The Department of English at the University of GroningenThe academic study of English was first introduced as a discipline in the University of Groningen at the end of the nineteenth century. This page provides an overview of the historical development of the Department of Englis...
The Finnish Air Force had a difficult time after the Continuation War. The Lapland War and the reductionAt the Moscow Armistice, a truce was signed between Finland and the Soviet union on 4 September 1944The Finnish Air Force had to fight against the Germans in Lapland. At the sa...
History of the Golden and Silver Age of Comic Books — Comic book scholars have classified American comics into eras based on content, the medium which they were printed on, and what was going on in the world at that particular time. The Golden Age was the most revolutionary and s...
The Hill School was founded in 1851 by the Rev. Matthew Meigs as the Family Boarding School for Boys and Young Men. However, it soon, acquired its current name from the mansion in which the school was originally located in which was known as The Hill.The School opened on May 1, 1...
‘LOST’ ISLAND HISTORY A Reference for following the islands historical events The following listing is the account of all events that have taken place on the island in the Lost TV series, as based what’s been broadcast, including podcast info by the producers, a related official ...
A history of the Jacobite succession, showing its state immediately prior to the death of each pretender. Normally, only the first ten people are listed here.James II & VIIOn the day of James II's death, 16 September 1701, the line of succession to the Jacobite claim was as follo...
In the fictional Star Wars universe, the History of the Jedi and Sith is closely tied to that of the Force. Although the Force has always existed, it was first identified and developed by the group of "wizards and mystics" who eventually formed the Jedi Order. While the Jedi lear...
The history of the Jews in the Artsakh (Karabakh) is closely related to the history of the Jews in Azerbaijan, the history of the Jews in Armenia, the history of the Jews in Russia, the history of the Jews in the Soviet Union and the history of the Jews in Iran.BackgroundThe Repu...
Laos has no established Jewish presence, but as this communist country gradually opens up to foreign tourism, Chabad has secured permission to establish a permanent presence in Luang Prabang in 2006, where the young Rabbi Avraham Leitner provides meals and shelter to Jewish trave...
Pre-lawn mower eraBefore the invention of mowing machines in 1830, lawns were managed very differently. Lawns belonging to wealthy people were sometimes maintained by the labour-intensive methods of scything and shearing—in most cases, however, they were pasture land which was ma...
The History of the Sith is part of the Star Wars fictional universe.The Sith Order was a dark side organization bent on galactic conquest. The Order existed in many forms and structures throughout history.The Great SchismsThe First Great Schism, which occurred around 24,500 BBY w...
The WWE Championship is a created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, and is contested for on their SmackDown brand. It is considered the most prestigious title in the promotion, and one of the most prestigious world championships in professional wr...
The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established in 1835 and today Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches. From its source in the Yarra Ranges, it flo...
The history of UTC can be traced back to 1847 with the first development of British Grenwich Mean Time (GMT). In 1884 at the International Meridian Conference in Washington D.C., GMT was first adopted as an international standard. GMT was based purely on astronomical observations...
This is a list of computer and video game companies, most of whose rights and assets presently belong to a specific company. The companies listed here are organized based on acquisition history.Atari, Inc.* Infogrames, Inc. - The game development and publishing section of Infogra...
Visual effects in Indian cinema dates back to the silent era. Most of the Telugu and Tamil films started the usage of visual effects in the films since a long time.HistoryThe time as Hollywood films were experimenting and executing VFX, India had also closely followed and caught ...
West Eurasia is an area bounded by the Sahara and the Indian Ocean to the south, the Atlantic to the west, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. West Eurasia thus covers West Asia and Europe, though North Africa is also sometimes included as part of West Eurasia. Significant movemen...
Progression of WAC footballOn July 27th, 1962 The Western Athletic Conference was officially started. The first WAC commissioner was Paul Brechler. The conference's original teams consisted of, , University of Utah, University of New Mexico, University of Arizona, Arizona State U...
History of western Eurasia is an overview based on an area bounded by the Sahara and the Indian Ocean to the south, the Atlantic to the west, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. That is to say, an area that covers West Asia and Europe and North Africa. A number of historians find ...
This history of Xcode presents the timeline of development and release of Apple Inc.'s Xcode software development suite.Like Mac OS X itself, Xcode had its roots in technology from NeXT. Prior to the 24 October 2003 release of Mac OS X v10.3, Apple referred to the suite of tools ...