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- New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990Work / monumentThe New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 is a statute that sets out civil and political rights, such as freedom of expression, religion and movement, the right to vote…
- New Zealand Constitution Act 1852Work / monumentThe New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 was an act of the British Parliament that granted self-government to the colony of New Zealand.
New Zealand FirstPeople / groupNew Zealand First is a nationalist and populist political party founded in 1993 by Winston Peters after he left the National Party.- New Zealand National PartyPeople / groupThe New Zealand National Party is a centre-right party formed in 1936 by a merger of the United and Reform parties in opposition to the first Labour government.
- New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987Work / monumentThe New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 established New Zealand, its territorial waters and airspace as a nuclear-free zone.
Newar BuddhismReligion / ideaNewar Buddhism is the form of Buddhism practised by the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
Newar peoplePeople / groupThe Newars are the historic inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, speaking Nepal Bhasa (Newari), a Sino-Tibetan language, and following both Hindu and Buddhist…
Newcastle upon TynePlaceNewcastle upon Tyne is a city in north-east England on the River Tyne, named after the castle founded in 1080 on the site of the Roman fort of Pons Aelius.
Newcastle WestPlaceNewcastle West is a market town in western County Limerick, Ireland.
NewfoundlandPlaceNewfoundland is a large island off the east coast of North America.
Newfoundland CompanyInstitutionThe Newfoundland Company, formally the London and Bristol Company, was an English joint-stock company chartered by James I in 1610 to colonise Newfoundland.
Newlands ResolutionWork / monumentThe Newlands Resolution was the joint resolution of the United States Congress, introduced by Representative Francis G.
Newport, Rhode IslandPlaceNewport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.- Nez Perce WarWar · 1877The Nez Perce War of 1877 was fought between the United States Army and bands of the Nez Perce who refused to move onto a reduced reservation in Idaho.
- NezahualcoyotlPersonNezahualcoyotl was a ruler of the city-state of Texcoco in the fifteenth century, also renowned as a poet and builder.
NezahualpilliPersonNezahualpilli was the ruler of Texcoco from 1472 to 1515, son and successor of Nezahualcoyotl.- Nga Yaman KanPersonNga Yaman Kan was the governor of Pegu (Bago) in Lower Burma under the Pagan Kingdom, a boyhood companion of King Sawlu.
Ngāi TahuPeople / groupNgāi Tahu is the principal Māori iwi, or tribe, of the South Island of New Zealand, whose territory covers most of the island.- Ngam MueangPersonNgam Mueang was king of Phayao in northern Thailand in the late 13th century and the best-known ruler of that Tai state.
- NgambelaTermThe Ngambela is the chief councillor, or prime minister, of the Lozi kingdom of Barotseland.
NgamilandPlaceNgamiland is the region of north-western Botswana around Lake Ngami and the Okavango Delta, named after the lake.- NgangelizwePersonNgangelizwe was king of the Thembu in the present-day Eastern Cape, South Africa, in the second half of the 19th century.
NgāruawāhiaPlaceNgāruawāhia is a town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, at the meeting of the Waikato and Waipā rivers.
Ngawang NamgyalPersonNgawang Namgyal was a Tibetan lama of the Drukpa school who fled to Bhutan in 1616 after a dispute over his recognition as a reincarnation.- NgazargamuPlaceNgazargamu was the capital of the Bornu phase of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, located west of Lake Chad in present-day north-eastern Nigeria.
- NgbanyaPeople / groupThe Ngbanya are the ruling estate of Gonja in northern Ghana, descendants of the Mande horsemen who conquered the region under Ndewura Jakpa in the 17th century.
Nghệ An provincePlaceNghệ An is a province of north-central Vietnam, stretching from the South China Sea coast to the Lao border, with its capital at Vinh.
Nghệ-Tĩnh SovietsRevolt · 1930–1931The Nghệ-Tĩnh Soviets were a peasant uprising in the provinces of Nghệ An and Hà Tĩnh in central Vietnam in 1930–1931, organised with the help of the new Indochinese…
Ngo Dinh DiemPersonNgo Dinh Diem was a Vietnamese Catholic nationalist who became prime minister of the State of Vietnam in 1954.
Ngo QuyenPersonNgo Quyen was a Vietnamese general who defeated a fleet of the Southern Han at the Battle of Bach Dang in 938, luring its ships onto iron-tipped stakes planted in the…- Ngô Sĩ LiênPersonNgô Sĩ Liên was a Vietnamese historian and official of the Later Lê dynasty.
- Ngo Xuong NgapPersonNgo Xuong Ngap was the eldest son of Ngo Quyen, founder of the Ngo dynasty in Vietnam.
- Ngo Xuong VanPersonNgo Xuong Van was a son of Ngo Quyen, founder of the Ngo dynasty of Vietnam.
- Ngola HariPersonNgola Hari was a ruler of Ndongo in present-day Angola, installed by the Portuguese in 1626 as a rival to Queen Njinga.
- Ngolo DiarraPersonNgolo Diarra was a former war captive who rose to command the tonjon, the slave army of the Bamana Empire of Ségou on the middle Niger.
- NgoniPeople / groupThe Ngoni are a Nguni-speaking people whose ancestors migrated northwards from south-eastern Africa during the upheavals of the Mfecane in the early nineteenth century.
- NgonnsoPersonNgonnso is the founding queen of the Nso kingdom in Nso tradition, said to have been a Tikar princess who left her homeland with followers in about the late 14th century.
NgqikaPersonNgqika was paramount chief of the Rharhabe Xhosa, grandson of Rharhabe, who struggled with his uncle and regent Ndlambe for power.- NgubengcukaPersonNgubengcuka was king of the Thembu in the present-day Eastern Cape, South Africa, in the early 19th century, until his death in 1832.
NgungunhanePersonNgungunhane was the last king of the Gaza kingdom in southern Mozambique, ruling from 1884.- NguniPeople / groupThe Nguni are a group of related Bantu-speaking peoples of south-eastern Africa, including the Zulu, Xhosa, Swati and Ndebele.
- Nguyễn Cảnh ChânPersonNguyễn Cảnh Chân was a Vietnamese general of the Later Tran resistance against the Ming occupation of Vietnam after 1407.
Nguyễn DuPersonNguyễn Du was a Vietnamese poet and official, regarded as the greatest poet in the Vietnamese language.
Nguyen HoangPersonNguyen Hoang was the first of the Nguyen lords of southern Vietnam.- Nguyễn Hữu CầuPersonNguyễn Hữu Cầu was the leader of one of the largest peasant revolts in 18th-century northern Vietnam.
Nguyen Huu ThoPersonNguyen Huu Tho was a South Vietnamese lawyer who chaired the National Liberation Front from 1962.
Nguyen KimPersonNguyen Kim was a Vietnamese general who led the loyalists of the Later Le dynasty against the Mac dynasty, which had usurped the throne in 1527.
Nguyễn lordsStateThe Nguyễn lords were a family of hereditary rulers who governed southern Vietnam in the name of the Lê emperors from 1558.
Nguyễn LữPersonNguyễn Lữ was the youngest of the three Tây Sơn brothers who rose against the Nguyễn lords in 1771, together with Nguyễn Nhạc and Nguyễn Huệ.
Nguyen NhacPersonNguyen Nhac was the eldest of the three Tay Son brothers who led the revolt of 1771 against the Nguyen lords from Tay Son village in Binh Dinh.
Nguyen Phu TrongPersonNguyen Phu Trong was general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024, and also president of Vietnam from 2018 to 2021.- Nguyen Thi BinhPersonNguyen Thi Binh is a Vietnamese communist politician who served as foreign minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam.
Nguyễn TrãiPersonNguyễn Trãi was a Vietnamese scholar, poet and strategist who served as Lê Lợi's chief adviser in the war against Ming occupation.
Nguyen Van LinhPersonNguyen Van Linh was general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991.
Nguyen Van ThieuPersonNguyen Van Thieu was a South Vietnamese general who rose among the officers ruling after the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and was president of the Republic of…
Nguyen Van ThinhPersonNguyen Van Thinh was a Saigon physician and politician who became the first president of the French-backed Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina in June 1946.- NgwanaPersonNgwana was a leader of one of the Nguni-speaking groups displaced during the Mfecane in southern Africa.
- Ngwane IIIPersonNgwane III was a chief of the Dlamini clan who, according to Swazi tradition, led his people around 1745 to settle near the lower Pongola river in what is now southern…
- Ngwane VPersonNgwane V, also known as Bhunu, was king of Swaziland from 1889, ruling under the regency of his mother Labotsibeni until 1895, and died in December 1899.
Ngwenya MinePlaceThe Ngwenya Mine, in the hills of north-western Eswatini near the border with South Africa, contains ancient workings for haematite and specularite, minerals used as…
NgwenyamaTermNgwenyama, meaning lion, is the title of the king of the Swazi Kingdom (Eswatini).
Niagara EscarpmentPlaceThe Niagara Escarpment is a long ridge of resistant dolomitic limestone running from New York State through southern Ontario and around the Great Lakes to Wisconsin.
Niagara RiverPlaceThe Niagara River flows about 58 km north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, forming part of the border between the United States and Canada.
Niagara-on-the-LakePlaceNiagara-on-the-Lake is a town in Ontario, Canada, where the Niagara River enters Lake Ontario.- Niall GlúndubPersonNiall Glúndub was a king of Ailech from the northern Uí Néill and High King of Ireland from 916.
- Niall of the Nine HostagesPersonNiall of the Nine Hostages was a legendary Irish king of Tara, said to have reigned in the late 4th or early 5th century.
NiameyPlaceNiamey is the capital and largest city of Niger, on the Niger River in the south-west of the country.
Nian RebellionRevoltThe Nian Rebellion was a large armed uprising in northern China in the mid-nineteenth century, fought largely by mounted bands across the provinces north of the Huai…
Niassa ProvincePlaceNiassa is the largest and most thinly populated province of Mozambique, in the north-west of the country between Lake Malawi and the Lugenda river, with its capital at…
NibelungenliedWork / monumentThe Nibelungenlied is a Middle High German epic poem written around 1200, probably in the region of Passau.
NicaeaPlaceNicaea, modern İznik in north-western Turkey, was an ancient and Byzantine city on the eastern shore of Lake Ascania.
Niçard dialectTermNiçard, or Nissart, is the variety of Occitan traditionally spoken in Nice and its former county, usually classed as a sub-dialect of Provençal.- Niccolò Gattilusio (lord of Lesbos)PersonNiccolò Gattilusio was the last Genoese lord of Lesbos, who seized power by murdering his brother Domenico in 1458.
- Niccolò I GattilusioPersonNiccolò I Gattilusio was a Genoese lord of Ainos (Enez) at the mouth of the Maritsa in Thrace.
Niccolò III d'EstePersonNiccolò III d'Este was marquis of Ferrara from 1393 to 1441, ruling Ferrara, Modena and from 1409 Reggio.
Niccolò MachiavelliPersonNiccolò Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, historian and political theorist.
Niccolò PaganiniPersonNiccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist and composer from Genoa, the most celebrated virtuoso of his age.
Niccolò PiccininoPersonNiccolò Piccinino was an Italian condottiere from Perugia, a pupil of Braccio da Montone, who led the armies of Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan, from the 1420s to…
Niccolò TommaseoPersonNiccolò Tommaseo was an Italian writer and lexicographer, born in Dalmatia, best known for his great dictionary of the Italian language.
NicePlaceNice is a city on the Mediterranean coast of south-eastern France and capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department.
Nicene ChristianityReligion / ideaNicene Christianity is the Christian doctrine defined by the Council of Nicaea in 325 and the Council of Constantinople in 381, which holds that the Son is of the same…
NichirenPersonNichiren was a Japanese Buddhist monk who taught that the Lotus Sutra alone held the truth and that chanting its title brought salvation.
Nicholas I MystikosPersonNicholas I Mystikos was Patriarch of Constantinople from 901 to 907 and again from 912 until his death.
Nicholas IIPersonNicholas II was the last emperor of the Russian Empire, who abdicated in 1917.
Nicholas II of OpavaPersonNicholas II of Opava was a Přemyslid duke of Opava in Silesia, a descendant of King Ottokar II of Bohemia.
Nicholas of AmsdorfPersonNicholas of Amsdorf was a German Lutheran theologian and a close colleague of Martin Luther at Wittenberg.
Nicholas of CusaPersonNicholas of Cusa was a German philosopher, theologian and cardinal, author of On Learned Ignorance.- Nicholas the ChildPersonNicholas the Child was the last lord of Rostock, on the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg.
Nicobar IslandsPlaceThe Nicobar Islands are an archipelago in the eastern Indian Ocean, today part of India's union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Nicocles of PaphosPersonNicocles was the last king of Paphos in Cyprus, ruling in the late 4th century BCE.- Nicocles of SicyonPersonNicocles was tyrant of Sicyon in 251 BCE, ruling for only four months after the murder of his predecessor Paseas.
NicocreonPersonNicocreon was the last king of Salamis in Cyprus, ruling from about 332 BCE.
Nicola PisanoPersonNicola Pisano was an Italian sculptor who worked in Pisa and is often seen as a founder of modern sculpture.
Nicolaas WaterboerPersonNicolaas Waterboer was kaptein (chief) of the Griqua of Griquatown in southern Africa from 1852.- Nicolae CeaușescuPersonNicolae Ceaușescu was the communist leader of Romania from 1965 to 1989.
Nicolás AvellanedaPersonNicolás Avellaneda was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as president from 1874 to 1880.- Nicolas Charles Victor OudinotPersonNicolas Charles Victor Oudinot, 2nd Duke of Reggio, was a French general and son of Napoleon's marshal of the same name.
Nicolás de OvandoPersonNicolás de Ovando was a Spanish knight of the Order of Alcántara and governor of the Indies at Santo Domingo from 1502 to 1509.
Nicolás de PiérolaPersonNicolás de Piérola was a Peruvian politician who, as finance minister, negotiated the Dreyfus contract for guano in 1869 and proclaimed himself supreme chief during the…
Nicolas Durand de VillegaignonPersonNicolas Durand de Villegaignon was a French naval officer and Knight of Malta who in 1555, backed by Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, founded France Antarctique in Guanabara…