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- Scutage was a medieval English tax levied on holders of a knight's fee under the feudal land tenure of knight-service. Under feudalism the king, through...6 KB (847 words) - 12:13, 7 April 2023
- Joseph-Marie, comte Portalis (19 February 1778, Aix-en-Provence – 5 August 1858) was a French diplomat and statesman. He was the son of the jurist Jean-Étienne-Marie...1 KB (110 words) - 06:41, 24 January 2022
- Konx Om Pax: Essays in Light is a publication by British occultist Aleister Crowley, first published in 1907. The title, Konx Om Pax, is a phrase said...6 KB (649 words) - 15:33, 15 February 2024
- The official flag of the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, was adopted on December 5, 1994. The flag features green riverbanks (symbolize the life and...2 KB (150 words) - 01:14, 4 October 2022
- Jerónimo (or Gerónimo) de Zurita y Castro or simply Jerónimo (or Gerónimo) de Zurita (1512 – 3 November 1580) was a Spanish historian of the sixteenth...2 KB (302 words) - 09:08, 30 April 2022
- Joan Zamboni (1933– 7 October 2017) was an American ice dancer who competed with partner Roland Junso. They won the gold medal at the 1956 United States...1 KB (106 words) - 00:19, 10 June 2023
- The 1961–62 Yugoslav Second League season was the 16th season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), the second level association...13 KB (355 words) - 17:19, 2 October 2021
- William Chamberlayne (1619 – 11 July 1679 or 1689) was an English poet. Nothing is known of his history except that he practised as a physician at Shaftesbury...2 KB (285 words) - 17:28, 16 May 2023
- Jean Bertaut (1552 – 8 June 1611), French poet, was born at Caen. He figures with Philippe Desportes in the disdainful couplet of Boileau on Ronsard: "Ce...2 KB (246 words) - 10:59, 20 June 2022
- Karl Ludwig Fernow (19 November 1763 – 4 December 1808) was a German art critic and archaeologist. Fernow was born in Pomerania, the son of a servant in...4 KB (520 words) - 13:38, 2 July 2023
- Herleif (Latinized as Herleifus) was one of the earliest legendary Danish kings according to Arngrímur Jónsson's Latin summary of the lost Skjöldunga saga...2 KB (185 words) - 13:13, 18 September 2021
- Albert de Gresle (fl. 1086 - 1094) was a non-resident lord of the manor of Manchester. Various antiquarians believed that the Gresle family originated...6 KB (575 words) - 22:38, 21 January 2023
- Augustin Alexandre Darthé (10 October 1769 – 27 May 1797) was a French revolutionary. Born in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, he became administrator of the département...2 KB (267 words) - 05:47, 31 May 2022
- British Library, Add MS 43460 is a theological miscellany and was produced in Italy in the late 8th century. It contains works by St. Augustine, St. Jerome...3 KB (423 words) - 05:08, 1 April 2023
- Sasha and Zamani are two aspects of time as expressed in some Eastern and Central African cultures.[which?] Sasa are spirits known by someone still alive...3 KB (468 words) - 21:34, 13 May 2023
- The Hohe Schule (meaning: "The High School") in Loosdorf near Melk was a Protestant school open from ca. 1574 until 1627. It was built in 1574 or a few...11 KB (1,558 words) - 21:59, 13 March 2023
- The Astrakhan-Caspian Military Flotilla (Russian: Астрахано-Каспийская военная флотилия) was formed by the Bolsheviks in October 1918 for the purpose of...2 KB (281 words) - 14:54, 6 October 2021
- Ōfuka onsen (大深温泉, Ōfuka onsen) is an onsen (hot spring) in Semboku, Akita, Japan. Onsen 39°58′17.5″N 140°49′0.9″E / 39.971528°N 140.816917°E / 39.971528;...697 bytes (40 words) - 14:31, 24 June 2021
- Johan Arvid Gunnar Syrén (16 January 1903, in Sweden – 1985), son to Frans Gustav Syrén and Ida Karolina Gustavsdotter, was a Swedish missionary. In the...1 KB (63 words) - 20:34, 29 July 2022