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Ethnologue (2023) The following languages are listed as having 45 million or more total speakers in the 26th edition of Ethnologue published in 2023. This section does not include entries that Ethnologue identifies as macrolanguages encompassing all their respective varieties, such as Arabic, Lahnda, Persian, Malay, Pashto, and Chinese.
This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500 2023 rankings and other sources. [2] American retail corporation Walmart has been the world's largest company by revenue since 2014. [1]
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Pre-1600
1. 220 – Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty. 2. 361 – Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor. 3. 861 – Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne, start of the "Anarchy at Samarra". 4. 969 – Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes. 5. 1041 – Michael V, adoptive son o...
1601–1900
1. 1602 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.) 2. 1640 – The Root and Branch petition, signed by 15,000 Londoners calling for the abolition of the episcopacy, is presented to the Long Parliament. 3. 1675 – Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lakein western Patagonia. 4. 1688 – Glorious Revolution: James II...
1901–present
1. 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to Saint John's, Newfoundland. 2. 1905 – A workers' uprising occurs in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic. 3. 1907 – The New Zealand Parliament Buildingsare almost completely destroyed by fire. 4. 1913 – More than two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa is recovered in Florence, Italy. The t...
Pre-1600
1. 1445 – Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg(d. 1496) 2. 1465 – Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) 3. 1475 – Pope Leo X(d. 1521) 4. 1566 – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer (d. 1650) 5. 1595 – Heo Mok, Korean politician, poet and scholar (d. 1682)
1601–1900
1. 1613 – Amar Singh Rathore, Rajput nobleman (d. 1644) 2. 1712 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1764) 3. 1725 – George Mason, American lawyer and politician (d. 1792) 4. 1758 – Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1832) 5. 1761 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist (d. 1835) 6. 1781 – David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1868) 7. 1801 – Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Germ...
1901–present
1. 1904 – Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993) 2. 1905 – Robert Henriques, English farmer, author, and broadcaster (d. 1967) 3. 1905 – Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and singer (d. 1994) 4. 1908 – Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (d. 2012) 5. 1908 – Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) 6. 1908 – Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, fourth Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands(d. 1987) 7. 1908 – Amon Göth, Austrian...
Pre-1600
1. 384 – Pope Damasus I(b. c.304) 2. 861 – Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, chief confidant and councillor to al-Mutawakkil 3. 969 – Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor (b. 912) 4. 1121 – Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Egyptian political adviser (b. 1066) 5. 1198 – Averroes, Spanish astronomer, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1126) 6. 1241 – Ögedei Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1186) 7. 1282 – Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Welsh prince (b. 1223) 8. 1282 – Michael VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1225) 9. 1474 – Hen...
1601–1900
1. 1610 – Adam Elsheimer, German artist working in Rome (b. 1578) 2. 1686 – Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621) 3. 1694 – Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma(b. 1630) 4. 1737 – John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (b. 1643) 5. 1747 – Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675) 6. 1797 – Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722) 7. 1826 – Maria Leopoldina of Austria(b. 1797) 8. 1840 – Emperor Kōkakuof Japan (b. 1771) 9. 1872 – Kamehameha Vof Hawaii (b....
1901–present
1. 1906 – Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872) 2. 1909 – Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls(b. 1839) 3. 1913 – Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852) 4. 1918 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876) 5. 1920 – Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855) 6. 1936 – Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875) 7. 1937 – Jaan Anvelt, Estonian th...
Christian feast day:Establishment of Kurdish Women's Union (Iraqi Kurdistan)The New York Times: On This DayA Jyotirlinga ( Sanskrit: ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग, romanized : Jyotirliṅga, lit. 'lingam of light') [1] or Jyotirlingam is a devotional representation of the Hindu god Shiva. The word is a Sanskrit compound of jyotis ('radiance') and linga ('sign'). The Śiva Mahāpurāṇam (also Shiva Purana) mentions 64 original jyotirlinga shrines in India . Hinduism. Legend.
The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996. It consists of a stylized letter E (or epsilon ), crossed by two lines instead of one. Depending on convention in each nation, the symbol can either precede or follow the value, e.g., €10 or 10 € , often with an intervening space.
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February.
James Bond is a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, Bond has been portrayed on film in twenty-seven productions by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.
