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6 hours ago · Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (/ ˌ d ɛ z ɪ ˈ d ɪər i ə s ɪ ˈ r æ z m ə s /; Dutch: [ˌdeːziˈdeːriʏs eˈrɑsmʏs]; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.
6 hours ago · This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office. In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
1 day ago · 79144 Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes) 91007 Ianfleming (Ian Lancaster Fleming, creator of James Bond) 308306 Dainere (Dainere Anthoney) Novelists. 348 May ; 2362 Mark Twain ; 2448 Sholokhov (Mikhail Sholokhov) 2578 Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) 2625 Jack London (Jack London) 2675 Tolkien (J.R.R. Tolkien)
1 day ago · Philip II [note 1] (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( Spanish: Felipe el Prudente ), was King of Spain [note 2] from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was also jure uxoris King of England and Ireland from his marriage to Queen Mary I in 1554 ...
- 16 January 1556 – 13 September 1598
- Isabella of Portugal
1 day ago · Antonio Cervantes: 28 Oct 1972 – 6 Mar 1976 10 11 Wilfred Benítez: 6 Mar 1976 – 1979 3 Benítez vacates the title to move up to welterweight. 12 Antonio Cervantes (2) (def. Miguel Montilla) 18 Jan 1979 – 2 Aug 1980 2 13 Aaron Pryor: 2 Aug 1980 – 26 Oct 1983 8 Pryor retires. 14 Kostya Tszyu (def. Zab Judah) 3 Nov 2001 – 4 Jun 2005 3 15
1 day ago · 44th Chess Olympiad. The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and 2021, with a rapid time control that affected players' online ratings.
1 day ago · Den satirischen Roman akzeptiert ein Teil der gelehrten Kritik als potentiell aufgeklärte Sittensatire sowie als effektive Kritik am hohen Roman – Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote setzt hier den Maßstab. Der Reformschub der Integration der Novellistik in das Gebiet des epischen Romans führte noch in den 1680er Jahren zu einer ungeniert ...
