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Republic Day is the name of a holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they became republics. Legend   Ceased to be republic   Transition...

USS Underhill (DE-682) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy during World War II. Built in 1943, she served in the Atlantic, the...

Zhang Ti (died 4 April 280), courtesy name Juxian, was an official of the state of Eastern Wu during the late Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of China...

Events in the year 2011 in Romania. President: Traian Băsescu Prime Minister: Emil Boc 17 April – Action 2012, a coalition of organizations supporting...

Brennus or Brennos is the name of two Gaulish chieftains, famous in ancient history: Brennus, chieftain of the Senones, a Gallic tribe originating from...

The Algerian Family Code (French: Code de Famille, Arabic: قانون الأسرة), enacted on June 9, 1984, specifies the laws relating to familial relations in...

Zbyněk Anthony Bohuslav Zeman (18 October 1928 – 22 June 2011) was a Czech historian who later became a naturalized British citizen. He published widely...

Gérard Vergnaud (8 February 1933 – 6 June 2021) was a French mathematician, philosopher, educator, and psychologist. He earned his doctorate from the International...

Hans von Speyer was a 15th-century German scribe. He was probably born near Speyer, Germany in the mid-15th century. In c. 1491, he produced the MS M.I...

Thomas Cole (1628–1697) was an English Independent minister. Cole was a native of London, born in 1628. His father William Cole owned property, and sent...

USS Phlox was a steamer commissioned by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She served the Union Navy's struggle against the Confederate States...

Sarah Egerton (1782–1847) was an English actress. The judgement of William Macready was that "her merits were confined to melodrama." Egerton was the daughter...

Elizabeth Chittick (November 11, 1908 – April 16, 2009) was an American feminist who served as president of the National Woman's Party. Chittick was chairman...

Dolfin Dolfin or Delfino Delfin, was a Venetian nobleman who served during the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Dolfin Dolfin, was born into the powerful...

Wilkie Clark (March 8, 1920 – July 29, 1989) was an African-American entrepreneur and civil rights activist. He lived in Roanoke, Alabama. At age 69, he...

The Qur'an, in its second chapter, Al-Baqara, Quran 2:259, mentions a parable, concerning a man who passed by a hamlet in ruins, and asked himself how...