Longest gameThe longest tournament chess game (in terms of moves) ever to be played was Nikoli?-Arsovi?, Belgrade 1989, which lasted for 269 moves and took 20 hours and 15 minutes to complete a draw ...
EnglandAmbleside Roman Fort (Galava), CumbriaAesica, Roman fort, north of Haltwhistle, NorthumberlandAgricola's Ditch, The Vallum on Hadrian's Wall was mistakenly attributed to Agricola before the lat ...
This is an incomplete list of notable treasures that are currently lost or missing.Name Existence Year lost Image DescriptionKusanagi legend 1185 三神器.pngArtist's depictionA sword and one of the Thr ...
Jim Fixx (1932–1984) was the author of the 1977 best-selling book, The Complete Book of Running. He is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution, popularizing the sport of running and ...
Direct casualtiesAutomotiveFred Duesenberg, killed in high speed road accident in Duesenberg automobile.William Nelson (ca. 1879?1903), a General Electric employee, invented a new way to motorize bic ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by state and territory on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Dat ...
The National Register of Historic Places in the United States is a register including buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects. The Register automatically includes all National Historic La ...
Aviation History by DayDaily Content ArchiveWorld History DatabaseToday In British HistoryHistory Channel (US): This Day in HistoryHistory Channel (UK): This Day in HistoryThe New York Times: On This ...
Alan Bullock (1914–2004) - Historian best known for his influential biography of HitlerThomas Carlyle (1795–1881) - Friedrich der Grosse (the Great)Vincent Cronin - Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie An ...
Felipe Fernández-ArmestoWill Durant (1885–1981) - Author of The Story of CivilizationRam Sharan Sharma (born 1919) - Author of Vishwa Itihaas ki Bhumika in Hindi.Ferdinand Braudel (1902–1985) - Soc ...
Architectural historyMarcus Vitruvius Pollio (born ca. 80/70 BC?; died ca. 25 BC) Roman architect and engineer, author of De architecturaLeon Battista Alberti (born 1404; died 1472) Italian polymath, ...
abolitionistGeorge Washington Williams - Early African-American historianCounterfactualNiall Ferguson, Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals (1997).HolocaustYitzhak AradYehuda BauerMartin ...
North AmericaHistory of CanadaDonald Creighton - Developed the Laurentian thesisWilliam J. Eccles - History of New FranceLionel Groulx (1878–1967) - The history of Quebec in particular and French Nor ...
