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Jolly Roger Base pirate flags Jolly Roger is the traditional English name for the naval ensign flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack...

The Bloomsbury Group or Bloomsbury Set was a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in the early 20th century. Among...

Pedicide, child murder, child manslaughter, or child homicide is the homicide of an individual who is a minor. In many legal jurisdictions it is considered...

Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, CBE, DSO, FBA (15 November 1907 – 24 March 2001) was a British historian, geographer, classicist and an operative...

Gryf (Polish for "Griffin"), also known as Jaxa, is a Polish coat of arms that was used by many noble families in medieval Poland and later under the Polish–Lithuanian...

Pomerania has experienced several transitions not only of culture and administration, but also of its population. In 997 AD many Old Prussians were baptized...

Gozdawa (Latin: Flores liliae in campo rubeo) is a Polish nobility Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of...

Alabanda is a Polish nobility coat of arms, used by several szlachta families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland. According to a legend the Alabanda...

Łabędź (Polish for "Swan") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by many noble families known as szlachta in Polish in medieval Poland and later under...

The strix (plural striges or strixes), in the mythology of classical antiquity, was a bird of ill omen, the product of metamorphosis, that fed on human...

Seal knob (印纽), sometimes also seal sculpture,[citation needed] refers to carving or small decorative reliefwork at the top or side of a seal. The associated...

This is a list of notable people who have lived in Hampstead, an area of northwest London known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical, and literary...

HMAS Albany (ACPB 86), named for the city of Albany, Western Australia, is an Armidale-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Armidale...

This is a list of works that entered the public domain in part of the world in 2014 in the following Post mortem auctoris countries and regions. A work...

HMAS Ararat (ACPB 89), named for the town of Ararat, Victoria, was an Armidale-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Armidale-class...

During the pontificate of Pope Pius XI (1922–1939), the Weimar Republic transitioned into Nazi Germany. In 1933, the ailing President von Hindenburg appointed...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rijeka, Croatia. 3rd century CE – Roman triumphal arch erected. 799 CE – Town sacked by forces...

Robert E. Lee Chadwick (March 29, 1930 – January 3, 2014[citation needed]) was an American anthropologist and archeologist, primarily known for his contributions...

Wanda Wulz (Trieste, Austro-Hungarian Empire 25 July 1903 – Trieste, Italy, 16 April 1984) was an Italian experimental photographer. Wulz was born on 25...

Tamar Fish Nachshon (Hebrew: תמר פיש נחשון) (1926 – 2008) was an Israeli writer, novelist and pedagogue. Nachshon was born in 1926 in Kaunas, Lithuania...