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5,900 | 19,897 | 863,768 | Wildebeest | 2026-02-03T14:39:53Z | A **wildebeest** (or **gnu**) is an animal. It is a large hoofed mammal in the Bovidae family. There are two species of wildebeest. Both live in Africa.
## Taxonomy
- Genus *Connochaetes*
- Blue wildebeest or brindled gnu (*Connochaetes taurinus*)
- Black wildebeest or white-tailed gnu (*Connochaetes gnou*)
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5,901 | 19,902 | 1,734,355 | Serengeti | 2026-06-27T20:03:57Z | The **Serengeti** (also Seremgeti) is a region of savannah (woodlands and grasslands) in East Africa. The south of it (80%) belongs to Tanzania. The north of it is in Kenya. It is about 30,000 square kilometers, and one of the greatest areas for wildlife.
It has more than 1.6 million herbivores and thousands of preda... | [] |
5,902 | 19,903 | 693,482 | Spider | 2026-07-26T15:28:57Z | **Spiders** (class Arachnida, order **Araneae**) are air-breathing arthropods. They have eight legs, and mouthparts (chelicerae) with fangs that inject venom. Most make silk. The spiders are seventh in number of species of all animal orders. About 53,000 spider species, and 136 families have been recorded by taxonomist... | [] |
5,903 | 19,904 | 1,727,852 | 1760s | 2026-03-09T20:01:23Z | The **1760s** was the decade that began on 1 January 1760 and ended on 31 December 1769. It is distinct from the decade known as the ***177th decade*** which began on January 1, 1761 and ended on December 31, 1770.
## Events and trends
### Events
- King George III takes the British throne in 1760. The Seven Years' W... | [] |
5,904 | 19,907 | 22,027 | Grass | 2026-10-01T00:43:04Z | **Grass** is a type of plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. Their appearance as a common plant was in the mid-Cretaceous period. There are more than 12,000 species now.
Much grass is used to cover the ground in places such as lawns and parks. Grass is usually the color green. That is because they are pollin... | [] |
5,905 | 19,913 | 1,816,622 | Cacao tree | 2026-07-27T08:04:22Z | The **Cacao tree** (from Spanish) or **Cacau tree** (from Portuguese) is a small tree originally grown in tropical South America. It only grows to 4 to 8 meters in height. Its seeds are called cocoa and are used to produce cocoa butter, chocolate drinks, and chocolate. Now the trees are grown in plantations in many tro... | [] |
5,906 | 19,916 | 1,696,330 | Mahabad | 2025-11-20T13:30:11Z | **Mahabad and Piranshahr** (مهاباد, مههاباد, Mehabad) is a city in Iran. It is in the north-west of the country, in the region of Iranian Kurdistan and the province of West Azarbaijan. The city is south of Lake Urmia in a narrow valley 1,300 metres above sea level. There are about 162.434 people who live in the city. ... | [] |
5,907 | 19,924 | 22,027 | Shivan Qaderi | 2023-08-07T09:03:39Z | **Shivan Qaderi** (or **Sivan Ghaderi** or Schuaneh Ghaderi; died 9 July 2005 in Mahabad) was a student and opposition activist in Iran. After his death in 2005, the Kurds protested and the Iranian government had to send more than 100,000 soldiers to this region. The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran reported, that ab... | [] |
5,908 | 19,928 | 863,768 | Sauce | 2025-09-08T11:38:00Z | In cooking, a **sauce** is a liquid mixture added to another food for flavour. Sauces are not normally eaten by themselves; they add flavour, moisture, and visual appeal to another dish. Sauces are an essential element in cuisines all over the world.
The main sauces of French cuisine are built on a basis of roux, whic... | [] |
5,909 | 19,931 | 1,777,530 | Spaghetti | 2026-04-01T16:38:28Z | **Spaghetti** (Italian: \[spaˈɡetti\]) is a long, solid, thin string-shaped kind of pasta.
The word spaghetti was first used in 1824 in the work *Li maccheroni di Napoli* by . A single strand of spaghetti is called a spaghetto, which means "short/little string" in Italian.
Spaghetti is now most commonly available in ... | [] |
5,910 | 19,933 | 10,320,059 | Emperor penguin | 2025-06-10T11:35:32Z | The **Emperor penguin** (*Aptenodytes forsteri*) is a penguin that lives in Antarctica. It is the tallest and heaviest penguin. They are the only birds that can lay their eggs on ice.
Emperors are the biggest of the 18 species of penguin found today, and one of the largest of all birds. Emperor penguins are about 1.1 ... | [] |
5,911 | 19,934 | 1,334,790 | Snares penguin | 2026-03-30T15:40:09Z | The **Snares penguin** (*Eudyptes robustus*), is a crested penguin. It is probably a subspecies of the Fiordland penguin. It is a penguin from New Zealand. It is between 50 and 70 centimetres in height and weighs between 2.5 and 4 kilograms.
It breeds on The Snares, a small island group south of New Zealand's South Is... | [] |
5,912 | 19,942 | 1,851,176 | Chahar Cheragh Square | 2026-08-12T11:52:38Z | **Chuar-chira Square** (چوارچرا, Chwar Chira, میدان چهارچراغ) (meaning *Square of the four candles*), is a known square in center of city of Mahabad where after Iranian invasion in 1947, Qazi Muhammad the president of Republic of Mahabad was hanged in public as well as other leaders of the republic in Mahabad and Bukan... | [] |
5,913 | 19,943 | 10,448,511 | Complex number | 2025-08-10T11:27:35Z | A **complex number** is a number, but is different from common numbers in many ways. A complex number is made up using two numbers combined. The first part is a real number, and the second part is an imaginary number. The most important imaginary number is called \(i\), defined as a number that will be -1 when squared ... | [] |
5,914 | 19,946 | 9,383,228 | Frederick I of Prussia | 2024-02-27T18:22:28Z | **Frederick I of Prussia** (Friedrich I.), (11 July 1657–25 February 1713) of the Hohenzollern dynasty was the first King in Prussia (1701–1713).
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5,915 | 19,948 | 70,336 | Siege of Jerusalem (1187) | 2020-03-30T23:28:22Z | The **Siege of Jerusalem** took place from September 20 to October 2, 1187. It was part of the war called the Third Crusade.
Balian of Ibelin defended Jerusalem against the armies of Saladin. When he surrendered, the Muslims enslaved thousands of Christians but let many leave after they bought their freedom.
A fictio... | [] |
5,916 | 19,949 | 1,734,355 | Beer Hall Putsch | 2026-07-23T09:04:11Z | The **Beer Hall Putsch** was a failed coup d'état in Munich, Germany between the evening of 8 November and the morning of 10 November 1923.
During the Putsch, the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler tried to take over the government of Bavaria, a state in Germany. They took several hundred people hostage in a beer hall (a l... | [] |
5,917 | 19,950 | 22,027 | Verona | 2024-10-12T17:53:44Z | **Verona** is a city in the Veneto region of Italy with 260,000 inhabitants. It is famous for being the setting for the Shakespeare play *Romeo and Juliet* and because of the Roman Arena. This city is built on the Adige river. It has a humid subtropical climate (*Cfa* in the Köppen climate classification).
## Other we... | [] |
5,918 | 19,951 | 1,835,662 | Kyiv | 2026-07-28T10:15:24Z | **Kyiv** or **Kiev** (Київ) is the capital and largest city in Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine on the Dnipro River. Over three million people live there.
It is not a part of any oblast. However, it is surrounded by Kyiv Oblast, and is the headquarters of Kyiv Oblast.
The city hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 final. ... | [] |
5,919 | 19,952 | 532,461 | Harare | 2026-06-14T17:44:12Z | **Harare** is the capital of Zimbabwe. It is home to over 1.6 million people. It was known as *Salisbury* from its foundation on September 12, 1890 until April 18, 1982.
Harare is Zimbabwe's biggest and most important financial, commercial, and communications centre, and a trade centre for tobacco, maize, cotton, and ... | [] |
5,920 | 19,955 | 532,461 | Seventh-day Adventist Church | 2025-12-17T01:30:09Z | The **Seventh-day Adventist Church** is a Protestant Christian group. It is different from most other Protestant groups because the followers believe that the seventh day of the week, Saturday, is the day to rest from working and worship God. The Bible calls this day the "Sabbath". The Sabbath is the seventh day of the... | [] |
5,921 | 19,961 | 103,847 | Antony and Cleopatra | 2025-12-06T15:51:01Z | ***Antony and Cleopatra*** is a play by Shakespeare. It is a tragedy. Shakespeare's source was Plutarch's *Lives*. The play was first performed between 1606 and 1607. It was probably first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The play describes the romantic love and suicides of Antony and Cleopatra.
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5,922 | 19,964 | 532,461 | Het Wilhelmus | 2026-01-02T22:28:31Z | "**Het Wilhelmus**" ({{#IPA-nl}}ɦɛt ʋɪlˈɦɛlmʏs{{/IPA-nl}}, <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="audio"><div data-arg>Nl-Het Wilhelmus2.ogg</div><div data-arg>listen</div></template>), fully known as "**Wilhelmus van Nassouwe**" ("William of Nassau"), is the national anthem of the Netherlands and the form... | [] |
5,923 | 19,968 | 10,249,765 | 1803 | 2025-05-11T06:35:01Z | **1803** (MDCCCIII) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- January 4 – William Symington demonstrates his *Charlotte Dundas*, the "first practical steamboat".
- January 30 – Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to dis... | [] |
5,924 | 19,969 | 10,249,929 | 1661 | 2025-05-11T07:08:54Z | {{#Year article header}}1661{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 6 – The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. George Monck's regiment defeats them.
- January 30 – The body of Oliver Cromwell is subjected to a posthumous execution.
- February 5 – The Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing... | [] |
5,925 | 19,970 | 10,389,598 | 1579 | 2025-07-13T03:22:43Z | **1579** (MDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- January 6 – The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain.
- January 23 – The Union of Utrecht united the northern Netherlands in a confederati... | [] |
5,926 | 19,971 | 10,249,398 | 752 | 2025-05-11T04:52:44Z | {{#Year article header}}752{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Pope Stephen II, pope for 3 days in March.
- Pope Stephen III, succeeded Stephen II.
- Retired Emperor Shōmu takes part in the dedication ceremony of the great statue of Vairocana Buddha at the Todaiji temple and declares himself a Buddhist.
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5,927 | 19,972 | 1,011,873 | 1005 | 2025-10-09T14:20:03Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1005{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1005{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Malcolm II succeeds Kenneth III as king of Scotland.
- Pomerania revolts against the church.
- Schaffhausen starts minting its own coins.
- Spring – The Republic of Pisa conducts a militar... | [] |
5,928 | 19,974 | 10,350,791 | 1736 | 2025-06-23T21:49:27Z | **1736** (MDCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- January 26 – Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne
- February 12 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor weds Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette
- April 14 – ... | [] |
5,929 | 19,975 | 1,011,873 | 1340 | 2025-10-09T14:24:57Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1340{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1340{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Europe has about 74 million inhabitants.
- January 26 – King Edward III of England is declared King of France
- June 24 – The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the King... | [] |
5,930 | 19,976 | 1,011,873 | 1128 | 2025-10-09T14:21:55Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1128{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1128{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Pope Honorius II recognizes and confirms the Order of the Knights Templar.
- King Afonso I of Portugal, then Count of Portugal defeats his mother, Teresa of Leon, in battle and gains contr... | [] |
5,931 | 19,977 | 10,249,482 | 984 | 2025-05-11T05:18:48Z | {{#Year article header}}984{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- End of the reign of Emperor En'yū, emperor of Japan
- Emperor Kazan ascends to the throne of Japan
- Henry II, Duke of Bavaria abducts the child king Otto III
- Antipope Boniface VII murders Pope John XIV
## Births
- Bethoc, eldest daughter of Malcolm ... | [] |
5,932 | 19,978 | 10,249,953 | 1639 | 2025-05-11T07:15:33Z | {{#Year article header}}1639{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 14 – Connecticut's first constitution, the "Fundamental Orders," is adopted.
- January 23 – Francisco Maldonado de Silva, Peruvian Jewish poet, executed by burning at the stake
- March 13 – Harvard University is named for a clergyman named John ... | [] |
5,933 | 19,979 | 1,011,873 | 1003 | 2025-10-09T14:20:02Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1003{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1003{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Sweyn I of Denmark begins his first invasion of England.
- Humbert I becomes the first count of Savoy.
- King Robert II of France invades Burgundy, but fails.
- Pope John XVII succeeds Pop... | [] |
5,934 | 19,980 | 1,449,854 | Fuzzy logic | 2026-07-31T10:14:31Z | **Fuzzy logic** is a sort of computer logic that is different from boolean algebra founded by Lotfi A. Zadeh. It is different in the way that it allows values to be more accurate than on or off. While boolean logic only allows true or false, fuzzy logic allows all things in between. An example of this could be a comput... | [] |
5,935 | 19,981 | 22,027 | Douala | 2024-08-28T01:29:14Z | **Douala** is the largest city in the African country of Cameroon. It is the capital city of Littoral Region.
The city is placed near the Wouri River. Its population is about 2,000,000 people. The first European people who came to Douala were from Portugal. They found Duala in about 1472. Before 1884 it was named **Ca... | [] |
5,936 | 19,982 | 1,011,873 | 1843 | 2025-07-05T15:29:26Z | {{#Year article header}}1843{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- February 6 – The Virginia Minstrels perform the first minstrel show (Bowery Amphitheatre, New York City).
- February 8 – Earthquakes in Guadeloupe magnitude 8.5, 5000 people reported killed.
- February 11 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera *I Lombardi* premieres ... | [] |
5,937 | 19,983 | 1,011,873 | 1225 | 2025-10-09T14:23:50Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1225{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1225{{/Year article header}}
## Births
- Thomas Aquinas, Italian theologian (died 1274)
- Saint Isabel of France, daughter of Louis VIII of France
- David VI Narin, King of Georgia (died 1293)
- Michael VIII Palaeologus, Byzantin... | [] |
5,938 | 19,987 | 10,249,409 | 841 | 2025-05-11T04:57:43Z | {{#Year article header}}841{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- June 25: Battle of Fontenay – Louis the German and Charles the Bald defeat Lothar.
- Battle at Magh-Ochtar in Kildare, Ireland, at which Feidlimid mac Cremthanin is defeated by the Southern Uí Neill.
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5,939 | 19,988 | 1,011,873 | 1164 | 2025-10-09T14:23:12Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1164{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1164{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Count Henry I of Champagne marries Marie de Champagne.
- Uppsala is recognized as the seat of the Swedish metropolitan.
- Antipope Paschal III elected by cardinals supporting Frederick Bar... | [] |
5,940 | 19,989 | 10,249,370 | 578 | 2025-05-11T04:43:55Z | {{#Year article header}}578{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Tiberius II Constantine succeeds Justin II as Byzantine Emperor
- Kongo Gumi, world's oldest (construction) company founded in Osaka, Japan
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5,941 | 19,992 | 1,011,873 | 1707 | 2025-07-05T15:27:12Z | {{#Year article header}}1707{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal
- May 1 – The Acts of Union 1707 become law, making the separate kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
- April 25 – Allied army is defeated by Bourbonic arm... | [] |
5,942 | 19,993 | 10,249,465 | 972 | 2025-05-11T05:15:53Z | {{#Year article header}}972{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess
- Battle of Cedynia – Polish duke Mieszko I defeats Germans
- Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope
- Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I of Bohemia in Bohemia
- Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sv... | [] |
5,943 | 19,994 | 1,011,873 | 1031 | 2025-10-09T14:20:24Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1031{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1031{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Collapse of the Moorish Caliphate of Córdoba.
- Byzantine general George Maniaces captures Edessa.
- Henry I becomes King of France
- Bezprym seizes the throne of Poland from Mieszko II La... | [] |
5,944 | 19,995 | 1,011,873 | 1083 | 2025-10-09T14:21:00Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1083{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1083{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Sancho I of Aragon conquers Graus.
- Alfonso VI of Castile conquers Talavera de la Reina.
- Bosnia is conquered by Duklja.
- June – Pope Gregory VII is besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo by He... | [] |
5,945 | 19,996 | 1,011,873 | 1027 | 2025-10-09T14:20:22Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1027{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1027{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 26 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.
- May 14 – Henry I of France is crowned king of France at Reims Cathedral.
- Aldred becomes abbot of Tavistock.
- Start of th... | [] |
5,946 | 19,999 | 10,249,792 | 1778 | 2025-05-11T06:41:07Z | {{#Year article header}}1778{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- The term thoroughbred was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick.
- January 18 – Third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships *HMS Resolution* and *HMS Di... | [] |
5,947 | 20,000 | 10,249,428 | 885 | 2025-05-11T05:04:26Z | {{#Year article header}}885{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Vikings besiege Paris
## Births
- Emperor Daigo of Japan
- November 26 – Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang
## Deaths
- April 6 – Saint Methodius, bishop and Bible translator
- June – Godfrith, the Sea King
- July – Pope Adrian III
- July/August – Sula... | [] |
5,948 | 20,002 | 10,249,822 | 1751 | 2025-05-11T06:47:32Z | {{#Year article header}}1751{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow
- March 25 – For the last time, New Year's Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales.
- March 31 – The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as Prin... | [] |
5,949 | 20,003 | 10,249,269 | 250 | 2025-05-11T04:14:22Z | **250** (**CCL**) was {{#Year article header/zc}}250{{/Year article header/zc}}.
## Events
- Diophantus writes *Arithmetica* the first systematic treatise on algebra.
- A group of Franks penetrate as far as Tarragona in Spain (approximate date).
- Goths invade Moesia.
- The Alamanni drive the Romans from the modern a... | [] |
5,950 | 20,004 | 10,249,766 | 1802 | 2025-05-11T06:35:13Z | **1802** (MDCCCII) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- March 16 – West Point is established.
- March 25/27 – Treaty of Amiens between France and United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition.
- March 28 – H. W... | [] |
5,951 | 20,005 | 10,249,190 | 37 | 2025-05-11T03:36:23Z | {{#Year article header}}37{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 18 – Roman Senate ends Tiberius' will. They proclaim Caligula Roman Emperor.
- Caligula tries declare himself a god. This creates tension between himself and the Senate.
- An earthquake destroys Antioch
- Abilene is granted to Agrippa I.
- Saint Pe... | [] |
5,952 | 20,006 | 10,250,015 | 1584 | 2025-05-11T07:29:20Z | **1584** (MDLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- June 1 – With the death of the Duc d'Anjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France.
- July 5 – Maronite College established... | [] |
5,953 | 20,007 | 10,249,254 | 193 | 2025-05-11T04:04:56Z | **193** was a common year.
## Events
- January 1 – Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
- June 1 – Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated in his palace.
- Pertinax is killed after 87 days as Roman emperor. Septimius Severus finally gains control of the Roman Empire, after eliminating Pescennius Niger and Didi... | [] |
5,954 | 20,008 | 1,011,873 | 1243 | 2025-10-09T14:24:00Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1243{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1243{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Innocent IV was elected pope.
- Castile captures the city of Murcia from the Moors.
- City of Brno founded
- Battle of Köse Dag
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5,955 | 20,010 | 10,250,064 | 1541 | 2025-05-11T07:42:22Z | {{#Year article header}}1541{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish
- February 12 – Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
- May 8 – Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River naming it Rio de Espiritu Santo.
- May 23 – Jacques Cartier departs Saint... | [] |
5,956 | 20,011 | 1,011,873 | 1354 | 2025-10-09T14:25:05Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1354{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1354{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- October 8 – Cola di Rienzo, self-proclaimed "tribune" of Rome, is killed by an angry mob
- End of reign of John VI Cantacuzenus, as Byzantine emperor.
- The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang is esta... | [] |
5,957 | 20,012 | 1,011,873 | 1286 | 2025-10-09T14:24:26Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1286{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1286{{/Year article header}}
## Births
- March 8 – John III, Duke of Brittany (died 1341)
- June 30 – John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, English politician (died 1347)
- James Douglas the Black, Scottish patriot (died 1330)
- H... | [] |
5,958 | 20,013 | 1,011,873 | 1129 | 2025-10-09T14:21:55Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1129{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1129{{/Year article header}}
## Deaths
- March 8 – Queen Urraca of Castile (born 1082)
- July 24 – Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (born 1053)
- Prince Álmos, of Hungary
- Constantine II of Armenia
- Thoros I of Armenia
- Ranulph le M... | [] |
5,959 | 20,014 | 1,011,873 | 1082 | 2025-10-09T14:20:59Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1082{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1082{{/Year article header}}
## Births
- November 2 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)
- Queen Urraca of Castile (d. 1129)
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5,960 | 20,015 | 1,011,873 | 1135 | 2025-10-09T14:22:54Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1135{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1135{{/Year article header}}
## Deaths
- June 4 – Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)
- December 1 – King Henry I of England
- Al-Mustarshid, Caliph of Baghdad
- Milarepa, Tibetan yogi and poet (born 1052)
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5,961 | 20,017 | 10,249,813 | 1761 | 2025-05-11T06:45:04Z | {{#Year article header}}1761{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat was fought between Marathas and Afghans
- January 16 – British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
- February 8 – Earthquake in London breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar
- March 8 – Second earthquake in ... | [] |
5,962 | 20,018 | 10,252,014 | 1470s | 2025-05-12T00:43:49Z | The **1470s** was the decade that started on January 1, 1470 and ended on December 31, 1479. It is distinct from the decade known as the ***148th decade*** which began on January 1, 1471 and ended on December 31, 1480.
## Events
- 1470 July 12 – The Ottomans capture Euboea.
- 1471 March – The Yorkist King Edward IV r... | [] |
5,963 | 20,019 | 1,011,873 | 1476 | 2025-11-09T15:51:44Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1476{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1476{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 2 – Battle of Grandson. A Swiss army defeats the Burgundians under Charles the Bold
- June 2 – Battle of Morat. The Swiss again defeat Charles.
- December – Vlad III Dracula manages ... | [] |
5,964 | 20,025 | 640,235 | Gleiwitz incident | 2023-11-26T16:57:44Z | The **Gleiwitz incident** was a planned German attack against the radio station "Sender Gleiwitz" in the German town of Gliwice on the night of August 31, 1939. This attack along with other Nazi activities was used to make people think that Poland attacked Germany and that Poland, not Germany started World War II.
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5,965 | 20,029 | 248,920 | Mackinac Island | 2026-05-05T16:13:22Z | **Mackinac Island** is an island in Lake Huron. It is part of the U.S. state of Michigan and is 8 miles (13 kilometers) around.
Many people go to see Mackinac Island in the summer because the island passed a local law that says that no one can use a car on the island, except emergency vehicles. Everybody has to ride... | [] |
5,966 | 20,031 | 670,431 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars | 2026-04-05T11:13:26Z | **AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars** is a list of the top actors in Hollywood history. It was announced by the American Film Institute on June 16, 1999.
The list promised one hundred people on it, but in the end there were only fifty.
As of 2026, of the fifty stars listed, only one is still alive (Sophia Loren). At the t... | [] |
5,967 | 20,032 | 1,860,338 | Havana | 2026-08-23T17:30:17Z | **Havana** (La Habana) is the capital city of Cuba. It is the largest city of Cuba and of the Caribbean. Its population was 2.1 million in the census of 2012. It is at 23°8′N 82°23′W and is about 169 km south-southwest of Key West, Florida in the United States. Cuba's main airport ia located in the city.
Havana is a ... | [] |
5,968 | 20,039 | 640,235 | Crusinallo | 2023-09-11T13:37:01Z | **Crusinallo**, with 4000 people, is the most populated district of the town of Omegna (in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in Piedmont, Italy). It was an independent town until 1928. The town of Crusinallo is located in the north part of the town of Omegna, at the border with the towns of Casale Corte Cerro, Grav... | [] |
5,969 | 20,040 | 10,249,821 | 1752 | 2025-05-11T06:47:15Z | {{#Year article header}}1752{{/Year article header}} In the British Empire, the day was just 355 days long.
## Events
- February 11 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the US, is opened.
- March 23 – The *Halifax Gazette*, the first Canadian newspaper
- June 6 – Fire destroys part of Moscow
- June 15 – Ben... | [] |
5,970 | 20,042 | 440,188 | 660s BC | 2023-03-14T20:46:54Z | ## Events
- 669 BC - Assurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria
- 668 BC - Shamash-shum-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, becomes King of Babylon
- 668 BC - Egypt revolts against Assyria
- 667 BC - Byzantium founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas. (traditional date)
- 664 BC - First naval battle in Greek ... | [] |
5,971 | 20,043 | 1,011,873 | 1496 | 2025-11-09T15:51:57Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1496{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1496{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 3 – Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
- March 10 – Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere.
- Jul... | [] |
5,972 | 20,044 | 10,250,062 | 1543 | 2025-05-11T07:41:57Z | {{#Year article header}}1543{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- February 21 – Battle of Wayna Daga – A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn.
- May – Nicolaus Copernicus publishes *De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium*
- July 12 – King Henry VIII of England marr... | [] |
5,973 | 20,045 | 10,249,309 | 362 | 2025-05-11T04:24:33Z | {{#Year article header}}362{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- An earthquake strikes Nicaea (Turkey).
- An earthquake strikes Al-Karak (Jordan).
## Births
- Flavia Maxima Constantia, daughter of Constantius II
- Jin Xiaowudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
## Deaths
- Dorotheus of Tyre, bishop and martyr
- P... | [] |
5,974 | 20,046 | 1,011,873 | 1071 | 2025-10-09T14:20:54Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1071{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1071{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- April — The last Byzantine-controlled city in southern Italy, Bari, is captured by Robert Guiscard.
- August 26 — Byzantine Empire loses Battle of Manzikert to Turkish army under Alp Arsla... | [] |
5,975 | 20,047 | 1,011,873 | 1278 | 2025-10-09T14:24:21Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1278{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1278{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- August 26 – Kings Rudolph I of Germany and Ladislaus IV of Hungary defeat King Otakar II of Bohemia in the Battle of Marchfield, a match of over 80,000 men and the largest battle of knight... | [] |
5,976 | 20,053 | 1,874,740 | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals | 2026-09-25T03:27:51Z | **People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals** (**PETA**) is one of the world's largest non-profit organisations about animal rights. The four main beliefs of PETA are that animals are not to be used for food, clothes, exploitation or testing. The headquarters of the organization is in Norfolk, Virginia in the United ... | [] |
5,977 | 20,057 | 48,755 | Software licence | 2024-08-29T17:31:00Z | A **software licence** (or **software** **license** in United States English) is a kind of licence that is used to set rules about how a piece of software can or cannot be used. After getting the software by either downloading it or buying it, you need to agree with the licence in order to use it. The licence is chosen... | [] |
5,978 | 20,060 | 1,444,326 | BSD licence | 2025-02-24T03:58:14Z | The **BSD licence** is named after the group that first used the licence, the University of California, Berkeley, where the BSD operating system was first made. Since they are in the United States, BSD uses the U.S. spelling *BSD license*.
## The licence
The words of the BSD licence are public domain and can be chang... | [] |
5,979 | 20,074 | 10,249,784 | 1786 | 2025-05-11T06:38:32Z | {{#Year article header}}1786{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- May 21 – Trial of the Necklace affair ends in Paris
- August 8 – Mont Blanc was climbed for the first time by Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat.
- August 29– Shays Rebellion begins
- September 2 – Hurricane in England.
- November 7 – The ol... | [] |
5,980 | 20,075 | 10,249,899 | 1688 | 2025-05-11T07:02:12Z | {{#Year article header}}1688{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March – William Dampier makes first recorded visit to Christmas Island.
- April 18 (Julian calendar) – Germantown Quaker Protest Against Slavery drafted by four Germantown Quakers.
- April 29 – Frederick I of Prussia becomes Kurfürst (Elector) of Brande... | [] |
5,981 | 20,076 | 1,011,873 | 1728 | 2025-07-05T15:24:26Z | {{#Year article header}}1728{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Astronomical aberration found by the astronomer James Bradley
- Swedish academy of sciences made at Uppsala
- The making of the University of Havana ([Universidad de la Habana](http://www.uh.cu/) ), Cuba's most set university.
## Births
- January 9 – ... | [] |
5,982 | 20,077 | 10,350,813 | 1614 | 2025-06-23T21:54:28Z | **1614** (MDCXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- April 5 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
- October 11 – Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition... | [] |
5,983 | 20,078 | 1,011,873 | 1588 | 2025-07-05T15:29:07Z | {{#Year article header}}1588{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- May 12 – Day of the Barricades in Paris. Duke Henry of Guise seizes the city, forcing King Henry III to flee.
- May 28 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel (it will take unt... | [] |
5,984 | 20,079 | 1,011,873 | 1012 | 2025-10-09T14:20:06Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1012{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1012{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which would eventually end in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf.
- Sulayman is restored as Umayyad caliph of Cordoba, succeeding H... | [] |
5,985 | 20,080 | 10,249,829 | 1746 | 2025-05-11T06:49:25Z | {{#Year article header}}1746{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 8 – Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling
- April 16 – Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings
- August 18 – Two of the four rebellious Scottish lords, Earl of Kilmarnock and Lord Balmeniro beheaded in the Tower (Lord Lovat ex... | [] |
5,986 | 20,081 | 10,350,788 | 1734 | 2025-06-23T21:48:41Z | **1734** (MDCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- January 8 – Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera *Ariodante* at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
- June 17 – French troops take Philippsburg, but the... | [] |
5,987 | 20,082 | 10,249,907 | 1682 | 2025-05-11T07:04:20Z | {{#Year article header}}1682{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England.
- April 7 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, exploring rivers in America, reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River.
- April 9 – At the mouth of the Mississippi River, near modern ... | [] |
5,988 | 20,084 | 532,461 | 222 | 2026-08-10T13:36:05Z | **222** was a common year.
## Events
- Pope Urban I succeeds Pope Callixtus I
- Roman Emperor Alexander Severus succeeds Heliogabalus
- Kingdom of Wu is established in China
- Sun Quan defeats Liu Bei at the Battle of Yi Ling
| [] |
5,989 | 20,085 | 10,249,815 | 1759 | 2025-05-11T06:45:51Z | {{#Year article header}}1759{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 11 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- January 13 – The Távora family is executed following the accusation of attempted regicide on Joseph I of Portugal
- January 15 – The British Museum ... | [] |
5,990 | 20,086 | 10,249,818 | 1755 | 2025-05-11T06:46:40Z | {{#Year article header}}1755{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 25 – Moscow University established.
- February 20 – General Braddock lands in Virginia to take command of the English forces against the French in North America
- April 15 – *A Dictionary of the English Language* is published by Samuel Johnson; ... | [] |
5,991 | 20,087 | 10,249,347 | 477 | 2025-05-11T04:36:16Z | {{#Year article header}}477{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Huneric becomes king of Vandals
- Aelle, king of the South Saxons, arrives in England, with his three sons, near Cymenshore. (According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
- Song Shun Di succeeds Song Hou Fei Di as ruler of the Chinese Song Dynasty
| [] |
5,992 | 20,088 | 10,249,354 | 509 | 2025-05-11T04:39:52Z | {{#Year article header}}509{{/Year article header}}
## Births
- Emperor Kimmei, 29th emperor of Japan (d. 571, traditional date)
- Adi Sankara
## Deaths
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5,993 | 20,089 | 10,249,369 | 571 | 2025-05-11T04:43:30Z | {{#Year article header}}571{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- The Monophysites again reject the Council of Chalcedon, causing another schism.
## Deaths
- Emperor Kimmei, 29th emperor of Japan (b. 509, traditional date)
| [] |
5,994 | 20,090 | 10,249,376 | 609 | 2025-05-11T04:45:35Z | **609** was a common year.
## Events
- The Pantheon is consecrated to the Virgin Mary and all saints (or 610).
- Edessa is taken by the Sassanids.
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5,995 | 20,092 | 532,461 | Lake Baikal | 2026-06-23T18:15:30Z | **Lake Baikal** is a huge lake in Siberia, Russia. It is the biggest fresh water reservoir in the world. The lake is near Irkutsk.
Baikal is about 636 km long. It is 20–80 km wide. At its deepest point, it is 1700 m deep. It is the deepest lake on Earth. The lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It holds about 20% of... | [] |
5,996 | 20,094 | 9,051,932 | Omul | 2023-09-08T06:04:44Z | The **omul** (*Coregonus migratorius*) is a kind of fish. It belongs to the same family as the trout and the salmon. It only lives in Lake Baikal and the rivers around it (the Angara for example. It is very typical for that region of Siberia).
Omul considered a food delicacy and can be eaten n many ways. Local people ... | [] |
5,997 | 20,095 | 10,422,256 | Salmon | 2025-07-28T16:33:41Z | **Salmon** is a kind of teleost fish. It is a general term for commercially important ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family of fish as the trout.
Most kinds of salmon live in salt water, or migrate between rivers and the sea. Many people like to eat salmon, so sometimes the fis... | [] |
5,998 | 20,096 | 693,482 | Wild turkey | 2023-03-13T15:53:36Z | The **wild turkey** (*Meleagris gallopavo*) is the name of the more common of the two species of turkey. This large bird is found across much of the United States and southern Canada.
Wild turkeys prefer hardwood and mixed conifer-hardwood forests with scattered openings such as pastures, fields, orchards and seasonal... | [] |
5,999 | 20,097 | 935,234 | Ocellated turkey | 2023-02-03T03:31:43Z | An **ocellated turkey** (*Meleagris ocellata*) is a turkey (a large bird) that is named for the eye-like spots on the tail feathers (*ocellated* means having eye-like spots). It is similar to the wild turkey that is found more to the north in North America.
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