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1729 | Amyntas I of Macedon | , possibly a civic issue from Aegae.. Recent scholarship, however, attributes these early issues to the tribes of Bisaltia or the city of Galepsus. Alexander I was the first Macedonian king to mint his own coins.}} : goat kneeling right, head reverted; : incuse square with four sections.
| succession = King of Macedoni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyntas_I_of_Macedon | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.306988 |
1730 | Amyntas III of Macedon | <br>Archelaus<br>Arrhidaeus<br>Menelaus<br>Iphicrates (adopted)
| succession = King of Macedonia
| reign1 = 393/2 – 388/7
| reign-type1 = First reign
| predecessor1 = Pausanias
| successor1 = Argaeus II
| reign-type2 = Second reign
| reign2 = 387/6 – 370
| predecessor2 = Argaeus II
| successor2 = Alexander II
}}
Amynt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyntas_III_of_Macedon | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.316922 |
1732 | Anacharsis | Anacharsis (; ) was a Scythian prince and philosopher of uncertain historicity who lived in the 6th century BC.
Life
Anacharsis was the brother of the Scythian king Saulius, and both of them were the sons of the previous Scythian king, Gnurus.
Few concrete details are known about the life of the historical Anacharsis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacharsis | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.325995 |
1734 | Anah | |nickname |image_flag
|image_seal |image_map
|image_skyline = عانة.jpg
|image_caption = Anah landscape
|mapsize = 500px
|pushpin_map = Iraq
|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_relief = yes
|pushpin_mapsize |pushpin_map_caption Location within Iraq
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name =
|subdivision_type1 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anah | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.341250 |
1735 | Ānanda | 577 CE.
|birth_place = Kapilavatthu
|birth_date=5th4th century BCE
|death_place = On the river Rohīni near Vesālī, or the Ganges
|death_date = 20 years after the Buddha's death
|religion = Buddhism
|known_for Being an attendant of the Buddha (aggupaṭṭhāyaka); powers of memory; compassion to women
|teacher = The Buddha;... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ānanda | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.432144 |
1737 | Anaxagoras | 500 BC
| birth_place = Clazomenae, Ionia, Persian Empire
| death_date = 428 BC
| death_place = Lampsacus
| school_tradition = Ionian school
| main_interests = Natural philosophy
| notable_ideas = Nous, or Mind ordering all things
}}
Anaxagoras (; , Anaxagóras, "lord of the assembly"; 500 – 428 BC) was a Pre-Socratic Gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaxagoras | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.455382 |
1738 | Anaxarchus | Anaxarchus (; ; c. 380 – c. 320 BC) was a Greek philosopher of the school of Democritus. Together with Pyrrho, he accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia. The reports of his philosophical views suggest that he was a forerunner of the Greek skeptics.
Life
Anaxarchus was born at Abdera in Thrace. He was the companion ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaxarchus | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.461096 |
1740 | Ancyra (planthopper) | Ancyra is a small genus of planthoppers of the family Eurybrachidae and the only genus in the tribe Ancyrini. Species in this genus occur in southeast Asia.
Description
Members of the genus are well known for having a pair of prolonged filaments at the tips of the forewings that arise near a pair of small glossy spots... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancyra_(planthopper) | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.466290 |
1743 | Anastasius II | Anastasius II or Anastasios II may refer to:
Pope Anastasius II (died 498), pope
Anastasius II of Antioch (550–609), patriarch of Antioch
Anastasius II of Jerusalem, patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in 705–706
Anastasios II (died 719), Byzantine emperor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasius_II | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.471935 |
1746 | Anaximenes of Lampsacus | Anaximenes of Lampsacus (; ; 320 BC) was a Greek rhetorician and historian. He was one of the teachers of Alexander the Great and accompanied him on his campaigns.
Rhetorical works
Anaximenes was a pupil of Diogenes the Cynic and Zoilus and, like his teacher, wrote a work on Homer. As a rhetorician, he was a determine... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes_of_Lampsacus | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.486892 |
1747 | Anastasius | Anastasius (Latinized) or Anastasios () is a masculine given name of Greek origin derived from the Greek word (anastasis) meaning "resurrection". Its female form is Anastasia (). A diminutive form of Anastasios is Tassos () or Tasos ().
People
Byzantine emperors
Anastasius I Dicorus, reign 491–518
Anastasios II (d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasius | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.497684 |
1748 | Anaximenes of Miletus | | birth_place = Miletus, Ionian League
| death_date = (aged 60)
| death_place=Miletus
| school_tradition = Ionian/Milesian school
| main_interests = Metaphysics<br>Natural philosophy
| notable_ideas = Air is the arche<br />Matter changes through rarefaction and condensation
}}
Anaximenes of Miletus (; ; ) was an Ancien... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes_of_Miletus | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.516539 |
1749 | Ancus Marcius | 640–616 BC
| predecessor = Tullus Hostilius
| successor = Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
| birth_date | death_date
| issue | father Numa Marcius
| mother = Pompilia
}}
Ancus Marcius () was the legendary fourth king of Rome, who traditionally reigned 24 years.
Ancus Marcius was believed by many Romans to have been the name... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancus_Marcius | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.526905 |
1750 | Andaman Islands | | archipelago = Andaman and Nicobar Islands
| total_islands = 572
| major_islands = North Andaman Island, Little Andaman, Middle Andaman Island, South Andaman Island
| area_km2 = 6,408
| area_footnotes | rank
| length_km = <!-- or length m -->
| length_footnotes | width_km <!-- or width m -->
| width_footnotes | coastl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_Islands | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.558994 |
1751 | Alexander Anderson (mathematician) | thumb|Supplementum Apollonii redivivi, 1612
Alexander Anderson ( in Aberdeen – in Paris) was a Scottish mathematician.
Life
He was born in Aberdeen, possibly in 1582, according to a print which suggests he was aged 35 in 1617. It is unknown where he was educated, but it is likely that he initially studied writing and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Anderson_(mathematician) | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.566334 |
1752 | Andocides | Andocides (; , Andokides; |dateFebruary 2024}}) was a logographer (speech writer) in Ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace in the third century BC.
Life
Andocides was the son of Leogoras, and was born ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andocides | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.575790 |
1754 | Andrea Andreani | Andrea Andreani (1540–1623) was an Italian engraver on wood, who was among the first printmakers in Italy to use chiaroscuro, which required multiple colours.
Andreani was born and generally active in Mantua about 1540 (Brulliot says 1560) and died at Rome in 1623. His engravings are scarce and valuable, and are chief... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Andreani | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.583838 |
1755 | Andrew II of Hungary | | successor1 =
| spouses =
| issue =
| issue-link = #Family
| house = Árpád
| house-type = Dynasty
| father = Béla III of Hungary
| mother = Agnes of Antioch
| birth_date = 1177
| birth_place | death_date 21 September
| death_place | place of burial Egres Abbey
| religion = Roman Catholic|
}}
Andrew II (, , , ; 117... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_II_of_Hungary | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.643525 |
1756 | An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding | thumb|right|150px|David Hume by Allan Ramsay (1766)
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in English in 1748 under the title Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding until a 1757 edition came up with the now-familiar name. It was a re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Enquiry_Concerning_Human_Understanding | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.655677 |
1758 | André de Longjumeau | thumb|
André de Longjumeau (also known as Andrew of Longjumeau in English) was a French diplomat and Dominican missionary and one of the most active Occidental diplomats in the East in the 13th century. He led two embassies to the Mongols: the first carried letters from Pope Innocent IV and the second bore gifts and le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_de_Longjumeau | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.664575 |
1759 | Andriscus | Andriscus (, Andrískos; 154/153 BC – 146 BC), also often referenced as Pseudo-Philip, was a Greek pretender who became the last independent king of Macedon in 149 BC as Philip VI (, Philipos), based on his claim of being Philip, a now-obscure son of the last legitimate Macedonian king, Perseus. His reign lasted just on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriscus | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.681983 |
1760 | Andronikos III Palaiologos | | image = Andronikos_III_Palaiologos.jpg
| caption = 14th-century miniature.<br />Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek.
| succession = Byzantine emperor
| reign = 24 May 1328 – 15 June 1341
| coronation 2 February 1325
| regent1 1308/1313 as co-emperor
| reg-type1 = Proclamation
| cor-type = Coronation
| predec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_III_Palaiologos | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.692574 |
1761 | Andronikos II Palaiologos | | image = Miniature of Andronikos II.png
| caption = Miniature from the manuscript of George Pachymeres' Historia
| succession = Byzantine emperor
| reign = 11 December 1282 –<br/>24 May 1328
| coronation = 8 November 1272
| investiture | regent1 1261 (as co-emperor)
| reg-type1 = Proclamation
| cor-type = Coronation
|... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_II_Palaiologos | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.709473 |
1762 | Andronikos I Komnenos | 1118–1120
| birth_place | death_date 12 September 1185<br />(aged 64–67)
| death_place = Constantinople<br /><small>(now Istanbul, Turkey)</small>
| place of burial | spouse Unknown first wife<br />Agnes of France
| issue = Manuel Komnenos<br />John Komnenos<br />Maria Komnene<br />Alexios Komnenos<br />Irene Komnene
|... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_I_Komnenos | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.739081 |
1763 | Andronicus of Cyrrhus | , Athens]]
Andronicus of Cyrrhus or Andronicus Cyrrhestes (Latin; , Andrónikos Kyrrhēstēs; BC}}) was a Macedonian astronomer best known for designing the Tower of the Winds in Roman Athens.
Life
Little is known about the life of Andronicus, although his father is recorded as Hermias. It is usually assumed that he came... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronicus_of_Cyrrhus | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.744262 |
1764 | Andronicus of Rhodes | Andronikos of Rhodes (; ; }}) was a Greek philosopher from Rhodes who was also the scholarch (head) of the Peripatetic school. He is most famous for publishing a new edition of the works of Aristotle that forms the basis of the texts that survive today.
Life
Little is known about Andronicus' life. He is reported to ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronicus_of_Rhodes | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.756941 |
1765 | Andronicus | Andronicus or Andronikos () is a classical Greek name. The name has the sense of "male victor, warrior". Its female counterpart is Andronikè (Ἀνδρονίκη). Notable bearers of the name include:
People
Andronicus of Olynthus, Greek general under Demetrius in the 4th century BC
Livius Andronicus (), Greco-Roman dramatist a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronicus | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.762149 |
1767 | Ammianus Marcellinus | | birth_place = Roman Syria, possibly in Ammia<br />(modern-day Amioun, Lebanon)
| death_date = –400
| death_place | nationality Roman
| occupation = Historian and soldier
| notable_works = Res gestae
| children | module
}}
Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian (Greek: Αμμιανός Μαρκελλίνος; born... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammianus_Marcellinus | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.779870 |
1770 | Apollo 13 | Apollo 13 (film)||Apollo 13 (disambiguation)}}
s damaged service module, as seen from the Apollo Lunar Module Aquarius, hours before reentry
| image_alt = see caption
| mission_type = Crewed lunar landing attempt (H)
| operator = NASA
| COSPAR_ID =
| SATCAT 4371
| mission_duration 5 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes, 41 se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13 | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.868272 |
1773 | Apollo 7 | | SATCAT 3486
| mission_duration
| orbits_completed 163
| spacecraft = Apollo CSM-101
| manufacturer = North American Rockwell
| launch_mass
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| launch_date UTC
| launch_rocket = Saturn IB SA-205
| launch_site = Cape Kennedy LC-34
| landing_date UTC
| landing_site North Atlantic Ocean
| recovery_by =
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_7 | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.903914 |
1774 | Apollo 9 | Vive Le Rock}}
|LM ascent stage: 1969-018C
|LM descent stage: 1969-018D
}}
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| launch_rocket = Saturn V SA-504
| launch_site = Kennedy, LC-39A
| landing_date UTC
| landing_site North Atlantic Ocean<br />()
| recovery_by =
| de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_9 | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.936837 |
1776 | Arthritis | Arthritis (journal)}}
| image = Rheumatoid Arthritis.JPG
| caption = A hand affected by rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune form of arthritis
| alt = photograph of elderly hand depicting advanced rheumatoid arthritis
| field = Rheumatology
| symptoms Joint pain, stiffness, redness, swelling, decreased range of motion
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthritis | 2025-04-05T18:25:46.997682 |
1777 | April 2 | Events
Pre-1600
*1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Johns River.
1601–1900
*1755 – Commodore William James captures the Maratha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2 | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.045417 |
1778 | Acetylene | |ChemSpiderID = 6086
|UNII_Ref =
|UNII = OC7TV75O83
|KEGG_Ref =
|KEGG = C01548
|InChI = 1/C2H2/c1-2/h1-2H
|InChIKey = HSFWRNGVRCDJHI-UHFFFAOYAY
|ChEMBL_Ref =
|ChEMBL = 116336
|StdInChI_Ref =
|StdInChI = 1S/C2H2/c1-2/h1-2H
|StdInChIKey_Ref =
|StdInChIKey = HSFWRNGVRCDJHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
|CASNo = 74-86-2
|CASNo_Ref =
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylene | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.072292 |
1779 | Alfred | Alfred may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Alfred J. Kwak, Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series
Alfred (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne
Alfred (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák
"Alfred (Interlude)" and "Alfred (Outro)", songs by Eminem from the 2020 album Music to Be Murdered By
Business ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.077098 |
1781 | August 28 | Events
Pre-1600
475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
632 – Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies, with her cause of d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_28 | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.206018 |
1786 | Arabic numerals | upright1.5|thumb|altNumbers written from 0 to 9|Arabic numerals set in Source Sans typeface
The ten Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) are the most commonly used symbols for writing numbers. The term often also implies a positional notation number with a decimal base, in particular when contrasted with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.243962 |
1787 | April 9 | Events
Pre-1600
* 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
* 537 – Siege of Rome: The B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_9 | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.294553 |
1788 | ABM | ABM or Abm may refer to:
Aviation
Air Battle Manager, US Air Force rated officer position
IATA airport code for Northern Peninsula Airport in Bamaga, State of Queensland, Australia
Companies
ABM Industries, a US facility management provider
ABM Intelligence, a UK software company
Advantage Business Media, a US d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABM | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.298408 |
1789 | Apuleius | | birth_place = Madaurus, Numidia
| death_date = c. 170 – 190
| death_place = <!--Unknown-->
| occupation = Novelist, writer, public speaker
| notable_works = The Golden Ass
| school_tradition = Middle Platonism
}}
Apuleius ( ; also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis; c. 124 – after 170) was a Numidian Latin-language p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apuleius | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.313219 |
1790 | Alexander Selkirk | Alexander Selkirk (167613 December 1721) was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean.
Selkirk was an unruly youth and joined buccaneering... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Selkirk | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.342633 |
1791 | Anti-ballistic missile | of the United States' Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, loaded into a silo at Fort Greely, Alaska, in July 2004]]
An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to destroy in-flight ballistic missiles. They achieve this explosively (chemical or nuclear), or via hit-to-kill kinetic vehicles, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-ballistic_missile | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.411754 |
1793 | August 29 | Events
Pre-1600
* 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
* 870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta.
*1009 – Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_29 | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.491542 |
1794 | August 30 | Events
Pre-1600
70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple.
1060 – The Mirdasids defeat the Fatimid Caliphate at the Battle of al-Funaydiq, signalling the definitive loss of Aleppo for the Fatimids.
1282 – Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_30 | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.594834 |
1797 | Acre | | units2 = US customary, Imperial
| inunits2 ≡ <br />≡ sq mi
}}
; the dark blue area at right represents 100 acres.]]
The acre ( ) is a unit of land area used in the British imperial and the United States customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong (66 by 660 feet), which is e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.638209 |
1799 | ATP | ATP may refer to:
Science, technology and biology
Adenosine triphosphate, an organic chemical used for driving biological processes
ATPase, any enzyme that makes use of adenosine triphosphate
Advanced Technology Program, US government program
Alberta Taciuk process, for extracting oil from shale, etc.
Anti-tachycard... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.642779 |
1800 | Adenosine triphosphate | {{chembox
| Watchedfields = changed
| verifiedrevid = 477228486
| Name = Adenosine-5'-triphosphate
| ImageFile = Adenosintriphosphat protoniert.svg
| ImageSize = 280px
| ImageClass = skin-invert-image
| ImageFileL1 = ATP-xtal-3D-balls.png
| ImageFileR1 = ATP-xtal-3D-vdW.png
| OtherNames | IUPACName Adenosine 5′-(tetrah... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine_triphosphate | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.673232 |
1802 | Ægir | , 1850, depicting Ægir and his nine wave daughters]]
Ægir (anglicised as Aegir; Old Norse 'sea'), Hlér (Old Norse 'sea'), or Gymir (Old Norse less clearly 'sea, engulfer'), is a jötunn and a personification of the sea in Norse mythology. In the Old Norse record, Ægir hosts the gods in his halls and is associated with b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ægir | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.691421 |
1805 | Antibiotic | -->
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An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and preve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.796504 |
1806 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | | term_start = November 17, 2003
| term_end = January 3, 2011
| predecessor = Gray Davis
| successor = Jerry Brown
| office1 = Chairman of the President's Council<br />on Physical Fitness and Sports
| president1 =
| term_start1 = January 22, 1990
| term_end1 = May 27, 1993
| predecessor1 = Dick Kazmaier
| successor1 =... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.947394 |
1807 | ASA | Asa}}
ASA as an abbreviation or initialism may refer to:
Biology and medicine
* Accessible surface area of a biomolecule, accessible to a solvent
* Acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin
* Advanced surface ablation, refractive eye surgery
* Anterior spinal artery, the blood vessel which supplies the anterior portion of the sp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASA | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.955082 |
1810 | Actium | thumb|300px|A map showing the Battle of Actium.
Actium or Aktion () was a town on a promontory in ancient Acarnania at the entrance of the Ambraciot Gulf, off which Octavian gained his celebrated victory, the Battle of Actium, over Antony and Cleopatra, on September 2, 31 BCE.
History
thumb|Battle of Actium by Laureys... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actium | 2025-04-05T18:25:47.961531 |
1812 | Amway | | area_served = Worldwide
| key_people =
| industry = Multi-level marketing
| products =
| brands = Amway Home, Glister, G&H, Nutrilite, Artistry, AmwayQueen, eSpring, Atmosphere, XS Energy
| revenue US$ 8.1 billion (2022)
| operating_income | net_income
| num_employees 15,000+ The company was founded in 1959 by Jay... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.016075 |
1814 | Adam Smith | | alt = A portrait of Adam Smith
| name = Adam Smith
| honorific_suffix
| signature = Adam Smith signature 1783.svg
| birth_date |}} 1723 – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the thinking of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. Seen by some as the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.065399 |
1822 | Antoine Lavoisier | | birth_place = Paris, France
| death_date
| death_place = Paris, France
| death_cause = Execution by guillotine
| resting_place = Catacombs of Paris
| alma_mater = Collège des Quatre-Nations, University of Paris
| notable_students = Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
| known_for =
| fields = Biologist, chemist
| signature = A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.120610 |
1825 | Hermann Kolbe | | birth_place = Elliehausen, Kingdom of Hanover
| nationality = German
| death_date
| death_place = Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
| field = Chemist
| work_institutions = University of Marburg<br/>University of Leipzig
| alma_mater = University of Marburg
| doctoral_advisor = Robert Bunsen<br/> Friedrich Wö... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kolbe | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.133089 |
1826 | April 18 | Events
Pre-1600
* 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.
*1428 – Peace of Ferrara between Republic of Venice, Duchy of Milan, Republic of Florence and House of Gonzaga: en... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_18 | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.168537 |
1827 | April 23 | Events
Pre-1600
*215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
*599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city.
*711 – Dagober... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_23 | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.205871 |
1828 | Amitabh Bachchan | | name = Amitabh Bachchan
| image = Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan.jpg
| caption = Bachchan in 2018
| birth_name Amitabh Srivastava
| birth_date
| birth_place = Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (present-day Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India)
| other_names =
| alma_mater Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.317946 |
1832 | Allomorph | In linguistics, an allomorph is a variant phonetic form of a morpheme, or in other words, a unit of meaning that varies in sound and spelling without changing the meaning. The term allomorph describes the realization of phonological variations for a specific morpheme.
In English
English has several morphemes that vary... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allomorph | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.338466 |
1834 | Allophone | thumb|A simplified procedure to determine whether two sounds represent the same or different phonemes. The cases on the extreme left and the extreme right are those in which the sounds are allophones.
In phonology, an allophone (; from the Greek , , 'other' and , , 'voice, sound') is one of multiple possible spoken so... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allophone | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.391738 |
1835 | Affix | In linguistics, an affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form. The main two categories are derivational and inflectional affixes. Derivational affixes, such as un-, -ation, anti-, pre- etc., introduce a semantic change to the word they are attached to. Inflectional affixes intro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affix | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.422542 |
1837 | Allegory | . The dreamer stands on the other side of the stream from the Pearl-maiden. Pearl is one of the greatest allegories from the High Middle Ages.]]
As a literary device or artistic form, an allegory is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a meaning with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.443468 |
1839 | Allotropy | Allotrophy}}
and graphite are two allotropes of carbon: pure forms of the same element that differ in crystalline structure.]]
Allotropy or allotropism () is the property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms, in the same physical state, known as allotropes of the elements. Allotropes are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropy | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.497475 |
1840 | Agathocles of Syracuse | | birth_date = 361 BC
| birth_place = Himera
| death_date = 289 BC
| death_place = Syracuse
| predecessor = Timoleon
| successor = Hicetas
| queen = Theoxena
| royal house | father Carcinus of Rhegium
| mother | issue
With first wife
*Archagathus
*Heracleides
With Alcia?
*Lanassa
*Agathocles II
With Theoxena
*Archagat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathocles_of_Syracuse | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.515953 |
1841 | Economy of Alberta | 4,421,876 (2020)
}}
The economy of Alberta is the sum of all economic activity in Alberta, Canada's fourth largest province by population. Alberta's GDP in 2018 was CDN$338.2 billion.
Although Alberta has a presence in many industries such as agriculture, forestry, education, tourism, finance, and manufacturing, the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Alberta | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.570703 |
1842 | Augustin-Louis Cauchy | | birth_place = Paris, France
| death_date
| death_place = Sceaux, France
| residence | nationality French
| alma_mater = École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
| doctoral_advisor = <!-- there were no PhDs in France before 1808 -->
| doctoral_students = Francesco Faà di Bruno<br/>Viktor Bunyakovsky
| known_for = Civil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Louis_Cauchy | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.592676 |
1844 | Archimedes | BC}}
| birth_place = Syracuse, Sicily
| death_date BC|lkno}} (aged approximately 75)
| death_place = Syracuse, Sicily
| field = Mathematics<br />Physics<br />Astronomy<br />Mechanics<br />Engineering
| known_for
}}
Archimedes of Syracuse}}, .}} ( ; ) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.663533 |
1845 | Alternative medicine | <!--References for the lead are contained in the article body. Also see article version ID 890900314, which contains the references in the comments.-->
Alternative medicine is any practice that aims to achieve the healing effects of medicine despite lacking biological plausibility, testability, repeatability or eviden... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.802121 |
1847 | Archimedean solid | , with both forms shown, making 15 models in all.]]
The Archimedean solids are a set of thirteen convex polyhedra whose faces are regular polygons, but not all alike, and whose vertices are all symmetric to each other. The solids were named after Archimedes, although he did not claim credit for them. They belong to the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedean_solid | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.824754 |
1851 | Antiprism | In geometry, an -gonal}} antiprism or -antiprism}} is a polyhedron composed of two parallel direct copies (not mirror images) of an -sided}} polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles. They are represented by the Conway notation .
Antiprisms are a subclass of prismatoids, and are a (degenerate) type of snu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiprism | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.844847 |
1853 | Natural history of Africa | thumb|right|A composite satellite image of Africa.
thumb|Africa map of Köppen climate classification.
The natural history of Africa encompasses some of the well known megafauna of that continent.
Natural history is the study and description of organisms and natural objects, especially their origins, evolution, and int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_history_of_Africa | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.853079 |
1854 | Geography of Africa | <!-- This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" - please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! -->
Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth's surface. Within its regular outline, it comprises an area ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Africa | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.884801 |
1857 | Approval voting | , the voter can select any number of candidates.]]
<!-- Who supports it? Why? How does it do on metrics like social utility efficiency or Condorcet efficiency? Where is it used? What studies are there on it? -->Approval voting is a single-winner rated voting system where voters can approve of all the candidates as they... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting | 2025-04-05T18:25:48.933759 |
1859 | Arizona State University | | established
| motto = On seal: Ditat Deus (Latin)
| mottoeng = "God enriches"
| type = Public research university
| academic_affiliation =
| parent = Arizona Board of Regents
| endowment $1.59 billion (2024)
| budget $7.9 billion (2025)
| accreditation = HLC
| president = Michael M. Crow
| provost = Nancy G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_State_University | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.048422 |
1862 | April 14 | Events
Pre-1600
*43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
*69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.
* 966 – Following... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_14 | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.135059 |
1864 | Astoria, Oregon | | image_flag | image_seal AstoriaSeal.png
| image_map #########|zoomSWITCH:11;9;5;3|typeSWITCH:shape-inverse;shape;point;point|markercity|stroke-width2|stroke-color#5f5f5f|id2SWITCH:Q490724;Q484371;Q824;Q30|type2shape|fill2#ffffff|fill-opacity2SWITCH:0;0.1;0.1;0.1|stroke-width22|stroke-color2#5f5f5f|stroke-opacity2SWIT... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria,_Oregon | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.173288 |
1866 | Alarums and Excursions | Alarums and Excursions (A&E) is an amateur press association (APA) started in June 1975 by Lee Gold; publication continues to the present day. It was one of the first publications to focus solely on role-playing games.
History
In 1964, Bruce Pelz of the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society (LASFS) began a weekly amateu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarums_and_Excursions | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.183033 |
1869 | Alfred Jarry | |birth_place = Laval, France
|death_date
|death_place = Paris, France
|occupation = Writer and dramatist
|nationality = French
|genre = 'Pataphysics
|signature =
}}
Alfred Jarry (; ; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), often cited as a forer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jarry | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.192304 |
1870 | Amalric | Amalric or Amalaric (also Americ, Almerich, Emeric, Emerick and other variations) is a personal name derived from the tribal name Amal (referring to the Gothic Amali) and ric (Gothic reiks) meaning "ruler, prince".
Equivalents in different languages include:
French: Amaury (surname/given name), Amalric (surname), Ama... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalric | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.200071 |
1871 | Amalric, King of Jerusalem | | house=Anjou
| father= Fulk V of Anjou
| mother= Melisende of Jerusalem
| birth_date= 1136
| birth_place| death_date
| death_place=Jerusalem
}}
Amalric (; 113611 July 1174), formerly known in historiography as ,}} was the king of Jerusalem from 1163 until his death. He was, in the opinion of his Muslim adversaries, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalric,_King_of_Jerusalem | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.220159 |
1872 | Aimery of Cyprus | |issue-link =#Family
|issue-pipe =more...
|house = Lusignan
|father = Hugh VIII of Lusignan
|mother = Burgundia of Rancon
|birth_date = 1153
|birth_place |death_date 1 April
|death_place |burial_date
|burial_place |religion
}}
Aimery of Lusignan (, , Amorí; before 11551 April 1205), erroneously referred to as Amalr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimery_of_Cyprus | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.238543 |
1873 | Anthemius of Tralles | Anthemius of Tralles (, Medieval Greek: , Anthémios o Trallianós; – 533 558) was a Byzantine Greek from Tralles who worked as a geometer and architect in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. With Isidore of Miletus, he designed the Hagia Sophia for Justinian I.
Life
Anthemius was one of the five sons o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthemius_of_Tralles | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.249064 |
1874 | Absalon | | image = Absalons ligsten.jpg
| caption = Absalon's grave effigy
| diocese =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| consecration | birth_name <!-- If different from name or full name -->
| birth_date =
| birth_place = near Sorø
| death_date
| death_place = Sorø
| buried = Sorø Abbey
}}
Absalon (21 March 1201) was a Dani... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalon | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.256841 |
1875 | Adhemar of Le Puy | thumb|right|200px|19th-century painting on display at Versailles depicting Adhemar of Le Puy (in red to left of Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse).
Adhemar (also known as Adémar, Aimar, or Aelarz) de Monteil (died 1 August 1098) was one of the principal figures of the First Crusade and was bishop of Puy-en-Velay from befo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhemar_of_Le_Puy | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.263333 |
1878 | Alphonse, Count of Poitiers | Alphonse (11 November 122021 August 1271) was the Count of Poitou from 1225 and Count of Toulouse (as such called Alphonse II) from 1249. As count of Toulouse, he also governed the Marquisate of Provence.
Birth and early life
Born at Poissy, Alphonse was a son of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. He wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse,_Count_of_Poitiers | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.278305 |
1879 | Alfonso Jordan | | death_place = Caesarea, Kingdom of Jerusalem
| father = Raymond IV
| mother = Elvira of Castile
| spouse = Faydiva d'Uzes (m. Sep 1125)
| issue = Raymond<br>Alfonso II of Toulouse<br>Faydiva<br>Bertrand
}}
Alfonso Jordan, also spelled Alfons Jordan or Alphonse Jourdain (1103–1148), was the Count of Tripoli (1105–09)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Jordan | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.306994 |
1880 | Ambroise | Ambroise, sometimes Ambroise of Normandy, (flourished ) was a Norman poet and chronicler of the Third Crusade, author of a work called , which describes in rhyming Old French verse the adventures of as a crusader.
Life
The credit for detecting its value belongs to Gaston Paris, although his edition (1897) was partia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambroise | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.310925 |
1881 | Art Deco | |alt |caption Top to bottom: Chrysler Building in New York City (1930); poster for the Chicago World's Fair (1933); and Victoire hood ornament by René Lalique at Toyota Automobile Museum in Japan (1928)
|yearsactive =
|country = Global
}}
Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.379332 |
1884 | ASCII art | ASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable (from a total of 128) characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary extended characters (beyond the 128 characters of stand... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.410939 |
1887 | Alexius | Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios (, polytonic , "defender", cf. Alexander), especially common in the Byzantine Empire. The female form is Alexia () and its variants such as Alessia (the masculine form of which is Alessio) in Italian.
The name belongs to the most ancient attested Greek names (a-r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexius | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.416730 |
1890 | American English | | Unified English Braille}}
| isoexception = dialect
| glotto = none
| ietf =
| notice = IPA
}}
American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English,}} is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the most widely spoken language in the United States. It is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.482389 |
1893 | Albert Spalding | |death_place=San Diego, California, U.S.
| debutleague = MLB
| debutdate = May 5
| debutyear = 1871
| debutteam = Boston Red Stockings
| finalleague = MLB
| finaldate = August 31
| finalyear = 1878
| finalteam = Chicago White Stockings
| statleague = MLB
| stat1label = Win–loss record
| stat1value = 252–65
| stat2label... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Spalding | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.493573 |
1894 | Africa Alphabet | The Africa Alphabet (also International African Alphabet or IAI alphabet) is a set of letters designed as the basis for Latin alphabets for the languages of Africa. It was initially developed in 1928 by the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures from a combination of the English alphabet and the Inte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Alphabet | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.501030 |
1896 | Acquire | | players = 2–6
| setup_time = 5 minutes
| playing_time = 90 minutes
| random_chance = Tile drawing
| skills = Tile laying, resource management
| footnotes =
}}
Acquire is a board game published by 3M in 1964 that involves multi-player mergers and acquisitions. It was one of the most popular games in the 3M Bookshelf ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquire | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.507975 |
1897 | Australian English | | notice = IPA
| states = Australia
}}
Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia. It is the country's common language and de facto national language. While Australia has no official language, English is the first language of the majority of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.614941 |
1902 | American Airlines Flight 77 | | type = Terrorist suicide hijacking
| site = West wall of the Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
38°52'16.2"N 77°03'29.7"W
| total_fatalities = 189
| fatalities = 64
| occupants = 64
| survivors = 0
| ground_fatalities = 125
| ground_injuries = 109
| plane1_image = N644AA Boeing 757-223 American Airlines - AA,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_77 | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.656112 |
1905 | Ambush | (The Ambush by Évariste Carpentier, 1889)]]
's troops ambushed and decimated by the French and Indians in 1755]]
on a Boer camp in February 1838]]
during the First Anglo-Afghan War in 1842]]
against Russian forces during the January Uprising, 1863]]
An ambush is a surprise attack carried out by people lying in wait... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambush | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.667352 |
1908 | Abzyme | An abzyme (from antibody and enzyme), also called catmab (from catalytic monoclonal antibody), and most often called catalytic antibody or sometimes catab, is a monoclonal antibody with catalytic activity. Abzymes are usually raised in lab animals immunized against synthetic haptens, but some natural abzymes can be fou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abzyme | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.673546 |
1909 | Adaptive radiation | , which are thought to have evolved via an adaptive radiation that diversified their beak shapes, enabling them to exploit different food sources.|250x250px]]
In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms, particula... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_radiation | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.702388 |
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