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The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492...134 KB (16,611 words) - 04:02, 15 June 2024- 1929 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1929. 1929 (MCMXXIX)...97 KB (10,576 words) - 10:56, 6 June 2024
Flaying is a method of slow and painful torture and/or execution in which skin is removed from the body. Generally, an attempt is made to keep the removed...17 KB (2,124 words) - 03:15, 17 July 2024
Odd Fellows (or Oddfellows; also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London...29 KB (3,071 words) - 03:44, 24 June 2024- The history of geography includes many histories of geography which have differed over time and between different cultural and political groups. In more...73 KB (9,474 words) - 23:05, 15 June 2024
This timeline of social nudity shows the varying degrees of acceptance given to the naked human body by diverse cultures throughout history. The events...39 KB (3,932 words) - 16:46, 16 June 2024
The Mendelssohn family are the descendants of Mendel of Dessau. The German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and his brother Saul were the first to...12 KB (1,180 words) - 02:45, 7 July 2024
Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, privately taught and practiced polygamy. After Smith's death in 1844, the church he established...40 KB (4,357 words) - 06:28, 30 May 2024
The Battle of Cabrita Point, also known Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar...6 KB (577 words) - 15:39, 14 July 2024
The Chapel of Our Lady of Europe (Spanish: Capilla de Nuestra Señora de Europa) is a Roman Catholic chapel located in the High Square (Spanish: Plaza Alta)...7 KB (774 words) - 09:18, 30 January 2022
The Marinid Walls of Algeciras (Spanish: Parque Arqueológico de las Murallas Meriníes de Algeciras) are city walls located in Algeciras, Spain. The walls...4 KB (308 words) - 18:46, 22 February 2023
Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle (c. 1493–1495 – 1566) was a Cornish lady whose domestic life from 1533 to 1540 during the reign of King Henry VIII is...14 KB (1,866 words) - 02:19, 9 January 2023- Fabius Valens of Anagnia (died 69) was a Roman commander favoured by Nero. Valens was an undisciplined character but not without talent; he tried to portray...5 KB (561 words) - 14:16, 22 December 2022
Sir Thomas Grenville II, K.B., (c. 1453 – c. 1513), lord of the manors of Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornwall and Bideford, Devon, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1481...12 KB (1,457 words) - 17:11, 31 October 2022
Kayleigh Emma Pearson (born 25 June 1985) is an English model who is most famous for winning FHM's second High Street Honey competition, in 2003. Born...3 KB (282 words) - 03:00, 18 July 2024- Shirley Bowler (née Duvigneaud; born October 2, 1949) is a writer and editor who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992...7 KB (602 words) - 13:25, 3 June 2023
Colonel John Giffard (1602–1665), (pron. "Jiffard") of Brightley in the parish of Chittlehampton, Devon, England, was a Royalist leader during the Civil...18 KB (2,427 words) - 12:37, 12 March 2023
Hawkridge in the parish of Chittlehampton in North Devon, England, is an historic estate, anciently the seat of a junior branch of the Acland family which...17 KB (2,147 words) - 21:15, 13 March 2023- Lars Magnar Enoksen (born 1960 in Malmö) is a Swedish writer and Glima [citation needed] wrestler. Enoksen was born in Malmö in 1960 to a Swedish mother...6 KB (592 words) - 00:03, 29 July 2021
In 2001, as part of International Alert's Women Building Peace campaign, the United Nations Development Fund for Women awarded a Millennium Peace Prize...12 KB (780 words) - 20:49, 5 April 2023