W and is a little more than 100 miles south-southwest of Key West, Florida in the United States.
Havana is a very old city. It was created in 1515 by Spanish explorers. Due to its important location it became a springb... |
20034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismarck | Bismarck | Bismarck is a German family name. Bismark is an incorrect spelling.
Otto von Bismarck
The name Bismarck is usually associated with the famous Otto von Bismarck, a German statesman of the 19th century.
Ships
Battlecruiser class
Fürst Bismarck, a Mackensen class battlecruiser of the German navy, still under construct... |
20039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusinallo | Crusinallo | Crusinallo, with 4000 people, is the most populated district of the town of Omegna (in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in Piedmont, Italy). It was an independent town until 1928. The town of Crusinallo is located in the north part of the town of Omegna, at the border with the towns of Casale Corte Cerro, Gravello... |
20040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1752 | 1752 |
Events
February 11 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the US, is opened.
March 23 – The Halifax Gazette, the first Canadian newspaper
June 6 – Fire destroys part of Moscow
June 15 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity using a kite and a key.
September 14, Gregorian Calendar – The ... |
20042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/660s%20BC | 660s BC |
Events
669 BC - Assurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria
668 BC - Shamash-shum-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, becomes King of Babylon
668 BC - Egypt revolts against Assyria
667 BC - Byzantium founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas. (traditional date)
664 BC - First naval battle in Greek recorde... |
20043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1496 | 1496 |
Events
January 3 – Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
March 10 – Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere.
July – Spanish forces under Gonzalo Hernandez de Cordoba capture Atella after a siege. Among the prisoners is the French vicer... |
20044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1543 | 1543 |
Events
February 21 – Battle of Wayna Daga – A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn.
May – Nicolaus Copernicus publishes De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
July 12 – King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Parr. It is the sixth of Henry's marriages and th... |
20046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1071 | 1071 |
Events
April — The last Byzantine-controlled city in southern Italy, Bari, is captured by Robert Guiscard.
August 26 — Byzantine Empire loses Battle of Manzikert to Turkish army under Alp Arslan. Control of much of Asia Minor passes to the Turks.
Construction of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire, England begins... |
20047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1278 | 1278 |
Events
August 26 – Kings Rudolph I of Germany and Ladislaus IV of Hungary defeat King Otakar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield, a match of over 80,000 men and the largest battle of knights in the Middle Ages. The battle ends a power struggle between Rudolph and Otakar over the fate of central Europe, and Ru... |
20053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%20for%20the%20Ethical%20Treatment%20of%20Animals | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA ) is one of the world's largest non-profit organisations about animal rights. The four main beliefs of PETA are that animals are not to be used for food, clothes, exploitation or testing. The headquarters of the organization is in Norfolk, Virginia in the United States.... |
20057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20licence | Software licence | A software licence (or software license in United States English) is a kind of licence that is used to set rules about how a piece of software can or cannot be used. After getting the software by either downloading it or buying it, you need to agree with the licence in order to use it. The licence is chosen or created ... |
20060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD%20licence | BSD licence | The BSD licence is named after the group that first used the licence, the University of California, Berkeley, where the BSD operating system was first made. Since they are in the United States, BSD uses the U.S. spelling BSD license.
The licence
The words of the BSD licence are public domain and can be changed howeve... |
20074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1786 | 1786 |
Events
May 21 – Trial of the Necklace affair ends in Paris
August 8 – Mont Blanc was climbed for the first time by Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat.
August 29– Shays Rebellion begins
September 2 – Hurricane in England.
November 7 – The oldest musical organization in the United States was founded as... |
20075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1688 | 1688 | Year 1688 was a leap year that started on a Thursday when using the Gregorian calendar.
Events
March – William Dampier makes first recorded visit to Christmas Island.
April 18 (Julian calendar) – Germantown Quaker Protest Against Slavery drafted by four Germantown Quakers.
April 29 – Frederick I of Prussia becomes... |
20076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1728 | 1728 |
Events
Astronomical aberration found by the astronomer James Bradley
Swedish academy of sciences made at Uppsala
The making of the University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana), Cuba's most set university.
Births
January 9 – Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
February 21 – Emperor Peter III of Russia, hu... |
20077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1614 | 1614 |
Events
April 5 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
October 11 – Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named "New Netherland".
The French Estates-General meets for the last tim... |
20078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1588 | 1588 |
Events
May 12 – Day of the Barricades in Paris. Duke Henry of Guise seizes the city, forcing King Henry III to flee.
May 28 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel (it will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port).
July – King Henr... |
20079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1012 | 1012 |
Events
Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which would eventually end in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf.
Sulayman is restored as Umayyad caliph of Cordoba, succeeding Hisham II.
Benedict VIII becomes pope. Gregory is antipope.
Archbishop Alphege of Canterbury is murdered by his Danish ca... |
20080 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1746 | 1746 |
Events
January 8 – Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling
April 16 – Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings
August 18 – Two of the four rebellious Scottish lords, Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmeniro beheaded in the Tower (Lord Lovat executed 1747)
October 22 – The College of New Jersey is fo... |
20081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1734 | 1734 |
Events
January 8 – Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
June 17 – French troops take Philippsburg, but the Duke of Berwick is killed
June 21 – In Montreal in New France, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, was tortured then han... |
20082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1682 | 1682 | Year 1682 was a common year that started on a Thursday when using the Gregorian calendar.
Events
March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England.
April 7 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, exploring rivers in America, reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River.
April 9 – At the mouth of the ... |
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