Search results

Cai Qian (Chinese: 蔡牽; pinyin: Cài Qiān; 1761–1809) was a Chinese sea merchant, considered by some a pirate during the Qing dynasty era. Cai Qian was born...

Silvanus (Greek: Σιλουανός) is a traditional figure in Eastern Orthodox tradition assumed to be one of the Seventy Apostles, those followers of Jesus sent...

Noreia is an ancient lost city in the Eastern Alps, most likely in southern Austria. While according to Julius Caesar it is known to have been the capital...

Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France, Mademoiselle de Tours (Saint-Germaine-en-Laye, 18 November 1674 – Bourbon, 15 September 1681) was the...

1973 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in January 1973: The United Kingdom...

The Halfan industry is one of the Late Epipalaeolithic industries of the Upper Nile Valley that seems to have appeared in northern Sudan c. 22.5-22.0 ka...

Markt Triefenstein (German: [ˈtʁiːfn̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n] ) is a market community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken)...

Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron West (5 or 7 September 1395 – 27 August 1450) was an English nobleman and politician. Reginald was the...

Thomas West, 2nd and 11th Baron De La Warr (/ˈdɛləwɛər/ DEL-ə-wair; c. 1550 – 24 March 1601/1602) of Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, was a member of Elizabeth...

Mather Byles (born 26 March 1706 – 5 July 1788) was an American clergyman active in British North America. Byles was descended, on his mother's side, from...

Susanna Elizabeth Zeidler (1657 – c. 1706) was a German poet. In 1686 Zeidler published Jungferlicher Zeitvertreiber (Pastime for Virgins), a collection...

Pidari (Tamil: பிடாரி) is a Tamil Hindu deity. She is regarded to be one of the nine aspects of Shakti (Navashakti), who are the consorts of the Trimurti...

Malahulc was claimed as ancestor by the 11th-century Norman noble family of Tosny, who said he was an uncle of Rollo of Normandy, the 10th-century founder...

Princess Meng (Chinese: 孟王后) was a princess of the Xiongnu-led Chinese Northern Liang dynasty. Her husband was Juqu Mengxun (Prince Wuxuan). Very little...

Michel Liphschutz (25 February 1910 – 5 September 1994) was a Russian philatelist who was entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1968. He...

Bizzicu Rossu is an archaeological site in Corsica. It is located in the commune of Grossa. (in French) Bizzicu Rossu Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback...

The Oxbow Complex is a Late Archaic period complex situated in the Northern Great plains that lasted from about 5200 to 3800 BP. Their points are concave...