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1579 | Alcmene | In Greek mythology, Alcmene ( ; ) or Alcmena ( ; ; ; meaning "strong in wrath") was the wife of Amphitryon, by whom she bore two children, Iphicles and Laonome. She is best known as the mother of Heracles, whose father was the god Zeus. Alcmene was also referred to as Electryone (), a patronymic name as a daughter of E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcmene | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.335014 |
1580 | Alcidamas | Alcidamas (), of Elaea, in Aeolis, was a Greek sophist and rhetorician, who flourished in the 5th-4th century BC .
Life
He was the pupil and successor of Gorgias and taught at Athens at the same time as Isocrates, to whom he was a rival and opponent. We possess two declamations under his name: On Sophists (Περὶ Σοφιστ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcidamas | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.339557 |
1581 | Aldine Press | {{short description|Venetian printing office}}
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The Aldine Press was the printing office started by Aldus Manutius in 1494 in Venice, from which were issued the celebrated Aldine editions of the classics (Latin and Greek masterpieces, plus a few more modern works). The first book that was dated and printed under his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldine_Press | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.351284 |
1583 | Ealdred (archbishop of York) | Ealdred (or Aldred; As administrator of the Diocese of Hereford, he was involved in fighting against the Welsh, suffering two defeats at the hands of raiders before securing a settlement with Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, a Welsh ruler.
In 1060, Ealdred was elected to the archbishopric of York but had difficulty in obtaining ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealdred_(archbishop_of_York) | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.423891 |
1585 | Alexander I of Epirus | {{Short description|King of Epirus from 343/2 to 331 BC}}
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| caption = Coin of Alexander I. Obverse: head of Zeus. Reverse: thunderbolt, caption ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΠΤΟΛΕΜΟΥ.
| predecessor = Arybbas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Epirus | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.426947 |
1586 | Alexander Balas | {{Short description|Seleucid king from 150 to 142 BC}}
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1587 | Alexander of Pherae | Alexander () was Tyrant or Despot of Pherae in Thessaly, ruling from 369 to 356 BC. Following the assassination of Jason, the tyrant of Pherae and Tagus of Thessaly, in 370 BC, his brother Polyphron ruled for a year, but he was then poisoned by Alexander who assumed power himself. Alexander governed tyrannically and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_of_Pherae | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.442959 |
1588 | Alexander II of Epirus | {{Short description|King of Epirus from 272 BC to 255 BC}}
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| image = Coin of Alexander II of Epirus.png
| caption = Illustration of silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy I of Egypt, in the name of Alexander the Great (ca. 310-305 BC). Obverse: youthful head, covered w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Epirus | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.446585 |
1589 | Alexander Jagiellon | {{Short description|Grand Duke of Lithuania (1492–1506) and King of Poland (1501–1506)}}
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| caption As king of the Saracens, probably the most accurate portrait of Alexander, {{circa|1504}}<re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Jagiellon | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.452327 |
1592 | Alexander III of Russia | {{Short description|Emperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894}}
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| succession = Emperor of Russia
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| caption = Portrait photo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Russia | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.484613 |
1593 | Alexander I of Scotland | {{Short description|King of Alba from 1107 to 1124}}
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| caption = The reverse of Alexander's seal, enhanced as a 19th century steel engraving
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1594 | Alexander II of Scotland | {{Short description|King of Alba from 1214 to 1249}}
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1595 | Alexander I of Serbia | {{Short description|King of Serbia from 1889 to 1903}}
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| succession = King of Serbia
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1596 | Alexander III of Scotland | {{Short description|King of Alba from 1249 to 1286}}
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| succession = King of Alba (Scotland)
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| caption Coronation of King Alexander on Moot H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Scotland | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.533911 |
1597 | Alexander of Greece (disambiguation) | Alexander of Greece (1893–1920) was king of Greece from 1917 until his death.
Alexander of Greece may also refer to:
Alexander of Greece (rhetorician) ()
Alexander the Great (356–323 BC), ancient Greek king and general
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Alexander § People with the given name Alexander | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_of_Greece_(disambiguation) | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.534523 |
1599 | Alexander of Aphrodisias | right|thumb|Opening paragraph of the treatise On Fate (Peri eimarmenes) by Alexander of Aphrodisias dedicated to the Emperors (tous autokratoras). From an anonymous edition published in 1658.
Alexander of Aphrodisias (; AD) was a Peripatetic philosopher and the most celebrated of the Ancient Greek commentators on the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_of_Aphrodisias | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.567359 |
1600 | Severus Alexander | {{Short description|Roman emperor from 222 to 235}}
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| image = Alexander Severus Musei Capitolini MC471.jpg
| alt = Bust of Severus Alexander
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1601 | Alexander | {{About|the male first name}}
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|caption = Statue... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.607892 |
1602 | Alexander I | Alexander I may refer to:
Alexander I of Macedon, king of Macedon from 495 to 454 BC
Alexander I of Epirus (370–331 BC), king of Epirus
Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas, ruler of the Seleucid Empire 150-145 BC
Pope Alexander I (died 115), early bishop of Rome
Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (died 32... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_I | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.609378 |
1603 | Alexander II | Alexander II may refer to:
Alexander II of Macedon, king of Macedon from 370 to 368 BC
Alexander II of Epirus (died 260 BC), king of Epirus in 272 BC
Alexander II Zabinas, king of the Greek Seleucid kingdom in 128–123 BC
Alexander (Byzantine emperor) ruled from 912-913
Pope Alexander II of Alexandria, ruled from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.610166 |
1604 | Alexander III | Alexander III may refer to:
Alexander III of Macedon (356 BC – 323 BC), also known as Alexander the Great
Alexander (Byzantine emperor) (870–913), Byzantine emperor
Pope Alexander III (1100s–1181)
, grand duke of Vladimir (1328–1331), prince of Suzdal
Alexander III of Scotland (1241–1286), king of Scotland
Alexa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_III | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.611064 |
1605 | Alexander Aetolus | Alexander Aetolus (, Alexandros ho Aitōlos) or Alexander the Aetolian was a Hellenistic Greek poet and grammarian, who worked at the Library of Alexandria and composed poetry in a variety of genres, now almost entirely lost. He is the only known Aetolian poet of antiquity.
Life and works
Alexander was a native of Pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Aetolus | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.614437 |
1606 | Alexander Jannaeus | {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Short description|King and High Priest of Judaea (r. c. 103–76 BCE)}}
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| title = King and High Priest of Judaea
| image = Alexander Jannaeus medal.svg
| caption = Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (155... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Jannaeus | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.623111 |
1607 | Alexander IV | Alexander IV may refer to:
Pope Alexander IV (1199 or –1261)
Alexander IV of Macedon (323 BC–309 BC), son of Alexander the Great
Alexander IV of Imereti (died 1695), of the Bagrationi Dynasty, king of Imereti (western Georgia) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_IV | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.623585 |
1612 | Alexandrists | The Alexandrists were a school of Renaissance philosophers who, in the great controversy on the subject of personal immortality, adopted the explanation of the De Anima given by Alexander of Aphrodisias.
According to the orthodox Thomism of the Catholic Church, Aristotle rightly regarded reason as a facility of the in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrists | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.624831 |
1613 | Alexios I Komnenos | {{short description|Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118}}
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| full name = Alexios Komnenos <br/>{{lang|grc|Αλέξιος Κομνηνός}}
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1614 | Alexis (poet) | Alexis (; 350s288 BC) was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period. He was born in Thurii (in present-day Calabria, Italy) in Magna Graecia and taken early to Athens, where he became a citizen, being enrolled in the deme Oion () and the tribe Leontides. It is thought he lived to the age of 106 and di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_(poet) | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.658825 |
1615 | Alexios II Komnenos | {{short description|Byzantine emperor from 1180 to 1183}}
{{for|the emperor of Trebizond|Alexios II of Trebizond}}
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1616 | Alexios III Angelos | {{Short description|Byzantine emperor from 1195 to 1203}}{{Citations needed|date=March 2024}}
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| full name = Alexios Angelos
| regnal name = Alexios Komnenos
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| c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_III_Angelos | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.687079 |
1617 | Alexios V Doukas | {{short description|Byzantine emperor in 1204}}
{{redirect|Alexios V|the 15th-century Emperor of Trebizond|Alexios V of Trebizond}}
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| name = Alexios V Doukas
| image = 147 - Alexio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_V_Doukas | 2025-04-05T18:25:42.694174 |
1620 | Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia | {{For|the son of Nicholas II|Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia}}
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| name = Alexei Petrovich
| title = Tsarevich of Russia
| image = Alexey Petrovich by J.G.Tannauer (1710-15, Russian museum).jpg
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1623 | Andrew Jackson | {{Short description|President of the United States from 1829 to 1837}}
{{About|the seventh president of the United States}}
{{Redirect|President Jackson|the attack transport|USS President Jackson{{!}}USS President Jackson|the class of attack transports|President Jackson-class attack transport{{!}}President Jackson–clas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson | 2025-04-05T18:25:43.137271 |
1624 | Andrew Johnson | {{Short description|President of the United States from 1865 to 1869}}
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1625 | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | {{Short description|Soviet-Russian author and dissident (1918–2008)}}
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1627 | Aberdeen | {{short description|Third most populous city of Scotland}}
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1628 | August 23 | {{For|places named 23 August|23 August (disambiguation)}}
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*30 BC &ndash; After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Pt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_23 | 2025-04-05T18:25:43.591256 |
1629 | August 24 | {{pp-move}}
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* 367 &ndash; Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father.<ref>{{cite book|authorMeaghan McEvoy|titleChild Emperor Rule in the Late Roman West, AD 367–455|urlhttps:... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_24 | 2025-04-05T18:25:43.669628 |
1633 | Antipope | {{short description|Person who claims to be, but is not recognized as, the legitimate pope}}
{{For|the book by Robert Rankin|The Antipope}}{{Distinguish|Anti-Papalism}}
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An antipope ({{langx|la|antipapa}}) is a person who claims to be Bishop of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope | 2025-04-05T18:25:43.812539 |
1634 | Aquaculture | {{Short description|Farming of aquatic organisms}}
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Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture<ref name"Garner_2016">{{Citation |lastGarner |firstBryan A. |author-linkBryan A. Garner |year2016 |titleGarner's Modern English Usage |publisherOxf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaculture | 2025-04-05T18:25:43.923706 |
1635 | Kolmogorov complexity | {{short description|Measure of algorithmic complexity}}
fractal. Simply storing the 24-bit color of each pixel in this image would require 23 million bytes<!--3200 × 2400 × 3 = 23.04e6-->, but a small computer program can reproduce these 23 MB using the definition of the Mandelbrot set and the corner coordinates... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity | 2025-04-05T18:25:43.995073 |
1637 | Hymn to Proserpine | “Hymn to Proserpine” is a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, published in Poems and Ballads in 1866. The poem is addressed to the goddess Proserpina, the Roman equivalent of Persephone, but laments the rise of Christianity for displacing the pagan goddess and her pantheon.
The epigraph at the beginning of the poem i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymn_to_Proserpine | 2025-04-05T18:25:44.061009 |
1638 | The Triumph of Time | "The Triumph of Time" is a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, published in Poems and Ballads in 1866. It is in adapted ottava rima and is full of elaborate use of literary devices, particularly alliteration. The theme, which purports to be autobiographical, is that of rejected love. The speaker deplores the ruin of hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Time | 2025-04-05T18:25:44.082541 |
1639 | April 28 | {{pp-pc1}}
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* 224 &ndash; The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire.
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1640 | Alfred the Great | {{Short description|King of Wessex (871 – c. 886); King of the Anglo-Saxons (c. 886 – 899)}}
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1642 | Alessandro Algardi | {{short description|Italian sculptor (1598–1654)}}
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of Cardinal Paolo Emilio Zacchia, c. 1650]]
Alessandro Algardi (July 31, 1598 – June 10, 1654) was an Italian high-Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome. In the latter decades of his life, he was, along with F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Algardi | 2025-04-05T18:25:44.322110 |
1643 | Alger of Liège | Alger of Liège (1055–1131), known also as Alger of Cluny and Algerus Magister, was a learned clergyman and canonist from Liège, author of several notable works.
Alger was first deacon and scholaster of church of St Bartholomew in his native Liège and was then appointed () as a canon in St. Lambert's Cathedral. Moreove... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_of_Liège | 2025-04-05T18:25:44.360184 |
1644 | Algiers | {{Short description|Capital and largest city of Algeria}}
{{About|the capital of Algeria}}
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| other_name = al-Jazāʾir
| official_name = الجزائر العاصمة
| nicknames = Algiers the Whit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers | 2025-04-05T18:25:44.441353 |
1645 | Ibn al-Haytham | {{Short description|Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)}}
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1647 | Alessandro Allori | {{short description|Italian painter}}
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| birth_place = Florence, Italy
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1649 | Almoravid dynasty | {{Short description|1040–1147 Berber dynasty in west Africa and Iberia}}
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| native_name = {{native name|ar|المرابطون}} <br> Al-Murābiṭūn
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| common_name = Al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almoravid_dynasty | 2025-04-05T18:25:44.720952 |
1650 | Aloe | {{Short description|Genus of succulent flowering plants}}
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1652 | Alyattes | {{Short description|King of Lydia (c. 635 – c. 585 BC)}}
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| image = KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 620-10-564-53 BC.jpg
| caption = Coin of Alyattes, c. 620/10 – 564/53 BC.<ref>
Wei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyattes | 2025-04-05T18:25:44.822091 |
1653 | Age of consent | {{Short description|Minimum age for agreement to sexual activities}}
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1654 | Alypius of Antioch | Alypius of Antioch was a geographer and a vicarius of Roman Britain, probably in the late 350s AD. He replaced Flavius Martinus after that vicarius' suicide. His rule is recorded is Ammianus XXIII 1, 3.
Life
He came from Antioch and served under Constantius II and was probably appointed to ensure that nobody with west... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alypius_of_Antioch | 2025-04-05T18:25:44.889722 |
1655 | Amalasuintha | {{short description|Regent and queen regnant of the Ostrogoths}}
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1656 | Amalric of Bena | {{Short description|French theologian (died c. 1204–1207)}}
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| caption = 14th-century picture of Amalric of Bena. He appears to be teaching people.
| other_names = Amaury De Bène (French), Amalricus (Latin)
| birth_date = 12th cent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalric_of_Bena | 2025-04-05T18:25:44.946872 |
1657 | Afonso I of Portugal | {{Short description|King of Portugal from 1139 to 1185}}
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1658 | Afonso II of Portugal | {{short description|King of Portugal from 1211 to 1223}}
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| name = Afonso II
| title | image D. Afonso II - Compendio de crónicas de reyes (Biblioteca Nacional de España).pn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_II_of_Portugal | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.030809 |
1659 | Afonso III of Portugal | {{Short description|King of Portugal from 1248 to 1279}}
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{{more citations needed|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Afonso III
| image = Marabotin à l'effigie d'Alphonse III dit le Boulonnais (cropped).jpg
| caption = Effigy on a contemporary coin
| suc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_III_of_Portugal | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.061662 |
1660 | Afonso IV of Portugal | {{Short description|King of Portugal from 1325 to 1357}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Afonso IV
| succession = King of Portugal
| image = D. Afonso IV de Portugal - The Portuguese Genealogy (Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal).png
| caption = Afonso IV, in Antonio d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_IV_of_Portugal | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.088434 |
1661 | Afonso V of Portugal | {{Short description|King of Portugal from 1438 to 1481}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Afonso V
| image = Domafonsov.jpg
| caption = Contemporary portrait in the Itinerarium of Georg von Ehingen, c. 1470
| succession = King of Portugal
| reign = 13 September 1438 – {{nowrap|11 November 1477}}
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_V_of_Portugal | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.124568 |
1662 | Afonso VI of Portugal | {{Short description|King of Portugal from 1656 to 1683}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Afonso VI
| image = AfonsoVIpt.jpg
| image_size | caption Portrait in the National Coach Museum
| succession = King of Portugal
| reign = 6 November 1656 – 12 September 1683
| c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_VI_of_Portugal | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.152858 |
1663 | Alphonso I of Spain | There has not been a monarch known as Alphonso or Alfonso I of Spain, the first king of that name of the unified Spain being Alfonso XII (1857–1885). Several precursor kingdoms have had an Alfonso I, including:
Alfonso I of Asturias (–757)
Alfonso I of Aragon and Navarre (–1134), known as the Battler
Alfonso II of Ara... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_I_of_Spain | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.174326 |
1664 | Alfonso II of Asturias | {{Short description|King of Asturias (c. 760 – 842)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Expand Spanish|topicbio|dateJune 2012}}
{{Infobox royalty
| type = Monarch
| name = Alfonso II
| image = Alfonso II el Casto, rey de Asturias (Museo del Prado).jpg
| caption = Mariano de la Roca y De... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_II_of_Asturias | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.196685 |
1669 | Amarasimha | thumb|Cover of a modern copy of Amara kosha
Amarasimha (IAST: , ) was a Sanskrit grammarian and poet from ancient India, of whose personal history hardly anything is known. He is said to have been "one of the nine gems that adorned the throne of Vikramaditya," and according to the evidence of Xuanzang, this is the Chan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarasimha | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.218167 |
1676 | Alfonso XII | {{short description|King of Spain from 1874 to 1885}}
{{for|the ship|Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| succession = King of Spain
| image = Alfons XII (cropped).JPG
| caption = Formal portrait, 1875
| moretext = (more...)
| reign = 29 December... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XII | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.292831 |
1677 | Alfonso XIII | {{Short description|King of Spain from 1886 to 1931}}
{{Family name hatnote|Borbón|Habsburgo-Lorena|lang=Spanish}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Alfonso XIII
| image = Rey Alfonso XIII de España, by Kaulak.jpg
| caption = Formal portrait, 1916
| moretext = (more...... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XIII | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.344000 |
1679 | Alfonso the Battler | {{Short description|King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 to 1134}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Alfonso I
| image = Dinero chaqués cara Alifonso I.png
| caption =Alfonso's Aragonese coin
| succession = King of Aragon and Navarre
| reign = 28 Septemb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_the_Battler | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.396620 |
1680 | Amaryllis | {{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{About|a genus of southern African bulbs|the South American houseplant commonly sold as "amaryllis"|Hippeastrum|other uses}}
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{{Automatic taxobo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaryllis | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.424042 |
1683 | Alfonso III of Aragon | {{short description|King of Aragon and Valencia from 1285 to 1291}}
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{{infobox royalty
| name = Alfonso III
| title | image Alfons III (cropped).jpg
| caption = Medieval miniature of Alfonso III, {{circa|1315–1325}}
| succession = King of Aragon and Valencia<... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_III_of_Aragon | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.463381 |
1684 | Alfonso IV of Aragon | {{Short description|King of Aragon from 1327 to 1336}}
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{{infobox royalty
| name = Alfonso IV
| image = Monnaie - Espagne, Catalogne, Alphonse III, gros, Barcelone - btv1b11335431k (1 of 2).jpg
| caption = Coin of Alfonso IV
| succession = King of Aragon
| moretext =... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_IV_of_Aragon | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.504050 |
1685 | Amasis II | {{Short description|Egyptian pharaoh from 570 to 526 BC}}
{{Infobox pharaoh
|name=Amasis II
|alt_name=Ahmose II
|image=Head of Amasis II, c. 550 BCE. From Egypt. Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.jpg
|caption=Head of Amasis II, {{Circa|550 BCE}}
|reign=570–526 BCE
|dynasty=26th&nbsp;dynasty
|predecessor=Apries
|success... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amasis_II | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.533267 |
1686 | Alfonso V of Aragon | {{Short description|King of Aragon from 1416 to 1458}}
{{For|other kings with the same name and regnal number|Afonso V (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Alfonso V
| image = SOAOTO - Folio 059R.jpg
| caption = Alfonso as a Knight of the Golden Fleece&l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_V_of_Aragon | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.562373 |
1687 | Amathus | {{for-multi|the ancient city in modern-day Jordan|Amathus, Transjordan|the ancient harbour in Laconia|Amathus (Laconia)}}
{{Expand German|topicgeo|Amathous (Zypern)|dateMay 2017}}
{{Infobox ancient site
|name = Amathus, Amathous
|native_name = Ἀμαθοῦς
|alternate_name |image Amathous 4.JPG
|alt |caption The Agor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amathus | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.588420 |
1688 | Alphons | Alphons (Latinized Alphonsus, Adelphonsus, or Adefonsus) is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese roya... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphons | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.618079 |
1689 | Alfonso I | Alfonso I may refer to:
Alfonso I of Asturias (739–757), king of Asturias
Afonso I of Portugal (1094–1185), king of Portugal
Alfonso Jordan (1103–1148), count of Toulouse
Alfonso I of Aragon (1104–1134), known as Alfonso the Battler, king of Aragon and Navarre
Alfonso I, Duke of Gandia (1332–1412)
Alfonso V of Aragon ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_I | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.648943 |
1690 | Amati | thumb|upright=0.85|This Andrea Amati violin, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, may have been part of a set made for the marriage of Philip II of Spain to Elisabeth of Valois in 1559, which would make it one of the earliest known violins in existence
Amati (, ) is the last name of a family of Italian violin makers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amati | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.686925 |
1691 | Alfonso II | Alfonso II may refer to:
Alfonso II of Asturias (791–842)
Alfonso II of Aragon (1162–1196)
Alfonso II, Count of Provence (1174–1209)
Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223), "the Fat"
Alfonso, Count of Poitou (1220–1271), jure uxoris Alfonso II, Count of Toulouse
Alfonso II, Duke of Gandia (–1422)
Alfonso II of Naples (1448–... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_II | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.705855 |
1692 | Alfonso III | Alfonso III (Spanish) or Afonso III (Portuguese) may refer to:
Alfonso III of Asturias (866–910), surnamed "the Great"
Afonso III of Portugal (1210–1279)
Alfonso III of Aragon (1285–1291)
Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1628–1644)
Afonso III of Kongo (1666–1667) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_III | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.722399 |
1694 | Alfonso IV | Alfonso IV may refer to:
Alfonso IV of León (924–931)
Afonso IV of Portugal (1291–1357)
Alfonso IV of Aragon (1327–1336)
Alfonso IV of Ribagorza (1332–1412)
Alfonso IV d'Este (1634–1662), Duke of Modena and Regg | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_IV | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.724732 |
1695 | Amazons | {{Short description|Female warriors and hunters in Greek mythology}}
{{Other uses}}
{{More citations needed|date = March 2020}}
found in Italy, 350–325 BC]]
or Hippolyta) or "Armed Venus", by Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert, 1860, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.]]
The Amazons (Ancient Greek: {{Lang|gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.775174 |
1696 | Alfonso V | Alfonso V (Spanish), Afonso V (Portuguese), Alfons V (Catalan) or Alphonse V (French) may refer to:
Alfonso V of León (999–1028)
Alfonso V of Aragon (1416–1458), The Magnanimous
Afonso V of Portugal (), The African
Afonso V of Kongo () | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_V | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.778451 |
1697 | Ambergris | {{Short description|Substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales}}
{{other uses}}
Ambergris ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|m|b|ər|g|r|iː|s|}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|m|b|ər|g|r|ɪ|s|}}; {{langx|la|ambra grisea}}; {{langx|fro|ambre gris}}), ambergrease, or grey amber is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blacki... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergris | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.792308 |
1698 | Ambiorix | {{short description|Eburonian king}}
{{For|the racehorse|Ambiorix (horse)}}
{{Multiple issues|
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ambiorix
| office = King and chieftain of the Belgae
| office1 = Prince ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiorix | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.799828 |
1700 | August Wilhelm Ambros | {{short description|Austria music historian and critic (1816–1876)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{For|the comic strip cartoonist|Ambrós}}
August Wilhelm Ambros (17 November 1816{{snd}}28 June 1876)<ref nameBlom>Blom, Eric (2005) ''Everyman's Dictionary of Music, Kessinger Publishing. p. 15. {{ISBN|1-417... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilhelm_Ambros | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.805945 |
1701 | Amazon River | {{Short description|Major river in South America}}
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{{Infobox river
| name = Amazon River
| native_name = {{native name|pt|Amazonas}}
| name_other = {{lang|pt|Rio Amazonas}}, {{lang|es|Río Amazonas}}
| image = Amazon River ESA387332.jpg
| image_size = 250
| image_caption = Satellite ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.918347 |
1702 | Alfred of Beverley | Alfred of Beverley was an English chronicler, and sacrist of the collegiate church of St John the Evangelist and St John of Beverley wrote a history of Britain and England in nine chapters (c. 1148- c.1151) from its supposed foundation by the Trojan Brutus, down to the death of Henry I in 1135. Alfred's chief sources, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_of_Beverley | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.923027 |
1710 | April 22 | {{pp-pc1}}
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*1500 &ndash; Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil).
*1519 &ndash; Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.
*1529 &ndash; Treaty ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_22 | 2025-04-05T18:25:45.988241 |
1711 | August 31 | {{pp-move}}
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*1056 &ndash; After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
*1057 &ndash; Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one yea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_31 | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.083912 |
1714 | Autpert Ambrose | {{Short description|Frankish Benedictine monk}}
{{Infobox saint
|honorific_prefix = Saint
|name= Autpert Ambrose
|birth_date={{circa|730}}
|death_date=784
|feast_day=19 July
|venerated_in= Catholic Church<br />Eastern Orthodox Church
|image|caption
|birth_place= Likely in Provence
|death_place= Italy
|titles= Ab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autpert_Ambrose | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.091646 |
1715 | Abu Bakr | {{Short description|First caliph of Rashidun Caliphate from 632 to 634}}
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{{About|the first caliph|3=Abu Bakr (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Abu Bakr{{break}}{{lang|ar|أَبُو بَكْر}}
| title = {{tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.123827 |
1716 | Ambrose Traversari | Ambrogio Traversari, also referred to as Ambrose of Camaldoli (138620 October 1439), was an Italian monk and theologian who was a prime supporter of the papal cause in the 15th century. He is honored as a saint by the Camaldolese Order.
Biography
Traversari was born near Forlì, in the village of Portico di Romagna in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Traversari | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.133170 |
1717 | Ambrosians | Ambrosians are members of one of the religious brotherhoods which at various times since the 14th century have sprung up in and around Milan, Italy. In the 16th century, a sect of Anabaptist Ambrosians was founded.
Orders
thumb|225px|Late Antique Mosaic of Saint Ambrose (~337-397) in Sant'Ambrogio church, Milan, Lomba... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosians | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.145893 |
1718 | Ambrosiaster | {{Infobox writer
| name = Pseudo-Ambrose
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| birth_place | death_date
| death_place | resting_place
| occupation = Clergyman, writer
| language = Latin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosiaster | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.156114 |
1719 | Ambrosius Aurelianus | thumb|upright|Illustration of Emrys Wledig from a 15th-century manuscript of Brut y Brenhinedd (the Historia Regum Britanniae translated into Welsh)
Ambrosius Aurelianus (; Anglicised as Ambrose Aurelian and called Aurelius Ambrosius in the Historia Regum Britanniae and elsewhere) was a war leader of the Romano-Briti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosius_Aurelianus | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.191744 |
1722 | Ammon | {{Short description|Ancient Semitic kingdom in the Levant}}
{{distinguish|Amman}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox Former Country
| native_name = 𐤏𐤌𐤍
| conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Ammon
| common_name = Ammon
| era = Iron Age
| status = Kingdom
| year_start ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.208767 |
1723 | Ammonius Hermiae | {{Short description|5th-century Greek philosopher}}
{{Infobox philosopher|nameAmmonius Hermiae|birth_date{{circa|440}}<ref name"Brill">{{cite book |last1Jackson |first1Robin |last2Lycos |first2Kimon |last3Tarrant |first3Harold |titleOlympiodorus: Commentary on Plato's Gorgias |date1998 |publisherBrill |... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonius_Hermiae | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.217403 |
1724 | Ammonius Saccas | {{Short description|Hellenistic Platonist philosopher (175–243)}}
{{Infobox philosopher
| region = Western philosophy
| era = Ancient philosophy
| image | image_size
| alt | caption
| name = Ammonius Saccas
| birth_date = 175
| birth_place = Alexan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonius_Saccas | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.247540 |
1726 | Book of Amos | The Book of Amos is the third of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Christian Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh and the second in the Greek Septuagint. The Book of Amos has nine chapters. According to the Bible, Amos was an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, and was active BC during the reign of Jeroboam II while Uzz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Amos | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.265302 |
1727 | Amphipolis | {{Short description|Archeological site in Macedonia, Greece}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
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{{For|the municipality|Amphipolis (municipality)}}
{{Expand Greek|topicgeo|dateJune 2024}}
{{Infobox ancient site
|name = Amphipolis
|native_name = Ἀμφίπολις<br>Αμ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphipolis | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.276110 |