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- U KalaPersonU Kala was a Burmese chronicler of the late Toungoo period who compiled the Maha Yazawin, the first national chronicle of Burma, completed around 1724.
U NuPersonU Nu (1907–1995) was a Burmese nationalist and statesman who became the first prime minister of independent Burma in 1948.
U ThantPersonU Thant was a Burmese diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first Asian to hold the post.
U-boatTermU-boat is the English name for German military submarines, from the German Unterseeboot.
U. N. DhebarPersonU.
Ua Conchobair dynastyPeople / groupThe Ua Conchobair, later O'Conor, were a dynasty of the Uí Briúin who ruled the kingdom of Connacht from the 11th century.- Ua FáeláinPeople / groupThe Ua Fáeláin were the ruling family of the Déisi of Munster, in what is now County Waterford and south Tipperary, in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Ubaid periodEventThe Ubaid period is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia, from about 6500 to 3800 BCE, named after Tell al-Ubaid near Ur.- Ubar-TutuPersonUbar-Tutu is the last king before the flood in the Sumerian King List, said to have ruled at Shuruppak for thousands of years.
Ubashi KhanPersonUbashi Khan was the last khan of the Kalmyk Khanate on the lower Volga, ruling from 1761.
Ubayd Allah ibn ZiyadPersonUbayd Allah ibn Ziyad was an Umayyad governor of Basra and Kufa, the son of Ziyad ibn Abihi.
Ubayd ZakaniPersonUbayd Zakani was a Persian poet and satirist from Qazvin, active in Shiraz in the 14th century.- Uberto PallavicinoPersonUberto Pallavicino was a Lombard nobleman and leader of the Ghibelline party, a supporter of Emperor Frederick II.
- UbiajaPlaceUbiaja is a town in Edo State in southern Nigeria, the headquarters of the Esan South-East local government area.
UbiiPeople / groupThe Ubii were a Germanic people who lived on the right bank of the Rhine and became allies of Rome under Julius Caesar.
UBSInstitutionUBS is a Swiss bank formed in 1998 by the merger of the Union Bank of Switzerland and the Swiss Bank Corporation, and one of the world's largest wealth managers.
UbudPlaceUbud is a town in Gianyar regency in the uplands of central Bali, Indonesia.- UcanalPlaceUcanal is a Maya archaeological site on the Mopan River in the Petén department of Guatemala.
Uch SharifPlaceUch Sharif is a historic town in the southern Punjab of Pakistan, near the confluence of the Chenab and Sutlej rivers.- UchchalaPersonUchchala was a king of Kashmir who founded the second Lohara dynasty.
UckermarkPlaceThe Uckermark is a historical region in the north-east of Brandenburg, Germany, named after the Ucker river, with Prenzlau as its main town.
UclésPlaceUclés is a village in the province of Cuenca, Spain.
UdabhandapuraPlaceUdabhandapura, modern Hund in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was a city on the right bank of the Indus above Attock, at a main crossing of the river.
Udai Singh IIPersonUdai Singh II was Maharana of Mewar until his death in 1572 and the founder of the city of Udaipur in 1559.- Udai Singh of DungarpurPersonRawal Udai Singh was ruler of Vagad, with his capital at Dungarpur in southern Rajasthan, in the early 16th century.
- Udai Singh of KaithalPersonBhai Udai Singh was the last ruler of Kaithal, a Sikh chiefship of the Cis-Sutlej region in present-day Haryana that had accepted British protection in 1809.
Udai Singh of MarwarPersonUdai Singh, known as Mota Raja, was the Rathore ruler of Marwar (Jodhpur) from 1583 to 1595, restored to his kingdom as a vassal of Akbar.
UdaipurPlaceUdaipur is a city in southern Rajasthan, India, founded in 1559 by Maharana Udai Singh II as the new capital of Mewar.
Udayagiri and Khandagiri CavesWork / monumentThe Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves are rock-cut chambers in two neighbouring hills near Bhubaneswar in Odisha, carved mostly in the 1st century BCE as dwellings for…- UdayamatiPersonUdayamati was a queen of the Chaulukya king Bhima I of Gujarat in the 11th century.
- Udayana of VatsaPersonUdayana was a king of Vatsa, with its capital at Kaushambi on the Yamuna, in the 6th century BCE, a contemporary of the Buddha.
- Udayana WarmadewaPersonUdayana Warmadewa was a king of Bali of the Warmadewa dynasty in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, ruling from the region of Bedulu.
- Udayasimha of JalorPersonUdayasimha was the Chahamana king of Jalor in Rajasthan in the first half of the 13th century and the most powerful ruler of his line.
- Udaybhan SinghPersonUdaybhan Singh was the last ruling Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, a Jat princely state in Rajputana, from 1911.
- Udayeshwar TempleWork / monumentThe Udayeshwar Temple, also called Neelkantheshwar, is an 11th-century Shiva temple at Udaipur in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
UdayinPersonUdayin, or Udayabhadra, was a king of Magadha of the Haryanka dynasty, the son and successor of Ajatashatru.
UdhampurPlaceUdhampur is a city in the Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir, India, and the seat of Udhampur district, on the road from Jammu to Srinagar.
UdinePlaceUdine is a city in north-eastern Italy and the historic capital of Friuli.
UdjahorresnetPersonUdjahorresnet was an Egyptian official, physician and priest of Neith at Sais who served the last Saite kings and then the Persian conquerors.
UdmurtsPeople / groupThe Udmurts are a Finno-Ugric people of the lands between the Vyatka and Kama rivers, most of whom live in the Udmurt Republic of Russia, with its capital at Izhevsk.
UdupiPlaceUdupi is a city on the coast of Karnataka, south-western India, known for its Krishna temple and monasteries founded by the 13th-century philosopher Madhvacharya, who…- Uele RiverPlaceThe Uele River flows west across the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and joins the Mbomu to form the Ubangi, a tributary of the Congo.
Uesugi HarunoriPersonUesugi Harunori, also known as Uesugi Yōzan, was daimyo of the Yonezawa Domain in northern Japan from 1767 to 1785.
Uesugi KagekatsuPersonUesugi Kagekatsu was the adopted heir of Uesugi Kenshin, who won the succession war after Kenshin's death in 1578.
Uesugi KenshinPersonUesugi Kenshin was a warlord of Echigo province in the Sengoku period, famous for his generalship and Buddhist devotion.
Uesugi NorimasaPersonUesugi Norimasa was the Kantō kanrei, the shogun's deputy for eastern Japan, from the Yamanouchi branch of the Uesugi family.- Uesugi NoritadaPersonUesugi Noritada was the Kantō deputy, or kanrei, the chief adviser of the Kamakura kubo in eastern Japan, from the late 1440s.
- Uesugi Zenshū rebellionRevolt · 1416–1417The Uesugi Zenshū rebellion was a revolt in the Kanto region of Japan in 1416 and 1417 led by Uesugi Ujinori, known as Zenshū, a former deputy of the Kamakura kubo.
UfaPlaceUfa is the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia, at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers west of the southern Urals.- Uganda MartyrsPeople / groupThe Uganda Martyrs were Christian converts, Catholic and Anglican, killed on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga II of Buganda between 1885 and 1887, many of them young pages…
- Uganda National Liberation ArmyPeople / groupThe Uganda National Liberation Army was the force of Ugandan exiles formed in 1979 to fight alongside the Tanzanian army against Idi Amin, and it became Uganda's…
Uganda People's CongressPeople / groupThe Uganda People's Congress is a political party founded in 1960 under the leadership of Milton Obote.
Uganda People's Defence ForceInstitutionThe Uganda People's Defence Force is the armed forces of Uganda, formed from the National Resistance Army and given its present name under the constitution of 1995.
Uganda RailwayWork / monumentThe Uganda Railway is a metre-gauge railway built by the British from 1896 to 1901 from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to Kisumu on Lake Victoria.
Ugandan Bush WarWar · 1981–1986The Ugandan Bush War was the guerrilla war waged by Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army against the second government of Milton Obote and then the military…
Uganda–Tanzania WarWar · 1978–1979The Uganda–Tanzania War was fought from October 1978 to June 1979 after Idi Amin's forces invaded the Kagera Salient of north-western Tanzania.- Ugeo of GojoseonPersonUgeo was the last king of Wiman Joseon, the final phase of Gojoseon, and a grandson of its founder Wiman.
UglichPlaceUglich is a town on the upper Volga in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.- Ugra RiverPlaceThe Ugra is a river of western Russia, about 400 kilometres long, flowing through the Smolensk and Kaluga regions into the Oka.
Ugyen WangchuckPersonUgyen Wangchuck was the first hereditary king of Bhutan, elected by an assembly of clergy, officials and leading families at Punakha in 1907.
Uherské HradištěPlaceUherské Hradiště is a town on the Morava river in south-eastern Moravia, in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.- Uhha-zitiPersonUhha-ziti was the last major king of Arzawa in western Anatolia in the late 14th century BCE.
- Uhtred the BoldPersonUhtred the Bold was earl of Bamburgh and, from about 1006, of all Northumbria until his death in 1016.
- UhtuaPlaceUhtua, now called Kalevala, is a village in the north of the Republic of Karelia in Russia, on Lake Middle Kuyto.
- Uí BriúinPeople / groupThe Uí Briúin were a dynastic group of early medieval Connacht, claiming descent from Brión, son of the legendary king Eochaid Mugmedón.
- Uí Briúin BréifnePeople / groupThe Uí Briúin Bréifne were a branch of the Uí Briúin dynasty of Connacht that settled the lakes and hills of later Leitrim and Cavan and gave their name to the kingdom…
- Uí Chonaill GabraPeople / groupThe Uí Chonaill Gabra were a branch of the Uí Fidgenti of early medieval Munster, holding territory in western County Limerick, where the barony of Connello preserves…
- Uí DúnlaingePeople / groupThe Uí Dúnlainge were a dynasty of north Leinster, in the plains of modern Kildare, descended from Dúnlaing mac Énda Niada.
- Uí FiachrachPeople / groupThe Uí Fiachrach were a dynastic group of early medieval Connacht, claiming descent from Fiachrae, son of the legendary king Eochaid Mugmedón.
- Uí NéillPeople / groupThe Uí Néill were a group of Irish dynasties claiming descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages.
UicheonPersonUicheon was a Korean Buddhist monk of the Goryeo period and the fourth son of King Munjong.- Uija of BaekjePersonUija was the last king of Baekje, reigning from 641 to 660.
- Uijong of GoryeoPersonUijong of Goryeo was king of Goryeo from 1146 to 1170.
UijuPlaceUiju is a town in North Pyongan Province, North Korea, on the Yalu River opposite the Chinese city of Dandong.- Uilliam Buidhe Ó CeallaighPersonUilliam Buidhe Ó Ceallaigh was king of Uí Maine in Connacht in the mid 14th century.
- Uiryeo of BuyeoPersonUiryeo was a king of Buyeo in the late 3rd century.
UisangPersonUisang was a Silla Buddhist monk who went to Tang China in 661 and studied under Zhiyan, a patriarch of the Huayan school.- UjarmaPlaceUjarma is a ruined fortress in the Iori valley of eastern Georgia, east of Tbilisi.
UjijiPlaceUjiji is a town on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania, one of the oldest market towns of the region.
UjjainPlaceUjjain is an ancient city in central India on the Shipra River, one of the seven sacred cities of Hinduism.- Ukit Kan Le'k Tok'PersonUkit Kan Le'k Tok' was a Maya king of Ek' Balam in north-eastern Yucatán who took power in 770 and made the city the capital of a regional kingdom, Talol.
- Ukiyo-eTermUkiyo-e, meaning 'pictures of the floating world', is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings that flourished from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.
UkrainePlaceUkraine is a country in eastern Europe whose fertile steppe lands have been contested by many powers.
Ukrainian Soviet RepublicStateThe Ukrainian Soviet Republic was a short-lived Bolshevik state proclaimed in March 1918 by merging the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets with the other Soviet…
UkrainiansPeople / groupUkrainians are an East Slavic people whose homeland is Ukraine.
UkrainisationReligion / ideaUkrainisation was the Soviet policy of the 1920s and early 1930s that promoted the Ukrainian language and ethnic Ukrainians in the schools, press, culture and…
UlaanbaatarPlaceUlaanbaatar is the capital of Mongolia, on the Tuul River.
UlacaPlaceUlaca is a large Iron Age hillfort near Solosancho in the province of Ávila, Spain, and one of the main oppida of the Vettones, enclosing more than 60 hectares within…- UlamaPeople / groupThe ulama are the community of Muslim religious scholars, trained in Islamic law, theology and scripture.
- UlamburiashPersonUlamburiash was a Kassite prince, brother of the Babylonian king Kashtiliash III, who around 1460 BCE conquered the Sealand Dynasty of southern Mesopotamia after its…
UlcinjPlaceUlcinj is a town on the southern Adriatic coast of Montenegro near the Albanian border, with an Albanian majority.
UlfilasPersonUlfilas, or Wulfila, was a Gothic bishop of Cappadocian descent who converted many Goths to Arian Christianity.
Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of ClanricardePersonUlick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, was an Irish Catholic nobleman who stayed loyal to Charles I during the Irish Confederate Wars.- Ulick de BurghPersonUlick de Burgh was the founder of the Clanricarde Burkes of south Galway.
Ulick Fionn BurkePersonUlick Fionn Burke was Mac William Uachtar, lord of Clanricarde in south Galway, from 1485 until his death in 1509.- Ulick na gCeann Burke, 1st Earl of ClanricardePersonUlick na gCeann Burke was the head of the Clanricarde Burkes of south Galway and the first Earl of Clanricarde.
Ulises HeureauxPersonUlises Heureaux was a Dominican general and dictator who dominated the Dominican Republic from 1882 until his assassination in 1899.
UlithiPlaceUlithi is an atoll in the western Caroline Islands, part of Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia, with one of the largest lagoons in the world.
UllastretPlaceUllastret is an archaeological site in the Baix Empordà in Catalonia, the largest known Iberian settlement in the region and the chief town of the Indigetes.
UlleungdoPlaceUlleungdo is a volcanic island in the Sea of Japan (East Sea), about 120 kilometres off the east coast of Korea.