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History of the Armenians
History of the Armenians (Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ) is a Classical Armenian chronicle by Łazar Pʿarpecʿi, written around 500, covering Armenia from the Roman–Sasanian partition of 387 to 485, including Vardan Mamikonean's revolt.
History of the Armenians by Movses Khorenatsi
The History of the Armenians (Patmut'iwn Hayots') is a chronicle of Armenia attributed to Movses Khorenatsi, the "Father of Armenian History", covering mythical origins to the mid-5th century.
History of the autogyro
The history of the autogyro begins with Juan de la Cierva's first successful flight in Madrid in 1923, predating the practical helicopter by about 15 years.
History of the automobile
The history of the automobile spans Cugnot's 1769 steam tricycle, Benz's 1886 gasoline Patent-Motorwagen, Ford's 1913 moving assembly line, and the modern shift to electric drive.
History of the Bahamas
History of the Bahamas: Lucayan settlement from 300-400 AD, Columbus's 1492 landfall on San Salvador, Eleutheran Adventurers, piracy, Woodes Rogers 1718, slavery and 1838 emancipation, Loyalist era, rum running, Wallace Groves's Freeport, offshore finance, and 1973 independence.
History of the Balkans
History of the Balkans: the past of southeastern Europe under Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman rule, then nation-states and Yugoslavia; also called Southeastern Europe, defined by Ottoman legacy and contested national historiographies.
History of the battery
The history of the battery runs from Volta's 1800 voltaic pile through Planté's 1859 lead-acid battery to lithium-ion cells, commercialized in 1991, whose prices have fallen nearly 97%.
History of the bicycle
The history of the bicycle is the two-century development of the human-powered two-wheeler, from the 1817 draisine through the penny-farthing to the 1885 safety bicycle.
History of the Big Bang theory
The history of the Big Bang theory traces the idea of a hot, dense origin of the universe, from Lemaître's 1927 primeval-atom hypothesis to modern satellite observations.
History of the bikini
The bikini, a two-piece swimsuit, was created in 1946 and became a symbol of the sexual revolution, evolving from a skimpy design to a staple of American fashion.
History of the British canal system
The history of the British canal system covers the building, decline, and leisure revival of Britain's man-made waterways, from Roman-era works to a 4,250-mile peak network.
History of the British farthing
The British farthing was the smallest denomination of English and British coinage, worth one quarter of a penny, first struck as a coin in 1279 and withdrawn in 1961.
History of the British Isles
History of the British Isles: the shared and divergent histories of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland from first settlement to Brexit, told as a four-nations history covering migrations, conquests, unions, and the Union state's modern strains.
History of the Buffalo Bills
History of the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo NFL/AFL franchise founded by Ralph Wilson in 1959; AFL champions 1964-65, four straight Super Bowl losses 1991-94, 17-year playoff drought, Josh Allen era, new $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium opened 2026.
History of the Calvinist–Arminian debate
The Calvinist–Arminian debate, also called the Quinquarticular Controversy, is a dispute over predestination and grace that began in the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 1600s.
History of the camera
The history of the camera traces the device from the camera obscura, through Niépce's first permanent photograph of 1826 or 1827 and the 1839 daguerreotype, to digital sensors.
History of the Caribbean
History of the Caribbean: the region's past from Indigenous settlement and 1492 Spanish colonization through sugar plantation slavery, the Haitian Revolution, abolition, and decolonization into today's Spanish, British, French, and Dutch Caribbean.
History of the Catholic Church
The history of the Catholic Church, also called the history of Catholicism, traces the Church from apostolic origins through the Reformation to 1.4 billion members today.
History of the Caucasian Albanians
The History of the Caucasian Albanians is a medieval Armenian compilation attributed to Movses Kaghankatvatsi, the principal source on Caucasian Albania from the 4th to 10th centuries.
History of the Church of England
The history of the Church of England traces a third-century British church, the sixteenth-century break with Rome under Henry VIII, and the modern shift toward synodical governance.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon church): organized by Joseph Smith April 6, 1830, in Fayette, New York; Nauvoo, 1844 martyrdom, Utah exodus, 1890 Manifesto, 1978 priesthood revelation, 17 million members.
History of the Church–Turing thesis
The history of the Church–Turing thesis traces the idea that every effectively calculable function is computable, from Hilbert's Entscheidungsproblem to the independent 1936 proposals of Alonzo Church and Alan Turing.
History of the classification of finite simple groups
The history of the classification of finite simple groups traces the effort from Galois's concept to the 2004 completion of a proof spanning over 10,000 pages.
History of the Cleveland Browns
History of the Cleveland Browns: NFL team founded 1944 in the AAFC by Arthur McBride with coach Paul Brown; seven early titles, 1996 relocation to Baltimore, 1999 reactivation, and planned 2029 Brook Park dome.
History of the Comoros
History of the Comoros: Indian Ocean archipelago (Ngazidja, Ndzuani, Mwali, Mayotte) settled by Africans, Austronesians, Arabs; Shirazi and sultanate era; French colony 1841–1975; independence, coups, and the unresolved Mayotte dispute.
History of the compass
The history of the compass traces the magnetic direction-finder from Han-dynasty China's lodestone spoon through the magnetized floating needles of Song China and medieval Islam to Europe's pivoted card compass.
History of the consular service
The history of the consular service traces how states came to post officials abroad to protect nationals and trade, from medieval merchant consuls to the 1963 Vienna Convention.
History of the Cook Islands
History of the Cook Islands, Kūki 'Āirani: Polynesian settlement around AD 1050–1270, British protectorate 1888, New Zealand annexation 1901, and self-government in free association with New Zealand since 4 August 1965.
History of the cooperative movement
The history of the cooperative movement traces how member-owned businesses grew from the Rochdale Pioneers' 1844 store into a global sector of over 3 million cooperatives.
History of the Czech Nation in Bohemia and Moravia
History of the Czech Nation in Bohemia and Moravia (Dějiny národu českého v Čechách a v Moravě) is František Palacký's multi-volume history of the Czech lands.