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Troia, ApuliaPlaceTroia is a hill town in northern Apulia, Italy, founded around 1019 by the Byzantine catepan Basil Boioannes as a fortress guarding the frontier against the Lombard…
Trois-RivièresPlaceTrois-Rivières is a city in Quebec, Canada, where the Saint-Maurice river meets the St Lawrence, halfway between Quebec City and Montreal.
Trojan WarWarThe Trojan War was the legendary siege of Troy by the Greeks, told in Homer's Iliad and later poems.
TrondheimPlaceTrondheim is a city in central Norway and the historic centre of the Trøndelag region.
Tróndur í GøtuPersonTróndur í Gøtu was a Faroese chieftain known from the Færeyinga saga, which describes him as a cunning pagan leader based at Gøta on Eysturoy.
TrongsaPlaceTrongsa is a town in central Bhutan built around Trongsa Dzong, a seventeenth-century fortress-monastery that commands the old route between the east and west of the…
Troodos MountainsPlaceThe Troodos Mountains are the largest mountain range of Cyprus, in the west and centre of the island, rising to Mount Olympus at 1,952 metres.
Tropaeum AlpiumWork / monumentThe Tropaeum Alpium, or Trophy of Augustus, is a Roman victory monument built in 7 to 6 BCE at La Turbie, above Monaco, on the road through the Maritime Alps.
TrophoniusReligion / ideaTrophonius was a Greek hero worshipped at Lebadea in Boeotia, where his underground oracle was one of the most famous in Greece.
The TroublesWar · 1968–1998The Troubles were the conflict in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to 1998 between mainly Catholic nationalists and republicans seeking a united Ireland and mainly…
Troupes de la MarinePeople / groupThe Troupes de la Marine were independent companies of infantry under the French Ministry of the Marine, raised to defend France's colonies and naval ports.
TrowulanPlaceTrowulan is an archaeological site in East Java, Indonesia, identified as the location of the capital of the Majapahit Empire.
TroyPlaceTroy, known to the Greeks as Ilion, was an ancient city at Hisarlik in north-western Anatolia, near the entrance to the Dardanelles.
TroyesPlaceTroyes is a city on the Seine in the Champagne region of north-eastern France.
Trpimir IPersonTrpimir I was Duke of Croatia from about 845 to 864 and founder of the Trpimirović dynasty.
Trpimirović dynastyPeople / groupThe Trpimirović dynasty ruled Croatia, first as dukes and from about 925 as kings, from the mid-9th century to the late 11th century.
TrubizhPlaceThe Trubizh is a river in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, a left tributary of the Dnieper about 110 km long.
Truc Lam ZenReligion / ideaTruc Lam Zen is a Vietnamese school of Zen Buddhism founded at the end of the 13th century by the retired emperor Tran Nhan Tong, who became a monk on Mount Yen Tu.
Truce of AltmarkTreaty · Peace · 1629The Truce of Altmark was a six-year armistice signed on 26 September 1629 at Altmark (Stary Targ) near Malbork, ending the Polish–Swedish War of 1626–1629.
Truce of AndrusovoTreaty · Peace · 1667The Truce of Andrusovo, agreed in January 1667 in a village near Smolensk, ended the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667.
Truce of DeulinoTreaty · Peace · 1618The Truce of Deulino was an armistice concluded in 1618 between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Muscovy, ending a period of war during Russia's Time of Troubles.- Truce of PlussaTreaty · Peace · 1583The Truce of Plussa was signed in August 1583 on the Plyussa River between Sweden and Russia, ending the fighting between them in the Livonian War.
Truce of Yam-ZapolskyTreaty · Peace · 1582The Truce of Yam-Zapolsky was signed on 15 January 1582 between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ending their part in the Livonian War after Stephen…- Trucial Oman ScoutsInstitutionThe Trucial Oman Scouts were a British-officered force raised in 1951 as the Trucial Oman Levies, with headquarters at Sharjah, to keep order in the Trucial States.
Trucial StatesStateThe Trucial States were the sheikhdoms of the southern Persian Gulf coast that signed maritime truces with Britain from 1820 onwards, culminating in the Perpetual…
Trucial States CouncilInstitutionThe Trucial States Council was a body set up by Britain in 1952 in which the rulers of the seven Trucial sheikhdoms met regularly under the chairmanship of the British…
True CrossWork / monumentThe True Cross is the name given to relics venerated by Christians as remains of the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
True Whig PartyPeople / groupThe True Whig Party is a Liberian political party founded in 1869.
Trujillo, PeruPlaceTrujillo is the chief city of northern Peru and capital of the La Libertad region, near the Pacific coast in the Moche valley.
Truman DoctrineReligion / ideaThe Truman Doctrine was a United States foreign policy announced by President Harry S. Truman on 12 March 1947, pledging support to countries threatened by communist…- TrunPlaceTrun, in German Truns, is a village in the Surselva region of Graubünden, Switzerland.
TrunajayaPersonTrunajaya was a Madurese prince who led a great rebellion against the Mataram Sultanate of Java from 1674.
Trunajaya rebellionRevolt · 1674–1680The Trunajaya rebellion was a revolt led by the Madurese prince Trunajaya against the Mataram Sultanate in Java.- TrusoPlaceTruso was a Viking Age trading settlement on the shore of Lake Drużno near Elbląg in northern Poland, active from the 8th to the 10th century.
Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in AmericaInstitutionThe Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America were the board, led by James Oglethorpe, that received a royal charter from George II in 1732 to…
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Peru)InstitutionThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru was established in 2001, after the fall of Alberto Fujimori, to investigate the internal armed conflict of 1980–2000.- Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)InstitutionThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa was set up in 1995 after the end of apartheid to investigate gross human rights violations committed between…
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of CanadaInstitutionThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was established in 2008 under the settlement of lawsuits by former pupils of Canada's Indian residential schools…
TrzebiatówPlaceTrzebiatów, German Treptow an der Rega, is a town on the Rega in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of north-western Poland.
TrzebnicaPlaceTrzebnica is a town in Lower Silesia, Poland, north of Wrocław.- Tsai Ing-wenPersonTsai Ing-wen is a Taiwanese politician and former law professor who led the Democratic Progressive Party and served as president of the Republic of China from 2016 to…
TsakhursPeople / groupThe Tsakhurs are a people of the eastern Caucasus who speak Tsakhur, a Northeast Caucasian language of the Lezgic group.- TsangPlaceTsang is a historical region of west-central Tibet along the Yarlung Tsangpo river, with Shigatse and Gyantse as its main towns.
TsaparangPlaceTsaparang is the ruined capital of the kingdom of Guge, built on a ridge above the Sutlej valley in Zanda County, western Tibet.
TsarInstitutionTsar was the title of the supreme ruler of Russia, derived from the Latin Caesar, formally adopted by Ivan IV in 1547.- TsarevetsPlaceTsarevets is a fortified hill in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, enclosed by a loop of the Yantra river, which served as the main citadel of the Second Bulgarian Empire from…
TsarevoPlaceTsarevo is a town on the Black Sea coast of south-eastern Bulgaria, in Burgas Province near the Strandzha mountains.
Tsemes BayPlaceTsemes Bay is an inlet of the Black Sea on the coast of Krasnodar Krai in southern Russia, on which the port city of Novorossiysk stands.- Tsering DondubPersonTsering Dondub was a Dzungar commander under Tsewang Rabtan.
Tsetse flyTermThe tsetse fly is a blood-feeding insect of tropical Africa that transmits trypanosomiasis, a disease fatal to horses and cattle.- Tsewang Dorji NamjalPersonTsewang Dorji Namjal was khan of the Dzungars from 1745 to 1750, succeeding his father Galdan Tseren while still a youth.
- Tsewang RabtanPersonTsewang Rabtan was ruler of the Dzungar Khanate from 1697 until his death in 1727.
- TshiwoPersonTshiwo was a paramount chief of the Xhosa in the late 17th century and the father of Phalo.
- Tsilhqot'in WarWar · 1864The Tsilhqot'in War was a conflict in 1864 between the Tsilhqot'in people of the Chilcotin plateau and the colony of British Columbia.
- Tsinghua Bamboo SlipsWork / monumentThe Tsinghua Bamboo Slips are a collection of about 2,500 bamboo strips inscribed in the Chu script in the Warring States period, acquired by Tsinghua University in…
TsingoniPlaceTsingoni is a town on the west coast of Mayotte in the Comoros archipelago and the former seat of its sultans.- TsiomekoPersonTsiomeko was a queen of the Sakalava kingdom of Boina in north-western Madagascar.
Tsiribihina RiverPlaceThe Tsiribihina is a river in western Madagascar that flows west from the central highlands to the Mozambique Channel near Belo-sur-Tsiribihina.- Tsitsa RiverPlaceThe Tsitsa is a river of the Eastern Cape in South Africa, a tributary of the Mzimvubu, known for the high Tsitsa Falls near Tsolo.
- TsoedePersonTsoede, also called Edegi, is the legendary founder of the Nupe Kingdom in the middle Niger valley of present-day Nigeria.
Tsogt TaijPersonTsogt Taij, known in other sources as Choghtu Khong Tayiji, was a Khalkha Mongol prince and poet who supported the Karma Kagyu school against the Gelug in the religious…
TsoloPlaceTsolo is a small town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, near the Tsitsa River north of Mthatha.
Tsonga peoplePeople / groupThe Tsonga are a Bantu-speaking people of southern Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa, with smaller communities in Zimbabwe and Eswatini; their language is…
TsongkhapaPersonTsongkhapa was a Tibetan Buddhist monk and scholar from Amdo whose teaching founded the Gelug school.- TsouharissenPersonTsouharissen was the principal war chief of the Neutral Confederacy in present-day southern Ontario in the 1640s, known from the Jesuit Relations.
Tsu, MiePlaceTsu is the capital of Mie Prefecture in central Japan, on the western shore of Ise Bay.
Tsugaru clanPeople / groupThe Tsugaru were a Japanese daimyo family who ruled the Hirosaki domain at the northern tip of Honshu throughout the Edo period.
Tsugaru NobuhiraPersonTsugaru Nobuhira was the second lord of the Hirosaki domain in northern Honshu, the son of Tsugaru Tamenobu.
Tsugaru NobumasaPersonTsugaru Nobumasa was the fourth daimyo of the Hirosaki Domain in northern Honshu, ruling from 1656 until his death in 1710.
Tsugaru TamenobuPersonTsugaru Tamenobu, born Ōura Tamenobu, was a Japanese warlord who seized the Tsugaru region of northern Honshu from his overlords, the Nanbu, in the 1570s and 1580s.
Tsuruga CastleWork / monumentTsuruga Castle, also called Aizuwakamatsu Castle, is a castle in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the seat of the lords of Aizu.
TsuruokaPlaceTsuruoka is a city on the Shōnai plain of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Tsushima IslandPlaceTsushima is a mountainous island in the Korea Strait between Kyushu and the Korean peninsula, now part of Nagasaki Prefecture.
Tsutsujigasaki CastlePlaceTsutsujigasaki was the fortified residence of the Takeda clan in Kai Province, Japan, built by Takeda Nobutora in 1519 in what became the town of Kōfu.
Tswana peoplePeople / groupThe Tswana are a Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa who speak Setswana and form the majority of Botswana's population, with large communities in South Africa's…
Tự ĐứcPersonTự Đức was emperor of Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty from 1847 to 1883, its longest-reigning ruler.
Tuanku Abdul RahmanPersonTuanku Abdul Rahman was the Yang di-Pertuan Besar, or ruler, of Negeri Sembilan from 1933 and the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the elected supreme head of state, of the…- Tuanku Gocah PahlawanPersonTuanku Gocah Pahlawan was the founder of the ruling house of Deli in north-eastern Sumatra.
Tuanku Syed SirajuddinPersonTuanku Syed Sirajuddin is the Raja of Perlis, a Malaysian state ruled by the Jamalullail family, who succeeded his father Tuanku Syed Putra in 2000.- Tuanku Umar Johan AlamsyahPersonTuanku Umar Johan Alamsyah was the founder of the Serdang Sultanate in north-eastern Sumatra.
TuapsePlaceTuapse is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
TuaregPeople / groupThe Tuareg are a Berber-speaking, traditionally nomadic people of the central and western Sahara and the Sahel.- Tuareg seizure of TimbuktuCampaign · 1433The Tuareg seizure of Timbuktu was the capture of the city by Tuareg forces in 1433, as the authority of the Mali Empire over its northern territories weakened.
TubanPlaceTuban is a town on the north coast of East Java, Indonesia, and one of the oldest ports of Java.- Tubba'TermTubba' was the name by which Arab and Islamic tradition remembered the kings of Himyar in ancient Yemen.
TübingenPlaceTübingen is a university town on the River Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, south of Stuttgart.
TúcumePlaceTúcume is an archaeological complex in the Lambayeque valley of northern Peru, with 26 large adobe pyramids around a rocky hill.
TudelaPlaceTudela is a town on the Ebro in southern Navarre, Spain.
Tudhaliya IPersonTudhaliya I was a king of the Hittites, usually dated to the late 15th or early 14th century BCE, at the start of the period often called the Hittite New Kingdom.
Tudhaliya IVPersonTudhaliya IV was a king of the Hittite Empire in the thirteenth century BCE, one of its last significant rulers.- Tufa PoqiangPersonTufa Poqiang was a prince of the Southern Liang, a Xianbei kingdom in Qinghai, and the son of its last ruler Tufa Rutan.
- Tufa WuguPersonTufa Wugu was the founder of Southern Liang, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms of northern China.
- TufangPeople / groupThe Tufang were a people living to the north or north-west of the Shang state, probably in present-day Shanxi.
Tughlaq dynastyStateThe Tughlaq dynasty ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1320 to the early fifteenth century.
Tughlugh TimurPersonTughlugh Timur was khan of Moghulistan, the eastern part of the Chagatai Khanate, from 1347 to 1363.
TughrilPersonTughril, or Tughril Beg, was the founder of the Seljuk Empire.
Tughril IIIPersonTughril III was the last Seljuk sultan of Iraq and western Iran, reigning from 1176 to 1194.- TughshadaPersonTughshada was the Bukhar Khudah, the local ruler of Bukhara, in the early 8th century.
- Tughtakin ibn AyyubPersonTughtakin ibn Ayyub, titled Sayf al-Islam, was a brother of Saladin who ruled Ayyubid Yemen from 1182 until his death in 1197.
TughtekinPersonTughtekin was a Turkish commander who became atabeg, or guardian, of the Seljuk prince Duqaq of Damascus and, after Duqaq's death in 1104, the effective ruler of the…