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2025-04-05 18:25:13
2025-04-05 23:52:07
1404
AV
AV, Av or A.V. may refer to: Arts and entertainment The abbreviation of audiovisual, possessing both a sound and a visual component A.V. (film), a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Pang Ho-Cheung Adult video, an alternative name/synonym of a pornographic film AV The Hunt, a 2020 Turkish thriller film directed by Emr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV
2025-04-05T18:25:39.230584
1408
Alcuin
| caption = A Carolingian manuscript, . Rabanus Maurus (left), with Alcuin (middle), dedicating his work to Archbishop Otgar of Mainz (right) | era = | main_interests = | birth_date = | death_date = 19 May 804 (aged around 69) | influences = Ecgbert of York }} Alcuin of York (;<!-- Editorial note: Lexico uses /a/ f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin
2025-04-05T18:25:39.257066
1409
Angilbert
|birth_place|death_date18 February 814 |death_place=Centule, Austrasia, Francia |feast_day=18 February |venerated_in=Catholic Church<br>Eastern Orthodox Church |image|imagesize |caption|titlesAbbot of the Monastery of St Richarius<br/>Count of Ponthieu |beatified_date=Pre-Congregation |beatified_place|beatified_by |can...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angilbert
2025-04-05T18:25:39.263479
1412
Amine
Amin|Anime}} In chemistry, amines (, ) are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair. Formally, amines are derivatives of ammonia ((in which the bond angle between the nitrogen and hydrogen is 107°), wherein one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a substituent such a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amine
2025-04-05T18:25:39.295382
1416
April 29
Events Pre-1600 * 801 &ndash; An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. *1091 &ndash; Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. *1429 &ndash; Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans. *1483 &n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_29
2025-04-05T18:25:39.458465
1417
August 14
Events Pre-1600 *74 BC &ndash; A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. *29 BC &ndash; Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_14
2025-04-05T18:25:39.555651
1418
Absolute zero
(−273.15 °C) is defined as absolute zero.]] Absolute zero is the coldest point on the thermodynamic temperature scale, a state at which the enthalpy and entropy of a cooled ideal gas reach their minimum value. The fundamental particles of nature have minimum vibrational motion, retaining only quantum mechanical, zero-p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero
2025-04-05T18:25:39.595340
1419
Adiabatic process
An adiabatic process (adiabatic ()|impassable}}) is a type of thermodynamic process that occurs without transferring heat between the thermodynamic system and its environment. Unlike an isothermal process, an adiabatic process transfers energy to the surroundings only as work and/or mass flow. As a key concept in therm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiabatic_process
2025-04-05T18:25:39.616753
1422
Amide
|the anion |Azanide|other uses|Amide (functional group)}} , the simplest amide]] (zwitterionic form), an amino acid with a side chain (highlighted) containing an amide group]] In organic chemistry, an amide, also known as an organic amide or a carboxamide, is a compound with the general formula , where R, R', and R″...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amide
2025-04-05T18:25:39.634279
1423
Animism
Animism (from meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence. Animism perceives all things—animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather systems, human handiwork, and in some cases words—as being animated, having agency and free will. Animism is used...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism
2025-04-05T18:25:39.701068
1425
Antonio Vivaldi
: "An anonymous portrait in oils in the Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna is generally believed to be of Vivaldi and may be linked to the Morellon La Cave engraving, which appears to be a modified mirror reflection of it."|group=n}} | birth_place = Venice | birth_date | death_date | death_plac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi
2025-04-05T18:25:39.724616
1428
Adrian
<br /><br /><br><br> |gender = Male |feminine = Adriana, Adriane, Adrienne |meaning = "from Adria" |region = Pinnaculum Anatarius |origin = Latin | nickname = Ade, Ada, Ady,Aďko |related names = Adriaan, Adriaen, Adriana, Adriane, Adriano/Adrião, Adrianus, Adrien, Adrienne, Ada, Ari, Arie, Hadrien, Jadran, Jadranko }} ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian
2025-04-05T18:25:39.756357
1433
Aare
| mouth_location = Rhine below Koblenz, Switzerland | mouth_coordinates | map = Aare basin simple.png | map_caption = Drainage basin of the Aare | length = | source1_elevation | mouth_elevation | discharge1_location = Untersiggenthal | discharge1_min (MNQ 1935-2013),<br /> (NNQ, 1963) | discharge1_avg (MQ 1935-20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aare
2025-04-05T18:25:39.772407
1435
Abbotsford, Scottish Borders
| groundbreaking_date | start_date | completion_date | opened_date | inauguration_date | renovation_date 1817–1825 | awards | designations Category A Listed Building }} Abbotsford is a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Galashiels, on the south bank of the River Tweed. Now open to the public, it wa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbotsford,_Scottish_Borders
2025-04-05T18:25:39.781938
1436
Abraham
<br /> | known_for Namesake of the Abrahamic religions: traditional founder of the Jewish nation, spiritual ancestor of Christians, major Islamic prophet, Manifestation of God and originator of monotheistic faith in Baháʼí Faith, third spokesman (natiq) prophet of Druzes | spouse = | religion = Abrahamic | name = Abra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham
2025-04-05T18:25:39.850539
1437
Abraxas
Abraxas (, variant form <small>romanized:</small> )<!--9,380 hits on Google scholar for Abraxas, vs 934 for Abrasax--> is a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the "Great Archon" (), the princeps of the 365 spheres (). The word is found in Gnostic texts such as the Holy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas
2025-04-05T18:25:39.889628
1438
Absalom
| death_place = Ephraim, Kingdom of Israel | burial_date | predecessor | successor | wife | consort | issue | 3 unnamed sons In the narrative of 2 Samuel 13, his sister Tamar takes refuge at his house after she is raped by their paternal half-brother Amnon (born to David and Ahinoam, who was from Jezreel); David is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalom
2025-04-05T18:25:39.907467
1439
Abydos
Abydos may refer to: Abydos, a progressive metal side project of German singer Andy Kuntz Abydos (Hellespont), an ancient city in Mysia, Asia Minor Abydos (Stargate), name of a fictional planet in the Stargate science fiction universe Abydos, Egypt, a city in ancient Egypt Abydos Station, a pastoral lease and cattle s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abydos
2025-04-05T18:25:39.909721
1440
Abydos, Egypt
; Abedju | image = AbydosFacade.jpg | map_dot_label=Abydos | alt |reliefyes | caption = Façade of the Temple of Seti I in Abydos, built | map_type = Nile#Egypt | coordinates | location = El-Balyana, Sohag Governorate, Egypt | region = Upper Egypt | type = Settlement | epochs = First Dynasty to Thirtieth Dynasty }} A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abydos,_Egypt
2025-04-05T18:25:39.928349
1441
Abydos (Hellespont)
| alternate_name | image Gold stater reverse Philippos CdM Paris FG1973-1-71.jpg | alt | caption Macedonian gold stater, Abydos mint. 323–317 or 297 BC. | image_size = 300px | map_type = Turkey Marmara | map_alt | map_size 300 | relief = yes | coordinates | location = Çanakkale, Çanakkale Province, Turkey | map_dot_la...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abydos_(Hellespont)
2025-04-05T18:25:39.951244
1442
August 15
Events Pre-1600 * 636 &ndash; Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. * 717 &ndash; Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. * 718 &ndash; Arab–Byzantine wars: Raisi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_15
2025-04-05T18:25:40.050141
1445
Acacia sensu lato
Acacia s.l. (pronounced or ), known commonly as mimosa, acacia, thorntree or wattle, is a polyphyletic genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. It was described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773 based on the African species Acacia nilotica. Many non-Australian...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_sensu_lato
2025-04-05T18:25:40.077907
1446
Acapulco
| image_flag | image_seal | image_shield = Escudo de Acapulco.svg | image_map | mapsize 270px | map_caption = Location of Acapulco within Guerrero | pushpin_map = Mexico Guerrero#Mexico | pushpin_mapsize = 270 | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acapulco
2025-04-05T18:25:40.125344
1448
August 16
Events Pre-1600 *1 BC &ndash; Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 &ndash; Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Bag...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_16
2025-04-05T18:25:40.196994
1449
Alan Kay
| birth_place = Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = <!-- (death date then birth date)--> | death_place | fields Computer science | workplaces = Xerox PARC<br/>Stanford University<br/>Atari Inc.<br/>Apple Inc. ATG<br/>Walt Disney Imagineering<br/>UCLA<br/>Kyoto University<br/>MIT<br/>Viewpoints Research Inst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay
2025-04-05T18:25:40.210353
1451
APL (programming language)
* FP * J * K * MATLAB * Nial * PPL * Python * q (kdb) * S * Snap! * Speakeasy * Wolfram Language }} APL (named after the book A Programming Language) is a programming language developed in the 1960s by Kenneth E. Iverson. Its central datatype is the multidimensional array. It uses a large range of special graphic sym...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)
2025-04-05T18:25:40.259359
1453
ALGOL
| typing = Static, strong | scope = Lexical | implementations | influenced Most subsequent imperative languages (including so-called ALGOL-like languages)<br/>e.g. PL/I, Simula, Pascal, C and Scheme }} ALGOL (; short for "Algorithmic Language") is a family of imperative computer programming languages originally develo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL
2025-04-05T18:25:40.284763
1456
AWK
| latest_release_version = [http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/awk.html IEEE Std 1003.1-2008] (POSIX) / 1985 | designer = Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan | typing = none; can handle strings, integers and floating-point numbers; regular expressions | implementations = awk, GNU Aw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWK
2025-04-05T18:25:40.326897
1460
Asgard
In Nordic mythology, Asgard (Old Norse: Ásgarðr; "Garden of the Æsir") is a location associated with the gods. It appears in several Old Norse sagas and mythological texts, including the Eddas, however it has also been suggested to be referred to indirectly in some of these sources. It is described as the fortified hom...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asgard
2025-04-05T18:25:40.346153
1461
Apollo program
| status = Completed | duration = 1961–1972 | firstflight = }} | firstcrewed = }} | lastflight = }} | successes = 32 | failures = 2 (Apollo 1 and 13) | partialfailures = 1 (Apollo 6) | launchsite = | crewvehicle = | launcher = }} The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human sp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program
2025-04-05T18:25:40.422037
1466
Assault
In the terminology of law, an assault is the act of causing physical harm or unwanted physical contact to another person, or, in some legal definitions, the threat or attempt to do so. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in criminal prosecution, civil liability, or both. Additionally, assault is a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault
2025-04-05T18:25:40.611794
1478
Álfheimr
, 1866]] In Norse cosmology, Álfheimr (Old Norse: , "Land of the Elves" or "Elfland"; anglicized as Alfheim), also called "Ljósálfheimr" ( , "home of the Light Elves"), is home of the Light Elves. Attestations Álfheim as an abode of the Elves is mentioned only twice in Old Norse texts. Grímnismál The Eddic poem Grímni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Álfheimr
2025-04-05T18:25:40.619929
1482
Ask and Embla
thumb|300px|upright|"Hœnir, Lóðurr and Odin create Askr and Embla" (1895) by Lorenz Frølich. In Norse mythology, Ask and Embla ()—man and woman respectively—were the first two humans, created by the gods. The pair are attested in both the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask_and_Embla
2025-04-05T18:25:40.632799
1484
Alabama River
| source1_elevation | mouth = Mobile River | mouth_location = Mount Vernon, Alabama | mouth_coordinates | mouth_elevation | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | length = | discharge1_avg | basin_size | progression = Mobile → Gulf of Mexico | map = MobileAlabamaCoosa3.png | map_captio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_River
2025-04-05T18:25:40.639528
1485
Alain de Lille
*Aristotle *Pythagoras *Neoplatonism *Peter Abelard *Gilbert de la Porrée *Thierry of Chartres *Boethius | era = Medieval philosophy | main_interests = Philosophy, mysticism, theology, poetry }} Alain de Lille (Alan of Lille; Latin: Alanus ab Insulis; 11281202/1203) was a French theologian and poet. He was born in Lil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_de_Lille
2025-04-05T18:25:40.648015
1486
Alemanni
The Alemanni or Alamanni were a confederation of Germanic tribes on the Upper Rhine River during the first millennium. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Roman emperor Caracalla of 213 CE, the Alemanni captured the in 260, and later expanded into present-day Alsace and northern Switzerland...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanni
2025-04-05T18:25:40.675915
1488
NYSE American
(as New York Curb Market Agency) |owner = Intercontinental Exchange |key_people |currency United States dollar |commodity |listings |mcap |volume |indexes |homepage [https://www.nyse.com/markets/nyse-american NYSE American] |footnotes = }} NYSE American, formerly known as the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), and more...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYSE_American
2025-04-05T18:25:40.690175
1490
August 17
Events Pre-1600 * 310 &ndash; Pope Eusebius dies, possibly from a hunger strike, shortly after being banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily. * 682 &ndash; Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. * 986 &ndash; Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_17
2025-04-05T18:25:40.764350
1491
August 12
Events Pre-1600 *1099 &ndash; First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. *1121 &ndash; Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_12
2025-04-05T18:25:40.802718
1494
Alfred Russel Wallace
| image = Alfred-Russel-Wallace-c1895.jpg | caption = Wallace in 1895 | birth_date | birth_place Llanbadoc, Monmouthshire<!--Whether Monmouthshire was in Wales in 1872 is debatable. Please leave this alone; this page is not the place for this debate--> | death_date }} | death_place = Broadstone, Dorset, England | know...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace
2025-04-05T18:25:40.857450
1495
Australian Labor Party
| logo = ALP logo 2017.svg | abbreviation = ALP | slogan = ''Building Australia's Future'' | leader1_title = Leader | leader1_name = Anthony Albanese | leader2_title = Deputy Leader | leader2_name = Richard Marles | leader3_title = Senate Leader | leader3_name = Penny Wong | leader4_title = National President | leader4...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party
2025-04-05T18:25:40.955362
1496
August 18
Events Pre-1600 * 684 &ndash; Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria. *707 &ndash; Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei. *1304 &ndash; The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle is fought to a draw between the French army an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_18
2025-04-05T18:25:40.998720
1497
August 19
Events Pre-1600 *295 BC &ndash; The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC &ndash; Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. * 947 &ndash; Abu ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_19
2025-04-05T18:25:41.067539
1499
August 21
Events Pre-1600 * 959 &ndash; Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. *1140 &ndash; Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 &ndash; Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_21
2025-04-05T18:25:41.102197
1500
Dodo (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
The Dodo is a fictional character appearing in Chapters 2 and 3 of the 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The Dodo is a caricature of the author. A popular but unsubstantiated belief is that Dodgson chose the particular animal to represent himself because of his stam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo_(Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland)
2025-04-05T18:25:41.106809
1501
Lory (disambiguation)
A Lory is a small to medium-sized arboreal parrot. Lory may also refer to: People Al De Lory (1930–2012), an American record producer, arranger, conductor and session musician Donna De Lory (born 1964), an American singer, dancer and songwriter Milo B. Lory (1903–1974), an American sound editor Other uses Lory, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lory_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:25:41.108388
1504
Albert
Albert may refer to: Companies Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Albert Czech Republic, a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia Albert Music, an Australian music company now known as Albe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert
2025-04-05T18:25:41.112578
1505
Albert I
Albert I may refer to: People Born before 1300 Albert I, Count of Vermandois (917–987) Albert I, Count of Namur () Albert I of Moha Albert I of Brandenburg (), first margrave of Brandenburg Albert I, Margrave of Meissen (1158–1195) Albert I of Käfernburg (), Archbishop of Magdeburg Albert I of Pietengau () Albert I, L...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_I
2025-04-05T18:25:41.114600
1506
Albert II
Albert II may refer to: Monkeys Albert II (monkey), first primate and first mammal in space, died on impact following V-2 flight June 14, 1949 People Albert II, Count of Namur (died 1067) Albert II, Count of Tyrol (died 1120s) Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg (–1220) Albert II, Archbishop of Riga (1200–1273) ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_II
2025-04-05T18:25:41.116385
1507
Albert III
Albert III may refer to: Albert III, Count of Namur (1048–1102) Albert III, Count of Habsburg (died 1199) Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (–1300) Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1281–1308) Albert III, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1359) Albert III, Count of Gorizia (died 1374) Albert III of Mecklenbur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_III
2025-04-05T18:25:41.117724
1508
Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
| death_place = Pforzheim }} Albert II (; 28 March 15228 January 1557) was the margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (Brandenburg-Bayreuth) from 1527 to 1553. He was a member of the Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern. Because of his bellicose nature, Albert was given the cognomen Bellator ("the Warlike") during...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Alcibiades,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Kulmbach
2025-04-05T18:25:41.121430
1509
Albert the Bear
| birth_place | death_date (aged 70) | death_place = possibly Stendal | burial_place = Ballenstedt }} Albert the Bear (; 1100 – 18 November 1170) was the first margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to his death and was briefly duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142. Life Albert was the only son of Otto, Count of Ballensted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_the_Bear
2025-04-05T18:25:41.129618
1513
Albert of Brandenburg
| birth_place = Kölln | death_date | death_place = Martinsburg, Mainz | previous_post | nationality | signature = Signatur Albrecht von Brandenburg.PNG | created_cardinal_by = Leo X }} Albert of Brandenburg (; 28 June 149024 September 1545) was a German cardinal, elector, Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545, and Ar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_of_Brandenburg
2025-04-05T18:25:41.138842
1514
Albert, Duke of Prussia
Albert of Hohenzollern}} 1525 | predecessor = Duke Frederick of Saxony | successor = Walter von Cronberg | succession1 = Duke of Prussia | reign1 = 10 April 152520 March 1568 | successor1 = Albert Frederick of Prussia | house = House of Hohenzollern | father = Frederick I of Brandenburg-Ansbach | mother = Sophia of Po...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert,_Duke_of_Prussia
2025-04-05T18:25:41.148157
1519
August 25
Events Pre-1600 * 766 &ndash; Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios. *1248 &ndash; The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_25
2025-04-05T18:25:41.217791
1520
Aachen
<small>(Aachen dialect)</small> | type = City | image_skyline = | image_coa = DEU Aachen COA.svg | image_flag = Flag de-city of Aachen.svg | coordinates | image_plan = Aachen in AC (2009).svg | plantext = Location of Aachen within Städteregion Aachen | state = North Rhine-Westphalia | region = Cologne | district = Aa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen
2025-04-05T18:25:41.283504
1523
Agate
specimen of crazy lace agate from Chihuahua, Mexico next to a tennis ball; wide | formula = SiO<sub>2</sub> (silicon dioxide) | molweight | color Often multicolored; commonly colorless, pale blue to black, red to orange, yellow, white, brown, pink, purple; rarely green | habit = Cryptocrystalline silica | system = Trig...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate
2025-04-05T18:25:41.305164
1525
Aspirin
Aspirin (TV series)}} | tradename = Bayer Aspirin, others | Drugs.com = | MedlinePlus = a682878 | DailyMedID = Acetylsalicylic acid | pregnancy_AU = C | pregnancy_AU_comment | pregnancy_category | routes_of_administration Oral, rectal | class = Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) | ATC_prefix = A01 | ATC_suf...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin
2025-04-05T18:25:41.399522
1526
Abner
away from Paltiel (Morgan Bible, 1240s).]] In the Hebrew Bible, Abner ( ) was the cousin of King Saul and the commander-in-chief of his army. His name also appears as "Abiner son of Ner", where the longer form Abiner means "my father is Ner". Biblical narrative Abner is initially mentioned incidentally in Saul's hist...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner
2025-04-05T18:25:41.410669
1527
Ahmed I
| coronation = 23 December 1603 | cor-type = | predecessor = Mehmed III | successor = Mustafa I | succession = Sultan of the Ottoman Empire<br/>(Padishah) | spouse Kösem Sultan<br/>Mahfiruz Hatun | spouse-type = Consorts | issue = Osman II<br />Şehzade Mehmed<br/>Ayşe Sultan<br/>Gevherhan Sultan<br/>Fatma Sultan<br/>H...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_I
2025-04-05T18:25:41.424125
1528
Ahmed II
| coronation | cor-type | predecessor = Suleiman II | regent | reg-type | successor = Mustafa II | succession = Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah) | spouse = Rabia Sultan<br>Şayeste Hatun | spouse-type = Consort | issue = Şehzade Ibrahim <br> Şehzade Selim <br>Asiye Sultan<br>Atike Sultan<br>Hatice Sultan | full...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_II
2025-04-05T18:25:41.430435
1529
Ahmed III
20 September 1730 | coronation | cor-type | predecessor = Mustafa II | regent | reg-type | successor = Mahmud I | spouse = Emetullah Kadın<br/>Mihrişah Kadın<br>Rabia Şermi Kadın<br>Musli Kadın<br/>others | spouse-type = Consorts | issue = | issue-link = #Family | issue-pipe = Among others | full name = Ahmed bin Me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_III
2025-04-05T18:25:41.445586
1530
Ainu people
| population | popplace | image = Historical expanse of Ainu.png | image_caption = Historical homeland and distribution of Ainu people | region1 = (Hokkaido) | pop1 = 11,450 surveyed in 2023 | ref1 | region2 = (Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin) | pop2 = 300 (2021 census) | ref2 | langs | rels = | related = }} The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people
2025-04-05T18:25:41.552349
1536
Acropolis
thumb|upright=1.5|Acropolis of Athens in Athens, Greece An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens, yet every Greek ci...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis
2025-04-05T18:25:41.567913
1537
Acupuncture
| ICD9unlinked = - | MeshID = D015670 | OPS301 = .2 | other_codes = }} or in traditional contexts.}} |l="needling [and] moxibustion" |p=zhēnjiǔ |w=chên<sup>1</sup>-chiu<sup>3</sup> |mi= |j=zam<sup>1</sup>-gau<sup>3</sup> |y=jāmgau |ci= |poj=chiam-kù }} Acupuncture (needle) and (to puncture).}} is a form of alterna...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupuncture
2025-04-05T18:25:41.648101
1538
Adder (disambiguation)
Vipera berus, the common European adder, is a snake found in Europe and northern Asia. Adder may also refer to: AA-12 Adder, a Russian air-to-air missile Adder (electronics), an electronic circuit designed to do addition Adder Technology, a manufacturing company Armstrong Siddeley Adder, a late 1940s British turb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adder_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:25:41.652171
1540
Aeneas
| consort = | abode = Alba Longa | deity_of = Founder of Alba Longa | parents = Anchises and Aphrodite }} , 1598 (Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy)]] In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas ( , ; from ) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). Hi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneas
2025-04-05T18:25:41.671059
1541
April 13
Events Pre-1600 *1111 &ndash; Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. *1204 &ndash; Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. *1455 &ndash; Thirteen Years' War: the beginning of the Battle for Kneiphof.1601–1900*1612 &ndash; Samurai Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_13
2025-04-05T18:25:41.712928
1542
Amaranth
Amaranthus is a cosmopolitan group of more than 50 species which make up the genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some of the better known names include "prostrate pigweed" and "love lies bleeding". Some amaranth species are cultivated as leaf vegetables, pseudocereals, and o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranth
2025-04-05T18:25:41.746933
1543
Agapanthus africanus
|synonyms_ref = }} Agapanthus africanus, or the African lily, is a flowering plant from the genus Agapanthus found only on rocky sandstone slopes of the winter rainfall fynbos from the Cape Peninsula to Swellendam. It is also known as the lily-of-the-Nile in spite of only occurring in South Africa. Description The pl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapanthus_africanus
2025-04-05T18:25:41.753533
1544
Agamemnon
In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (; Agamémnōn) was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War. He was the son (or grandson) of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the father of Iphigenia, Iphianassa, Electra, Laodike, Orestes and Chrysothemis. Leg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamemnon
2025-04-05T18:25:41.817225
1545
Aga Khan I
}} | religion = Isma'ilism | denomination = Isma'ilism | school = Nizari | title = Aga Khan I | office1 = 46th hereditary Imam of the Nizari Isma'ilism Muslim | term_start1 = 1817 | term_end1 = 12 April 1881 | predecessor1 = Shah Khalil Allah III | successor1 = Aga Khan II | lineage = Fatimid (direct descendant of Muha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_I
2025-04-05T18:25:41.823411
1546
Aga Khan III
| native_name_lang | image HH the AGA KHAN 1936.jpg | caption = Aga Khan III in 1936 | office1 = 48th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ilism Muslim | term_start1 = 17 August 1885 | term_end1 = 11 July 1957 | predecessor1 = Aga Khan II | successor1 = Aga Khan IV | office3 = Member of the Assembly of The League of Nations | term_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_III
2025-04-05T18:25:41.838173
1547
Agasias
Agasias was the name of several people in classical history, including two Greek sculptors. Agasias of Arcadia, a warrior mentioned by Xenophon Agasias, son of Dositheus, Ephesian sculptor of the Borghese Gladiator Agasias, son of Menophilus (), Ephesian sculptor Category:Greek masculine given names Category:Mascu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agasias
2025-04-05T18:25:41.839375
1548
Alexander Agassiz
| birth_place = Neuchâtel, Switzerland | death_date | death_place = North Atlantic Ocean (aboard the RMS Adriatic) | nationality = Swiss, American | alma_mater = Harvard University (AB, BS) | known_for | awards American Philosophical Society (1862)<br />Pour le Mérite (German order) | father = Louis Agassiz | children...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Agassiz
2025-04-05T18:25:41.846860
1549
Agathon
re-imagines a scene from Plato's Symposium, in which the tragedian Agathon welcomes the drunken Alcibiades into his home. 1869.]] Agathon (; ; ) was an Athenian tragic poet whose works have been lost. He is best known for his appearance in Plato's Symposium, which describes the banquet given to celebrate his obtaining...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathon
2025-04-05T18:25:41.853667
1550
Agesilaus II
400 – 360 BC | predecessor = Agis II | successor = Archidamus III | birth_date = 445/4 BC | birth_place = Sparta | death_date = 360/59 BC (aged 84) | death_place = Cyrenaica | spouse = Cleora | issue = Archidamus III | native_lang1 = Greek | native_lang1_name1 = | dynasty = Eurypontid | father = Archidamus II | mother...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agesilaus_II
2025-04-05T18:25:41.870912
1551
Agis
Agis or AGIS may refer to: People Agis I (died 900 BC), Spartan king Agis II (died 401 BC), Spartan king Agis III (died 331 BC), Spartan king Agis IV (265–241 BC), Spartan king Agis (Paeonian) (died 358 BC), King of the Paeonians Agis of Argos, ancient Greek poet Maurice Agis (1931–2009), British sculptor and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agis
2025-04-05T18:25:41.872564
1552
Antonio Agliardi
|ordination = 22 December 1855 |consecration = 12 October 1884 |consecrated_by = Giovanni Simeoni |cardinal = 22 June 1896 |created_cardinal_by = Pope Leo XIII |rank = Cardinal-Priest (1896–99) |birth_date = 4 September 1832 |birth_place = Cologno al Serio, Bergamo, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia |death_date |death_place...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Agliardi
2025-04-05T18:25:41.878621
1553
Agnes of Merania
| death_place | burial_place | }} Agnes of Merania (1175 – July 1201) was Queen of France by marriage to King Philip II. She is called Marie by some of the French chroniclers.BiographyAgnes Maria was the daughter of Berthold, Duke of Merania and Agnes of Rochlitz. In June 1196, Agnes married Philip II of France, who...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_of_Merania
2025-04-05T18:25:41.881733
1556
Agrippina the Elder
| birth_place = Athens, Greece | death_date = AD 33 (aged 46) | death_place = Pandataria | burial_date | burial_place AD 33<br />Pandataria<br />relocated in March AD 37 to the <br />Mausoleum of Augustus | spouse = Germanicus | issue = | dynasty = Julio-Claudian | father = Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | mother = Julia th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_the_Elder
2025-04-05T18:25:41.902087
1557
Agrippina the Younger
Julia Agrippina (6 November AD 15 – 23 March AD 59), also referred to as Agrippina the Younger, was Roman empress from AD 49 to 54, the fourth wife and niece of emperor Claudius, and the mother of Nero. Agrippina was one of the most prominent women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. She was the great-granddaughter of Augu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_the_Younger
2025-04-05T18:25:41.940466
1558
American Chinese cuisine
]] American Chinese cuisine is a cuisine developed by Chinese Americans based on the wide variety of Chinese food. Most of the dishes served in many North American Chinese restaurants are modified to suit American peoples' tastes and are often quite different from Chinese cuisine. History , 1884, Chinese Restaurant, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chinese_cuisine
2025-04-05T18:25:41.988332
1559
Ahenobarbus
Ahenobarbus (Latin, 'red-beard', literally 'bronze-beard'), also spelled Aenobarbus or Ænobarbus, may refer to: Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (disambiguation), Romans Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (disambiguation), Romans Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, birth name of Nero, Roman emperor 54–68 Frederick Barbarossa, known ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahenobarbus
2025-04-05T18:25:41.991421
1560
Ahmad Shah Durrani
| title = Padishah<br>Ghazi<br> Shāh Durr-i-Durrān ("King, Pearl of Pearls") | image = Portrait of Ahmad-Shah Durrani. Mughal miniature. ca. 1757, Bibliothèque nationale de France.jpg | image_size | caption Portrait of Ahmad Shah Durrani, 1757, Bibliothèque nationale de France | succession1 = Afghan Emperor | reign1 = ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani
2025-04-05T18:25:42.043203
1563
Arthur Aikin
| birth_place = Warrington, Lancashire, England | death_date | death_place = Hoxton, Middlesex, England | residence | nationality British | field = Chemistry | work_institutions | alma_mater | known_for = Geological Society of London | prizes | footnotes | signature = }} Arthur Aikin (19 May 177315 April 1854) was...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Aikin
2025-04-05T18:25:42.048107
1564
Ailanthus
*Pongelion |synonyms_ref }} Ailanthus (; derived from ailanto, an Ambonese word probably meaning "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales (formerly Rutales or Geraniales). The genus is native from east Asia south to northern Australasi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus
2025-04-05T18:25:42.052914
1565
Aimoin of Fleury
Aimoin of Fleury (; ) was a medieval French monk and chronicler active in the late 10th and early 11th centuries. He was born at Villefranche-de-Longchat, in Southwestern France, about 960. Early in his life he entered the monastery of Fleury, where he became a monk and then passed the greater part of his life. Between...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimoin_of_Fleury
2025-04-05T18:25:42.054971
1566
Akkadian Empire
<br /><span style"font-weight: normal"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal"></span> | conventional_long_name = Akkadian Empire | common_name = Akkadian Empire | era = Bronze Age | government_type = Monarchy | year_start = | year_end | life_span 2154 BC}} | event1 = Conquests of Sargon of Akkad | date_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_Empire
2025-04-05T18:25:42.091929
1567
Ajax the Lesser
thumb|Ajax the Lesser by Francesco Sabatelli, 1829 thumb|Scene from the Trojan War: Cassandra clings to the Palladium, the wooden cult image of Athene, while Ajax the Lesser is about to drag her away in front of her father Priam (standing on the left). Fresco from the atrium of the Casa del Menandro (I 10, 4) in Pompei...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_the_Lesser
2025-04-05T18:25:42.125613
1568
Ajax the Great
Ajax () or Aias (; , Aíantos; archaic ) is a Greek mythological hero, the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and the half-brother of Teucer. He plays an important role in the Trojan War, and is portrayed as a towering figure and a warrior of great courage in Homer's Iliad and in the Epic Cycle, a series of epic poems ab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_the_Great
2025-04-05T18:25:42.141326
1569
Ajax
Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris Ajax (play), by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great Arts and entertainment Fictional chara...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax
2025-04-05T18:25:42.147484
1570
Alaric I
| birth_date = Unknown, 370 | birth_place = Peuce Island, Danube Delta | death_date = 411 | death_place = Consentia, Italia, Roman Empire | place of burial = Busento River, Calabria, Italy | religion = Arianism }} Alaric I (; , 'ruler of all'; – 411 AD) was the first king of the Visigoths, from 395 to 410. He rose to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaric_I
2025-04-05T18:25:42.170257
1571
Alaric II
August 507 |predecessor = Euric |successor = Gesalec |birth_date = 458/466 |death_date = August 507 (aged 41/49) | spouse = Unknown<br/>Theodegotha | issue = Gesalec<br/>Amalaric | father = Euric | mother = Ragnagild |religion = Arian Christianity }} Alaric II (, , 'ruler of all'; ; – August 507) was the King of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaric_II
2025-04-05T18:25:42.175606
1573
Albertus Magnus
| birth_place = Lauingen, Duchy of Bavaria | death_date = 15 November 1280 | death_place = Cologne, Holy Roman Empire | venerated_in = Catholic Church | beatified_date = 1622 | beatified_place = Rome, Papal States | beatified_by = Pope Gregory XV | canonized_date = 16 December 1931 | canonized_place = Vatican City | c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Magnus
2025-04-05T18:25:42.197940
1575
Alboin
Alboin (530s – 28 June 572) was king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migrations by settling in Italy, the northern part of which Alboin conquered between 569 and 572. He had a lasting effect on Italy and the Pannonian Basin; in the former, his invasion marked the begi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alboin
2025-04-05T18:25:42.268121
1576
Afonso de Albuquerque
| image = File:Retrato de Afonso de Albuquerque (após 1545) - Autor desconhecido.png | office = 2nd Viceroy of Portuguese India | term_start = 4 November 1509 | term_end = 8 September 1515 | monarch = Manuel I | predecessor = Francisco de Almeida | successor = Lopo Soares de Albergaria | birth_name = Afonso de Albuquer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_de_Albuquerque
2025-04-05T18:25:42.295087
1577
Alcaeus
, Attic red-figure calathus, c. 470 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2416)]] Alcaeus of Mytilene (; , Alkaios ho Mutilēnaios; – BC) was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Helle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcaeus
2025-04-05T18:25:42.323337
1578
Alcamenes
thumb|Herm of Hermes, Roman copy of a late 5th century BC original, the forefront inscription states the herm was made by Alcamenes and dedicated by Pergamios, Istanbul Museums. Alcamenes () was an ancient Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens, who flourished in the 2nd half of the 5th century BC. He was a younger conte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcamenes
2025-04-05T18:25:42.326370
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