(Encyclopedia) trombone [Ital.,=large trumpet], brass wind musical instrument of cylindrical bore, twice bent on itself, having a sliding section that lengthens or shortens it and thus regulates the…
(Encyclopedia) Frederick II, 1194–1250, Holy Roman emperor (1220–50) and German king (1212–20), king of Sicily (1197–1250), and king of Jerusalem (1229–50), son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI and of…
A history of the month's name by Borgna Brunner Related Links Julius CaesarAugustusThe Roman EmpireHistory of the CalendarPerpetual CalendarNames of the MonthsGregorian Calendar…
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The uncertain origins of a foolish day
by David Johnson and Shmuel Ross Related Links The Hoax Files Quiz: Phobias History of the Gregorian calendar Calendar and…
Leap years synchronize the calendar year with the solar year
by Ann Marie Imbornoni & Mark Hughes Related Links Leap Year 101 History of the Calendar History of…
(Encyclopedia) CominternCominternkəmĭntārnˈ [key] [acronym for Communist International], name given to the Third International, founded at Moscow in 1919. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin feared a resurgence of…
(Encyclopedia) Irish literary renaissance, late 19th- and early 20th-century movement that aimed at reviving ancient Irish folklore, legends, and traditions in new literary works. The movement, also…
(Encyclopedia) mendeleviummendeleviummĕndəlāvˈēəm [key], artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Md; at. no. 101; mass no. of most stable isotope 258; m.p. 827℃; b.p. and sp. gr.…
