Welcome to Wikipedia

,

the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

112,348 active editors
7,066,264 articles in English

From today's featured article

Charles of Blois, the French commander

The battle of Morlaix was fought in Brittany on 30 September 1342 between an Anglo-Breton army under William, Earl of Northampton, and a far larger Franco-Breton force led by Charles of Blois (pictured). England and France, fighting the Hundred Years' War since 1337, had each sided with a faction in the Breton Civil War. The English had prepared a defensive position and when the first of three French divisions advanced it was shot to pieces by English archers using longbows. The second division, of men-at-arms, attacked but their charge was halted when they fell into a camouflaged ditch. Presented with a large, close-range target the English archers inflicted many casualties. The English then withdrew into a wood to their rear, which the French besieged, possibly for several days, before Northampton broke out with a night attack. This was the first major land battle of the Hundred Years' War and the tactics used foreshadowed those of both the French and the English for the rest of the 1340s. (Full article...)

Recently featured:

Did you know ...

Great Armoury

... that in 1919 a restaurant with vending machines was opened in the 17th-century Great Armoury (pictured) in Gdańsk?
... that Livingstone Luboobi claimed that he chose to teach himself double mathematics at A-level because there was no teacher qualified enough?
... that Aso Tateno Dam started construction in 1983 and was only completed in 2024?
... that the family of a missing woman originally hid her being transgender to avoid prejudice during the search?
... that a mongrel lover wrote a typology of the dogs and a series of children's books based on them?
... that a Chinese art student who murdered her lover was released after only five years because the Japanese invaded?
... that Arthur Conan Doyle defeated Wilfrid Edgecombe at billiards every time he played him at The Harrogate Club?
... that the presumed skull of Menabe king Toera was returned to Madagascar by France almost 128 years after his death?
... that 83 manuscripts from Sozomeno da Pistoia's collection, which numbered 110 in 1460, have been found scattered across Europe?

In the news

18th hole at the Bethpage Black Course

In golf, the Ryder Cup (course pictured) concludes with Europe defeating the United States.
In the Moldovan parliamentary election, the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity retains its majority in the Parliament.
In Australian rules football, the Brisbane Lions defeat Geelong in the AFL Grand Final.
In rugby union, the Women's Rugby World Cup concludes with England defeating Canada in the final.
In India, a crowd crush during a political rally kills at least 41 people in Karur, Tamil Nadu.

On this day

September 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada; Martyrs' Day in China

AH-64 Apache prototype

737 – Muslim conquest of Transoxiana: Türgesh tribesmen attacked and captured the exposed baggage train of the Umayyad army, sent ahead of the main force.
1955 – American film actor James Dean suffered fatal injuries in a head-on car accident near Cholame, California.
1975 – The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.
2005 – The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published controversial editorial cartoons depicting Muhammad, sparking protests across the Islamic world by many who viewed them as Islamophobic and blasphemous.

Honorius of Canterbury (d. 653)
Marion Cotillard (b. 1975)
Levi Miller (b. 2002)
Sonia Orbuch (d. 2018)

More anniversaries:

Today's featured picture

Child labor in the United States was a common phenomenon across the economy in the 19th century, gradually declining in the early 20th century, with exceptions in the Southern textile and related industries and agriculture. Compulsory school laws and Northern state laws prohibiting work in mines and factories further reduced the phenomenon. A national law was passed in 1916, but it was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1918; a 1919 law was also overturned. In the 1920s, an effort to pass a constitutional amendment failed, because of opposition from the South and from Catholics. Outside of farming, child labor was steadily declining in the 20th century, and the New Deal in 1938 finally ended child labor in factories and mines. Child labor has always been a factor in agriculture, and that continues into the 21st century. There has been a large rise in child labor in the 2020s amid a labor shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and some states have proposed or enacted measures to loosen restrictions. This 1910 photograph by Lewis Hine shows ten-year-old Rose Biodo of Philadelphia carrying berries in a field in Browns Mills, New Jersey, four weeks into the school year.

Photograph credit: Lewis Hine

Recently featured:

Other areas of Wikipedia

Community portal – The central hub for editors, with resources, links, tasks, and announcements.
Village pump – Forum for discussions about Wikipedia itself, including policies and technical issues.
Site news – Sources of news about Wikipedia and the broader Wikimedia movement.
Teahouse – Ask basic questions about using or editing Wikipedia.
Help desk – Ask questions about using or editing Wikipedia.
Reference desk – Ask research questions about encyclopedic topics.
Content portals – A unique way to navigate the encyclopedia.

Wikipedia's sister projects

Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects: