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ThembuPeople / groupThe Thembu are a Xhosa-speaking Nguni people of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, whose homeland, Thembuland, lies around the Mbashe and Mthatha rivers.
Theme systemInstitutionThe theme system was the military and administrative organisation of the Byzantine Empire from around the seventh century, in which provinces called themes were…
ThemisReligion / ideaThemis was the Greek goddess of divine law, order and custom, a Titan and daughter of Gaia and Uranus.
ThemistoclesPersonThemistocles was an Athenian statesman and general who persuaded Athens to build a large fleet with the silver of Laurion.
Themistokli GërmenjiPersonThemistokli Gërmenji (1871–1917) was an Albanian nationalist from Korçë who led guerrilla bands against Ottoman and Greek forces.
Themistoklis SofoulisPersonThemistoklis Sofoulis was a Greek politician from Samos.- Theo van Gogh (film director)PersonTheo van Gogh was a Dutch film director, writer and provocative columnist, a great-grandson of Theo van Gogh, brother of the painter Vincent.
- Theobald Bourke, 1st Viscount MayoPersonTheobald Bourke, known as Tibbot na Long ('of the ships'), was the son of Grace O'Malley and Richard an Iarainn Bourke, said to have been born at sea.
- Theobald I of BloisPersonTheobald I of Blois (died 975), known as the Trickster, was a vassal of Hugh the Great who by about 940 held the counties of Blois, Chartres and Tours.
Theobald I of NavarrePersonTheobald I was king of Navarre from 1234 and, as Theobald IV, count of Champagne from his birth in 1201.
Theobald II, Count of ChampagnePersonTheobald II, called the Great, was count of Champagne from 1125 and, as Theobald IV, count of Blois and Chartres from 1102.- Theobald WalterPersonTheobald Walter was an Anglo-Norman lord who came to Ireland with Prince John in 1185 and was granted lands in Munster and the hereditary office of butler of Ireland.
Theobald Wolfe TonePersonTheobald Wolfe Tone was an Irish revolutionary, a Protestant lawyer who helped found the Society of United Irishmen in 1791.- TheoclesPersonTheocles was the leader of the Greek colonists from Chalcis in Euboea who founded Naxos around 734 BCE, according to Thucydides the first Greek colony in Sicily.
TheodelindaPersonTheodelinda was a Bavarian princess who became queen of the Lombards by marrying King Authari in 589 and, after his death, King Agilulf.
Theodemir (Visigoth)PersonTheodemir was a Visigothic noble who governed south-eastern Spain at the time of the Muslim conquest.
Theoderich von TreydenPersonTheoderich von Treyden was a Cistercian monk and missionary in Livonia and the first abbot of Dünamünde near Riga.
Theodor HerzlPersonTheodor Herzl was a Jewish journalist and writer born in Budapest and active in Vienna, regarded as the founder of modern political Zionism.
Theodor LeutweinPersonTheodor Leutwein was a German officer who led the colony of South West Africa from 1894, as governor from 1898 to 1905.
Theodora (wife of Justinian I)PersonTheodora was a Byzantine empress, wife of Emperor Justinian I and one of the most influential women in Byzantine history.
Theodora (wife of Theophilos)PersonTheodora was a Byzantine empress, wife of Emperor Theophilos, who ruled as regent for their young son Michael III from 842 to 856.
Theodora Megale KomnenePersonDespina Khatun was the name borne by Theodora Komnene, daughter of Emperor John IV of Trebizond, who married the Aq Qoyunlu ruler Uzun Hasan around 1458 as part of an…
Theodore I LaskarisPersonTheodore I Laskaris was the founder of the Empire of Nicaea, ruling from 1205 and as crowned emperor from 1208 until 1221.
Theodore I PalaiologosPersonTheodore I Palaiologos was the Byzantine Despot of the Morea from 1383 to 1407, a son of Emperor John V.
Theodore II LaskarisPersonTheodore II Laskaris was emperor of Nicaea from 1254 to 1258, the son of John III Doukas Vatatzes and grandson of Theodore I.- Theodore II MuzakaPersonTheodore II Muzaka (died 1389) was an Albanian lord of the Muzaka family who held Berat and the surrounding region of central Albania in the late 14th century.
Theodore Komnenos DoukasPersonTheodore Komnenos Doukas (c. 1180–c. 1253) was ruler of Epirus from 1215 who took Thessalonica from the Latins in 1224 and had himself crowned emperor.
Theodore RooseveltPersonTheodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States, from 1901 to 1909.- Theodore RshtuniPersonTheodore Rshtuni (died 655) was an Armenian prince and military commander who led the defence of Armenia against the first Arab raids.
Theodore SvetoslavPersonTheodore Svetoslav was tsar of Bulgaria from 1300 to 1322, son of George I Terter.
Theodore von NeuhoffPersonTheodore von Neuhoff was a Westphalian adventurer who was crowned king of Corsica in April 1736 by islanders in revolt against Genoa.
Theodoric IPersonTheodoric I was king of the Visigoths from 418 to 451, ruling the federate kingdom that Rome had settled in Aquitaine, with Toulouse as its capital.- Theodoric IIPersonTheodoric II was king of the Visigoths from 453 to 466, having taken power by killing his brother Thorismund.
- Theodoric II, King of the VisigothsPersonTheodoric II was king of the Visigoths from 453 to 466, after murdering his brother Thorismund.
Theodoric the GreatPersonTheodoric the Great was king of the Ostrogoths who invaded Italy at the request of Emperor Zeno, defeated Odoacer and ruled the peninsula from Ravenna from 493 to 526.
Theodoros KolokotronisPersonTheodoros Kolokotronis was the leading military commander of the Greek War of Independence in the Peloponnese.- Theodoros NegrisPersonTheodoros Negris (1790–1824) was a Greek scholar and diplomat from Constantinople who served the Ottoman administration before joining the Greek War of Independence.
Theodoros PangalosPersonTheodoros Pangalos was a Greek general who seized power in a coup in June 1925 and ruled the Second Hellenic Republic as dictator until August 1926.- Theodorus of CyrenePersonTheodorus of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician of the 5th century BCE, a teacher of Plato and of Theaetetus.
- Theodorus of SamosPersonTheodorus of Samos was a Greek architect, sculptor and metalworker of the 6th century BCE.
Theodosius IPersonTheodosius I was a Roman emperor who died in 395 CE, the last to rule both the eastern and western halves of the empire.
Theodosius IIPersonTheodosius II was emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 408 to 450, succeeding his father Arcadius as a child.
Theodosius of TarnovoPersonTheodosius of Tarnovo was a Bulgarian monk and leading teacher of hesychasm, the Orthodox tradition of contemplative prayer.
Theodulf of OrléansPersonTheodulf of Orléans was a scholar, poet and bishop at the court of Charlemagne, of Visigothic origin.
TheogPlaceTheog is a town in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh, India, in the hills north-east of Shimla.
Theognis of MegaraPersonTheognis of Megara was a Greek elegiac poet of the sixth century BCE.- Theognostus, Metropolitan of KievPersonTheognostus was a Greek churchman appointed by Constantinople as Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus', an office he held from 1328 until his death in 1353.
TheogonyWork / monumentThe Theogony is a Greek poem by Hesiod, composed around 700 BCE, that tells the origin and genealogy of the gods.- Theoktistos BryenniosPersonTheoktistos Bryennios was a Byzantine general and strategos of the theme of the Peloponnese in the 840s.
Theophanes the ConfessorPersonTheophanes the Confessor was a Byzantine monk and chronicler whose Chronographia covers the history of the empire from 284 to 813.
Theophanes the GreekPersonTheophanes the Greek was a Byzantine painter of icons and frescoes who worked in the Russian lands from about the 1370s.
Theophanu, Abbess of EssenPersonTheophanu was abbess of Essen from 1039 until her death in 1058.
Theophilos (emperor)PersonTheophilos was Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842, of the Amorian dynasty, and the last emperor to support iconoclasm.
Theophilus EatonPersonTheophilus Eaton (1590–1658) was a London merchant who in 1638 founded the New Haven Colony in present-day Connecticut with the Puritan minister John Davenport.- Theophilus I of AlexandriaPersonTheophilus was Patriarch of Alexandria from 385 to 412.
Theophilus ShepstonePersonSir Theophilus Shepstone (1817–1893) was a British colonial official in South Africa who, as Natal's chief official for African affairs from 1845 to 1875, created a…- Theophylact I, Count of TusculumPersonTheophylact I, Count of Tusculum, was a Roman nobleman who dominated Rome and the papacy in the early tenth century.
TheophylactiPeople / groupThe Theophylacti were a Roman noble family that dominated the city and the papacy in the 10th century.- TheopompusPersonTheopompus of Chios was a Greek historian and rhetorician, said to have studied under Isocrates.
- ThepphiphitPersonThepphiphit was a Siamese prince, a son of King Borommakot of Ayutthaya, who was exiled to Ceylon after involvement in court intrigue.
TherapnePlaceTherapne was an ancient site on the hills east of the Eurotas, opposite Sparta in Laconia.- Theravada BuddhismReligion / ideaTheravada Buddhism is the branch of Buddhism that relies on the Pali canon and became dominant in Sri Lanka and mainland Southeast Asia.
Therese of Saxe-HildburghausenPersonTherese of Saxe-Hildburghausen was a German princess who married Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria in Munich on 12 October 1810, and was Queen of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848.
Theresienstadt GhettoPlaceThe Theresienstadt Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto and concentration camp in the fortress town of Terezín in northern Bohemia, in use from November 1941 to May 1945.
Theriso revoltRevolt · 1905The Theriso revolt was an uprising in the Cretan State in 1905, led by Eleftherios Venizelos from the village of Theriso near Chania.
Thermae HimeraeaePlaceThermae Himeraeae, modern Termini Imerese, was a town on the north coast of Sicily, east of Palermo, founded by the Carthaginians in 407 BCE near hot springs, with…
Thermaic GulfPlaceThe Thermaic Gulf is an inlet of the north-western Aegean Sea, bordered by Pieria, Macedonia and the Chalcidice peninsula, with Thessaloniki at its head.- Thermidorian ReactionEventThe Thermidorian Reaction was the turn in the French Revolution that began on 9 Thermidor Year II (27 July 1794), when the National Convention arrested Maximilien…
- ThermonPlaceThermon was the chief sanctuary of the Aetolians in western Greece, dedicated to Apollo Thermios, near Lake Trichonida.
Theron of AcragasPersonTheron of Acragas (died 472 BCE) was tyrant of the Greek city of Acragas in Sicily from about 488 BCE.
ThérouannePlaceThérouanne is a village in the Pas-de-Calais in northern France, on the site of Tarvenna, the Roman capital of the Morini.- ThersilionWork / monumentThe Thersilion was the great assembly hall of the Arcadian League at Megalopolis in the Peloponnese, built in the 360s BCE.
TheseusPersonTheseus was a legendary king of Athens in Greek mythology, son of Aegeus, or of Poseidon, and of Aethra of Troezen.
ThesprotiaPlaceThesprotia is a region of Epirus in north-western Greece, on the Ionian coast opposite Corfu, today a regional unit with its capital at Igoumenitsa.
ThesprotiansPeople / groupThe Thesprotians were one of the three main tribal groups of ancient Epirus, with the Molossians and Chaonians, living in the south-west of the region along the Ionian…
Thessalonike of MacedonPersonThessalonike of Macedon was a daughter of Philip II of Macedon and half-sister of Alexander the Great.
ThessalonikiPlaceThessaloniki is the second-largest city of Greece and the main port of Macedonia, at the head of the Thermaic Gulf.
ThessalyPlaceThessaly is a region of central Greece, a broad fertile plain ringed by mountains, including Olympus and Pelion.
ThetfordPlaceThetford is a market town in Norfolk, England, on the Little Ouse river.- Theudebald, Duke of AlamanniaPersonTheudebald was a duke of the Alemanni in the 730s and 740s, a son of Duke Gotfrid and brother of Lantfrid.
Theuderic IPersonTheuderic I was a Merovingian king of the Franks, eldest son of Clovis I, who received the eastern part of his father's realm in 511 and ruled it from Reims until his…
Theuderic IIPersonTheuderic II was the Merovingian king of Burgundy from 595 and of Austrasia from 612 until his death in 613, a son of Childebert II.- ThewaTermThewa is a jewellery technique from Pratapgarh in Rajasthan, India, in which finely worked sheet gold is fused onto coloured glass.
Thiaroye massacreEventThe Thiaroye massacre took place on 1 December 1944 at the Thiaroye military camp near Dakar, when French troops fired on West African tirailleurs, recently released…
Thibaw MinPersonThibaw Min was the last king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma, reigning from 1878 to 1885.- ThibronPersonThibron was a Spartan mercenary commander who, after murdering Harpalus in Crete in 324 BCE, took over his mercenary army and crossed to Cyrenaica.
Thierry of AlsacePersonThierry of Alsace was count of Flanders from 1128 to 1168.- ThièsPlaceThiès is a city in western Senegal, about seventy kilometres east of Dakar and one of the country's largest cities.
Thietmar of MerseburgPersonThietmar of Merseburg (975–1018) was a Saxon noble who became bishop of Merseburg in 1009.
Thiệu TrịPersonThiệu Trị was the third emperor of the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam, ruling from 1841 to 1847 after his father Minh Mạng.- ThihathuPersonThihathu (died 1325) was the youngest of three Shan-Burmese brothers who repelled the Mongols and took power in central Burma after the fall of Pagan.
Thiksey MonasteryPlaceThiksey Monastery is a Gelug Buddhist monastery on a hilltop about 19 km east of Leh in Ladakh, India.
ThimphuPlaceThimphu is the capital and largest city of Bhutan, in the valley of the Wang Chhu in the west of the country.- Thin Orange wareTermThin Orange ware is a fine, thin-walled orange pottery produced in southern Puebla, in central Mexico, during the Classic period, roughly the third to the sixth…
- ThinisPlaceThinis was an ancient Egyptian city in Upper Egypt near Abydos, whose exact site has not been found, though it probably lay near modern Girga.
Think BigReligion / ideaThink Big was a programme of large state-backed industrial projects launched by Robert Muldoon's National government in New Zealand from 1979 to reduce dependence on…
Third Anglo-Afghan WarWar · 1919The Third Anglo-Afghan War was a brief conflict in May 1919, when Emir Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan sent troops across the frontier of British India.
Third Anglo-Ashanti WarWar · 1874The Third Anglo-Ashanti War was a conflict between the British Empire and the Ashanti Empire, culminating in 1874.
Third Anglo-Burmese WarWar · 1885The Third Anglo-Burmese War was a short campaign in November 1885 in which British forces advanced up the Irrawaddy and took Mandalay, deposing King Thibaw, the last…
Third Anglo-Maratha WarWar · 1817–1818The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) was the final conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy.