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The Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Philatelic Society (SHATPS), founded 1976, is the only philatelic society specialising in the philately...

The Gibraltar-Vatican Joint Issue is a postage stamp that was released by Vatican City and the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar in 2009. It commemorated...

Campaign streamers of the American Revolutionary War are a set of campaign streamers that military units participating in designated actions are allowed...

Guglielmo Gargiolli was a 17th-century Italian mathematician and engineer. He was Lecturer of Mathematics at the University of Siena, and Lecturer of Military...

Sir Thomas de Somerville of Linton and Carnwarth, (c.1245-1300) was a 13th-14th century Scottish noble. He was Baron of Linton. Thomas was the son of Sir...

Modena Weston (also referred to by her maiden name, Modena McColl; August 3, 1816 in Albany, New York – November 25, 1898 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi)...

Kate Zilpah Manicom (11 March 1893 – 27 October 1937) was a British suffragette and trade unionist. Manicom was born on 11 March 1893 in the St Pancras...

Matilda Penne (died 1393), was an English businessperson of the fourteenth century, whose will survives. She inherited a skinning business from her late...

The New York State Women Veterans Memorial is located on Madison Avenue in Albany, New York. It commemorates the role of women in military service. The...

Ivo de Vieuxpont (died 1239), Lord of Alston Moor, Sorbie and Cuverville, was an Anglo-Norman noble. He was a son of William de Vieuxpont and Maud de Morville...

Lieutenant-Colonel N. A. Barber, MBE, TD (1906–1994) was a British Army officer who served in Singapore during the Second World War and was captured by...

Anna Goldsteiner (born Anna Stubenvoll: 17 June 1899 - 5 July 1944) was a Viennese resistance activist. She was executed. Anna Stubenvoll was born in Vienna...

Nilda Maria Geerdink-Jesurun Pinto (Willemstad, December 12, 1918 - Hengelo, April 17, 1954) was a Curaçaoan writer of children's books. She was the first...

Margaret Vera Cobb (1884-1963) was an educational psychologist. She was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in...

Kajow (simplified Chinese: 高桥; traditional Chinese: 高橋; pinyin: Gāoqiáo; Wade–Giles: Kao Ch'iao) was a small armed steamer who fought for the Imperialist...

The Pecos Expedition was an exploratory United States military event in Texas. It began April 16, 1859, and ended August 17, 1859. The Tribune Almanac...

Turkey was neutral during World War II. But Turkish cargo ships were frequently sunk or damaged by the warring nations. In the following list those ships...

Ilene Erskine (7 August 1933 — 28 December 2018) was a Scottish educational psychologist, artist and printmaker. Following a career in educational psychology...

Abraham Gabbay Ysidro or Isidro (died London, 1755) was a Spanish Marrano Sephardi rabbi. In Spain his first wife called Sarah was tried by the Inquisition...

Auðunn Gestsson (27 February 1938 – 21 November 2020) was an Icelandic newspaper salesman, poet and a painter. Born with Down syndrome, he was the oldest...