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1787 | 1787 | May 13 – Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with the First Fleet, 11 ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia. August 16 – Lieutenant William Bligh takes command of the HMVA Bounty. December 23 – The HMVA Bounty is sent to Tahiti to collect breadfruit plants. The Pennsylvania Priso... | simple-english |
August 16 | Days of the year | 1 BC – China: Wang Mang is declared marshal of the state. Emepror Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no living heirs. 1513 – Battle of Guinegate: Henry VIII of England and his imperial allies defeat French forces who are then forced to retreat. 1728 – Vitus Bering reaches the Diomede Islands be... | simple-english |
December 23 | Days of the year | 583 – Maya Queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque. 679 – King Dagobert II of Paris is murdered on a hunting trip. 962 – Arab-Byzantine Wars: Under future Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo in present–day Syria. 1572 – Theologian Johann Sylvan is execu... | simple-english |
1788 | 1788 | 1788 (MDCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar. January 26 – The First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove, bringing the first European settlers to Australia. This is now celebrated as Australia's national day. October 25 – The HMVA... | simple-english |
October 25 | Days of the year | 1147 – Portuguese forces under Afonso I of Portugal, and crusaders from England and Flanders, conquer Lisbon after a four–month siege. 1154 – Henry II of England becomes King. 1415 – The army of Henry V of England defeats a French army at the Battle of Agincourt. 1616 – Dirk Hartog makes the sec... | simple-english |
1789 | 1789 | 1789 (MDCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar, the 1789th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, . April 28 – The Mutiny on the Bounty happens. It was led by Fletcher Christian. April 30 – George Was... | simple-english |
April 4 | Days of the year | 1147 – First historic record of Moscow. 1581 – Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England. 1660 – Declaration of Breda by Charles II of England. 1721 – Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 1789 – The HMAV Bounty leaves Tahiti. 1812 – U... | simple-english |
May 28 | Days of the year | 585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. 1453 – The last Christian service takes place in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, present–day Istanbul, before it b... | simple-english |
Political virtues | Ethics | The political virtues were listed by Bernard Crick "In Defense of Politics", 1982. They included but were not limited to: take one step, then see its results before taking another making friends with people you have argued with giving up some things you want to get those things that are most important to you people wa... | simple-english |
Lady Jane Grey | 1537 births, 1554 deaths, English Anglicans, Executed English people, House of Tudor, People executed by decapitation, Royalty from London, 16th century in England | Lady Jane Grey, born 1536/7, also known as "The Nine Days Queen," was an English noblewoman who shortly served as queen of England from 10 July to 19 July 1553. Her reign was unsuccessful, and she was subsequently executed by decapitation the following year on February 12, 1554, at the age of 16 or 17, charged with hig... | simple-english |
Tower of London | Castles in England, Royal residences in the United Kingdom, World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom, Towers in the United Kingdom, Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, 11th-century buildings and structures | The Tower of London is a Norman stone fortress in London, England. It stands on the bank of the River Thames in the East End of London and is in the oldest part of the city. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fortress was built by William the Conqueror, King William I during the Norman occupation of England, start... | simple-english |
Anne Boleyn | People executed by decapitation, House of Tudor, Wives of Henry VIII, People from Norfolk, Executed English people, 1500s births, 1536 deaths | Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) (birth unknown and unrecorded anywhere) was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England and queen consort from 1533 until 1536. Preluding the title of Queen, she was also marked Marquess of Pembroke. A title normally reserved for men. She was the mother of Elizabeth I of Engla... | simple-english |
Mona Lisa | 16th-century paintings, Paintings by Leonardo da Vinci | The Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde) is a 16th-century portrait, painted in oil by Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance in Florence, Italy. Many people think Mona Lisa's smile is mysterious. Mona Lisa also has no eyebrows, it is believed that this was because they were accidentally removed durin... | simple-english |
December 14 | Days of the year | 557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake. 1287 – The St. Lucia's flood in the Netherlands kills around 50,000 people. 1542 – Mary, Queen of Scots inherits the throne of Scotland at the age of just 6 days, following the death of her father, King James V of Scotland. 1782 – The Mo... | simple-english |
1542 | 1542 | December 14 – Accession of Mary, Queen of Scots June 6 – Richard Grenville, Elizabethan sailor (died 1591) June 24 – St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (died 1591) October 15 – Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, ruler of the Mughal Empire (died 1605) December 8 – Mary, Queen of Scots (died 1587) Robert Be... | simple-english |
February 13 | Days of the year | 1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England, falls. 1462 – The Treaty of Westminster is finalized between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles. 1503 – Disfida di Barletta: A tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights takes place near Barletta. 1542 ... | simple-english |
January 31 | Days of the year | 314 – Silvester I becomes Pope. 1504 – France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1542 – Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first European to reach Iguazu Falls on the present-day border between Argentina and Brazil. 1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and J... | simple-english |
1981 | 1981 | 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar. January 20 – Hostages from the Iran hostage crisis are released at the same time when Ronald Reagan is inaugurated for the first time as President of the United States. January 21 – The first DeLorean automotive is released in Northern Ir... | simple-english |
Britney Spears | 1981 births, Living people, Actors from Mississippi, American child singers, American movie actors, American pop musicians, American dance musicians, American R&B musicians, Britney Spears, American Grammy Award winners, Mouseketeers, Singers from Mississippi, RCA Records artists | Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. She has recorded several albums and has received several entertainment industry awards. Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981 in McComb, Mississippi. Her parents are Lynne Irene (née Bridges) and James Parnell Spears. She grew up in Kentwood,... | simple-english |
The Matrix | 1999 science fiction movies, Australian science fiction movies, The Matrix, Drone movies, Transgender in movies, Warner Bros. movies, Post-apocalyptic movies, Dystopian movies, Movies directed by The Wachowskis, 1990s English-language movies, American science fiction movies, 1990s American action movies, A... | The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action movie written and directed by the Wachowski Sisters. The movie stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantaliano. The Matrix was followed by three sequels: The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions and The Matrix Resurrections. In 20... | simple-english |
Portuguese (disambiguation) | #REDIRECT Portuguese | simple-english |
September 11 Attacks | September 11 attacks | The September 11 attacks (also known as 9/11) were a series of four planned Islamist suicide attacks carried out as an act of rebellion by the militant group al-Qaeda against the United States of America. The attacks happened on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, and were done by 19 attackers. The attacks kill... | simple-english |
Cardiff | Cardiff, 50s establishments, Establishments in Wales | Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales. It is also the 11th biggest city in the United Kingdom. Its name in the Welsh language is Caerdydd. A 2011 census says that around 346,100 people live in Cardiff. It is the most important city in Wales for tourism, culture, government, sport, transport, nightlife and bu... | simple-english |
Valladolid | Capital cities in Spain, Valladolid | Valladolid () is a city in Spain, with a population of 316,564. It is the capital of Castile and León, and one of the historical capitals of the Spanish Kingdom. On 19 October, 1469, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile married secretely in the Palacio de los Vivero. Also, Christopher Columbus died in the c... | simple-english |
Elizabeth Gaskell | 1810 births, 1865 deaths, Deaths from myocardial infarction, English novelists, Writers from Cheshire, Writers from London | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865) was an English writer. She was born in Chelsea, London. After her mother died, she lived with her aunt in Knutsford, Cheshire. She married William Gaskell, a priest, in 1832. They lived in Manchester, where several of her books are set. She died of a hea... | simple-english |
Venice | Venice | Venice, a city in Italy, is the capital of the Veneto region, which is in the north-east of the country. The population of the 'Comune di Venezia', which is Venice, its lagoon and its mainland is 271,367. It has an area of 412 km². The population of Venice itself is decreasing ant a rapid rate and is now under 55,... | simple-english |
Naples | Naples, 6th-century BC establishments | Naples is a southern Italian city with a port. It faces the Mediterranean Sea and is near Mount Vesuvius. Its name in Italian is Napoli which came from its Greek name Neapolis, meaning new city. It has a population of about 1 million. About 3 million live in the area around Naples (including Naples itself). There is ... | simple-english |
Florence | Florence, World Heritage Sites in Italy | Florence () is the capital city of the region of Tuscany (), in Italy. From 1865 to 1870 the city was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. Florence is on the Arno River. The city has a population of around 370,000 people, and a suburban population of over 2,000,000 people. The greater area has around 956,000 peopl... | simple-english |
Milan | Milan | Milan (Italian: Milano; ancient Medhelan Mediolanum (City in the middle of the lands)) is a city in northern Italy. Milan is the capital of the Metropolitan City of Milan (which replaced the Province of Milan) and of the Lombardy Region. It is populated by 1,371,498 inhabitants. It is the most populated province in Ita... | simple-english |
Glamorgan | Glamorgan | Glamorgan, also known as Glamorganshire is a county in Wales in the west of Great Britain. Glamorgan was a medieval kingdom. Its capital is Cardiff. The county is home to over a million people, which is more than one third the total of Wales. It contains the cities of Cardiff, Swansea and most of the valleys that are f... | simple-english |
Cornwall | Cornwall, Ceremonial counties of England | Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in the far southwest of England in the United Kingdom. Truro is the capital of the Unitary Authority that has administered Cornwall since 2009. Truro is also the only city. It has the cathedral of the Diocese of Truro. Cornwall is home to the Cornish Language and the Cornish peopl... | simple-english |
Tintagel Castle | Castles in England, Buildings and structures in Cornwall, 12th-century buildings and structures | Tintagel Castle is in Cornwall, a county in England. Reginald, Earl of Cornwall built the castle on Tintagel Head (a piece of land by the sea) in about 1150. In Cornish legend, this is the place where the old Kings of Cornwall lived. Reginald built the castle for propaganda, not for military use; he wanted people to th... | simple-english |
Gwyneth Paltrow | Actors from Los Angeles, American movie actors, American stage actors, American television actors, Screen Actors Guild Award winners, 1972 births, Living people | Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 28, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father was movie director Bruce Paltrow. Her mother is actress Blythe Danner; her parents are second cousins. Her brother is director Jake Paltrow. Her uncle is singer-actor Harry Danner. Her h... | simple-english |
Sarah Michelle Gellar | 1977 births, Actors from New York City, American movie actors, American television actors, American voice actors, American Emmy Award winning actors, Living people | Sarah Michelle Gellar (born April 14, 1977) is an American actress. After several television acting roles during the 1990s, Gellar became famous for playing Buffy Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After Buffy, she started acting in movies. She has starred in the family movies Scooby-Doo (2002) ... | simple-english |
Jennifer Garner | 1972 births, Living people, American movie actors, Actors from Houston, Actors from West Virginia, American movie producers, American television actors, Golden Globe Award winners, Screen Actors Guild Award winners | Jenny Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award- and SAG Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American movie and television actress, and producer. She first became famous for her role as Sydney Bristow on Alias, a CIA agent. She was also in Juno, Pearl Harbor, and Dude, Where's My Car. Garner joined t... | simple-english |
Heather Graham | American movie actors, American television actors, Actors from Milwaukee, 1970 births, Living people, University of California, Los Angeles alumni, Models from Milwaukee | Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actress. Her father is a retired FBI agent. Her mother is a writer of books for children. Her sister, Aimee, is an actress and writer. Graham's parents are Catholics. Graham was a student at the University of California, Los Angeles. Sh... | simple-english |
Christina Ricci | 20th-century American actors, 21st-century American actors, 1980 births, Actors from New Jersey, Actors from Santa Monica, California, American child actors, American movie actors, American voice actors, American television actors, Living people, People from Montclair, New Jersey, People with anorexia | Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress. She was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. Year Title RoleNotes1990MermaidsKate Flax1991BonnieWednesday Addams1993JessicaAddams Family Values Wednesday Addams1995CasperKathleen "Kat" HarveyNow and ThenRoberta MartinGol... | simple-english |
Julia Roberts | American movie actors, American movie producers, American television actors, Actors from Atlanta, BAFTA Award winning actors, Best Actress Academy Award winners, Golden Globe Award winning actors, Screen Actors Guild Award winners, 1967 births, Living people | Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles in the movies Steel Magnolias (1989), Pretty Woman (1990), Runaway Bride (1998) and Erin Brockovich (2000). Roberts regularly plays characters of attractive powerful women. She has been among People Magazine... | simple-english |
Angelina Jolie | 1975 births, Living people, American Academy Award winning actors, Satellite Award winners, Actors from Los Angeles, American movie actors, Bisexual people, LGBT actors, LGBT people from California, LGBT producers, Movie producers from Los Angeles, Saturn Award winners, People with anorexia | Angelina Jolie (pronounced as Djole; née Voight, formerly Jolie Pitt, born June 4, 1975) is an American actress, movie producer, screenwriter, and author. She began acting at about 12 years old, and since then has starred in many movies. She is the daughter of Jon Voight, who is also an actor and former actress/model M... | simple-english |
Grace Kelly | American Academy Award winning actors, Actors from Philadelphia, American movie actors, American stage actors, American television actors, Golden Globe Award winning actors, Road accident deaths, Deaths from stroke, 1929 births, 1982 deaths, Recipients of the Order pro merito Melitensi, Princes and prince... | Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American actress and royal. She later married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco. Grace Patricia Kelly was born at Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia on November 12, 1929. Her father was an Ir... | simple-english |
Elizabeth Taylor | 1932 births, 2011 deaths, Actors from London, Actors from Los Angeles, American activists, American movie actors, American stage actors, American television actors, Converts to Judaism, HIV/AIDS activists, English movie actors, English stage actors, English television actors, Jewish activists, Jewish... | Dame Elizabeth "Liz" Rosemond Taylor DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. The movies she starred in were, National Velvet, Father of the Bride, A Place in the Sun, Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Suddenly, Last Summer. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for BUtterfield 8. S... | simple-english |
Hilary Swank | 1974 births, Living people, American Academy Award winning actors, Actors from Nebraska, American movie actors, American television actors, Golden Globe Award winning actors, Screen Actors Guild Award winners, People from Lincoln, Nebraska, BBC 100 Women | Hilary Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an Academy and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress. She is the second woman in the world to win two Oscars before thirty (the first one was Jodie Foster). Swank's movies include Million Dollar Baby and Freedom Writers. She played Gail Getty in the 2018 television series Trus... | simple-english |
Nana Visitor | American television actors, Actors from New York City, 1957 births, Living people, American soap opera actors | Nana Visitor (born July 26, 1957) is an American actress. Visitor was born in New York City. She is most famous for playing Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Visitor married fellow Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig in 1997. They had a son in 1996. Visitor and Siddig divorced in 2001. Visito... | simple-english |
Alexander Siddig | Sudanese people, 1965 births, Living people | Alexander Siddig (November 21, 1965) is a Sudanese actor. Siddig is most famous for playing Dr Julian Bashir in the Star Trek television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Siddig married fellow Star Trek actor Nana Visitor in 1997. They had a son in 1996. Siddig and Visitor divorced in 2001. Siddig is the nephew of E... | simple-english |
Eiffel Tower | Buildings and structures completed in the 19th century, Buildings and structures in Paris, Towers in Europe | The Tower cost 7,799,401.31 French gold francs to build in 1889, an amount equal to $1,495,139.89 at that time. Today, its cost would equal to $36,784,020.11. It took 2 years, 2 months and 5 days to build it. The tower is tall, but this does not include the aerial (antenna) on the top; the total height of the struct... | simple-english |
Louvre | 1793 establishments, 1790s establishments in France, Art museums in France, Museums in Paris | The Louvre is a museum in Paris. It has millions of visitors every year because of its art collection. It is the most visited art museum in the world. The most famous piece of art in the Louvre is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Other paintings include works of Rembrandt, Giambattista Pittoni, Caravaggio, Rubens, T... | simple-english |
Venus de Milo | Ancient Greek marble sculptures, Ancient Greek statues, 2nd-century BC works | The Venus de Milo is an ancient Greek statue. It is in the Louvre, a museum in Paris, France. The Venus de Milo represents Aphrodite, the goddess of love in Greek mythology. The statue is made of marble and is 203cm high. It might be the work of Alexandros of Antioch. The Venus de Milo was found on 8 April 1820 on the ... | simple-english |
Aphrodite | Twelve Olympians, Gods and goddesses of beauty, Gods and goddesses of fertility, Gods and goddesses of love and lust | Aphrodite (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē) is the Ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty. She was also the goddess of procreation. Aphrodite is one of the Twelve Olympians. The most beautiful and refined of the goddesses, Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, god of fire and metalworking. Aphrodite had numerous affai... | simple-english |
Venus (mythology) | Roman gods and goddesses, Gods and goddesses of beauty, Gods and goddesses of fertility, Gods and goddesses of love and lust | In Roman mythology, Venus is the goddess of love and beauty. She was the Roman version of the Greek Aphrodite and Etruscan Turan. Her cult began in Ardea and Lavinium, Latium. On August 18, 293 BC, the first temple to her was built. August 18 was then a festival called the Vinalia Rustica. On April 1, the Veneralia w... | simple-english |
Jupiter (mythology) | Roman gods and goddesses, Gods and goddesses of the sky, Gods and goddesses of thunder | Jupiter (Latin: Iuppiter) is the king of the gods in Roman mythology. This was because he had been warned that one of his children would overthrow him. Battle of the Titans Then, with the help of the Cyclopes and the Hundred-handed Giants, they declared war on Saturn and the other Titans. Jupiter finally defeated the T... | simple-english |
Minerva | Roman gods and goddesses, Virgin goddesses | Minerva was the Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom whose symbol was the owl. The Greeks called her Athena but the Romans didn't make her as warlike as Athena. As Minerva Medica she was goddess of medicine and doctors. Many coins showed her. Menrva - Etruscan mythology version of Minerva Athena - Greek mythology version... | simple-english |
Athena | Twelve Olympians, National personifications, Virgin goddesses, National symbols of Greece | Athena, or Athene, is the Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and handicraft. She is one of the Twelve Olympians. Athena's symbol is the owl. She has a shield called Aegis, a gift from Zeus. Athena is often shown wearing her helmet and holding her shield. The shield later had Medusa's head on it, given to Athena by Perse... | simple-english |
Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City, County seats in Utah, State capitals in the United States, Olympic cities, 1847 establishments in Alta California | Salt Lake City is a city in the United States of America. It is the capital and largest city of the state of Utah. It was founded by the Mormons and is the official headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is named after the Great Salt Lake, which is 15 miles to the west of downtown. The city... | simple-english |
Nagano (city) | Cities in Chūbu, Olympic cities, Settlements in Nagano Prefecture | Nagano () is a city in Japan. It is the capital of Nagano Prefecture (). Nagano has been recognized as a core city since 1999. As of October 1, 2007, 2,182,190 people lived in Nagano. In 1998, the Olympic Games were held in Nagano. | simple-english |
Barcelona | Barcelona, Olympic cities, Capital cities in Spain | Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, which is a region of Spain. Barcelona is the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. The city is between the rivers of Llobregat and Besòs, and south of the Pyrenees mountains. It has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Köppen climate classification). Most rain falls in ... | simple-english |
Denise Lewis | Black British sportspeople, British athletes, Olympic bronze medalists for Great Britain, Olympic gold medalists for Great Britain, Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Sports commentators, Sportspeople from West Midlands (county), Strictly Come Dancing participan... | Denise Lewis (born 27 August 1972) is a British retired athlete from West Bromwich. She won the bronze medal in the heptathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In late 2004, she was a contestant in the second series of Strictly Come Dancing. | simple-english |
Michael Johnson | 1967 births, Living people, African-American track and field athletes, Olympic gold medalists for the United States, American sprinters, Sportspeople from Dallas | Michael Duane Johnson (born on September 13, 1967), Dallas, Texas is an American retired sprinter. He is widely considered the greatest long sprinter of all time. During his time on the track, he established world records for the 400 m (43.18 Seville, Spain), indoor 400 m, indoor 300 m, 200 m, and 4 × 400 m relay. Due ... | simple-english |
Icelandic | Icelandic might mean: Anything related to Iceland | simple-english |
Micheal Johnson | #REDIRECT Michael Johnson | simple-english |
Bronze Age | Ancient history, Periods and ages in history, Prehistory, Bronze Age | The Bronze Age is a period in human prehistory when people made tools from bronze, an alloy (mixture) of metals. Archaeologists think that people became more organised in the Bronze Age because making metal tools was difficult and needed certain skills. The people who had these new skills would have been important. The... | simple-english |
Louis XIV | 1638 births, 1715 deaths, Deaths from gangrene, House of Bourbon, Dauphins and Dauphines of France, Princes of Andorra, Kings of France | Louis XIV (5 September 1638 — 1 September 1715), also popularly known as the Sun King, was the King of France, King of Navarre and Prince of Andorra from 14 May 1643 until his death. He was a king for 72 years and 110 days. This was the longest recorded rule in the history of the whole world. He is often seen as the ty... | simple-english |
Olympic Games | Olympic Games, Multi-sport events | The Olympic Games () is an important international event featuring summer and winter sports. Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games are held every four years. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Ancient Greece at Olympia. The first games were in 776 BC. They were held every four years until the 6t... | simple-english |
Iron Age | Ancient history, Periods and ages in history, Prehistory | The Iron Age is the period after the Bronze Age in Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa. Iron production took place in Anatolia at least as early as 1200 BC, with some evidence pointing to even earlier dates. In the Mesopotamian states of Sumer, Akkad and Assyria, the use of iron reaches far back, to perhaps 3000 BC. One ... | simple-english |
Non-native English speakers on English Wikipedia | #REDIRECT Wikipedia:Welcome | simple-english |
Entertainment | Entertainment | Entertainment is something that gives pleasure, or distracts a person from daily life, like a sport or game that excites people and keeps their attention. Some entertainment, like horror movies, can also make people feel sad or scared. Other entertainment, like comedy shows, are funny. Entertainment can help reduce str... | simple-english |
Open Site | Encyclopedia websites | Open Site is a free internet encyclopedia created by many editors. Anyone can apply to become an editor or donate content. At Open Site all the content is separated into categories. There are eleven main categories which each have many subcategories. These are the main categories: Arts - has information about art and e... | simple-english |
Coca-Cola | Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Soft drinks | Coca-Cola logo, the logo is famous, The logo was first used in 1941.|thumb World of Coca-Cola building|thumb Coca-Cola is a carbonated, sweetened soft drink and is the world's best-selling soda. A popular nickname for Coca-Cola is Coke. The Coca-Cola Company claims that the beverage is sold in more than 200 countries. ... | simple-english |
Sulfur | Sulfur | Sulfur (American English) or sulphur (British English) is a chemical element. The symbol for sulfur is S, and its atomic number is 16. Old English name, appearing in the Bible, is brimstone. Sulfur is a yellow solid that is a nonmetal. It is fragile (easily broken) and crystalline. It burns easily, releasing toxic fume... | simple-english |
Aluminium | Aluminium, Pyrotechnic fuels | Aluminium (in American English: aluminum) is a chemical element. The symbol for aluminium is Al, and its atomic number is 13. Aluminium is the most abundant metal. It is a mononuclidic element. People have tried to produce aluminium since 1760. The first successful attempt, finished in 1824 by Danish physicist and chem... | simple-english |
Drawing | Art, Visual arts media | Drawing is a way of making a picture. Drawings are created by making lines on a surface. Long lines make up the shapes and small lines make the textures. Drawings can be images of real-life or abstract images. Drawing has been done for thousands of years, dating back to cave paintings. It focuses on objects made by ... | simple-english |
Texas | Texas, 1845 establishments in the United States | Texas (, American Spanish: ), officially the State of Texas, is a state in the South Central Region of the United States. It is the second largest US state by total area (after Alaska) with 268,596 sq mi (695,662 km2) and population (after California) with over 29 million people as of 2020. Its largest cities are Hous... | simple-english |
Prussia | 1525 establishments, House of Hohenzollern, Prussia, States and territories disestablished in the 1940s, 1947 disestablishments in Europe, 16th-century establishments in Germany, German Empire, 1520s establishments in Europe | Prussia (; , , Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a series of countries. Originally it was a historically prominent German state that originated in 1525. Mostly, the name is used for the Kingdom of Prussia, which was in northern Europe. It was part of Germany for a while, and it included land in Poland, France, and L... | simple-english |
Apocrypha | Books of the Bible | The Apocrypha are religious texts that are in some versions of the Catholic Bible. Other versions omit them. The word comes from Ancient Greek (apokrypha). Apocrypha means those that were hidden. Generally, the term is applied to writings that were not part of the canon. There are several reasons why these texts were ... | simple-english |
Sodium | Alkali metals | Sodium is a chemical element with an atomic number of 11. Its symbol is Na (from its Latin name natrium). It is an alkali metal. Although sodium has many isotopes, most decay in a short time. Because of this, all sodium in nature (mainly found in seawater) is of the isotope 11Na23. The atomic mass of sodium is 22.9898.... | simple-english |
Dice | Dice games | Dice are objects used in games when something random needs to be done, such as moving a game piece a random number of places on a board. Most dice are cubes that have the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on the faces. Dice are sometimes made in other polyhedral shapes than cubes, but the six-sided die (die is the singular o... | simple-english |
Matrix (mathematics) | Linear algebra | In mathematics, a matrix (plural: matrices) is a list of a list of numbers, where each list in the list has the same number of numbers. It's often represented as rectangle of numbers, arranged in rows and columns. The rows are each left-to-right (horizontal) lines, and the columns go top-to-bottom (vertical). The top-l... | simple-english |
Matrix (math) | #REDIRECT Matrix (mathematics) | simple-english |
Hawaiian | The Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian language Native Hawaiians, the Polynesian Hawaiian people (a kanaka ‘oiwi or kanaka māoli) having to do with the U.S. state of Hawaii | simple-english |
British Isles | British Isles | The British Isles are an archipelago (a group of islands) in north-western Europe. They have a long geographical and geological history. The first people were in Britain by 800,000 years ago (Happisburgh footprints). The biggest island is called Great Britain, followed by the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight and Anglese... | simple-english |
Mandarin Chinese | Sino-Tibetan languages, Tonal languages | Mandarin Chinese, or simply Mandarin, (; ) is the language of government and education of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, with the notable exceptions of Hong Kong and Macau, which more often use a local dialect of Chinese that is called Cantonese. Mandarin is one of five major regional languages of China. It spreads w... | simple-english |
Algeria | Algeria, Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, 1962 establishments in Africa, North African countries | Algeria ( or ), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is a North African country. It is the second biggest nation in Africa and the 10th largest world over in terms of total land area. It is situated along the Mediterranean Sea with its borders being Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sah... | simple-english |
Plymouth | Plymouth, Devon, Port cities and towns of England | Plymouth () is a city and unitary authority in South West England. It is on the south coast of Devon, about south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. Cornwall is to its west and south-west. Humans in the Plymouth area started in the Bronze Age when a first settlement was made at Mount Batten. This settlement con... | simple-english |
Plymouth (disambiguation) | Plymouth is the name of various places: Plymouth is an English city in Devon and the first to bear the name Plymouth, Connecticut Plymouth, Massachusetts, the first city in New England Plymouth, New Hampshire Plymouth, North Carolina Plymouth, Pennsylvania Plymouth, Washington Plymouth Township, Luzerne County, Pennsyl... | simple-english |
George Washington | 1732 births, 1799 deaths, American esotericists, American generals, American revolutionaries, Businesspeople from Virginia, Chancellors of the College of William & Mary, Episcopalians, Founding Fathers of the United States, Freemasons, George Washington, Military people from Virginia, Politician... | George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Before he became president, he had been the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. George Washington w... | simple-english |
February 22 | Days of the year | 1281 – Martin IV becomes Pope. 1288 – Nicholas IV becomes Pope. 1371 – Robert II of Scotland becomes King, starting the Stuart Dynasty. 1494 – King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. 1632 – Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published... | simple-english |
Abraham Lincoln | 1809 births, 1865 deaths, Abraham Lincoln, American abolitionists, Assassinated presidents of the United States, Deaths by firearm in the United States, Politicians from Springfield, Illinois, Politicians from Kentucky, United States representatives from Illinois, American Civil War, 19th-century Amer... | Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American politician who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederate States of America and abolished slavery in the United Sta... | simple-english |
February 12 | Days of the year | 881 – Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. 1354 – Treaty of Stralsund settles border disputes between the duchies of Mecklenburg and Pomerania. 1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on his second voyage to India. 1541 – Santiago, Chile is founded by Ped... | simple-english |
April 15 | Days of the year | 1071 – Norman forces under Robert Guiscard conquer Bari, present–day Italy. 1191 – Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned. 1450 – Battle of Formigny; Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly destroy English forces, ending English domination in northern France. 1632 &ndas... | simple-english |
Calvin Coolidge | 1872 births, 1933 deaths, Calvin Coolidge, Deaths from coronary thrombosis, Republican Party (United States) politicians, Governors of Massachusetts, Politicians from Vermont, 20th-century American politicians, Massachusetts Republicans, Capitalism, Vice presidents of the United States, 20th-century p... | Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States between 1923 and 1929. He was a conservative who supported less intervention in business and lower taxes. He married Grace Coolidge, and they had two children: John Calvin Coolidge III (born... | simple-english |
Harry Truman | #REDIRECT Harry S. Truman | simple-english |
Harry S. Truman | 1884 births, 1972 deaths, American military personnel of World War I, American people of World War II, American Presbyterians, Anti-communists, American colonels, Deaths from multiple organ failure, Deaths from pneumonia, Infectious disease deaths in Missouri, Harry S. Truman, People from Independence... | Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States from 1945 to 1953 after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office. Truman served as the 34th vice president of the United States for a short time, from January to April 1945. As president, Truman made important foreign po... | simple-english |
John Adams | 1735 births, 1826 deaths, Ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom, Lawyers from Massachusetts, American revolutionaries, Deaths from heart failure, Federalist Party politicians, Harvard University alumni, John Adams, Politicians from Massachusetts, Presidents of the United States, Signers of... | John Adams (October 19, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, lawyer, and writer who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before becoming president, he was the first vice president under President George Washington from 1789 to 1797. He was also the one of the Founding Father... | simple-english |
Bill Clinton | 1946 births, Living people, 1992 United States presidential candidates, 1996 United States presidential candidates, 20th-century American politicians, 21st-century American politicians, Alumni of the University of Oxford, Lawyers from Little Rock, Arkansas, American LGBT rights activists, American saxoph... | William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and attorney. He was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Before becoming president, he was the 40th and 42nd governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992. He was also the 50th attorney general of Arka... | simple-english |
American dollar | #REDIRECT United States dollar | simple-english |
Yield | Finance | In economics, the yield is how much money somebody is paid each year for leaving money invested somewhere. Unlike a corporate dividend, a yield is fairly certain, unless there is a bankruptcy. This means that people usually know how much money they are going to make from their yield ahead of time. Yields can be differ... | simple-english |
Moral purchasing | Ethics | Moral purchasing is when a person uses moral reasoning to decide what to buy. For example, when a person chooses to buy local goods instead of those from other countries, it supports their community and promotes processes that have visible, direct benefits to their neighbours. | simple-english |
Social network | Relationships, Social groups, Social influence | A social network is a set of people who interact (i.e. socialise). This includes group organizations. The social relationships may include friendship/affect, communication, economic transactions, interactions, kinship, authority/hierarchy, trust, social support, diffusion, contagion, and so on. Calling social relations... | simple-english |
Cabal | Forms of government | A cabal is a group of people who control or try to control affairs in society or within an organization secretly or dishonestly. Cabals are often a theme of a conspiracy theories. People sometimes say "There Is No Cabal", or TINC, to mean "There Is No Cabal". The joke is that since a cabal is necessarily secret, only t... | simple-english |
Creating | Creating is making new things that have not existed before, usually by combining two or three things that existed. Art is almost always called creative, but so are other activities like music, mathematics, technology, business, craft, building, gardening and forestry, if they combine things to get new things. When seve... | simple-english |
Human science | Social sciences | Human science is the science of humans: what makes them different from animals, and their limits, which tend to be the same as those of other animals. Because human bodies are animal bodies, human science is part of biology which leads to Life Science. However human behaviour includes the use of words, measures, num... | simple-english |
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