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This list of genocides includes estimates of all deaths which were directly or indirectly caused by genocides that are recognised in significant scholarship...

1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1939. 1939 (MCMXXXIX)...

The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken...

Paracelsus (/ˌpærəˈsɛlsəs/; German: [paʁaˈtsɛlzʊs]; c. 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus...

Yeoman /ˈjoʊmən/ is a noun originally referring either to one who owns and cultivates land or to the middle ranks of servants in an English royal or noble...

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...

Paper is a thin nonwoven material traditionally made from a combination of milled plant and textile fibres. The first paper-like plant-based writing sheet...

The following is a list of national founders of sovereign states who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who...

This article lists state and national mottos for the world's nations. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition, extinct states...

Abortion in Germany is legal on demand during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy upon condition of mandatory counseling. The same goes later in pregnancy...

A Royal Family Order or Royal Family Decoration is a decoration conferred by the head of a royal family to their female relations. Such a decoration is...

Archduchess Margaret of Austria (25 January 1567 – 5 July 1633), was an Austrian archduchess of the House of Habsburg. She was the daughter of Maximilian...

A living museum, also known as a living history museum, is a type of museum which recreates historical settings to simulate a past time period, providing...

Leila Ida Nerissa Bathurst Waddell, also known as Laylah, (10 August 1880 – 13 September 1932), born Leila Ida Bathurst Waddell, was an Australian violinist...

The 1000s (pronounced "one-thousands") was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1000, and ended on December 31, 1009. Palace Scandal:...

1941 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in December 1941: Japan rejected...

Henrietta Maria Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley (née Dillon-Lee; 21 December 1807 – 16 February 1895), was a British Canadian-born political hostess...

1941 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in July 1941: The Battle of Palmyra...

The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia ("Universal Cosmography") is a printed wall map of the world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller...

1971 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in November 1971: The planned...