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- WarehamPlaceWareham is a market town in Dorset, southern England, between the rivers Frome and Piddle.
Waren (Müritz)PlaceWaren is a town in Mecklenburg, north-eastern Germany, on the northern shore of the Müritz, the largest lake lying wholly within Germany.
WareruPersonWareru was the founder of the Mon kingdom of Martaban, later called Hanthawaddy, in lower Burma.
Warka VaseWork / monumentThe Warka Vase is a carved alabaster vessel about one metre tall, found in the Eanna precinct at Uruk (modern Warka) in Iraq and dated to about 3200–3000 BCE.
WarliPeople / groupThe Warli are an Adivasi people living in the hills and coastal lowlands of northern Maharashtra and southern Gujarat, India.
Warmadewa dynastyStateThe Warmadewa dynasty ruled Bali for much of the 10th and 11th centuries, beginning with Sri Kesari Warmadewa, named on the Belanjong pillar of 914.- WarmbadPlaceWarmbad is a small town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, near the Orange River, named after its hot springs.
- Warnier LawWork / monumentThe Warnier Law of July 1873, named after the deputy Auguste Warnier, extended French property law to land in Algeria.
- Waroch IIPersonWaroch II was a Breton count of Vannes in the late 6th century, the son of Macliau.
WarpalawaPersonWarpalawa was king of Tuwana, a Neo-Hittite kingdom in southern Cappadocia, in the second half of the 8th century BCE.
Warren ExpeditionCampaign · 1884–1885The Warren Expedition was a British military expedition of about 4,000 men led by Sir Charles Warren to southern Bechuanaland in 1884–1885.
Warren HastingsPersonWarren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal, heading the East India Company's administration in India from 1773 to 1785.
Warring States periodTermThe Warring States period was the final phase of the Eastern Zhou in ancient China, when seven major states, Qin, Chu, Qi, Yan, Han, Zhao and Wei, fought for supremacy.
Warrior of CapestranoWork / monumentThe Warrior of Capestrano is a limestone statue of a warrior, more than two metres tall, found in 1934 in a cemetery at Capestrano in Abruzzo, Italy.
Wars in LombardyWar · 1423–1454The Wars in Lombardy were a series of conflicts from 1423 to 1454 between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan, with Florence and other Italian states drawn in.
Wars of Alexander the GreatWar · 336–323 BCEThe Wars of Alexander the Great were the campaigns fought by Alexander III of Macedon between 336 and 323 BCE, first to secure Greece and then against the Achaemenid…
Wars of CastroWar · 1641–1649The Wars of Castro were two conflicts over the Duchy of Castro, a Farnese fief in the Papal States north of Rome.
Wars of KappelWar · 1529–1531The Wars of Kappel were two religious wars between Reformed Zürich and the Catholic cantons of central Switzerland.
Wars of the DiadochiWar · 323–281 BCEThe Wars of the Diadochi were the conflicts fought between Alexander the Great's generals, the Diadochi or successors, for control of his empire after his death…
Wars of the RosesWar · 1455–1487The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars for the English throne between the houses of Lancaster and York, branches of the Plantagenet dynasty, from 1455 to 1487.
Wars of the Three KingdomsWar · 1639–1653The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were a series of linked wars from 1639 to 1653 in England, Scotland and Ireland, then ruled by Charles I.
WarsawPlaceWarsaw is the capital of Poland, on the Vistula River.
Warsaw ConfederationEventThe Warsaw Confederation was an act adopted by the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1573 that guaranteed religious peace and freedom among the nobility.
Warsaw PactInstitutionThe Warsaw Pact was the military alliance of the Soviet Union and the communist states of Eastern Europe, signed in Warsaw on 14 May 1955 after West Germany joined NATO.
Warsaw Pact invasion of CzechoslovakiaCrisis · 1968The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia began on the night of 20–21 August 1968, when troops of the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria entered the country to…
WartaPlaceThe Warta is a river in western and central Poland, about 800 kilometres long and the longest tributary of the Oder.- WartburgWork / monumentThe Wartburg is a castle on a hill above Eisenach in Thuringia, Germany, traditionally founded around 1067 by Louis the Bearded.
Wartburg FestivalEventThe Wartburg Festival was a gathering of about 500 German students at the Wartburg castle near Eisenach on 18 October 1817, marking the 300th anniversary of Luther's…
Wartislaw I, Duke of PomeraniaPersonWartislaw I (fl. 1120s–1130s) was the first historically attested Duke of Pomerania and ancestor of the Griffin dynasty.
Wartislaw III, Duke of PomeraniaPersonWartislaw III was duke of Pomerania-Demmin, of the Griffin dynasty, ruling alongside his cousin Barnim I.
Wartislaw IX, Duke of PomeraniaPersonWartislaw IX was duke of Pomerania-Wolgast, of the Griffin dynasty, from the 1410s until his death in 1457.
WarwickPlaceWarwick is the county town of Warwickshire in the English Midlands, on the River Avon. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, fortified it as a burh in 914 against the Danes…- Warwick PatentWork / monumentThe Warwick Patent was a grant of land in southern New England issued in 1632 (1631 in the old-style calendar) by Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, as president of the…
Warwick, Rhode IslandPlaceWarwick is a city in Rhode Island on the western shore of Narragansett Bay.
WarwickshirePlaceWarwickshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, with Warwick as its county town.- WasashattaPersonWasashatta was a king of Hanigalbat, the rump of the Mitanni state, in the thirteenth century BCE.
- Washington Agreement (1946)Treaty · 1946The Washington Agreement of May 1946 settled Allied claims against Switzerland arising from its wartime dealings with Nazi Germany.
Washington LuísPersonWashington Luís was a Brazilian politician from São Paulo who served as president of Brazil from 1926 to 1930, the last president of the First Brazilian Republic.
Washington Naval ConferenceTreaty · Peace · 1921–1922The Washington Naval Conference was an international meeting held in Washington from November 1921 to February 1922 on naval disarmament and the Pacific.
Washington Naval TreatyTreaty · 1922The Washington Naval Treaty was an arms-limitation agreement signed in February 1922 by the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France and Italy at the Washington…
Washington, D.C.PlaceWashington, D.C., is the capital of the United States, on the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia.
Washington-on-the-BrazosPlaceWashington-on-the-Brazos is a small community on the Brazos River in Texas where delegates to the Convention of 1836 declared Texas independent from Mexico on 2 March…
WashukanniPlaceWashukanni was the capital of the Mitanni Empire, probably located in the Khabur valley of north-eastern Syria, though its exact site has not been confirmed.
WasitPlaceWasit was a city in central Iraq on the Tigris, founded around 702 by the Umayyad governor al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf as the garrison and administrative capital of Iraq…
WassafPersonWassaf, Abdallah ibn Fadlallah of Shiraz, was a Persian historian and official of the Ilkhanate.
Wassenaar AgreementEventThe Wassenaar Agreement was concluded on 24 November 1982 between Dutch employers' organisations and trade unions, at a time of high unemployment.
Wassily KandinskyPersonWassily Kandinsky was a Russian-born painter and art theorist, one of the pioneers of abstract art.
WassoulouPlaceWassoulou is a savanna region on the borders of southern Mali, north-eastern Guinea and north-western Côte d'Ivoire, around the upper Sankarani River.
WasusarmaPersonWasusarma was a king of Tabal in south-central Anatolia in the 8th century BCE, son of Tuwati.
Wat ArunWork / monumentWat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, is a Buddhist temple on the west bank of the Chao Phraya in Bangkok, in the old capital district of Thonburi.
Wat ChaiwatthanaramWork / monumentWat Chaiwatthanaram is a Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya river just outside the island of Ayutthaya, built from 1630 by King Prasat Thong.
Wat Chedi LuangWork / monumentWat Chedi Luang is a Buddhist temple in the centre of Chiang Mai, Thailand, whose great chedi was begun in the late 14th century and enlarged under King Tilokarat in…
Wat Chet YotWork / monumentWat Chet Yot is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand, founded by King Tilokarat of Lan Na in 1455.
Wat Mahathat, SukhothaiWork / monumentWat Mahathat is the principal temple at the centre of the old city of Sukhothai in Thailand, the kingdom's royal and religious centre.
Wat PhoWork / monumentWat Pho is a royal Buddhist temple in Bangkok, just south of the Grand Palace.
Wat Phra KaewWork / monumentWat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is the royal temple within the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
Wat Phra Mahathat WoramahawihanWork / monumentWat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan is the chief Buddhist temple of Nakhon Si Thammarat in southern Thailand.- Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Lopburi)Work / monumentWat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat is a ruined temple near the railway station of Lopburi in central Thailand.
Wat Phra Si SanphetWork / monumentWat Phra Si Sanphet was the royal temple within the palace grounds of Ayutthaya, used for royal ceremonies and without resident monks.
Wat Phra SinghWork / monumentWat Phra Singh is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand, founded in 1345 by King Phayu of Lan Na to hold the ashes of his father.
Wat Phra That HariphunchaiWork / monumentWat Phra That Hariphunchai is a Buddhist temple in Lamphun, northern Thailand, centred on a gilded stupa said to enshrine a relic of the Buddha.
Wat Phra That Lampang LuangWork / monumentWat Phra That Lampang Luang is a Buddhist temple near Lampang in northern Thailand, built within a walled enclosure on an old fortified mound.
Wat PhuWork / monumentWat Phu is a ruined Khmer temple complex in Champasak province in southern Laos, built at the foot of a mountain whose summit resembles a linga.
Wat PhuminWork / monumentWat Phumin is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nan in northern Thailand, founded in 1596 and restored in the 19th century.
Wat Si ChumWork / monumentWat Si Chum is a Buddhist temple just north of the old city of Sukhothai in Thailand.
Wat Si SaketWork / monumentWat Si Saket is a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos, built by King Anouvong in 1818.
Wat Suan DokWork / monumentWat Suan Dok is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand, built around 1371 by King Kue Na in his flower garden for the monk Sumana, who founded there a monastic…
Wat Xieng ThongWork / monumentWat Xieng Thong is a Buddhist temple in Luang Prabang, Laos, built in 1559–1560 under King Setthathirath of Lan Xang.- Wat'ul K'atelPersonWat'ul K'atel was a Maya lord of Ceibal in Guatemala, installed in 829 under the patronage of Ucanal.
- WatamponePlaceWatampone is a town in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, the capital of Bone Regency near the Gulf of Bone.
Wateree RiverPlaceThe Wateree River is a river of central South Carolina, the continuation of the Catawba River below Lake Wateree.
WaterfordPlaceWaterford is a city and port in south-eastern Ireland on the estuary of the River Suir.
Watergate scandalEventThe Watergate scandal was a political scandal in the United States that began with a break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in…- Waththab ibn SabiqPersonWaththab ibn Sabiq al-Numayri was the founder of the Numayrid emirate of the Banu Numayr tribe in the Diyar Mudar region of Upper Mesopotamia.
Watling StreetWork / monumentWatling Street is an ancient route in England and Wales, paved by the Romans as a main road from the Kent ports through London to Wroxeter.
WawatPlaceWawat was the ancient Egyptian name for Lower Nubia, the Nile valley between the First and Second Cataracts.
Wawel HillPlaceWawel is a limestone hill on the left bank of the Vistula in Kraków, southern Poland.
Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiilPersonWaxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, often called 18 Rabbit, was the thirteenth king of the Maya city of Copán.
Way of the Five Pecks of RiceReligion / ideaThe Way of the Five Pecks of Rice was an early Daoist religious movement founded in Sichuan in the second century CE by Zhang Daoling, named after the contribution of…- WayeyiPeople / groupThe Wayeyi, or BaYei, are a Bantu-speaking people of north-western Botswana, living mainly in the Okavango Delta and around Lake Ngami.
- WazirInstitutionWazir is a variant spelling of vizier, the title of a chief minister.
The WealdPlaceThe Weald is an area of south-east England between the North and South Downs, covering parts of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire.
The Wealth of NationsWork / monumentThe Wealth of Nations, in full An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, is a book by Adam Smith published in London in 1776.
Webster–Ashburton TreatyTreaty · 1842The Webster–Ashburton Treaty, signed on 9 August 1842 by the US Secretary of State Daniel Webster and the British envoy Lord Ashburton, settled the disputed border…
WeertPlaceWeert is a town in the province of Limburg in the south-eastern Netherlands, near the Belgian border.
WehrmachtInstitutionThe Wehrmacht was the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945, comprising the army, navy and air force.- Wei BaoPersonWei Bao was a member of the royal house of Wei who joined the rising against the Qin dynasty.
- Wei QingPersonWei Qing was a Han Dynasty general of the second century BCE who led major campaigns against the Xiongnu under Emperor Wu.
Wei RiverPlaceThe Wei River is the main tributary of the Yellow River, flowing east through Gansu and Shaanxi in northern China.- Wei River (Shandong)PlaceThe Wei River of Shandong is a river of the Shandong peninsula in eastern China, flowing north into the Bohai Sea.
Wei ZhengPersonWei Zheng was a statesman and adviser of the early Tang Dynasty, famous as the remonstrance official of Emperor Taizong.- Wei ZhuangPersonWei Zhuang was a Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty, celebrated for his ci lyrics and for the long narrative poem Lament of the Lady of Qin, which describes the sack…
- WeidaPlaceWeida is a small town in eastern Thuringia, Germany, on the river Weida.
WeikersheimPlaceWeikersheim is a small town on the Tauber in the Main-Tauber district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Weil der StadtPlaceWeil der Stadt is a small town west of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, on the river Würm.
WeilburgPlaceWeilburg is a town on the Lahn in central Hesse, Germany.
WeimarPlaceWeimar is a city in Thuringia, Germany, the residence of the dukes of Saxe-Weimar and later Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Weimar RepublicStateThe Weimar Republic was the democratic German state established after the fall of the German Empire in 1918, named after the city where its constitution was drafted.
Weingarten, WürttembergPlaceWeingarten is a town in Upper Swabia, in Baden-Württemberg, just north of Ravensburg; it was called Altdorf until 1865.- Weinsberg massacreRevolt · 1525The Weinsberg massacre took place on 16 April 1525, during the German Peasants' War, when a rebel band from the Neckar valley and the Odenwald stormed the town and…