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The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many...

Hair removal, also known as epilation or depilation, is the deliberate removal of body hair or head hair. Hair typically grows all over the human body...

Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate...

This list covers English-language country names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies. Countries...

Peter Minuit (also Pierre Minuit (french version), or Peter Minnewit (dutch version)) (between 1580 and 1585 – August 5, 1638) was a Walloon (then part...

The Aurora consurgens is an alchemical treatise of the 15th century famous for the rich illuminations that accompany it in some manuscripts.: §38–44  While...

The Emberverse series—or Change World—is a series of post-apocalyptic alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling. The novels depict the events...

This article concerns the period 189 BC – 180 BC. Cato the Elder criticizes the consul Marcus Fulvius Nobilior for giving awards to Roman soldiers for...

Dhammapāla was the name of two or more[citation needed] great Theravada Buddhist commentators. The earlier, born in Kanchipuram, is known to us from both...

Leatherwood Plantation of 10,000 acres (40 km2) was located in Henry County, Virginia, where American Founding Father Patrick Henry lived from 1779 until...

Ruchira Gupta is a journalist and activist. She is the founder of Apne Aap, a non-governmental organisation that works for women's rights and the eradication...

The Chepman and Myllar Press was the first printing press to be established in Scotland. The press was founded in 1508 in Edinburgh by Walter Chepman and...

Morris Kyffin (c. 1555 – 2 January 1598) was a Welsh author and soldier, brother of the poet Edward Kyffin. He was also a student and friend of Doctor...

This article covers the period of 1900 to 1909, not Angola in the 20th century In the 1900s in Angola the colonial economy expanded despite domestic unrest...

Marie-Louise Caselotti (August 23, 1910 – July 13, 1999) was an American opera singer. Caselotti was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut,[citation needed]...

Antonio Pimentel de Prado y lo Bianco (Palermo, 1604 - Antwerp (c. 1671-72) was a Spanish officer, a governor of Nieuwpoort (1646–1651), ambassador in...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mainz, Germany. 13/12 BC - Roman fort Mogontiacum built. 314 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz...

Austrovald, Astrobald, and Austrevald (died 607) was the Duke of Aquitaine from 587. Austrovald was probably a count of Toulouse until that year, when...