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5,100 | 17,499 | 8,700,863 | Javan tiger | 2023-02-25T08:13:01Z | The **Javan tiger** (*Panthera tigris sondaica*) is 1 of 3 extinct subspecies of tigers. It lived on the island of Java in Indonesia. It became extinct in the 1970s-1990s. The last known sighting of one was in 1972.
It was small when compared with the subspecies from the Asian mainland. However, it was larger than th... | [] |
5,101 | 17,506 | 10,250,080 | 1528 | 2025-05-11T07:45:29Z | {{#Year article header}}1528{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- June 19 – Battle of Landriano – A French army in Italy under Marshal St. Pol is decisively defeated.
- November 6 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot on Texas.
- Andrea Doria revolts... | [] |
5,102 | 17,507 | 10,250,078 | 1529 | 2025-05-11T07:45:15Z | {{#Year article header}}1529{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- April 22 – Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
- March 7 or 9 – At the Battle of Shimbra Kure, Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-... | [] |
5,103 | 17,508 | 77,759 | Abacus | 2026-04-15T23:00:24Z | An **abacus** is an old tool used for arithmetic. It is still used in some parts of the world, and it is well suited for use in shops and street markets. Sometimes blind people use an abacus, because they can feel the numbers easily. The most common abacuses work by moving beads on rods.
Abacuses can do addition, subt... | [] |
5,104 | 17,509 | 10,250,027 | 1573 | 2025-05-11T07:32:24Z | **1573** (MDLXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Monday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
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- January 10 – Simon Marius, German astronomer (died 1624)
- April 17 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (died 1651)
- April 26 – Marie ... | [] |
5,105 | 17,510 | 1,011,873 | 1606 | 2025-07-05T15:24:43Z | {{#Year article header}}1606{{/Year article header}}
## Births
- February 12 – John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (died 1676)
- March 3 – Edmund Waller, English poet (died 1687)
- May 23 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
- May 25 – Saint Charles Garnier, Jesuit missionary (died 16... | [] |
5,106 | 17,511 | 10,250,057 | 1547 | 2025-05-11T07:40:53Z | {{#Year article header}}1547{{/Year article header}}
## Summary
1547 was a year that marked the deaths of two powerful European Kings - Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France. In England, Henry's nine-year-old son took over as Edward VI of England, while in France, Henry II became the next King. Also, during t... | [] |
5,107 | 17,512 | 1,647,037 | Accordion | 2025-10-26T02:00:03Z | An **accordion** is a musical instrument that has keys similar to a piano, but is small enough for a person to hold. It makes sounds using air pushed and pulled through reeds using bellows. The accordion can also have buttons instead of keys. The 6-plus-6-system with three rows has the same fingering in all twelve scal... | [] |
5,108 | 17,513 | 22,027 | 499 BC | 2016-02-10T09:15:34Z | ## Events
- Aristagoras, acting on behalf of the Persian Empire, leads a failed attack on the rebellious island of Naxos.
- Aristagoras instigates the Ionic Revolt, beginning the Persian Wars between Greece and Persia.
- Sardis destroyed by Athenian and Ionian troops.
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5,109 | 17,514 | 10,249,789 | 1781 | 2025-05-11T06:39:43Z | {{#Year article header}}1781{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 13 – Uranus.
- End of the American Revolutionary War
## Births
- January 26 – Achim von Arnim, German writer (d. 1831)
- January 30 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d. 1838)
- February 17 – Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec, French physici... | [] |
5,110 | 17,515 | 10,250,034 | 1566 | 2025-05-11T07:34:06Z | **1566** (MDLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
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- March 8 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer and murderer (died 1613)
- May 26 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (died 1603)
- June 19 – Ki... | [] |
5,111 | 17,516 | 1,011,873 | 1714 | 2025-07-05T15:27:17Z | {{#Year article header}}1714{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- George I becomes King of Great Britain
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## Births
- January 1 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
- January 6 – Percivall Pott, English surgeon (d. 1788)
- January 26 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)
- February 2 – G... | [] |
5,112 | 17,517 | 1,011,873 | 1841 | 2025-07-05T15:29:19Z | {{#Year article header}}1841{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 26 – The United Kingdom occupies Hong Kong. Later during the year, the first census of the island recorded a population of about 7,500.
- February 10 – The Province of Canada is made after Upper Canada and Lower Canada are combined.
- February 1... | [] |
5,113 | 17,518 | 966,595 | Georg Agricola | 2023-06-07T08:34:39Z | **Georg** or **Georgius** **Agricola** (1494-1555) was a German scholar and scientist. He was one of the first people to study mining and minerals (stones and gems), that is the father of mineralogy.
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5,114 | 17,519 | 1,011,873 | 1440 | 2025-11-09T15:51:25Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1440{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1440{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- February 21 – The Prussian Confederation is formed.
- September – Gilles de Rais, an early known serial killer, is arrested and taking into custody on orders from the Bishop of Nantes.
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5,115 | 17,520 | 1,011,873 | 1457 | 2025-11-09T15:51:34Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1457{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1457{{/Year article header}}
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## Births
- January 28 – Henry VII of England
- February 2 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera
## Deaths
- March 14 – Jingtai Emperor of China (born 1428)
- May 22 – Saint Rita of Cascia, Ital... | [] |
5,116 | 17,521 | 1,011,873 | 1428 | 2025-11-09T15:51:20Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1428{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1428{{/Year article header}}
## Births
- May 3 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (died 1495)
- September 21 – Jingtai Emperor of China (died 1457)
- Donato Acciaiuoli, Italian scholar (died 1478)
- Abulk... | [] |
5,117 | 17,522 | 10,250,085 | 1525 | 2025-05-11T07:46:12Z | {{#Year article header}}1525{{/Year article header}}
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- February 24 – Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
- February 26 – Cuauhtémoc, last Aztec ruler (tortured to death)
- May 5 – Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (born 1463)
- May 27 – Thomas Muentzer, Ge... | [] |
5,118 | 17,523 | 1,011,873 | 1489 | 2025-11-09T15:51:51Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1489{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1489{{/Year article header}}
## Births
- April 15 – Sinan, Turkish architect (died 1588)
- June 4 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1544)
- July 2 – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1556)
- August 10 – Jacob Sturm von... | [] |
5,119 | 17,524 | 1,011,873 | 1494 | 2025-11-09T15:51:55Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1494{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1494{{/Year article header}}
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- February 2 – Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1557)
- April 20 – Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (died 1566)
- May 24 – Pontormo, Italian pai... | [] |
5,120 | 17,528 | 1,481,427 | Amiga CD32 | 2024-06-21T02:30:46Z | The **Amiga CD32** was a game console made by Commodore International release in 1993. It was based around the Amiga A1200 Computer.
Using third party devices, it is possible to upgrade the CD32 with keyboard, floppy drive, hard drive, RAM and mouse, turning it into the equivalent of an Amiga 1200 personal computer.
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5,121 | 17,530 | 1,682,729 | GX4000 | 2025-10-27T21:21:41Z | The **GX4000** was a console made by Amstrad in 1990. At first, it was successful. But it did not continue its early success. The GX4000 games could be used with other Amstrad computers. The GX4000 was made to package the CPC\+ computer line into Video Game Consoles. Only 40 games were made for it. Soon it disappeared ... | [] |
5,122 | 17,535 | 440,188 | ApeXtreme | 2022-10-04T15:38:00Z | **ApeXtreme** is a console created by Apex Digital Inc. It was released January 9, 2004.
It can do many things, like play computer games, DVDs, CDs, VCDs and use the Internet.
What it can do:
- games
- videos
- pictures
- slide shows
- music
- DVD
- VCD
- CD
- MP3
- Internet radio
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5,123 | 17,573 | 10,249,979 | 1617 | 2025-05-11T07:21:26Z | {{#Year article header}}1617{{/Year article header}}
## Events
### January–June
- February 27 – The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia. Sweden gains Ingria and Kexholm.
### July–December
- November 17 – A naval battle between the Sicilians and Venetians ends inconclusively.
- Novembe... | [] |
5,124 | 17,575 | 10,249,971 | 1623 | 2025-05-11T07:19:56Z | {{#Year article header}}1623{{/Year article header}}
## Deaths
- February 8 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (b. 1546)
- March 19 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
- June 16 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)... | [] |
5,125 | 17,576 | 10,250,045 | 1556 | 2025-05-11T07:36:51Z | **1556** (MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 23 – Most devastating recorded earthquake in Shaanxi, China. Over 850,000 deaths.
## Births
- January 8 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and w... | [] |
5,126 | 17,577 | 10,249,969 | 1625 | 2025-05-11T07:19:20Z | {{#Year article header}}1625{{/Year article header}}
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- January 7 – Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer
- March 7 – Johann Bayer, German astronomer (b. 1572)
- March 25 – Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b. 1569)
- March 27 – King James I of England and Ireland/James VI o... | [] |
5,127 | 17,578 | 10,250,039 | 1561 | 2025-05-11T07:35:22Z | **1561** (MDLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
## Births
- January 6 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (died 1656)
- January 22 – Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, scientist, and statesma... | [] |
5,128 | 17,588 | 314,522 | New Year's Day | 2025-01-01T11:17:12Z | **New Year's Day** is a holiday in many countries. It was made to welcome the new year. In most countries, New Year's Day is celebrated on 1 January. This holiday is celebrated the most, with over 200 countries and territories in the world that observe it.
The new year is an event that happens when a culture celebrate... | [] |
5,129 | 17,590 | 693,482 | Coagulation | 2026-07-26T15:21:13Z | A **coagulation**, also known as **clot**, is a semi-solid substance blood forms on purpose to stop a leak. Blood does this especially when it is in air. When a person bleeds, the blood turns into a clot at the site of injury so no more blood can escape.
A blood clot called a *thrombus* is one example of a blood clot.... | [] |
5,130 | 17,600 | 532,461 | Asthma | 2026-07-26T10:26:44Z | **Asthma** (or **asthma bronchiale**) is an obstructive lung disease which affect the airways inside the lungs. It affects about 5-8 percent of the population. It has generally been accepted as an inflammatory disease. A person may have asthma or COPD. COPD may co-exist with asthma but usually people do not have both. ... | [] |
5,131 | 17,609 | 1,865,506 | 1690 | 2026-09-04T20:00:08Z | **1690** (MDCXC) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- January 6 – Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans
- January 14 – The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany
- May 20 – England passes Ac... | [] |
5,132 | 17,610 | 10,249,431 | 890 | 2025-05-11T05:05:38Z | {{#Year article header}}890{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- The sovereignty of prince Svatopluk I in Bohemia is confirmed.
- First ceremonial visit by a Welsh king (Anarawd, King of Gwynedd) to an English court (that of Alfred the Great).
- Founding of Kirby Muxloe. (approximate date)
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5,133 | 17,611 | 532,461 | Bochum | 2026-03-13T06:26:05Z | **Bochum** (IPAC: ˈboʊxʊm , [also]{.small} IPAC: US-əm , <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-de"><div data-arg>ˈboːxʊm</div><div data-arg>lang</div><div data-arg>De-Bochum.ogg</div></template>; Westphalian: *Baukem*, Low Franconian: *Boochem*, Old Saxon: *Bochem*) is a city in the Ruhr area of the s... | [] |
5,134 | 17,614 | 10,446,909 | Progressive rock | 2025-08-09T08:31:39Z | **Progressive rock** is a type of rock music with complicated musical technique and composition. This means that the tempo, time signature, and style can change many times in a single song.
Most normal rock songs follow a very simple pattern in the way they are arranged. This pattern is a verse followed by a chorus, t... | [] |
5,135 | 17,619 | 1,391,867 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2025-07-05T04:20:36Z | **San Juan** is the capital and largest city of Puerto Rico. The city's population is 321,992. It is the 42nd-largest city and the oldest European settlement in United States territory. Today, San Juan is Puerto Rico's most important seaport.
## History
San Juan was founded in 1521. It was named after San Juan Bautis... | [] |
5,136 | 17,620 | 1,639,749 | Kashmir | 2025-09-30T09:01:56Z | **Kashmir**, previously spelled **Cashmere**, is a region located in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. It is known for its natural beauty and is a popular destination for tourists. Historically, the name Kashmir referred to the valley just to the south of the western end of the Himalayan mountain range. Tod... | [] |
5,137 | 17,634 | 10,471,809 | Rural area | 2025-08-22T01:13:43Z | **Rural areas** are areas which are not towns or cities. They are often farming or agricultural areas. These areas are sometimes called "the country" or "countryside". People who live "in the country" often live in small villages, but they might also live somewhere where there are no other houses nearby.
Rural is the ... | [] |
5,138 | 17,636 | 9,220,370 | Stephen Crane | 2023-11-28T20:54:16Z | **Stephen Townley Crane** (November 1, 1871 - June 5, 1900) was an American writer. He was born on November 1, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey to Jonathan Townley Crane, a clergyman, and Mary Helen Peck Crane. He attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, but did not graduate. He moved to New York City in 1892 to ... | [] |
5,139 | 17,637 | 1,320,268 | Lawrence's goldfinch | 2024-12-19T18:29:33Z | The **Lawrence's goldfinch** (*Carduelis lawrencei*) is a small songbird of North America. Bigger than the Lesser Goldfinch, and smaller than the American Goldfinch, with less yellow markings than either.
It lives from central California and its southern coast in the United States, to Baja California in Mexico. Female... | [] |
5,140 | 17,639 | 966,595 | George Newbold Lawrence | 2022-02-12T07:49:47Z | **George Newbold Lawrence** (October 20, 1806 - January 17, 1895) was an American businessperson and amateur ornithologist (bird expert).
Lawrence counted birds for Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin, and the three men wrote *Birds of North America* in 1858.
Lawrence left his 8,000 bird skins to the American Mus... | [] |
5,141 | 17,641 | 569,007 | Santa Claus | 2026-09-25T10:03:45Z | **Santa Claus**, also called **Father Christmas**, **Saint Nick**, **Saint Nicholas**, **Kris Kringle**, or **Santa**, is a magical being from legends and folklore who is said to bring gifts to children on Christmas Eve. He is usually depicted as a fat or plump, happy man with a white beard who wears a red suit with wh... | [] |
5,142 | 17,642 | 1,772,884 | Cinnamon | 2026-03-25T11:46:49Z | **Cinnamon** is a spice from the inner bark of *Cinnamomum verum*.
The spice is used in both sweet and savoury foods. It is aromatic. People usually put cinnamon in sweet baked goods (such as cinnamon rolls), hot wine or liquors.
Cinnamon was used to make the spiced wine, claret, in the Middle Ages. In India, cinnamo... | [] |
5,143 | 17,643 | 1,011,873 | 1186 | 2025-10-09T14:23:27Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1186{{/Year in various calendars}}
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## Events
- John the Chanter becomes Bishop of Exeter.
- January 27 – Constance of Sicily marries Henry (the future Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor).
- The Byzantine Empire recognises the indepence of Bu... | [] |
5,144 | 17,644 | 1,011,873 | 1187 | 2025-10-09T14:23:28Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1187{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1187{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- May 1 – Battle of Cresson – Saladin defeats the crusaders
- July 4 – Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.
- September 20 – October 2 – Siege of Jeru... | [] |
5,145 | 17,645 | 1,011,873 | 1188 | 2025-10-09T14:23:28Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1188{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1188{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Saladin unsuccessfully besieges the Hospitaller fortress of Krak des Chevaliers in modern Syria.
- Newgate Prison is built.
- Richard Lionheart allies with Philip II of France against his ... | [] |
5,146 | 17,651 | 1,853,517 | Science fiction | 2026-08-12T03:33:22Z | **Science fiction** (often shortened to **sci-fi** or **SF**) is a genre of speculative fiction which deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, interstellar travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. It has been called the "literature of ideas... | [] |
5,147 | 17,654 | 532,461 | Blaise Pascal | 2026-07-26T08:54:29Z | **Blaise Pascal** (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662 AD) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Christian theologian.
Pascal was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France in 1623. When he was only a few years old, his mother died, leaving his father to care for him and his two sisters. In 1631, Pascal's... | [] |
5,148 | 17,656 | 532,461 | Pascal's triangle | 2026-07-26T11:25:34Z | ```{=wikitext}
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5,149 | 17,661 | 1,522,289 | Antidisestablishmentarianism | 2025-04-20T23:32:23Z | **Antidisestablishmentarianism** is a political position. It means "to keep an established church". An official state church is called the "established" church, so a **dis**establishment**arian** is a person who wants to stop the state church. These people say a state church hurts the freedom of religion. These people ... | [] |
5,150 | 17,662 | 1,011,873 | 1193 | 2025-10-09T14:23:31Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1193{{/Year in various calendars}}
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## Events
- Saladin dies, and the lands of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria are split among his descendants.
- Qutb-ud-Din, a Ghurid slave commander, captures Delhi.
- Muhammad Khilji, a... | [] |
5,151 | 17,663 | 121,204 | Sarah McLachlan | 2025-03-24T21:39:40Z | **Sarah Ann McLachlan** (born January 28, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is known for her emotional music. She was adopted and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She went to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Her recording company, Nettwerk, released her first... | [] |
5,152 | 17,665 | 248,920 | Mark Twain | 2025-11-13T23:51:28Z | **Samuel Langhorne Clemens** (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), more widely known as **Mark Twain**, was an American writer. He was born in Florida, Missouri. He worked mainly for newspapers and as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before he became a writer. He married in 1870, and raised his family in Har... | [] |
5,153 | 17,668 | 1,782,101 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2026-04-23T09:36:45Z | ***Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*** is the third book in the *Harry Potter* series by J. K. Rowling. The book was released on 8 July 1999. It covers Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts. A movie based on the book was released on 31 May 2004. This is the only book where Lord Voldemort does not make an appear... | [] |
5,154 | 17,669 | 5,295 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2026-02-18T20:42:20Z | ***Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*** is the fourth book in the *Harry Potter* series by J. K. Rowling. It was published on 8 July 2000. The original United Kingdom edition has 636 pages, and the US version has 734. It was made into a movie that was released in 2005.
## Plot
Throughout the three previous novels i... | [] |
5,155 | 17,670 | 1,464,674 | Crohn's disease | 2026-04-08T01:34:27Z | **Crohn's disease** is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It can affect any part of the GI system from the mouth to the anus (usually the small bowel and the beginning of the colon). People with Crohn's disease often have abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, fatigue, bloody stool and weight loss. Crohn's can al... | [] |
5,156 | 17,675 | 640,235 | Pet door | 2023-05-19T18:23:14Z | **Pet doors**, also known as **cat doors**, **dog doors**, **doggie doors**, or in the United Kingdom, **cat flaps**, are small doors for pets. They are usually built in regular doors, but can also be in windows or walls. They usually have the hinge on the top, with no latch, so the animal can push their way in and out... | [] |
5,157 | 17,681 | 1,734,355 | Mount Rainier | 2026-07-13T08:34:14Z | **Mount Rainier** (IPAC: reɪˈnɪər), known to Native Americans in the region as **Tahoma**, **Tacoma**, **Tacobet**, or **təqʷubəʔ**, is a large volcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest located in Mount Rainier National Park about 59 mi south of Seattle. Reaching to 14411 ft, it is the tallest mountain in t... | [] |
5,158 | 17,686 | 966,595 | Fort Knox | 2021-05-20T11:06:18Z | **Fort Knox** is an U.S. Army post in Kentucky. Named after Henry Knox, the fort is now the site of the U.S. Bullion Reservatory (where the United States keeps its gold). The fort's fortifications were built in 1862 during the American Civil War; however, after the war the camp became abandoned until 1917.
It is nam... | [] |
5,159 | 17,690 | 1,604,351 | Maxwell's equations | 2025-06-10T02:00:14Z | **Maxwell's equations** describe how electric charges and electric currents create electric and magnetic fields. They describe how an electric field can generate a magnetic field.
In the 1860s James Clerk Maxwell published equations that describe how charged particles give rise to electric and magnetic force per uni... | [] |
5,160 | 17,691 | 86,802 | Henry Knox | 2024-10-06T03:16:56Z | **Henry Knox** (1750–1806) was a military leader for the Americans during the American Revolutionary War. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, he was appointed Chief Artillery Officer of the Continental Army. He is best known for transporting cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston through icy con... | [] |
5,161 | 17,692 | 642,777 | American Revolutionary War | 2026-09-22T03:45:15Z | The **American Revolutionary War** was fought between Great Britain and the original Thirteen Colonies from 1775 to 1783. Most (but not all) of the fighting happened in North America. The Continental Army (the rebel army) was led by George Washington and helped by France and Spain. Together they defeated the British Ar... | [] |
5,162 | 17,695 | 22,027 | Continental Army | 2024-08-28T14:24:23Z | The **Continental Army** was the fighting force of the thirteen British colonies in the American Revolutionary War. It was created in 1775 by the First Continental Congress. Most of the army was disbanded in 1783 after the conclusion of the war. The army was officially closed by a resolution of Congress in 1784. A Legi... | [] |
5,163 | 17,700 | 1,674,404 | Cream cheese | 2026-07-18T18:41:49Z | **Cream cheese** is a soft, mild-tasting, white cheese. Cream cheese is different from other cheeses in that it is not allowed time to mature. It is either made with cream or a mixture of milk and cream.
In America, three types of cream cheese are common: "bricks" of cream cheese (usually sold in 8 ounce bars, or appr... | [] |
5,164 | 17,703 | 981,561 | Shrewsbury | 2026-08-03T17:08:14Z | **Shrewsbury** is the county town of Shropshire, a county of England. It is located 9 miles (14 km) east of the Welsh border and serves as the commercial centre for Shropshire and mid-Wales.
The town is very old. It was started around 700 AD. The town centre has almost the exact same medieval street plan and over 660 ... | [] |
5,165 | 17,704 | 16,695 | Telford | 2024-04-26T12:58:46Z | **Telford** is a large town in the county of Shropshire, England. It is in the borough of Telford and Wrekin.
It is a new town and building began in the 1960s. It is known for its large shopping centre in the town centre. It also has an ice rink and a large park.
The population of Telford is just over 140,000. It is ... | [] |
5,166 | 17,705 | 981,561 | Ludlow | 2026-08-03T15:37:04Z | **Ludlow** is a town in Shropshire, a county of England. The town is very old and dates back to around 800 AD. There is a large castle and many other historic buildings.
There are just over 10,000 people living in the town.
It is the largest town in the South Shropshire area.
The town, though not large, is importan... | [] |
5,167 | 17,706 | 9,755,002 | South Shropshire | 2024-09-07T11:41:15Z | **South Shropshire** is an area of Shropshire in England.
It is very hilly and has few people living there. The only large town is Ludlow.
The area has many castles and other ancient features, such as stone circles.
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5,168 | 17,714 | 1,807,732 | Battle of Yorktown (1781) | 2026-05-21T01:58:22Z | The **Battle of Yorktown**, also called the **Siege of Yorktown**, fought from September 28-October 19, 1781. It is considered the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Army, led by General George Washington, won a decisive victory against the British Army, led by General Lord Charle... | [] |
5,169 | 17,715 | 1,768,266 | Battle of Saratoga | 2026-03-18T12:19:09Z | The **Battle of Saratoga** is considered the turning point of the American Revolutionary War and was fought in late 1777. It was actually two battles: the Battle of Freeman's Farm (September 19) and the Battle of Bemis Heights (October 7). The Americans were led by General Horatio Gates. The British were led by General... | [] |
5,170 | 17,716 | 1,011,873 | 1189 | 2025-10-09T14:23:29Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1189{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1189{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 21 – Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade
- September 3– Richard I of England is crowned as king of England.
- August 29–... | [] |
5,171 | 17,717 | 10,473,405 | Horatio Gates | 2025-08-22T19:31:31Z | **Horatio Gates** (1726 - 1806) was an American general during the American Revolutionary War. He fought for the Continental Army and is credited with the decisive American victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
During the earlier French and Indian War, he fought along with George Washington against the French as... | [] |
5,172 | 17,718 | 1,756,227 | 1276 | 2026-04-26T03:58:13Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1276{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1276{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- February – The court of the Southern Song Dynasty of China and hundreds of thousands of its citizens move from Hangzhou to Fujian and then Guangdong to get away from an invasion by the Mon... | [] |
5,173 | 17,719 | 1,011,873 | 1274 | 2025-10-09T14:24:18Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1274{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1274{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- May 7 – The Second Council of Lyons, held by the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church convenes to consider the conquest of the Holy Land via Crusades and address the East-West Schism wi... | [] |
5,174 | 17,720 | 1,011,873 | 1198 | 2025-10-09T14:23:35Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1198{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1198{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- End of the reign of Emperor Go-Toba, emperor of Japan
- Emperor Tsuchimikado ascends to the throne of Japan
- January 8 – Pope Innocent III ascends Papal Throne
- Frederick II, infant son ... | [] |
5,175 | 17,721 | 1,011,873 | 1433 | 2025-11-09T15:51:23Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1433{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1433{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Winter: Much of the English town of Alnwick in Northumbria burnt by Scottish a raiding party.
- The Ming dynasty in China disbands their navy, altering the balance of power in the Indian O... | [] |
5,176 | 17,722 | 1,011,873 | 1435 | 2025-11-09T15:51:24Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1435{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1435{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- September 21 – Peace of Arras between Charles VII of France and Philip III of Burgundy, ending the English-Burgundian alliance.
- Francis of Paola founds the Order of the Minims in Italy.
... | [] |
5,177 | 17,723 | 9,901,839 | Heinrich-Heine-University | 2024-11-23T21:46:47Z | **Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf** (**HHU**) (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf) is the university of Düsseldorf, Germany, named after the most famous son of Düsseldorf, the poet Heinrich Heine.
## History
In the era of Napoleon Bonaparte there was the first university in Düsseldorf, which ended after Napol... | [] |
5,178 | 17,724 | 1,011,873 | 1239 | 2025-10-09T14:23:58Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1239{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1239{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- September 21 – Peace of Arras between Charles VII of France and Philip III of Burgundy, ending the English-Burgundian alliance.
- Francis of Paola founds the Order of the Minims in Italy.
... | [] |
5,179 | 17,726 | 1,734,355 | Siberian tiger | 2026-05-28T14:15:28Z | The **Siberian tiger** or **Amur tiger** (*Panthera tigris altaica*) is considered as the largest felid in the world, although this claim is questionable. They live in eastern Russia's birch forests, and there are some in China and North Korea. It is estimated that there are around 400 to 500 Siberian tigers left in th... | [] |
5,180 | 17,728 | 1,011,873 | 1455 | 2025-11-09T15:51:33Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1455{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1455{{/Year article header}}
## Other calendars
- Buddhist calendar: 1997 - 1998
- Hebrew calendar: 5215 - 5216
- Islamic calendar: 859 - 860
## Events
- February 9 – Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protec... | [] |
5,181 | 17,733 | 1,782,280 | Audio cassette | 2026-04-08T16:57:34Z | An **audio cassette** (official name: **Compact Cassette**) is a type of cassette which can store music and sounds. To play a tape, a cassette player or cassette recorder is used. This is also known as a cassette deck, by analogy with reel-to-reel decks. Cassettes store the sound on a magnetic tape that is wound around... | [] |
5,182 | 17,744 | 10,249,891 | 1694 | 2025-05-11T07:00:50Z | {{#Year article header}}1694{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- February 6 – The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed.
- July 27 – A Royal Charter is granted to the Bank of England.
- December 22 – The Triennial Bill became law.
- December 28 – Queen Mary II of England dies; King William III of England, Scotlan... | [] |
5,183 | 17,745 | 1,011,873 | 1290 | 2025-10-09T14:24:29Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1290{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1290{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 1 – The University of Coimbra is founded in Lisbon, Portugal by King Denis of Portugal; it moves to Coimbra in 1308.
- July 18 – King Edward I of England banishes all Jews (numbering... | [] |
5,184 | 17,746 | 1,863,125 | Fight Club | 2026-09-11T12:47:02Z | **Fight Club** is a 1999 American movie directed by David Fincher, and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. It is based on the 1996 novel *Fight Club* by Chuck Palahniuk. Norton plays the unnamed narrator, who is discontented with his white-collar job. He forms a *Fight Club* with a soap salesma... | [] |
5,185 | 17,747 | 1,293,570 | Top of the Pops | 2026-01-18T17:37:57Z | ***Top of the Pops*** is a British music show, which featured popular artists performing their songs. It started in 1964 and ended in 2006 because not enough people were watching it any more. It was hosted by many presenters over the years, most notably by Jimmy Savile, who opened the very first show on New Year's Day ... | [] |
5,186 | 17,751 | 532,461 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2026-03-10T21:48:50Z | **Trinidad and Tobago** (officially called the **Republic of Trinidad and Tobago**) is a country in the south Caribbean Sea. It is 11 km (7 miles) away from Venezuela. The country has two bigger islands, **Trinidad** and **Tobago**, and many smaller islands. The capital is Port-of-Spain. The country has about 1,262,3... | [] |
5,187 | 17,756 | 1,604,351 | Mount St. Helens | 2025-10-20T19:29:34Z | **Mount St. Helens** is a volcano in the U.S. state of Washington. It is 96 mi south of Seattle and 53 mi northeast of Portland, Oregon. The volcano is in Cascade Range of mountains. It is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc in the Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanos. This is a deadly volcano.
Mo... | [] |
5,188 | 17,758 | 1,011,873 | 1795 | 2025-07-05T15:29:12Z | {{#Year article header}}1795{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Frankfort becomes capital of Kentucky.
Births
November 2 - James K. Polk, eleventh President of the United States (d. 1849)
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5,189 | 17,760 | 70,336 | Oder-Neisse line | 2026-08-07T00:45:11Z | The **Oder-Neisse line** (named after the Oder and Neisse rivers) is the border between Germany and Poland since the end of the Second World War. As a result of the defeat Germany lost a part of its territory to Poland. Previously, the German Empire had to cede the former Prussian provinces of Posen and Westpreußen, as... | [] |
5,190 | 17,768 | 1,232,255 | Jimmy Wales | 2026-09-29T14:50:12Z | **Jimmy Donal** "**Jimbo**" **Wales** (IPAC: ˈdoʊnəl\_ˈweɪlz; born August 8, 1966) is an American-born British Internet entrepreneur. He is one of the people who started Wikipedia, Fandom (previously Wikia) and Nupedia.
Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. There, he went to Randolph School. He then e... | [] |
5,191 | 17,772 | 314,522 | Exeter | 2025-06-04T16:11:47Z | **Exeter** is a city in South West England on the River Exe, from which it takes its name. It is the county town of Devon. Around 130,000 people live there. In the city are a ruined castle, much of the old Roman city wall, and Exeter Cathedral.
## History
Exeter was built by the Romans, who called it *Isca Dumnonioru... | [] |
5,192 | 17,795 | 785,331 | United States Congress | 2026-04-16T16:22:44Z | The **United States Congress** is the legislative, or law making, branch of the United States government. It meets in the United States Capitol.
It has two houses (parts): The United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. This two house system is known as a bicameral (*bi* is the Latin word for ... | [] |
5,193 | 17,800 | 314,522 | Charles Cornwallis | 2025-06-04T16:18:22Z | **Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis** (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and United Kingdom, he is best known as one of the leading British general officers in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 ... | [] |
5,194 | 17,804 | 1,449,793 | 1738 | 2026-01-06T02:36:11Z | **1738** (MDCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- November 13 – Treaty of Vienna
## Births
- Ethan Allen – January 21
- Lord Charles Cornwallis – December 31
## Deaths
- Charles Townshend – June 21
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5,195 | 17,805 | 640,235 | Battle of Princeton | 2023-11-25T17:46:40Z | The **Battle of Princeton** was a battle during the American Revolution. It was fought in January of 1777 near Princeton, New Jersey. The battle came a week after the Battle of Trenton, where General George Washington had led the Continental Army to a surprise victory over the British.
The Continental Army, led by Was... | [] |
5,196 | 17,808 | 40,117 | Fork | 2026-03-20T23:23:18Z | A **fork** is a tool for eating solid food. It has a handle, and at the end has points called *tines*. Most forks have three or four tines. Some cooking-forks have two tines. The tines help to hold food in place for cutting with a knife, or to pick it up and lift to the mouth. Most forks today are made of metal. Some a... | [] |
5,197 | 17,809 | 823,563 | Backgammon | 2025-01-08T08:41:03Z | **Backgammon** is a game played by two players. Each player moves pieces around a board. Players roll two dice to find out how far their pieces can move in one turn. The winner of one game is the first to get all pieces all the way around, and off, the board.
The game is laid-out asymmetrically. White's direction of t... | [] |
5,198 | 17,810 | 1,069,165 | Cell wall | 2026-05-03T22:38:05Z | A **cell wall** is the outer part of a cell in plants, bacteria, fungi, algae, and some archaea. Cell walls protect cells from damage. They also help keep the cell's shape, and control the growth of the cell and the organism it is part of.
The cell wall is tough and usually flexible, but sometimes fairly rigid. It is ... | [] |
5,199 | 17,811 | 1,711,166 | Friction | 2025-12-15T21:29:50Z | **Friction** is a force that acts to stop the movement of two touching things. The energy lost to friction is turned into sound and heat. Two kinds of friction are static and kinetic. Static friction is when the friction is strong enough to stop movement between two objects. Kinetic friction is used when the frictional... | [] |
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