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- UllusunuPersonUllusunu was a king of Mannaea in north-western Iran in the late 8th century BCE, son of Iranzu.
UlpianPersonUlpian was a Roman jurist of the early third century CE and one of the most influential legal writers in Roman history.- Ulric Manfred IIPersonUlric Manfred II was margrave of Turin from about 1000 until his death in 1034, of the Arduinici family.
Ulrich I, Count of East FrisiaPersonUlrich Cirksena was a Frisian chieftain who, after a century of feuds among the chiefs of East Frisia, brought most of the region under his rule.- Ulrich I, Count of WürttembergPersonUlrich I, Count of Württemberg, known as the Founder, ruled Württemberg from about 1241 to 1265.
- Ulrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-StargardPersonUlrich II (d. 1471) was the last Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard, a branch of the Mecklenburg dynasty that had ruled the south-eastern Lordship of Stargard since 1352.
Ulrich RöschPersonUlrich Rösch was abbot of Saint Gall from 1463 until his death in 1491, after serving as its administrator from 1457.
Ulrich von JungingenPersonUlrich von Jungingen was Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1407 to 1410.
Ulrich WillePersonUlrich Wille was a Swiss army officer who served as commander-in-chief, with the rank of general, during the First World War, from 1914 to 1918.
Ulrich, Duke of MecklenburgPersonUlrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, was administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin from 1550 and ruled Mecklenburg-Güstrow from 1555 until his death in 1603.
Ulrich, Duke of WürttembergPersonUlrich, Duke of Württemberg, ruled from 1498 to 1550.
Ulster CovenantWork / monumentThe Ulster Covenant was a pledge signed by nearly half a million Unionist men and women on and after 28 September 1912, Ulster Day, to resist the Third Home Rule Bill…- Ulster CycleWork / monumentThe Ulster Cycle is a body of medieval Irish heroic tales about the Ulaid, their king Conchobar mac Nessa and the warriors of his court at Emain Macha.
- Ulster Unionist PartyPeople / groupThe Ulster Unionist Party is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland, founded in 1905 as the Ulster Unionist Council to oppose Irish home rule.
Ulster VolunteersPeople / groupThe Ulster Volunteers were a Unionist militia founded in 1912 and organised in January 1913 as the Ulster Volunteer Force to resist Home Rule for Ireland.
Ulugh BegPersonUlugh Beg was a Timurid ruler and astronomer, a grandson of Timur, who governed Samarkand for decades and died in 1449.
Ulugh Beg ObservatoryInstitutionThe Ulugh Beg Observatory was an astronomical observatory built in Samarkand in the 1420s by the Timurid ruler Ulugh Beg.- Ulugh KhanPersonUlugh Khan was a general of the Delhi Sultanate and a brother of Sultan Alauddin Khalji.
Ulugh MuhammadPersonUlugh Muhammad was a Chinggisid khan of the Golden Horde who, after losing power in the struggles of the early 15th century, moved to the middle Volga and around 1438…
Uluj AliPersonUluj Ali was an Italian-born Ottoman corsair and admiral, born in Calabria as Giovanni Dionigi Galeni and captured by Barbary corsairs as a young man.- UlundiPlaceUlundi is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on the plain of the White Mfolozi river.
Ulysses S. GrantPersonUlysses S.- Umar al-AqtaPersonUmar al-Aqta was emir of Melitene, a frontier emirate on the upper Euphrates, from about 830 to 863 and one of the most dangerous Arab raiders of Byzantine Anatolia.
- Umar al-MutawakkilPersonUmar al-Mutawakkil was the last Aftasid ruler of the Taifa of Badajoz, from about 1067 until 1094, and a noted poet whose court attracted writers.
- Umar DinPersonUmar Din was a sultan of the Walashma dynasty in the Adal Sultanate in the sixteenth century.
Umar ibn Abd al-AzizPersonUmar ibn Abd al-Aziz, known as Umar II, was the Umayyad caliph from 717 to 720.- Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz al-HabbariPersonUmar ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Habbari was the founder of the Habbari dynasty of Sindh.
- Umar ibn al-KhattabPersonUmar ibn al-Khattab was the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling from 634 to 644 CE.
- Umar ibn Awad al-Qu'aitiPersonUmar ibn Awad al-Qu'aiti was the founder of the fortunes of the Qu'aiti family of Hadramawt in southern Arabia.
- Umar ibn HafsunPersonUmar ibn Hafsun was a muwallad rebel who led a long revolt against the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba from his mountain fortress of Bobastro in southern al-Andalus.
- Umar Khan of KokandPersonUmar Khan was khan of Kokand from about 1810 to 1822, succeeding his murdered brother Alim Khan.
Umar MarviWork / monumentUmar Marvi is a Sindhi folk tale about Marvi, a village girl from the Thar desert who was abducted by Umar, a Soomra king of Umarkot, but refused his wealth and stayed…- Umar Sanda KyarimiPersonUmar Sanda Kyarimi was Shehu of Borno from 1937 to 1968, ruling from Maiduguri under British colonial rule and into Nigerian independence.
- Umar WalasmaPersonUmar Walasma was the founder of the Walashma dynasty and of the Sultanate of Ifat in the eastern highlands of Shewa, Ethiopia.
- al-UmariPersonAl-Umari was a fourteenth-century Arab historian and administrator in Mamluk Egypt and Syria, author of an encyclopaedic work on geography and administration.
- Umaru DallajiPersonUmaru Dallaji was a Fulani scholar and follower of Usman dan Fodio who led the jihad in Katsina, capturing the city from its Hausa ruler in 1807.
- Umaru NagwamatsePersonUmaru Nagwamatse was the founder of the Kontagora Emirate in western Nigeria.
Umayyad CaliphateStateThe Umayyad Caliphate was the second Islamic caliphate, ruled by the Umayyad family from Damascus from 661 to 750 CE.
Umayyad conquest of HispaniaCampaign · 711 CEThe Umayyad conquest of Hispania was the Muslim conquest of most of the Iberian Peninsula beginning in 711 CE.- Umayyad conquest of SindCampaign · 711 CEThe Umayyad conquest of Sind was the campaign of 711 CE in which forces led by Muhammad ibn Qasim conquered Sind, in the lower Indus valley in present-day Pakistan.
Umayyad invasion of GaulCampaign · 719–759The Umayyad invasion of Gaul was the series of campaigns launched from al-Andalus into Frankish territory after 719, when Narbonne was taken.
Umayyad MosqueWork / monumentThe Umayyad Mosque, or Great Mosque of Damascus, was built by the caliph al-Walid I between 705 and 715 on the site of a Christian church of St John the Baptist, which…
Umberto IPersonUmberto I was King of Italy from 1878 to 1900, the son of Victor Emmanuel II.
Umberto IIPersonUmberto II was the last King of Italy, reigning for just over a month in 1946.
UmbriaPlaceUmbria is a landlocked region of central Italy in the Apennines and the upper Tiber valley.- Umbutfo Eswatini Defence ForceInstitutionThe Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force is the army of Eswatini, formed after independence in 1968.
UmhlangaEventUmhlanga, the reed dance, is an annual ceremony of the Swazi Kingdom (Eswatini), held in late August or early September.
ʻUmi-a-LīloaPersonʻUmi-a-Līloa was ruler (aliʻi nui) of the island of Hawaiʻi around 1500, a son of Līloa by a woman of lower rank.- Umkhonto we SizwePeople / groupUmkhonto we Sizwe ("Spear of the Nation"), or MK, was the armed wing of the African National Congress, founded in December 1961 with the South African Communist Party…
Umm al-QuwainPlaceUmm al-Quwain is a town on a sandy peninsula of the Gulf coast, capital of the emirate of the same name in the United Arab Emirates.- Umm an-Nar cultureTermThe Umm an-Nar culture was a Bronze Age culture of south-eastern Arabia, in modern Oman and the United Arab Emirates, dated about 2600–2000 BCE and named after an…
UmmaPlaceUmma was a Sumerian city in southern Mesopotamia, at the site of Tell Jokha in Dhi Qar province, Iraq, north-west of Lagash.
Umma Khan VPersonUmma Khan V, called the Great, was khan of Avar in mountainous Dagestan from 1774 until his death in 1801, when the khanate was at the height of its power.
Umur BeyPersonUmur Bey was ruler of the Aydinid beylik in western Anatolia from 1334.- Una (river)PlaceThe Una is a river of the western Balkans, a right tributary of the Sava, which for much of its course forms the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Una, Himachal PradeshPlaceUna is a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, headquarters of the district of the same name, near the border with Punjab.
UncasPersonUncas was a sachem of the Mohegan in Connecticut.- UndangTermThe Undang are the four great territorial chiefs of Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia, ruling the districts of Sungai Ujong, Jelebu, Johol and Rembau.
Undavalli CavesWork / monumentThe Undavalli Caves are rock-cut Hindu cave temples carved into a sandstone hill on the south bank of the Krishna near Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.- UndeutscheTermUndeutsche ("non-Germans") was the term used in medieval and early modern Livonia for the native Estonian and Latvian population, as opposed to the German-speaking…
- Unequal treatiesReligion / ideaUnequal treaties is a term for agreements imposed on East Asian states by Western powers in the nineteenth century, granting privileges such as extraterritoriality…
UNESCOInstitutionUNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is a specialised agency of the United Nations founded in 1945 and based in Paris.
UNESCO World Heritage SiteInstitutionA UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as having outstanding cultural or natural…- Ungjin CommanderyInstitutionThe Ungjin Commandery was the administration set up by Tang China to govern the former kingdom of Baekje after its conquest in 660.
Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Rhodesia)Crisis · 1965The Unilateral Declaration of Independence was issued on 11 November 1965 by Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front government of Southern Rhodesia, which refused Britain's demand…
UnileverInstitutionUnilever is a multinational consumer goods company formed in 1929 by the merger of the Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie with the British soap maker Lever Brothers.
Union Defence Force (South Africa)InstitutionThe Union Defence Force was the military of the Union of South Africa, established by the Defence Act of 1912.- Union Defence Force (United Arab Emirates)InstitutionThe Union Defence Force was the first federal military force of the United Arab Emirates, formed in December 1971 from the Trucial Oman Scouts, the British-officered…
Union FlagTermThe Union Flag, or Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom.
Union for National ProgressPeople / groupThe Union for National Progress (UPRONA) is a Burundian political party founded in the late 1950s and led to victory in the 1961 elections by Prince Louis Rwagasore.
Union IslandPlaceUnion Island is one of the southern Grenadines, part of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with its main village at Clifton.
Union Minière du Haut KatangaInstitutionUnion Minière du Haut Katanga was a Belgian mining company founded in 1906 to exploit the copper of Katanga in the Belgian Congo.- Union of AragonPeople / groupThe Union of Aragon was a league of nobles and towns of the Kingdom of Aragon formed in 1283 to defend their privileges against the crown.
Union of ArmsEventThe Union of Arms was a plan put forward by the Count-Duke of Olivares in 1626 for every kingdom of the Spanish monarchy to supply a fixed reserve of paid soldiers for…- Union of ArrasTreaty · 1579The Union of Arras was an agreement of 6 January 1579 by which the Catholic southern provinces of Artois and Hainaut, with the towns of Walloon Flanders, declared their…
Union of BrestEventThe Union of Brest was the agreement of 1595-1596 by which most Orthodox bishops of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth accepted the authority of the pope while keeping…
Union of HorodłoEventThe Union of Horodło was a set of acts signed at Horodło on the Bug on 2 October 1413 by King Władysław II Jagiełło and Grand Duke Vytautas.
Union of KėdainiaiTreaty · 1655The Union of Kėdainiai was an agreement signed in October 1655 at Kėdainiai in Lithuania by Janusz Radziwiłł and other Lithuanian nobles with Charles X Gustav of Sweden.
Union of KrewoTreaty · 1385The Union of Krewo was an agreement of 1385 under which Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania agreed to accept Catholic Christianity and marry Queen Jadwiga of Poland…
Union of LublinTreaty · 1569The Union of Lublin was the agreement of 1569 that transformed the personal union of Poland and Lithuania into a single state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.- Union of the CrownsEventThe Union of the Crowns was the accession of James VI of Scotland to the thrones of England and Ireland on the death of Elizabeth I in March 1603.
Union of the Peoples of CameroonPeople / groupThe Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC) is a Cameroonian political party founded in 1948 under Ruben Um Nyobe.- Union of Three NationsTreaty · 1437–1438The Union of Three Nations (Unio Trium Nationum) was a pact of mutual aid formed in 1437 at Kápolna by the Hungarian nobility, the Saxons and the Székelys of…
- Union of United Mountaineers of the North Caucasus and DagestanPeople / groupThe Union of United Mountaineers of the North Caucasus and Dagestan was a political organisation founded at a congress in Vladikavkaz in May 1917, after the February…
- Union of UtrechtTreaty · 1579The Union of Utrecht was an alliance signed in January 1579 by the northern provinces of the Netherlands, led by Holland and Zeeland, to fight together against Spanish…
UNITAPeople / groupUNITA, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, is an Angolan movement founded in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi, with its strongest support among the Ovimbundu…
Unitarian PartyPeople / groupThe Unitarian Party was a political faction in Argentina in the decades after independence that favoured a centralised state led from Buenos Aires, liberal reforms and…
United Arab StatesStateThe United Arab States was a loose confederation formed in March 1958 between the United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria and the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen under…- United Democratic Front (South Africa)People / groupThe United Democratic Front (UDF) was a South African coalition of hundreds of civic, church, student, labour and community organisations launched in August 1983 to…
United Democratic Party (Belize)People / groupThe United Democratic Party is one of the two main political parties of Belize, formed in 1973 by the merger of opposition groups.
United Fruit CompanyPeople / groupThe United Fruit Company was an American corporation, founded in 1899, that dominated banana growing and trade in Central America and the Caribbean.- United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandStateThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the state created on 1 January 1801 by the Acts of Union, which merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom…
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the AlgarvesStateThe United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was the monarchy created in December 1815, when the Portuguese court, which had fled to Rio de Janeiro in 1807…
United Malays National OrganisationPeople / groupThe United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) is a Malay nationalist party founded in 1946 under Onn Jaafar to oppose the British Malayan Union plan.
United National Independence PartyPeople / groupThe United National Independence Party (UNIP) is a Zambian political party founded in 1959 and led by Kenneth Kaunda, successor to the banned Zambia African National…- United National PartyPeople / groupThe United National Party is a political party of Sri Lanka, founded in 1946 by D.
United NationsInstitutionThe United Nations is an international organisation founded in 1945 to maintain peace and promote cooperation among states, with its headquarters in New York.
United Nations CharterWork / monumentThe United Nations Charter is the founding treaty of the United Nations, signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945 by 50 states and in force from 24 October 1945.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaWork / monumentThe United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is an international treaty adopted in 1982 after nine years of negotiation and in force since 1994.
United Nations Emergency ForcePeace · 1956–1967The United Nations Emergency Force was the first armed peacekeeping force of the United Nations, created in November 1956 on the proposal of Lester B.