The Archaic or Early Dynastic Period of Egypt immediately follows the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt c. 3150 BC. It is generally taken to include the First and Second Dynasties...
The Early Middle Ages is a period in the history of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire spanning roughly five centuries from AD 500 to 1000. Aspects of the evolution of the...
The early modern period is a term used by historians to refer to the period in Western Europe and its first colonies which spans the three centuries between the Middle Ages and the...
The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British...
The Eastern Front of World War II or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 was a theatre of war between the German...
The Eastern Front was a theatre of war during World War I in Central and, primarily, Eastern Europe. The term is in contrast to the Western Front. Despite the geographical separation, the...
The Edo period , also referred to as the Tokugawa period , is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo...
The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period covering the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910. The death of Queen Victoria, Empress of India in January 1901...
The Eighteenth Dynasty is perhaps the best known of all the dynasties of ancient Egypt. As well as a number of Egypt's most powerful pharaohs, it included Tutankhamun, whose tomb...
The Eleventh dynasty of ancient Egypt was one group of rulers, whose earlier members are grouped with the four preceding dynasties to form the First Intermediate Period, while the later...
The Elizabethan era is the period associated with Queen Elizabeth I's reign and is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance...
The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862...
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. The first...
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has led to the deaths of more than 25 million people since it was first recognized in 1981, making it one of the most destructive diseases in...
The individual dressage at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 14 and 19, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. The first round of the individual dressage competition is the same...
The individual eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 9 and 12, 2008 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. Individual eventing consisted of four phases: dressage...
The team dressage at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 13 and 14 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. Each horse and rider pair performed an FEI Grand Prix Test. The Grand...
The team jumping at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from August 15 to 18, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. The second and third rounds of show-jumping from the individual jumping event...
The Estonian War of Independence (Estonian: Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies against the Soviet Western Front offensive and...
The Eureka Stockade was the setting of a gold miners' revolt in 1854 near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the mining of gold in the region. The revolt was...
The European exploration of Australia encompasses several waves of seafarers and land explorers. Although Australia is often said to have been discovered by Royal Navy Lt. James Cook in...
The execution of Saddam Hussein took place on December 30, 2006. He was sentenced to death by hanging, after being found guilty and convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special...
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or Expo 67 as it was commonly known, was the World's Fair held in Montreal, Canada from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It was considered to be...
Expo '98 (in full, 1998 Lisbon World Exposition) was an official specialised World's Fair held in Lisbon, Portugal from May 22 to September 30, 1998. The theme of the fair was "The Oceans, a...