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- Yeonsangun of JoseonPersonYeonsangun was the tenth king of Joseon, ruling from 1494 to 1506, and is remembered as its worst tyrant.
Yerba mateTermYerba mate is a holly, Ilex paraguariensis, native to the forests of Paraguay, southern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina, whose dried leaves are steeped to make the…
YerevanPlaceYerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia, on the Hrazdan river within sight of Mount Ararat.
Yermak TimofeyevichPersonYermak Timofeyevich was a Cossack leader who led an expedition across the Ural Mountains into Siberia in the 1580s, defeating the Khanate of Sibir.- YervandashatPlaceYervandashat was an ancient Armenian city at the confluence of the Araxes and Akhurian rivers, founded by the Orontid king Orontes IV around the end of the 3rd century…
- Yeshaq (Bahr Negash)PersonYeshaq was Bahr Negash, governor of the northern province of Medri Bahri in present-day Eritrea, in the mid-sixteenth century.
- Yeshaq IPersonYeshaq I was emperor of Ethiopia from 1414 to 1429, a son of Dawit I of the Solomonic dynasty.
Yeshe-ÖPersonYeshe-Ö was a king of Guge in western Tibet in the late 10th century who became a monk and devoted his reign to restoring Buddhism.
Yeshwantrao GhorpadePersonYeshwantrao Ghorpade was the last ruling raja of the princely state of Sandur in southern India, succeeding in 1928.- YeşilırmakPlaceThe Yeşilırmak, the ancient Iris, is a river of northern Anatolia, Turkey, flowing past Tokat and Amasya to the Black Sea east of Samsun.
- YesügeiPersonYesügei was a chief of the Borjigin clan of the Mongols and the father of Temüjin, later Genghis Khan.
- Yeta IIIPersonYeta III was Litunga, king of the Lozi of Barotseland, from 1916 to 1945, succeeding his father Lewanika.
Yevgenia BoschPersonYevgenia Bosch was a Bolshevik revolutionary who served as People's Secretary of Internal Affairs in the Soviet government of Ukraine formed at Kharkiv in December…- Yevgeny AlekseyevPersonYevgeny Alekseyev was a Russian admiral who commanded the Pacific Squadron and governed the Kwantung Oblast from Port Arthur, and in 1903 was appointed Viceroy of the…
Yevhen PetrushevychPersonYevhen Petrushevych was a Ukrainian lawyer and politician from Galicia, a deputy in the Austrian parliament, who became president of the Ukrainian National Council of…- YeweReligion / ideaYewe is a secret religious order of the Ewe of south-eastern Ghana and Togo, devoted to the thunder god Xevieso and related deities.
- YHWHReligion / ideaYHWH, conventionally rendered as Yahweh, is the name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible.
Yi HwangPersonYi Hwang, known as Toegye, was one of the two greatest Neo-Confucian philosophers of Joseon Korea.- Yi IPersonYi I, known as Yulgok, was one of the two greatest Neo-Confucian philosophers of Joseon Korea, alongside Yi Hwang.
- Yi Ja-gyeomPersonYi Ja-gyeom was a Korean aristocrat of the Gyeongwon Yi clan who dominated the Goryeo court in the early twelfth century.
- Yi Sun-sinPersonYi Sun-sin was a Korean admiral who led Joseon's navy against the Japanese invasions of 1592 to 1598.
- Yich'aak B'ahlamPersonYich'aak B'ahlam was a Classic Maya king of Ceibal, in the Petexbatun region of Guatemala.
- YiddishTermYiddish is a language of the Ashkenazi Jews, based on medieval German with Hebrew, Aramaic and Slavic elements and written in the Hebrew alphabet.
Yigael YadinPersonYigael Yadin was an Israeli archaeologist, soldier and politician.- YijingPersonYijing was a Chinese Buddhist monk who travelled by sea to India in the late seventh century, staying in Srivijaya on his journeys and visiting it in 671 CE.
- YimouxunPersonYimouxun was king of Nanzhao from 779 to 808.
Yin RugengPersonYin Rugeng was a Chinese official, educated in Japan, who in November 1935 declared eastern Hebei autonomous from the Nationalist government and headed the…
Yin ShanPlaceThe Yin Shan are a range of mountains in Inner Mongolia, north of the great bend of the Yellow River.
YinchuanPlaceYinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in north-western China, on the Yellow River plain below the Helan Mountains.- Ying (Chu)PlaceYing was the capital of the State of Chu for most of its history, usually identified with the walled site of Ji'nancheng near modern Jingzhou in Hubei.
Ying BuPersonYing Bu was a Chinese general who rebelled against the Qin dynasty and served Xiang Yu, who made him King of Jiujiang in 206 BCE.- YingchangPlaceYingchang was a city of the Yuan dynasty near Dali Lake in present-day Inner Mongolia, China, built by the Khongirad, the consort clan of the Mongol emperors.
YingqiuPlaceYingqiu was the first capital of the State of Qi, according to the Shiji the seat granted to Jiang Ziya, Lord Taigong, when King Wu of Zhou enfeoffed him in the north…
YiningPlaceYining, known in Uyghur as Ghulja, is a city in the Ili valley of north-western Xinjiang, China, near the border with Kazakhstan.
YinxuPlaceYinxu, the 'Ruins of Yin', is the site of the last capital of the Shang dynasty, near Anyang in Henan, China, occupied from about 1300 BCE until the Zhou conquest.- YishuvPeople / groupThe Yishuv was the Jewish community in Palestine before the founding of Israel in 1948.
- Yizhou CommanderyPlaceYizhou Commandery was a commandery created by the Han dynasty in 109 BCE on the lands of the Dian kingdom in present-day Yunnan, China.
Ymer PrizreniPersonYmer Prizreni was an Albanian Ottoman official and leader of the League of Prizren, formed in 1878 to resist the transfer of Albanian-inhabited lands to Montenegro…
ŁynaPlaceThe Łyna, in German the Alle, is a river of about 290 kilometres that rises in the Masurian lake district of northern Poland and flows north through Olsztyn and…
Ynglinga sagaWork / monumentYnglinga saga is the first part of Heimskringla, the history of the kings of Norway written in Old Norse by the Icelander Snorri Sturluson around 1230.
YnglingsPeople / groupThe Ynglings were a legendary dynasty of Swedish kings at Uppsala, said to descend from the god Freyr.
Yodo RiverPlaceThe Yodo River is a river of the Kansai region of Japan, flowing from Lake Biwa past Kyoto to Osaka Bay.
Yodo-donoPersonYodo-dono, born Chacha, was the eldest daughter of Azai Nagamasa and Oichi and became a consort of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Yohannes IVPersonYohannes IV was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 to 1889, a Tigrayan noble born Kassa Mercha who gained power with British arms after the fall of Tewodros II.
Yokoi ShōnanPersonYokoi Shōnan was a Japanese Confucian scholar and political reformer from the Kumamoto domain.- YolaPlaceYola is a town in north-eastern Nigeria near the Benue River and the capital of Adamawa State.
Yolande, Duchess of LorrainePersonYolande of Anjou was a daughter of René of Anjou who inherited the Duchy of Lorraine in 1473.- Yom Kippur WarWar · 1973The Yom Kippur War was the surprise offensive of October 1973 in which Egypt and Syria sought to recover the lands lost in 1967, crossing the Suez Canal and storming…
Yom RiverPlaceThe Yom River is a river of northern Thailand, rising in the Phi Pan Nam mountains of Phayao province and flowing south past Phrae and Sukhothai to join the Nan River…
YonagoPlaceYonago is a city in western Tottori Prefecture, Japan, on the Sea of Japan coast near the border with Shimane, in the former province of Hoki.
YonezawaPlaceYonezawa is a city in the south of Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan.
YongchengPlaceYongcheng, or Yong, was the capital of the State of Qin from 677 to 383 BCE, near modern Fengxiang in western Shaanxi.
Yongle EmperorPersonThe Yongle Emperor was the third emperor of the Ming Empire, reigning from 1402 to 1424 after seizing the throne from his nephew.
Yongle EncyclopediaWork / monumentThe Yongle Encyclopedia was a vast Chinese compendium commissioned by the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty and completed in 1408.- Yongli EmperorPersonThe Yongli Emperor, Zhu Youlang, was the last emperor of the Southern Ming, enthroned at Zhaoqing in 1646.
Yongzheng EmperorPersonThe Yongzheng Emperor was the third Qing emperor to rule China, reigning from 1722 to 1735 between the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors.
YonnePlaceThe Yonne is a river of central France, about 290 km long, rising in the Morvan and joining the Seine at Montereau.- Yopaat B'ahlam IPersonYopaat B'ahlam I was the founder of the royal dynasty of the Maya city of Yaxchilan, who according to later inscriptions took power in 359 CE.
YorkPlaceYork is a historic city in North Yorkshire, England, where the Ouse and the Foss meet.
York FactoryPlaceYork Factory was a fur-trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company at the mouth of the Hayes River on Hudson Bay, in today's Manitoba.
York MinsterWork / monumentYork Minster is the cathedral of York in northern England and the seat of the Archbishop of York.
York River (Virginia)PlaceThe York River is a tidal estuary in eastern Virginia, formed by the junction of the Pamunkey and Mattaponi rivers and flowing about 55 kilometres into Chesapeake Bay.- York, MainePlaceYork is a town on the southern coast of Maine, United States, settled by the English in the 1630s as Agamenticus.
YorkshirePlaceYorkshire is a historic county of northern England, the largest in the country, stretching from the Pennines to the North Sea.
Yorkshire WoldsPlaceThe Yorkshire Wolds are low chalk hills in the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire, England, curving from the Humber to the coast at Flamborough Head.- YorubaPeople / groupThe Yoruba are a major West African people of south-western Nigeria and neighbouring Benin, with a long tradition of urban city-states and the sacred city of Ile-Ife.
YorubalandPlaceYorubaland is the cultural homeland of the Yoruba people, covering south-western Nigeria and parts of Benin and Togo.
Yoshida ShōinPersonYoshida Shōin (1830–1859) was a samurai teacher and thinker of the Chōshū domain.
Yoshida-Kōriyama CastleWork / monumentYoshida-Kōriyama Castle was a mountain castle in Aki province, now in Akitakata in Hiroshima Prefecture, the home base of the Mōri clan.
Yoshino, NaraPlaceYoshino is a mountain town in Nara Prefecture, Japan, famous for the cherry trees of Mount Yoshino and for its shrines and temples on the pilgrimage routes of the Kii…- Youliu ChanyuPersonYouliu was chanyu of the Northern Xiongnu in the late 1st century CE.
- Young BukharansPeople / groupThe Young Bukharans were a reformist movement in the Emirate of Bukhara, influenced by the Jadid movement and the Young Turks, who sought modern education and…
- Young KhivansPeople / groupThe Young Khivans were a reformist movement in the Khanate of Khiva, formed in the 1910s on the model of the Young Turks and the Jadid reformers of Central Asia.
Youth PledgeEventThe Youth Pledge (Sumpah Pemuda) was the declaration made on 28 October 1928 at the Second Indonesian Youth Congress in Batavia.
YouzhouPlaceYouzhou was a historical prefecture of northern China centred on the city of Ji, on the site of modern Beijing.
Yoweri MuseveniPersonYoweri Museveni is a Ugandan politician and former rebel leader who has been President of Uganda since 1986.
YpatiPlaceYpati is a village in Phthiotis, central Greece, on the slopes of Mount Oeta above the Spercheios valley.
YpresPlaceYpres (Ieper) is a city in West Flanders, Belgium.
YserPlaceThe Yser is a river that rises in northern France and flows through West Flanders in Belgium to the North Sea at Nieuwpoort.
Yu County, HebeiPlaceYu County, or Yuxian, is a county in Zhangjiakou in north-western Hebei province, China, in an upland basin near the Shanxi border.- Yu Deuk-gongPersonYu Deuk-gong was a Korean scholar of the Silhak school in the late Joseon period, who served in the royal library under King Jeongjo.
Yu the GreatPersonYu the Great is the legendary Chinese ruler said to have tamed the great flood by dredging channels rather than building dams, and to have founded the Xia dynasty.- Yu'fir ibn Abd al-Rahman al-HiwaliPersonYu'fir ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Hiwali was a Yemeni chief of the Himyarite Hiwal tribe who founded the Yufirid dynasty in the 9th century.
Yuan DynastyStateThe Yuan Dynasty was the Mongol-ruled dynasty of China, proclaimed by Kublai Khan in 1271, which completed the conquest of the Southern Song in 1279.
Yuan HaowenPersonYuan Haowen was a poet, critic and historian of the Jin dynasty from Xinzhou in Shanxi, widely regarded as the greatest poet of northern China in his age.
Yuan ShaoPersonYuan Shao was a Chinese warlord of the late Eastern Han dynasty, from a family of high officials.
Yuan ShikaiPersonYuan Shikai was a Chinese general who built the modern Beiyang Army under the Qing.
Yuan ShuPersonYuan Shu was a Chinese warlord of the late Eastern Han dynasty and cousin of Yuan Shao.
Yuasa, WakayamaPlaceYuasa is a coastal town in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, on the Kii Peninsula, traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Japanese soy sauce.
Yucatán PeninsulaPlaceThe Yucatán Peninsula is a low limestone platform in south-eastern Mexico and northern Central America, separating the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea.
YudhishthiraPersonYudhishthira is the eldest of the five Pandava brothers in the Mahabharata, the son of Kunti and, in the epic, of the god Dharma.- Yue FeiPersonYue Fei was a Southern Song general who led campaigns against the Jurchen Jin dynasty and its client state of Qi in the 1130s, recovering territory north of the Yangtze.
Yue YiPersonYue Yi was a general of the Warring States period who served King Zhao of Yan.- YuezhiPeople / groupThe Yuezhi were a nomadic people who lived in the region of the Gansu corridor in north-western China in the late first millennium BCE.
Yugoslav CommitteePeople / groupThe Yugoslav Committee was a political body of South Slav exiles from Austria-Hungary, formally founded in London in 1915 and led by the Croatian politician Ante Trumbić.
Yugoslav PartisansPeople / groupThe Yugoslav Partisans were the Communist-led resistance movement in occupied Yugoslavia during the Second World War, commanded by Josip Broz Tito.
YugoslaviaStateYugoslavia was a state of the South Slavs in the Balkans, proclaimed in 1918 as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from territories including former…
YugraPlaceYugra (Arabic Yura) was the medieval name for the lands and peoples of the far north-east of European Russia and north-western Siberia, around the northern Urals and…
YugursPeople / groupThe Yugurs, also called Yellow Uyghurs, are an ethnic group of about 14,000 people living mainly in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County in Gansu, China.
Yuhi V MusingaPersonYuhi V Musinga was king of Rwanda from 1896 to 1931.