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International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working...

Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public...

Jolly Roger Base pirate flags Jolly Roger is the traditional English name for the naval ensign flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack...

1930 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1930. 1930 (MCMXXX) was...

1938 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1938. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII)...

1961 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1961. 1961 (MCMLXI) was...

Look up squire  or squireen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. Use of the term...

A quasi-state (some times referred to as state-like entity or formatively a proto-state) is a political entity that does not represent a fully autonomous...

1923 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1923. 1923 (MCMXXIII)...

The Vedanga (Sanskrit: वेदाङ्ग vedāṅga, "limb of the Veda-s"; plural form: वेदाङ्गानि vedāṅgāni) are six auxiliary disciplines of Hinduism that developed...

The 1790s (pronounced "seventeen-nineties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1790, and ended on December 31, 1799. Considered as some of the Industrial...

Gillingr (Old Norse: [ˈɡilːeŋɡz̠]; also Gilling) is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the father of Suttungr. Gillingr and, later, his wife are murdered...

Býleistr (Old Norse: [ˈbyːlˌɛistz̠]; also Byleist) is the brother of Loki in Norse mythology. The meaning of the Old Norse name Býleistr is uncertain....

Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate...

Year 794 (DCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 794th year of the Common Era...

The royal we, majestic plural (pluralis majestatis), or royal plural is the use of a plural pronoun (or corresponding plural-inflected verb forms) used...

The Avarpi or Auarpoi or Avarni were Germanic tribe attested in Ptolemy's Geography. The attested Greek is Auarpoi. Avarpi is a scholarly transliteration...

Gloriana is a British royal barge. She was privately commissioned as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II for her 2012 Diamond Jubilee, and was the lead vessel...

Marriage law is the legal requirements, an aspect of family law, that determine the validity of a marriage, and which vary considerably among countries...

This is a list of cultural heritage sites that have been damaged or destroyed accidentally, deliberately, or by a natural disaster, sorted by continent...