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1,100 | 4,412 | 1,180,725 | List of nearest stars | 2025-05-13T19:46:08Z | This **list of the nearest stars to Earth** is by distance in light years (ly). These distances are taken from parallax data determined by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (or Recons).
The sources for this information were the Yale Parallax Catalog \[Y\], Hipparcos \[H\], Soderhjelm 1999 \[S\], Tinney 1996 \[T\... | [] |
1,101 | 4,413 | 1,634,936 | List of planets | 2025-09-02T15:07:15Z | This is a list of two types of planets: standard planets and dwarf planets, in the Solar System.
## Planets in the Solar System
- Terrestrial planets
- Mercury – The planet with the second highest temperature in the Solar System and the closest planet to the Sun.
- Venus – The warmest planet. Sometimes called ... | [] |
1,102 | 4,414 | 532,461 | List of galaxies | 2025-10-23T17:58:03Z | **List of galaxies** and galaxy clusters. Because there are so many galaxies in the universe, this list has been divided into several categories.
The first catalog that catalogues galaxies is the Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies.
## List of nearby galaxies
This is list of nearby galaxies to the Milk... | [] |
1,103 | 4,415 | 1,749,732 | List of nearest galaxies | 2026-02-18T13:28:29Z | This **list of the nearest galaxies to Earth** is ordered by increasing distance. Many of the distances are only estimates, and some may be incorrect by 50% or more. The distance ranking in this list should be seen only as a guess. Distances are given in light years (ly).
## The nearest galaxies (ranked)
1. Milky Way... | [] |
1,104 | 4,416 | 863,768 | List of satellites of the Milky Way | 2022-08-16T22:30:05Z | **List of satellites of Milky Way:**
- Canis Major dwarf galaxy - 25,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
- Sagittarius dwarf - 81,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
- Large Magellanic Cloud - 160,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
- Small Magellanic Cloud - 190,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
- Ursa Minor dwarf - 205,500 ly (sa... | [] |
1,105 | 4,417 | 1,604,351 | List of comets | 2025-06-03T01:34:33Z | This is a list of some comets in the solar system.
Periodic comets visit us again and again. Non-periodic comets visit us only once. On this list there is a "P" in front of the periodic comets. In front of non-periodic comets there is a "C". There is sometimes a number in front of the "P": it shows the number of time... | [] |
1,106 | 4,418 | 62,235 | List of stars with confirmed extrasolar planets | 2015-02-18T21:38:14Z | The following is a list of main sequence stars with confirmed extrasolar planets. Note that the masses of the planets are lower bounds only. If a planet is detected by the spectral line displacement method referred to above, no information is gained about the inclination of the planet's plane of orbit around its star, ... | [] |
1,107 | 4,421 | 816,432 | List of water sports | 2025-08-28T08:22:53Z | Many sports are played in water.
The following is a **list of water sports**, divided by category. This list is not complete. Some of the sports include only one part to swimming, as for example Triathlon.
## In the water (13)
- Swimming
- Triathlon - Usually a combination of swimming, cycling and running
- Modern pe... | [] |
1,108 | 4,422 | 22,027 | List of waterways | 2024-11-02T06:07:47Z | The **list of waterways** is a link page for any river, canal, estuary, or firth.
## Albania
## Australia
- Swan River
- Port Jackson
- Botany Bay
## Belgium
- Ghent-Terneuzen Canal
## Brazil
- Amazon River
- Tocantins River
## Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosna
- Buna
- Drina
- Neretva
- Una
- Vrbas
## Canada
-... | [] |
1,109 | 4,423 | 1,161,309 | List of wave topics | 2025-11-23T20:10:13Z | This is a **list of wave topics**, by Wikipedia page.
## 0-9
- 21 cm line
## A
- Abbe prism
- Airy disc
- Alfvén wave
- amphidromic point
- amplitude
- amplitude modulation
- analog sound vs. digital sound
- atmospheric diffraction
- atmospheric wave
- atmospheric waveguide
- audience wave
## B
- Babinet's princi... | [] |
1,110 | 4,424 | 22,027 | List of waterfalls | 2024-11-03T06:53:30Z | This is a **list of waterfalls**.
## Africa
- Boyoma Falls (Stanley Falls) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mutarazi Falls
- Sipi Falls - Uganda
- Tugela Falls
- Victoria Falls - widest in the world
## North America
### Canada
- Bow Glacier Falls - Banff National Park
- Della Falls - highest in Canada
- Empero... | [] |
1,111 | 4,427 | 18,539 | List of tunnels | 2021-08-20T11:01:39Z | The **list of tunnels** is a link page for any road tunnel, railway tunnel, or waterway tunnel anywhere in the world.
## Australia
- Sydney Harbour Tunnel
## Austria
- Tauern Tunnel
## Canada
- Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
## France
- Channel Tunnel
- Mont Blanc Tunnel
## Iceland
- Hvalfjörður Tunnel
- Vestfirðir ... | [] |
1,112 | 4,428 | 1,850,945 | List of tallest structures in the world | 2026-09-25T11:52:56Z | This is a **list of tallest structures in the world**, past and present of any type. Most of the structures are television broadcasting masts. There are also the taller tower-type structures (like the CN Tower) and the taller high rise buildings (like the Sears Tower).
The list also includes some other structures li... | [] |
1,113 | 4,429 | 8,212,799 | List of symbols | 2022-05-08T09:09:29Z | This is a list of graphical signs, icons, and symbols.
## Religious and mystical symbols
\* Alchemical symbols
\* Astrological signs
\* Aum
\* Caduceus
\* Conch shell
\* Crescent
\* Crescent and star
\* Cross
\* Cross of Lorraine
\* Crucifix
\* Dharma wheel
\* Eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism
\* Eye of Ho... | [] |
1,114 | 4,430 | 1,810,095 | List of supermarkets | 2026-05-25T06:22:05Z | This is a list of supermarkets around the world.
## Australia
- Coles
- Bi-Lo
- Woolworths
- IGA Australia
- Aldi Australia
- Franklins
- Foodworks
- SPAR
- 5 Star
- Supabarn
## Austria
- Hofer - Austrian name for Aldi
- Zielpunkt
- Billa
- Penny
- Spar
- ADEG
- Nah und Frisch
- Lidl
## Belgium
- Albert Heijn
- ... | [] |
1,115 | 4,442 | 532,461 | Acid | 2025-06-26T06:46:12Z | An **acid** is a type of chemical compound. The definition of an acid has changed as people discovered more about chemistry. Acids were originally grouped together by their properties: they taste sour, change the color of litmus paper to red, and make salts when reacted with certain other chemicals.
There are two main... | [] |
1,116 | 4,443 | 1,604,351 | White dwarf | 2025-04-17T15:44:39Z | A **white dwarf** is a compact star. Their matter is squashed together. Gravitation has pulled the atoms close together, and taken off their electrons. The mass of a white dwarf is similar to the mass of the Sun, but its volume is similar to that of the Earth.
White dwarfs are the final evolutionary state of all stars... | [] |
1,117 | 4,444 | 532,461 | Beach | 2025-08-07T01:25:33Z | A **beach** is a landform along the coast of an ocean, sea, lake, or river. It usually consists of loose particles, such as sand, gravel, shingle, or pebbles. The particles of a beach are sometimes biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or bits of coral and sometimes bits of igneous rock, but the most common mine... | [] |
1,118 | 4,447 | 693,482 | Mental illness | 2026-07-26T08:19:29Z | A **mental illness** is an illness of the mind. It can be a psychiatric disorder, a psychological disorder, mental disease, mental breakdown, nervous breakdown, or mental health conditions. Historically, people with mental illness were calledlunatics. People with a mental illness may behave in strange ways, or have str... | [] |
1,119 | 4,448 | 1,820,562 | Depression (mental illness) | 2026-06-12T06:47:08Z | **Depression** (also called **major depressive disorder**, **unipolar depression** or **clinical depression**) is a mental illness. Many people think that depression just means a person is very sad. However, depression can cause many symptoms in the body as well as mood problems.
## Diagnosis
The ICD-10 is used aroun... | [] |
1,120 | 4,449 | 95,036 | Qur'an | 2026-07-17T14:35:15Z | The **Qur'an** (القُرْآنٌ) is the central book of Islam. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims to be "The Word of Allah (God)". This book is believed to have been revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel.
For Muslims, the Qur'an is Allah's last revelation, the last in a chain of many revelations such as th... | [] |
1,121 | 4,450 | 1,845,392 | Tony Blair | 2026-07-27T19:42:07Z | **Sir Anthony Charles Lynton** "**Tony**" **Blair** (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007. On the day he stood down as Prime Minist... | [] |
1,122 | 4,452 | 9,240,733 | Accident | 2023-12-09T22:20:20Z | An **accident** is when something goes wrong when it is not meant to. Physical accidents are things like collisions, injuries, and falling. Non-physical accidents are things like telling someone a secret without meaning to, forgetting something important, or deleting an important computer file.
Road accidents kill tho... | [] |
1,123 | 4,453 | 1,734,355 | Acne | 2026-07-09T08:38:42Z | **Acne** is an infection of the skin, caused by changes in the sebaceous glands. The most common form of acne is called **acne vulgaris**, which means "common acne". The redness comes from the inflammation of the skin in response to the infection.
Oils from the glands combine with dead skin cells to block hair follicl... | [] |
1,124 | 4,455 | 40,117 | Dinosaur | 2026-09-22T18:29:57Z | **Dinosaurs** are a group of Archosaur reptiles of the clade **Dinosauria**. Dinosaurs eventually gave rise to birds.
Dinosaurs were the most powerful land animals of the Mesozoic era. Over 500 different genera of dinosaurs are known. Fossils of dinosaurs have been found on every continent.
Dinosaurs evolved in the ... | [] |
1,125 | 4,456 | 314,538 | Stone Age | 2025-12-10T02:55:32Z | The **Stone Age** was a prehistoric time when people made tools from stone such as flint. It began when people created the first stone tools about 3.3 million years ago. It lasted for about 3.4 million years, and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC. About 99% of human history happened during the Stone Age.
## Life
S... | [] |
1,126 | 4,457 | 170,917 | Adolf Hitler | 2026-09-26T16:42:34Z | **Adolf Hitler** (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945), was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of *Führer und Reichska... | [] |
1,127 | 4,460 | 532,461 | Virgil | 2026-04-26T04:15:29Z | **Publius Vergilius Maro** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-la"><div data-arg>ˈpuːbliʊs wɛrˈɡɪliʊs ˈmaroː</div><div data-arg>classical</div></template>; traditional dates 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called **Virgil** or **Vergil** (IPAC: ˈvɜːrdʒɪl ) in English, was a poet in the... | [] |
1,128 | 4,461 | 1,542,442 | Alcohol (chemistry) | 2025-03-25T14:08:28Z | In chemistry, **alcohol** is a general term which refers to many organic compounds used in industry and science as reagents, solvents, and fuels. Common alcohols include rubbing alcohol, grain alcohol, wood alcohol, ethylene glycol, glycerin, and phenol.
Simple alcohols are made of an alkyl group with one or more hydr... | [] |
1,129 | 4,462 | 1,674,404 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 2026-01-20T17:01:56Z | **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791; pronounced *MOHT-sart*) was a composer, instrumentalist, and music teacher. His full baptised name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. He was born in Salzburg (then a free archbishopric city within the Holy Roman Empire, now Austria).... | [] |
1,130 | 4,463 | 1,656,493 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 2025-11-22T22:40:31Z | **Johann Sebastian Bach** (31 March 1685 in Eisenach – 28 July 1750 in Leipzig; pronounced *BAHK*) was a German composer, who was more known as an organist in his time. He lived in the last part of the Baroque period. He is most famous for his work *Toccata and Fugue in D Minor*, *St. Matthew Passion*, *St. John Passio... | [] |
1,131 | 4,464 | 693,482 | Atmosphere of Earth | 2026-07-26T15:52:55Z | The Earth's **atmosphere** is the layer of gases around the Earth. It is held in place by Earth's gravity. It is today made up mainly of nitrogen (78.1%). It also has plentiful oxygen (20.9%) and small amounts of argon (0.9%), carbon dioxide (\~ 0.035%), water vapor, and other gases. The atmosphere protects life on Ea... | [] |
1,132 | 4,465 | 1,758,024 | Human penis | 2026-08-31T10:10:30Z | The **human penis** is a male body part found on the outside of the body. It is used for urination and for sexual intercourse. The main sexual function of the penis is to be inserted into a female's vagina and deliver semen, to cause pregnancy. The penis also provides pleasure during other types of sexual activity, inc... | [] |
1,133 | 4,466 | 532,461 | Sahara | 2025-08-02T03:41:35Z | The **Sahara**, in North Africa, is the largest desert in the world except for Antarctica. The Sahara is the largest hot desert. It is between 4500 and long and between 1500 and wide.
It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlas Mountains, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Sahel region. It runs through man... | [] |
1,134 | 4,467 | 1,776,674 | Paris | 2026-03-31T06:59:41Z | **Paris** (nicknamed the "*City of light*") is the capital city of France, and the largest city in France. The area is 105 km2, and around 2.15 million people live there. If suburbs are counted, the population of the Paris area rises to 10.7 million people. It is the most densely populated city in the European Union, w... | [] |
1,135 | 4,469 | 141,440 | The Holocaust | 2026-09-26T01:25:12Z | **The Holocaust** was the genocide of Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany, other Axis powers and their local collaborators in occupied territories between 1933 and 1945. At least 6,000,000 (six million) Jews (67% pre-war European Jews) were killed.
## Overview
The Nazis called themselves *Übermensch* ("master race") and w... | [] |
1,136 | 4,470 | 319,114 | Kyoto | 2024-11-23T01:45:29Z | **Kyoto** (京都) is a city in Japan. This city was the capital of Japan from 794 until 1868.
Kyoto is a major city in the Kansai region of Japan. Its population is 1.5 million people. The city of Kyoto is the capital city of the prefecture of Kyoto. Kyoto is one of the cultural, educational, and technology centers of Ja... | [] |
1,137 | 4,471 | 966,595 | Anarchy | 2024-06-29T14:20:17Z | **Anarchy** (from Greek αναρχια meaning "without a leader") is a word that has more than one meaning. Some of its meanings are:
1. When there is no leader, or when nobody has power over everyone (used in the anarchist movement).
2. When there is no political order, and there is confusion (used often in mass media)
3. ... | [] |
1,138 | 4,472 | 1,704,901 | DNA | 2026-09-17T01:03:52Z | **DNA**, short for **deoxyribonucleic acid**, is the molecule that contains the genetic code of living organisms. This includes animals, plants, protists, archaea and bacteria. It is made up of two polynucleotide chains in a double helix.
DNA, present in most cells such as skin, muscle, and nerve cells, contains the ... | [] |
1,139 | 4,473 | 16,695 | Karl Marx | 2026-06-01T03:46:04Z | **Karl Marx** (5 May 1818 in Trier, Prussia – 14 March 1883 in London, England) was a German political thinker who wrote about economics and politics. Marx thought that human societies develop through class struggle. Marx believed that no economic class*—*wage workers, land owners, etc. should have power over another. ... | [] |
1,140 | 4,475 | 1,452,189 | Bread | 2026-10-01T07:30:37Z | **Bread** is a type of baked food. It is mainly made from dough, which is made mainly from flour and water. Usually, salt and yeast are added. Bread is often baked in an oven. It can be bought all over the world.
Bread can be toasted or used to make sandwiches. Bread can be made into many different foods, like pizza. ... | [] |
1,141 | 4,480 | 1,838,440 | Shinto | 2026-07-15T07:55:41Z | **Shinto** (神道) is a form of Japanese animism. It has many *kami*, translated as gods or nature spirits. Some "kami" are just spirits of certain places, and some are the overall "kami" (like "Amaterasu", the Sun goddess). The word "Shinto" comes from the Japanese words "神", *shin*—the word for spirit or god, and "道", *... | [] |
1,142 | 4,483 | 16,695 | Volcano | 2026-08-14T02:53:49Z | A **volcano** is a mountain that has lava (hot, liquid rock) coming out from a magma chamber under the ground, or did have in the past. Volcanoes are formed by the movement of tectonic plates.
Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's plates, e.g., in the East African Rift. Volcanoe... | [] |
1,143 | 4,484 | 1,870,787 | Big Bang | 2026-09-11T23:54:49Z | The **Big Bang** is a physical theory about how the universe started expanding, and then made the stars and galaxies we see today. The Big Bang is the name that scientists use for the most common theory of the universe, from the very early stages to the present day.
The most commonly considered alternatives are called ... | [] |
1,144 | 4,489 | 1,558,358 | Gmail | 2026-05-20T20:23:58Z | **Gmail** is a mailbox provider by Google. It is the largest email service worldwide, with 1.8 billion users. It is accessible via a web browser (webmail), mobile app, or through third-party email clients via the POP and IMAP protocols. Users can also connect non-Gmail e-mail accounts to their Gmail inbox. The service ... | [] |
1,145 | 4,491 | 8,090,857 | Astronomer | 2022-03-06T12:36:46Z | An **astronomer** is a scientist who studies astronomy. Observational astronomers work in observatories with telescopes to collect information from things in outer space such as planets, stars, or galaxies. Theoretical astronomers study the collected information, and use it to help us understand how the universe behave... | [] |
1,146 | 4,492 | 1,161,309 | Analysis | 2025-07-12T01:07:01Z | **Analysis** is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (384–322 B.C.), though *analysis* as a formal concept is a relatively recent development.
The word co... | [] |
1,147 | 4,493 | 693,482 | Foolishness | 2022-07-09T02:07:50Z | **Foolishness** is when someone acts without wisdom or sense. A foolish decision is one made without careful reasoning or judgement. An act of foolishness is called **folly**. A person who shows foolishness may be called a **fool**. It is different to stupidity, which is the lack of intelligence.
A *fool's errand* is ... | [] |
1,148 | 4,494 | 1,743,809 | Aristotle | 2026-04-01T19:01:54Z | **Aristotle** (Stagira, Macedonia, 384 [BC]{.small} – Chalicis, Euboea, Greece, 7 March 322 [BC]{.small}) was a Greek philosopher. He was one of the most important philosophers in the history of Western civilization. Aristotle wrote many books, and some of those books survive. Aristotle tutored Alexander the Great whe... | [] |
1,149 | 4,496 | 693,482 | Carl Sagan | 2026-09-09T12:30:29Z | **Carl Edward Sagan** (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer. He was very interested in what extraterrestrial life on other planets would be like, which is known as SETI (Search for extraterrestrial intelligence). Sagan was a science communicator, which meant he taught people about science. H... | [] |
1,150 | 4,524 | 1,476,056 | Matsuo Basho | 2024-08-09T03:03:00Z | **Matsuo Munefusa**, known as **Matsuo Bashō** (松尾芭蕉, 1644 - November 28, 1694) was a Japanese poet. He is known as the greatest maker of haiku, a kind of poetry with 17 syllables. The Japanese written language was difficult to master, but haiku was easy for him to write. Matsuo's haikus included characteristics of nat... | [] |
1,151 | 4,527 | 693,482 | Colonization | 2026-07-22T16:43:35Z | **Colonization** is the act of the people of a country settling in another area or country to rule the place. An early example is the settlers who went from the cities of Ancient Greece to start new cities.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas. This is how the Europeans learned that North America and S... | [] |
1,152 | 4,529 | 1,522,289 | Choreography | 2025-01-25T22:14:46Z | **Choreography** (dance-writing) is the art of making dances. It tells dancers how they should dance and move. The word has been used since the late 18th century to mean the art of composing dance.
## Overview
A person who does choreography is called a *choreographer*. A choreographer makes a dance based on music or ... | [] |
1,153 | 4,534 | 8,976,409 | Electrical cell | 2023-08-02T12:42:57Z | An **electrical cell** is a device used to generate electricity, or to make chemical reactions by applying electricity. A battery is one or more cells, connected. This cell is also known as electrochemical cell.
## Cells producing electricity
The simple electrical cells were first developed in 1800s. They are also c... | [] |
1,154 | 4,535 | 8,935,955 | Dry cell | 2023-07-14T03:14:49Z | **Dry cells** are a type of chemical cells. Dry cells are commonly used today in the form of batteries. Dry cells are used in many electrical appliances. Most dry cells are not truly dry; they still contain a liquid electrolyte, but it is immobilized in a paste or gel. Several truly dry, or solid-state, batteries have ... | [] |
1,155 | 4,536 | 532,461 | Vietnam War | 2026-07-26T04:23:10Z | The **Vietnam War** (also known as the **Second Indochina War, Vietnamese-American War** or the **American War** in Vietnam) lasted from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975. It was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea, and South Vietnam was... | [] |
1,156 | 4,538 | 1,604,351 | Sahel | 2025-10-13T20:42:28Z | The **Sahel** is a narrow belt of land in North Africa. It is a strip of land about 5500 kilometers long and 450 kilometres wide. It lies at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert
The Sahel has a tropical semi-arid climate. It is between the dry desert land to the north and the forest areas to the south. The tempera... | [] |
1,157 | 4,541 | 1,734,355 | Chemical change | 2026-05-26T02:17:46Z | A **chemical change** (**chemical reaction**) is a change of materials into other materials with different properties.
Chemical changes occur when a substance combines with another to form a new substance, or, chemical decomposition into two or more different substances. These processes are called chemical reactions.... | [] |
1,158 | 4,542 | 1,590,957 | Physical change | 2025-03-12T16:18:05Z | A **physical change** is a type of change in which the form of matter is altered but one substance is not transformed into another. The size or shape of matter may be changed, but no chemical reaction occurs.
All physical changes are reversible and their mass does not change. Some examples are changes of shape, change... | [] |
1,159 | 4,546 | 532,461 | Ronald Reagan | 2026-09-25T17:39:35Z | **Ronald Wilson Reagan** (IPAC: ˈreɪɡən ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, spokesperson and actor. He was the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Before becoming president, he was the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975. He was also the 9th and 13th president of the... | [] |
1,160 | 4,549 | 1,391,867 | United Nations | 2026-09-30T05:32:36Z | The **United Nations** (**UN**) is an organization between countries established on 24 October 1945 to promote international cooperation. It was founded to replace the League of Nations following World War II and to prevent another conflict. When it was founded, the UN had 51 members. Now there are 193. Most nations ar... | [] |
1,161 | 4,554 | 9,749,457 | List of historians | 2024-09-04T15:43:25Z | This is a **list of historians**.
The names are grouped by order of the historical period in which they were writing, which is not necessarily the same as the period in which they specialised.
Chroniclers and annalists, though they are not historians in the true sense, are also listed here for convenience.
## Ancien... | [] |
1,162 | 4,558 | 1,214,417 | Marco Polo | 2025-03-05T15:48:54Z | **Marco Polo** was born in 1254 and died on January 8, 1324. He was an Italian trader and explorer. He was one of the first Europeans to explore Central Asia and East Asia. Many other explorers, including Christopher Columbus, looked up to him. He spoke four languages.
Marco Polo was known for the book, *Travels of Ma... | [] |
1,163 | 4,561 | 1,464,674 | Herpes zoster | 2026-03-26T20:45:36Z | **Herpes zoster** (also known as **shingles** or **zona**) is a disease in humans. The same virus that causes chickenpox also causes shingles. The symptoms are pain and a rash with blisters. The shingles vaccine reduces the risk of shingles. Antivirus medicine can reduce the seriousness and duration of shingles if star... | [] |
1,164 | 4,570 | 693,482 | A Brief History of Time | 2026-09-03T12:51:29Z | ***A Brief History of Time*** (1988) is a book written by the scientist and mathematician Stephen Hawking. The subject of the book is cosmology, the story of the universe.
There are two other versions of this book: The *Illustrated A Brief History of Time* and *A Briefer History of Time*. The Illustrated A Brief Histo... | [] |
1,165 | 4,579 | 1,810,032 | Alexander Graham Bell | 2026-05-25T03:05:51Z | **Alexander Graham Bell** (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born British-Canadian-American teacher, scientist, and inventor. He was the founder of the Bell Telephone Company. In 1876, Bell was the first inventor to patent the telephone, and he helped start the Bell Telephone Company with others in July 18... | [] |
1,166 | 4,582 | 966,595 | Heinrich Rudolf Hertz | 2022-03-31T08:30:40Z | **Heinrich Rudolf Hertz** (22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894) was a German physicist. In 1888 he discovered the radio waves previously predicted by Maxwell's equations. He also proved that light is a kind of electromagnetic waves. The unit for frequency is named after him.
Hertz was born in Hamburg in 1857. He studied... | [] |
1,167 | 4,583 | 1,011,873 | 1850 | 2025-07-05T15:29:34Z | {{#Year article header}}1850{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- The speed of light in water was observed to be slower than that in air.
## Books
- *The Scarlet Letter* by Nathaniel Hawthorne
## Births
- January 21 – Paul Vinzenz Busch, ringmaster (d. 1927)
- January 27 – Samuel Gompers, English-born labor leader... | [] |
1,168 | 4,584 | 10,491,581 | 1869 | 2025-09-02T14:23:50Z | {{#Year article header}}1869{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- The Periodic table was developed.
## Births
- January 1 – Sigma Nu, First Anti-Hazing Honor/Social Fraternity
- January 4 – Tommy Corcoran, baseball player
- January 10 – Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic
- January 15 – Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dra... | [] |
1,169 | 4,586 | 10,249,974 | 1621 | 2025-05-11T07:20:28Z | {{#Year article header}}1621{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- February 9 – Gregory XV is elected pope.
- February 17 – Miles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth Colony.
- March 16 – Samoset, a Wampanoag, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samos... | [] |
1,170 | 4,588 | 10,249,900 | 1687 | 2025-05-11T07:02:31Z | {{#Year article header}}1687{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 19 – The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River.
- April 4 – King James II of England issues the Declaration of Indulgence, suspending laws against Catholics and non-conform... | [] |
1,171 | 4,589 | 1,011,873 | 1822 | 2025-07-05T15:29:24Z | {{#Year article header}}1822{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- André-Marie Ampère discovered the attraction between current-carrying wires.
- The law of electric current and magnetic field was developed.
- The Sunday Times newspaper is first published in the United Kingdom.
## Births
- February 25 – Princess Char... | [] |
1,172 | 4,590 | 1,011,873 | 1824 | 2025-07-05T15:29:23Z | {{#Year article header}}1824{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Heat was discovered to be transferred from hot to cold objects.
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals founded.
- Brauerei C & A Veltins brewery founded
- Thomas Jefferson University founded
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1,173 | 4,591 | 1,011,873 | 1826 | 2025-07-05T15:29:22Z | {{#Year article header}}1826{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- The first photograph was taken.
- John Adams second president, and third president Thomas Jefferson both died same day Independence Day.
## Births
- January 12 – William Chapman Rawlston, banker and financier
- January 26 – Louis Favre, Swiss enginee... | [] |
1,174 | 4,592 | 1,011,873 | 1827 | 2025-07-05T15:29:22Z | {{#Year article header}}1827{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- People see individual particles of water move.
## Births
- February 5 – Peter Lalor, leader of miners rebellion at Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Australia
## Deaths
- March 26 – Ludwig van Beethoven
## New Books
- *Book of Songs* (poetry) – Heinrich... | [] |
1,175 | 4,593 | 314,522 | 1815 | 2025-07-11T18:53:54Z | {{#Year article header}}1815{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Fresnel developed the theory of light diffraction.
- Napoleon loses the Battle of Waterloo and is sent to Saint Helena.
## Births
- January 10 – John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
- February 15 – Constantin von Tischendorf, Ge... | [] |
1,176 | 4,594 | 8,693,169 | Deep house | 2023-02-20T09:01:27Z | **Deep house** is a type of house music. It has influences from disco music and jazz music. The BPM of deep house is usually 100 - 128.
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1,177 | 4,596 | 532,461 | Cytokine | 2026-03-25T22:25:52Z | **Cytokines** are a group of signalling molecules made by cells. They help to control the immune system and fight disease. They are similar to hormones and, as we learn more about each, distinctions between the two are fading.
Cytokines carry signals locally between cells, and these signals have an effect on other cel... | [] |
1,178 | 4,597 | 693,482 | Bristol | 2026-08-17T14:48:19Z | **Bristol** is a city and ceremonial county in England. It is home to nearly 430,000 people. The River Avon runs through it to the Severn estuary.
## Geography
It is between the counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. In 1373, King Edward III ordered that it should be a county itself forever. However, it lost count... | [] |
1,179 | 4,599 | 314,522 | 1858 | 2025-07-23T18:44:58Z | {{#Year article header}}1858{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Charles Darwin proposes the natural selection of species.
- A civil war between conservatists and liberals starts in Mexico.
- The British Empire or rule, begins in India after the surrender and exile of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II
## Birt... | [] |
1,180 | 4,600 | 1,688,831 | 1899 | 2025-11-20T20:03:43Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1899{{/Year in various calendars}}
**1899** (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar, the 1899th year of the Common Era (CE) and *Anno Domini* (AD) designations, {{#Year article header/year number... | [] |
1,181 | 4,602 | 1,398,040 | Bright Eyes (band) | 2024-08-23T22:38:03Z | **Bright Eyes** is an American indie rock band. The people in the band are Conor Oberst, a singer-songwriter; Mike Mogis, a musician and producer; and other friends and session musicians from Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Many people think the band's songs are about Oberst, but Oberst has said that they are not. For example, ... | [] |
1,182 | 4,603 | 1,549,658 | Honeycomb | 2024-12-02T22:56:18Z | A **honeycomb** is a container made by bees out of wax that they produce. The bees make a honeycomb as a place to keep their honey. Bees make honey from nectar that they collect from flowers. After bees collect nectar from flowers, and make it into honey, the bees then put the honey in the small six sided areas of the ... | [] |
1,183 | 4,606 | 1,751,120 | Greek language | 2026-02-20T15:01:36Z | The **Greek language**, also referred to as the **Grecian language**, is an Indo-European language that is the official language of Greece (Hellas) and Cyprus. It was first spoken in Greece and was also once spoken along the coast of Asia Minor (now part of Turkey) and in southern Italy. It also used to be widely used ... | [] |
1,184 | 4,608 | 1,850,851 | Kamishibai | 2026-08-06T21:37:14Z | **Kami-shibai** (Japanese: 紙芝居) is a storytelling performance with picture cards, and is a traditional Japanese entertainment for children. In Japanese "Kami" means paper and "shibai" means drama or entertainment. The performer tells a story and shows pictures from scene to scene. Kami-shibai is a bidirectional media w... | [] |
1,185 | 4,609 | 1,424,781 | Murasaki Shikibu | 2024-02-28T18:38:06Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="nihongo"><div data-arg><strong>Murasaki Shikibu</strong></div><div data-arg>紫式部</div><div data-arg></div><div data-arg>c. 973 – c. 1020</div></template> was a novelist, poet, and servant of the Imperial Court during the Heian period of Japan. She is well known as the... | [] |
1,186 | 4,612 | 212,981 | Pepsin | 2016-03-15T19:56:16Z | **Pepsin** is an enzyme. It acts on proteins in the stomach, which has a low pH because of the Hydrochloric acid. It works best at a pH of about 1.5. It will not work at a pH above 6.
It was the first animal enzyme to be discovered. Theodor Schwann discovered it in 1836.
Pepsin is used to make cheese.
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1,187 | 4,613 | 1,521,690 | PH | 2024-09-29T17:00:11Z | **pH** is a scale of acidity from 0 to 14. It tells how acidic or alkaline a substance is.
More acidic solutions have lower pH. More alkaline solutions have higher pH. Substances that aren't acidic or alkaline (that is, neutral solutions) usually have a pH of 7.
Acids have a pH that is less than 7. Alkalis have a pH t... | [] |
1,188 | 4,614 | 68,103 | Tapeworm | 2021-07-10T22:02:48Z | **Tapeworms** are the class **Cestoda** of segmented flatworms (Platyhelminthes).They are parasitic, which means that they need another larger creature as a host. Tapeworms live inside the intestines of vertebrate animals. This includes humans. When a vertebrate has a tapeworm, they may lose weight and become weaker.
... | [] |
1,189 | 4,616 | 1,767,200 | Omnivore | 2026-04-21T11:57:43Z | An **omnivore** is an animal whose species gets its energy and nutrients from a diet made up of foods that include plants, animals, algae, fungi and bacteria.
Many omnivores change their eating habits during their life cycle. They are sometimes called "life-history omnivores", because they are only omnivores if their ... | [] |
1,190 | 4,618 | 693,482 | Herbivore | 2026-07-26T15:24:53Z | **Herbivores** are animals that only eat plants. They are *herbivorous* animals.
Most modern herbivores (such as deer, elephants, horses) are grazers with teeth that are adapted to grind grass. The main present-day vegetation in most continents is grassland. Some herbivorous animals do eat eggs and sometimes other ani... | [] |
1,191 | 4,624 | 1,232,255 | Hindi | 2026-09-23T04:04:26Z | {{Constitutionally recognised languages in India}}
**Modern Standard Hindi** (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी), or simply **Hindi** (हिन्दी), historically known as ***Hindavi*** (हिन्दवी) or ***Rekhta*** (रेख़्ता), is an Indo-Aryan language. It is the biggest language in India and one of the official languages. Nearly half the pe... | [] |
1,192 | 4,625 | 10,491,580 | 1870 | 2025-09-02T14:23:38Z | **1870** (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
## Births
- January 8 – Miguel Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain (d. 1930)
- January 15 – Pierre S. DuPont, industrialist
-... | [] |
1,193 | 4,626 | 10,391,150 | 1871 | 2025-07-13T21:49:35Z | **1871** (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- January 2 – Amadeus I becomes King of Spain.
- January 18 – Germany becomes a unified country called the German Empire when states of the North German Confederat... | [] |
1,194 | 4,627 | 1,011,873 | 1882 | 2025-07-05T13:44:07Z | {{#Year article header}}1882{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- May 20 – Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
- March 29 – The Knights of Columbus are set up.
- Edison builds first power station in the United States.
## Births
- January 6 – Fan S. Noli, Albanian poet and political figure (d.... | [] |
1,195 | 4,628 | 1,689,913 | 1941 | 2025-11-09T21:10:32Z | **1941** (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 6 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.
- January 10 – Lend-Lease is introduced into the United States Congress.
- January 19 – British troops attack Ital... | [] |
1,196 | 4,629 | 1,790,106 | 1945 | 2026-04-21T09:40:32Z | **1945** (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar. It was known for the end of World War II and the founding of UNO and UNESCO.
## Events
- January 27 - The Red Army liberates Auschwitz concentration camp.
- April 30 - Adolf Hitler committed suicide.
- May 9 - Victory Day
- May 12 – Re... | [] |
1,197 | 4,633 | 1,674,404 | Ludwig van Beethoven | 2026-09-21T18:22:19Z | {{good}}
**Ludwig van Beethoven** (baptized 17 December 1770 in Bonn – 26 March 1827 in Vienna; pronounced *LUD-vig vahn BAY-TOH-ven*) was a German composer. He wrote classical music for the piano, orchestras and different groups of instruments. His best-known works are his third (*Eroica*), fifth, sixth (*Pastorale*... | [] |
1,198 | 4,634 | 532,461 | Roald Amundsen | 2025-12-15T21:36:50Z | **Roald Amundsen** was a Norwegian explorer who focused on the poles. He led the first expedition to reach the South Pole and the first that could prove it made it to the North Pole. Amundsen was also the first man known to travel the Northwest Passage.
## Life
When Amundsen was young, he decided he would use his lif... | [] |
1,199 | 4,635 | 1,860,366 | Christopher Columbus | 2026-08-23T18:29:56Z | **Christopher Columbus** (1451-1506) was an Italian trader, explorer, and navigator. The consensus view is that he was born in Genoa in the year 1451, the son of a weaver named Domenico Colombo and a seamstress named Susanna Fontanarossa. Many alternative theories on his origins exist, but are dismissed by the majority... | [] |
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