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The Battle of Lincoln, or the First Battle of Lincoln, occurred on 2 February 1141 in Lincoln, England between King Stephen of England and forces loyal...10 KB (1,077 words) - 13:21, 15 February 2022
Historical ceremonies of introducing a new monarch by a ceremony of coronation can be traced to classical antiquity, and further to the Ancient Near East...17 KB (2,144 words) - 16:32, 5 January 2022
Beatrice Venetia Stanley Montagu (22 August 1887 – 3 August 1948) was a British aristocrat and socialite best known for the many letters that Prime Minister...7 KB (858 words) - 09:43, 6 February 2024- Tan Sri Datin Sri Cempaka Kontik Kamariah binti Ahmad (5 August 1911 – 17 August 2006) scored many “firsts” for women in the co-operative movement, education...3 KB (392 words) - 04:49, 27 January 2023
- This is a list of people who have acted as official executioners. In 1870 the Republic of France abolished all local executioners and named the executioner...186 KB (4,057 words) - 04:13, 1 April 2024
The Gaisford Prize is a prize in the University of Oxford, founded in 1855 in memory of Dr Thomas Gaisford (1779–1855). For most of its history, the prize...40 KB (4,789 words) - 21:49, 29 April 2024- "Preludes" is a poem by T. S. Eliot, composed between 1910 and 1911. It is in turns literal and impressionistic, exploring the sordid and solitary existences...4 KB (516 words) - 21:45, 15 April 2022
Representations of slavery in European art date back to ancient times. They show slaves of varied ethnicity, white as well as black. In Europe, slavery...7 KB (952 words) - 18:53, 16 May 2023
The Abbey of the Holy Cross (German: Kloster zum Heiligen Kreuz) in Rostock, Germany, was founded in the 13th century by Cistercian nuns. It is the only...6 KB (570 words) - 02:38, 17 May 2022
Hostýn (or Svatý Hostýn, i.e. Saint Hostýn) is a hill in Chvalčov in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It is part of the Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains and...4 KB (492 words) - 18:55, 14 August 2022- Doulu Qinwang (Chinese: 豆盧欽望) (630? – December 27, 709), né Lu Qinwang (Chinese: 盧欽望), formally Duke Yuan of Rui (芮元公), was a Chinese official of the Tang...10 KB (1,395 words) - 13:15, 21 March 2023
Georg Andreas Helwing (Polish: Jerzy Andrzej Helwing) (14 December 1666 – 3 January 1748) was a botanist and Lutheran pastor. Helwing was born in Angerburg...2 KB (221 words) - 19:16, 29 March 2022
Kurt Julius Goldstein (3 November 1914 – 24 September 2007) was a German journalist and a former broadcast director. Goldstein was born to a Jewish merchant...5 KB (420 words) - 21:07, 20 November 2022- Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke (26 April 1915 – 10 July 1993) was an English classicist and philologist who was Professor of Latin Language and Literature...4 KB (430 words) - 10:44, 8 May 2023
- Jeronim Vidulić (around 1430 – 1499 in Zadar) was a 15th-century Catholic priest and notary from Zadar, Venetian Dalmatia (today Croatia). He is best known...3 KB (232 words) - 10:17, 16 November 2021
- Polissena Ruffo (1400 Cariati - 17 July 1420) was a princess of Calabria. Princess of Rossano, countess of Corigliano and Montalto was the daughter of...988 bytes (63 words) - 19:04, 26 April 2021
- Jean de Clermont (died 19 September 1356), Lord of Chantilly and of Beaumont, was a Marshal of France (1352) who was killed fighting in the Hundred Years'...2 KB (181 words) - 17:57, 10 April 2022
Harriet Barnes Pratt (November 11, 1878 – 1969) was an American philanthropist, collector of Americana, non-profit administrator and horticulturist. Harriet...9 KB (1,069 words) - 14:02, 15 June 2023
Tormsdale is a megalithic site on the banks of the River Thurso, in Caithness, Scotland. It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Westerdale. The site consists...1 KB (134 words) - 17:04, 8 April 2022- Eidum or Eydum (Danish: Ejdum, North Frisian: Eidem) was a historic place on the German (former: Danish) island of Sylt in the North Sea. It was several...3 KB (362 words) - 01:29, 2 September 2022
