Encyclopedia - 1815: Encyclopedia - 1815
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1800: Encyclopedia Ii - Events
1800 - Ongoing events. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)-Second Coa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1800: Encyclopedia - 1800
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1800s: Encyclopedia - 1800s
1800s - Events and Trends. Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). Semaphore is adopted by navies. United Kingdom founded in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1897: Encyclopedia - 1897
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1879: Encyclopedia - 1879
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1880: Encyclopedia - 1880
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1883: Encyclopedia - 1883
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1884: Encyclopedia - 1884
1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1898: Encyclopedia - 1898
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venus De Milo: Encyclopedia - Venus De Milo
The Venus de Milo is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek sculpture. It is believed to depict Aphro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1905: Encyclopedia - 1905
1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1905 - Events. January 2 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss United States 1797: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss United States 1797 - 1798–1799
Ten days later, under the command of John Barry, the new frigate, in company with USS Delaware, a former merchantship which had been acqu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Babbage: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Babbage - Life
Charles Babbage was born in England most likely at 44 Crosby Row, Walworth Road, London. There is quite a discrepancy over the date of Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Percy Bysshe Shelley: Encyclopedia Ii - Percy Bysshe Shelley - Life
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Education and early works. Shelley was the son of Sir Timothy Shelley, later the 2nd baronet of Castle Goring, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confederation: Encyclopedia Ii - Confederation - List Of Entities Considered To Be Confederations
Note that historical confederations, especially those that predate the 20th century, may not fit the current definition of a confederatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Fulton: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Fulton - Life And Career
Fulton was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He may have become interested in steamboats in 1777 when (at the age of 12) he visited...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northampton: Encyclopedia Ii - Northampton - History
Northampton - Early History. Remains have been found in the Northampton area dating back to Roman times. It is believed that farming se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindukush Kafir People: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindukush Kafir People - Classification Of Kafirs
Prior to the 1895 Islamization, the Kafir were socially organized into several tribes, which were conventinoally classified into two majo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bistro: Encyclopedia - Bistro
A bistro is a familiar name for a café serving moderately priced simple meals in an unpretentious setting, especially in Paris; bistros ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Otto Von Bismarck: Encyclopedia - Otto Von Bismarck
Chancellor of Germany Count Otto von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg (April 1, 1815 – July 30, 1898) was one of the most prominent European...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bishop Of Sion: Encyclopedia - Bishop Of Sion
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion (German Bistum Sitten, Latin Dioecesis Sedunensis, French Évêché de Sion), in the Swiss canton of V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bitburg-prüm: Encyclopedia - Bitburg-prüm
Bitburg-Prüm is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) Luxembourg, Belgium and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benevento: Encyclopedia - Benevento
Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. It is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Boole: Encyclopedia - George Boole
George Boole [buːl], (November 2, 1815 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England – December 8, 1864 Ballintemple, County Cork, Ireland) was a mat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonn: Encyclopedia - Bonn
Bonn is a city in Germany (19th largest), in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonaparte: Encyclopedia - Bonaparte
Of Corsican origin, the Bonaparte (originally Buonaparte) family is the family of Napoleon I, who was elected as first consul of France o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biel/bienne: Encyclopedia - Biel/bienne
Biel/Bienne is a city in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located on the language boundary and is throughout bilingual. Biel is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biedermeier: Encyclopedia - Biedermeier
Biedermeier refers to work in the fields of literature, music, the visual arts and interior design in the period between the years 1815 (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bethlem Royal Hospital: Encyclopedia - Bethlem Royal Hospital
The Bethlem Royal Hospital of London, which has been variously known as Bethlem Hospital, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is the world's o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernard Cornwell: Encyclopedia - Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell is a prolific and popular British historical novelist. He was born in London in 1944. His father was a Canadian airman; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beowulf: Encyclopedia - Beowulf
Beowulf (c. 700-1000 AD), is a traditional heroic epic poem. 3,182 lines — longer than any other Old English poem — it represents abo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible Christian Church: Encyclopedia - Bible Christian Church
The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist church. It was founded by William O'Bryan, a Wesleyan Methodist preacher, on 1815-10-18 in Nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible Student Movement: Encyclopedia - Bible Student Movement
The Bible Student movement is a religious movement that sprang from the teachings and ministry of Pastor Charles Taze Russell, whose foll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bourbon Dynasty Restored: Encyclopedia - Bourbon Dynasty Restored
Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814, the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne. The ensuing period i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium: Encyclopedia - 2nd Millennium
(1st millennium – 2nd millennium – 3rd millennium – other millennia) 2nd millennium - Events. European crusades in Middle East Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia - 19th Century
The 19th century lasted from 1801 to 1900 in the Gregorian calendar (using the Common Era system of year numbering). Historians sometimes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Of Bourbon: Encyclopedia - House Of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house. Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canton Of Geneva: Encyclopedia - Canton Of Geneva
The Canton of Geneva is the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canandaigua City New York: Encyclopedia - Canandaigua City New York
Canandaigua is a city located in Ontario County, New York, USA, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a tot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Von Clausewitz: Encyclopedia - Carl Von Clausewitz
Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz (June 1, 1780 - November 16, 1831) was a Prussian general and influential military theorist. He is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Causes Of World War I: Encyclopedia - Causes Of World War I
Main article: World War I On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catherine Labouré: Encyclopedia - Catherine Labouré
Image:Stcather.jpg Saint Catherine Laboure (May 2, 1806 – December 31, 1876) was a Marian visionary who relayed the request from the Bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bush Family: Encyclopedia - Bush Family
Originating in Columbus, Ohio, the Bush family in the 20th century became an accomplished political family in the United States. In Janua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bremen State: Encyclopedia - Bremen State
The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name; German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is one of Germany's 16 states (Bundesländer). Bremen ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brandenburg: Encyclopedia - Brandenburg
Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germany's sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). Lying in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brabant: Encyclopedia - Brabant
Historically, Brabant has been the name of several administrative entities in the Low Countries with quite different geographical extent:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Politics Of The United Kingdom
United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics of the United Kingdom Parliament The Crown: Queen Elizabeth II House of Lor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Honours System: Encyclopedia - British Honours System
The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement or service to the United Kingdom. The syste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Duke Of Brunswick-luneburg: Encyclopedia - Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Duke Of Brunswick-luneburg
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, (Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Fürst von Braunschwei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brunswick-lüneburg: Encyclopedia - Brunswick-lüneburg
Brunswick-Lüneburg was a historical state within the Holy Roman Empire. As the name implies, the main cities of this state were Brunswic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Broadstairs: Encyclopedia - Broadstairs
Broadstairs is a town in Kent, England, with a population of about 22.000. Situated between Margate and Ramsgate (at 51°22′N 1°24′...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 9 Beethoven: Encyclopedia - Symphony No. 9 Beethoven
The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 is the last complete symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, it includes par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bavaria: Encyclopedia - Bavaria
The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12.4 million inhab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antwerp: Encyclopedia - Antwerp
Antwerp (Dutch name: Antwerpen; French name: Anvers) is a city and a municipality in Belgium, its chief centre of commerce and a strong f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 10: Encyclopedia - April 10
April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). There are 265 days remaining. April 10 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 21: Encyclopedia - April 21
April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). There are 254 days remaining. April 21 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 23: Encyclopedia - April 23
April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). There are 252 days remaining. April 23 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Trollope: Encyclopedia - Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglo-dutch Wars: Encyclopedia - Anglo-dutch Wars
The Anglo-Dutch Wars (Dutch: Engels-Nederlandse Oorlogen) were fought in the 17th and 18th centuries between Britain and the United Provi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amsterdam: Encyclopedia - Amsterdam
Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates 52°22′N 4°54′E Website ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrew Jackson: Encyclopedia - Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845), eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy and a founder of the Democratic Party, was th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 24: Encyclopedia - April 24
April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). There are 251 days remaining. April 24 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 26: Encyclopedia - April 26
April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). There are 249 days remaining. April 26 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 1: Encyclopedia - August 1
August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. August 1 - Events. 527...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 18: Encyclopedia - August 18
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining. August 18 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 2: Encyclopedia - August 2
August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. August 2 - Events. 338...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantic Slave Trade: Encyclopedia - Atlantic Slave Trade
by evan haworth-staines The Atlantic slave trade was the capture and transport of black Africans into bondage and servitude in the New Wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ascension Island: Encyclopedia - Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean, and includes tiny satellite islands and rocks such as Boatswain Bird Island, B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 6: Encyclopedia - April 6
April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). There are 269 days remaining. April 6 - Events. 64...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arc De Triomphe Du Carrousel: Encyclopedia - Arc De Triomphe Du Carrousel
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a triumphal arch in Paris, France. It is located on the Place du Carrousel, just to the west of the L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Of Wellington: Encyclopedia - Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Of Wellington
The Most Noble Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zwickau: Encyclopedia - Zwickau
Zwickau is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony (Sachsen), situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge, on the left bank of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amnesty: Encyclopedia - Amnesty
Amnesty (from the Greek amnestia, oblivion) is an act of justice by which the supreme power in a state restores those who may have been g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - June 6: Encyclopedia - June 6
June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. June 6 - Events. 1508 - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bas-rhin: Encyclopedia - Bas-rhin
Bas-Rhin is a French département. The name means "Lower Rhine". Bas-Rhin - History. The département was created on 4 March 1790, duri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barthold Georg Niebuhr: Encyclopedia - Barthold Georg Niebuhr
Barthold Georg Niebuhr (August 27, 1776 – January 2, 1831) was a German statesman and historian. Son of Carsten Niebuhr, he was born at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baron Brownlow: Encyclopedia - Baron Brownlow
The title of Baron Brownlow was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1776. The 2nd Baron was made Earl Brownlow and Viscount Alford...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of New Orleans: Encyclopedia - Battle Of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans, also known as the Battle of Chalmette Plantation, took place on January 8, 1815, during the War of 1812, when ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - December 6: Encyclopedia - December 6
December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining. December 6 - Event...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battleship: Encyclopedia - Battleship
Battleship was — from the 15th century until the mid-20th century — the name given to the most heavily gun-armed, most heavily armore...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles: Encyclopedia - 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
The 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles, first raised in 1815, was a regiment of the British Indian Army. Upon India's independence i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Waterloo: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle. After his exile to Elba, he had reinstalled himsel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbary Pirates: Encyclopedia - Barbary Pirates
Though at least a proportion of them are better described as privateers, the Barbary pirates operated out of Tunis, Tripoli, Algiers, Sal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bad Kreuznach District: Encyclopedia - Bad Kreuznach District
Bad Kreuznach is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Rhein-Huns...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alpes-maritimes: Encyclopedia - Alpes-maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes is a département in the extreme southeast corner of France. Alpes-Maritimes - History. The Romans already had a provin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amherst College: Encyclopedia - Amherst College
Amherst College is an independent liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Austrians: Encyclopedia - List Of Austrians
The following list is an election of famous Austrians. For full lists of all famous Austrians please view the sublists. Note: This list i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austro-prussian War: Encyclopedia - Austro-prussian War
The Austro-Prussian War (also called the Seven Weeks' War or the German Civil War) was a war fought between the Austrian Empire and Pruss...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johann Jakob Bachofen: Encyclopedia - Johann Jakob Bachofen
The Swiss anthropologist and sociologist Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815 – 1887), is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ada Lovelace: Encyclopedia - Ada Lovelace
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (December 10, 1815 – November 27, 1852) is mainly known for having written a description of Char...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aftermath Of World War I: Encyclopedia - Aftermath Of World War I
The fighting in World War I ended when an armistice took effect at 11:00 hours on November 11, 1918. In the aftermath of World War I the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alessandro Volta: Encyclopedia - Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (February 18, 1745 - March 5, 1827) was an Italian physicist known especially for the develop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 5: Encyclopedia - August 5
August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. August 5 - Events. 642...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Williams College: Encyclopedia - Williams College
Williams College is a private, coeducational, highly-selective liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. As of 2005, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crawford Long: Encyclopedia - Crawford Long
Crawford Williamson Long (November 1, 1815 – June 16, 1878) was an American physician and pharmacist. He was born in Danielsville, Madi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crawford County Arkansas: Encyclopedia - Crawford County Arkansas
Crawford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2000, the population is 53,247. The county seat is Van Buren. Cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Craighead County Arkansas: Encyclopedia - Craighead County Arkansas
Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2000, the population is 82,148. The county has two county seats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kraków: Encyclopedia - Kraków
Kraków (pronounced: ['krakuf]; variant English spelling Cracow; in full Royal Capital City of Kraków, Polish: Królewskie Stołeczne M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crazy Horse: Encyclopedia - Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tasunka witko, pronounced tashúnka uitko), (c. 1838 – September 5, 1877) was a respected member of the Oglala Sio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dutch East India Company: Encyclopedia - Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company") was established ...   » Read the article