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Tony BlairPersonTony Blair is a British Labour politician who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007, the party's longest-serving holder of the office.- TonyukukPersonTonyukuk was a statesman and military adviser of the Second Turkic Khaganate, who died in 726.
ToompeaPlaceToompea is a limestone hill in the centre of Tallinn, Estonia, rising above the medieval Lower Town.
TopassesPeople / groupThe Topasses were a Portuguese-speaking Catholic community of mixed Portuguese, Indian and Southeast Asian descent who dominated much of Timor from the 17th century.- TopchiInstitutionTopchi were artillerymen in the armies of the Safavid Empire and other states of the Islamic world.
- TophetInstitutionA tophet was an open-air sanctuary found at Carthage and other Phoenician and Punic sites, containing urns with the cremated remains of infants and young animals.
Topiltzin QuetzalcoatlPersonTopiltzin Quetzalcoatl, also called Ce Acatl from his birth date, was a priest-king of Tula remembered in later Aztec and other Mesoamerican traditions as the ideal…
Topkapı PalaceWork / monumentTopkapı Palace in Istanbul was the main residence and administrative centre of the Ottoman sultans for about four centuries.
Toprak-KalaPlaceToprak-Kala is an ancient fortified city in Karakalpakstan, north-western Uzbekistan, that served as a royal seat of the kings of Khwarazm in the 2nd and 3rd centuries…- ToprakkalePlaceToprakkale is the site of a Urartian citadel on a hill east of Van in eastern Turkey, identified with Rusahinili, founded in the seventh century BCE as a new royal…
- Toqto'a BekiPersonToqto'a Beki was chief of the Uduyit Merkit and the most powerful leader of the Merkit confederation of the forest and steppe south of Lake Baikal in the late 12th…
ToramanaPersonToramana was a ruler of the Hunas, or Alchon Huns, who invaded north-western India around the late fifth and early sixth centuries CE.- ToraricaPlaceTorarica was the capital of the English colony of Willoughbyland on the Suriname River, a small town of planters founded in the 1650s.
Tordera (river)PlaceThe Tordera is a river of Catalonia, Spain, about 60 kilometres long, rising in the Montseny massif and reaching the Mediterranean between Malgrat de Mar and Blanes.
Tore HundPersonTore Hund was a powerful chieftain of Bjarkøy in Hålogaland, northern Norway, in the early 11th century, who traded with the Bjarmians of the White Sea.- Torf-EinarrPersonTorf-Einarr was an Earl of Orkney around 900, a son of Rognvald Eysteinsson of Møre according to the Orkneyinga saga.
TorghutPeople / groupThe Torghut are an Oirat Mongol tribe.
Torgils KnutssonPersonTorgils Knutsson was Lord High Constable of Sweden and the leading figure of the regency for the young King Birger Magnusson in the 1290s.
Toribio MontesPersonToribio Montes was a Spanish general sent by the viceroy of Peru to put down the autonomous government of Quito.
TormesPlaceThe Tormes is a river of western Spain that rises in the Sierra de Gredos and flows north-west through Salamanca to join the Duero on the Portuguese border.
Torna FortPlaceTorna Fort is a hill fort in the Sahyadri range of the Western Ghats, near Pune in western India.- Toro AgreementEventThe Toro Agreement of 1900 was concluded between the British commissioner Sir Harry Johnston and the king and chiefs of Toro.
Torontál CountyPlaceTorontál County was a county of the Kingdom of Hungary in the western Banat, between the Tisza and the Maros, with its seat at Nagybecskerek, now Zrenjanin in Serbia.
TorontoPlaceToronto is the capital of the Canadian province of Ontario and Canada's largest city, on the north-west shore of Lake Ontario.- ToroodbePeople / groupThe Toroodbe were a class of Muslim clerics and scholars among the Fulbe of West Africa, originally in Futa Toro on the Senegal River.
Toros RoslinPersonToros Roslin was the most celebrated Armenian manuscript illuminator of the Middle Ages, active at Hromkla in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
Torquato TassoPersonTorquato Tasso was an Italian poet who served at the court of Duke Alfonso II d'Este in Ferrara.
Torrazzo of CremonaWork / monumentThe Torrazzo is the bell tower of Cremona Cathedral in Lombardy, about 112 metres tall and completed around 1309.- Torre de PalmaPlaceTorre de Palma is the site of a large Roman villa near Monforte in the Alentejo region of Portugal, occupied from the 1st century CE into late antiquity.
- Torrens titleTermTorrens title is a system of land registration in which the state keeps a central register of land ownership and guarantees the title of the registered owner.
Torres Strait IslandersPeople / groupTorres Strait Islanders are the Indigenous Melanesian peoples of the islands of the Torres Strait between Cape York in Queensland and New Guinea, with cultures distinct…
Torrijos–Carter TreatiesTreaty · 1977The Torrijos–Carter Treaties were two agreements signed on 7 September 1977 by Panama's leader Omar Torrijos and US President Jimmy Carter.
TórshavnPlaceTórshavn is the capital and largest town of the Faroe Islands, on the east coast of the island of Streymoy.
Torstenson WarWar · 1643–1645The Torstenson War of 1643–1645 was a conflict between Sweden and Denmark-Norway within the Thirty Years' War, named after the Swedish general Lennart Torstensson, who…
TortolaPlaceTortola is the largest and most populous of the British Virgin Islands, with the capital, Road Town, on its south coast.
TortonaPlaceTortona is a town on the Scrivia in Piedmont, north-western Italy, the Roman Dertona.
TortosaPlaceTortosa is a city on the lower Ebro in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, near the river's delta.- TortugueroPlaceTortuguero is a Classic Maya archaeological site in Tabasco, Mexico, close to the western edge of the Maya lowlands.
ToruńPlaceToruń is a city on the Vistula in northern Poland.- Torwa dynastyPeople / groupThe Torwa dynasty ruled the kingdom of Butua on the south-western plateau of present-day Zimbabwe from the mid-15th century, after the decline of Great Zimbabwe.
Tosa ProvincePlaceTosa Province was an old province of Japan on the southern, Pacific coast of Shikoku, corresponding to modern Kōchi Prefecture.- TosaliPlaceTosali was an ancient city of Kalinga in eastern India, near modern Bhubaneswar.
- TosoraPlaceTosora is a village in Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, near Lake Tempe, that was the capital of the Bugis kingdom of Wajo.
- Total warTermTotal war is warfare in which states mobilise their entire population, economy and resources, and in which the distinction between combatants and civilians is eroded.
- Total war and attritionHistorical factorTotal war and attrition describes a recurring pattern in which prolonged, large-scale conflict drains an empire's manpower, finances and social cohesion faster than…
TotilaPersonTotila, also called Baduila, was king of the Ostrogoths from 541 to 552.
Tōtōmi ProvincePlaceTōtōmi Province was an old province of Japan in the western part of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, around Lake Hamana.- TotonacsPeople / groupThe Totonacs are an indigenous people of the Gulf Coast of Mexico, centred on the region of present-day Veracruz, whose city of Cempoala was subject to Aztec tribute.
- TottoriPlaceTottori is a city on the Sea of Japan coast of western Honshu and the capital of Tottori Prefecture.
Tottori PrefecturePlaceTottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan, on the Sea of Japan coast of western Honshu, with its capital at Tottori.
ToubaPlaceTouba is a city in central Senegal, founded in 1887 by the Sufi leader Amadou Bamba in the former kingdom of Baol.
Toubou peoplePeople / groupThe Toubou are a people of the central Sahara, living mainly in the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad and in neighbouring parts of Niger and Libya.- ToucouleurPeople / groupToucouleur refers to the Futa Tooro people of the Senegal River valley and to the West African empire founded by the jihad leader Al-Hajj Umar Tall in the…
ToulPlaceToul is a town on the Moselle in Lorraine, north-eastern France, the Roman Tullum, chief town of the Gallic Leuci.
ToulonPlaceToulon is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Provence, France, with one of the finest natural harbours in Europe.
ToulousePlaceToulouse is a city on the Garonne in south-western France.
Tour de VésoneWork / monumentThe Tour de Vésone is the surviving round cella of a Gallo-Roman temple in Périgueux, France, built in the 2nd century CE in the Roman town of Vesunna.- Tour MagneWork / monumentThe Tour Magne is a tower on Mont Cavalier, the highest point of Nîmes in southern France.
TourainePlaceTouraine is a historic province of central France on the middle Loire, centred on the city of Tours.
TournaiPlaceTournai is a city in the province of Hainaut in western Belgium, on the Scheldt, and one of the oldest towns in the country.
Touro SynagogueWork / monumentThe Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States, dedicated in 1763.
ToursPlaceTours is a city on the Loire in west-central France and the historic capital of Touraine.
Toussaint LouverturePersonToussaint Louverture was the leading figure of the Haitian Revolution, a formerly enslaved man who became the commander of the revolutionary forces in the French colony…
Tovsta MohylaPlaceTovsta Mohyla is a Scythian royal burial mound of the 4th century BCE near the town of Pokrov in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine.
Tower of BelémWork / monumentThe Tower of Belém is a fortified tower on the Tagus estuary at Lisbon, built in the early sixteenth century in the Manueline style.
Tower of HerculesWork / monumentThe Tower of Hercules is a Roman lighthouse at A Coruña in Galicia, north-western Spain, built in the late 1st or early 2nd century CE.- Tower of skullsTermA tower of skulls was a structure built from the heads of the slain, raised as a deliberate display of terror after the capture of a city.
Town Musicians of BremenWork / monumentThe Town Musicians of Bremen is a German folk tale published by the Brothers Grimm in 1819.
Townshend ActsWork / monumentThe Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1767 and 1768, named after the chancellor of the exchequer Charles Townshend, that imposed…- ToxandriaPlaceToxandria was a region of the late Roman Empire between the Meuse and the Scheldt, in the present-day Campine of Belgium and the Netherlands, named after the Texuandri…
- Toyo (queen)PersonToyo, also read Iyo, was a queen of Wa (Japan) recorded in the Chinese Records of Wei, who succeeded Queen Himiko of Yamatai in the mid-3rd century.
Toyotomi clanStateThe Toyotomi clan was the family of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who unified Japan in the late sixteenth century.
Toyotomi HideyoshiPersonToyotomi Hideyoshi was a Japanese warlord who rose from humble origins to complete the unification of Japan in the late sixteenth century, succeeding Oda Nobunaga.
Traben-TrarbachPlaceTraben-Trarbach is a wine town on the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate, formed in 1904 by uniting Traben and Trarbach on opposite banks.
TrabzonPlaceTrabzon, historically Trebizond, is a port on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey.
TrachonitisPlaceTrachonitis was a rugged lava field south of Damascus, in present-day Syria, now known as the Lajat.
Tradiciones peruanasWork / monumentTradiciones peruanas is a collection of several hundred short prose pieces by Ricardo Palma, published in series from 1872, mixing history, legend, anecdote and humour…
TraidenisPersonTraidenis was grand duke of Lithuania from about 1269 to 1282, a pagan ruler who restored the power of the state after the turmoil following the death of Mindaugas.
Traikutaka dynastyPeople / groupThe Traikutakas were a dynasty that ruled parts of western India, including the northern Konkan coast and southern Gujarat, in the 5th century CE.
Trail of TearsEventThe Trail of Tears was the forced removal of Native American nations from their homelands in the south-eastern United States to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi…- TrailokyachandraPersonTrailokyachandra was a king of the Chandra dynasty of south-eastern Bengal in the early 10th century.
- Traiphum Phra RuangWork / monumentThe Traiphum Phra Ruang, or Three Worlds According to King Ruang, is a Thai treatise on Buddhist cosmology traditionally attributed to King Li Thai of Sukhothai and…
TrajanPersonTrajan was Roman emperor from 98 to 117 CE, under whom the empire reached its greatest territorial extent.
Trajan's ColumnWork / monumentTrajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Trajan's Forum in Rome, dedicated in 113 CE.
Trajan's Dacian WarsWar · 101–102 CE; 105–106 CETrajan's Dacian Wars were two campaigns fought by the Roman emperor Trajan against the kingdom of Dacia, north of the Danube, in 101–102 CE and 105–106 CE.
TrakaiPlaceTrakai is a town west of Vilnius in Lithuania, set among lakes.
Trakai VoivodeshipPlaceThe Trakai Voivodeship was a province of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania created by the Union of Horodło in 1413 from the former Duchy of Trakai.
TraleePlaceTralee is the county town of County Kerry in south-west Ireland, near the head of Tralee Bay.- Trần CảoPersonTrần Cảo was the leader of a major revolt in northern Vietnam in 1516, provoked by the heavy labour demands and palace building of the Lê emperor Lê Tương Dực.
- Trần Nghệ TôngPersonTrần Nghệ Tông was emperor of Vietnam of the Tran dynasty from 1370 to 1372 and then ruled as retired emperor until his death.
Trần Nhân TôngPersonTrần Nhân Tông (1258–1308) was emperor of Đại Việt from 1278 to 1293.
Tran Quoc PagodaWork / monumentThe Tran Quoc Pagoda in Hanoi is regarded as the oldest Buddhist temple in the city.- Trần Quý KhoángPersonTrần Quý Khoáng, known by his reign name Trùng Quang, was the second and last emperor of the Later Trần dynasty, which resisted the Ming occupation of Vietnam.
Trấn Tây ProvincePlaceTrấn Tây was the province into which Emperor Minh Mạng of Vietnam organised much of Cambodia after 1834, ruling through Vietnamese officials and the puppet queen Ang Mey.- Trần Thái TôngPersonTrần Thái Tông (1218–1277), born Trần Cảnh, was the first emperor of the Trần dynasty of Đại Việt.
Trần Trọng KimPersonTrần Trọng Kim (1883–1953) was a Vietnamese scholar and historian, author of a widely read outline history of Vietnam, who served as prime minister of the…- Tranquebar MissionInstitutionThe Tranquebar Mission was the first Protestant mission in India, founded in 1706 at the Danish colony of Tranquebar by the German Lutherans Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg and…
Trans-Amazonian HighwayWork / monumentThe Trans-Amazonian Highway, BR-230, is a road across northern Brazil launched by the military government in 1970 to open the Amazon to settlement.
Trans-Caspian RailwayWork / monumentThe Trans-Caspian Railway was built by the Russian army from 1880, starting on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, to supply the conquest of the Turkmen lands.- Trans-Ecuadorian Oil Pipeline SystemWork / monumentThe Trans-Ecuadorian Oil Pipeline System is the main oil pipeline of Ecuador, running about 500 kilometres from Lago Agrio in the Amazon across the Andes to the Pacific…