Nasr of Granada

Nasr (1 November 1287 – 16 November 1322), full name Abu al-Juyush Nasr ibn Muhammad (Arabic: أبو الجيوش نصر بن محمد), was the fourth Nasrid ruler of the Emirat…

Nassau-class battleship

The Nassau class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the early 1900s. The class comprised Nas…

Nasutoceratops

NasutoceratopsTemporal range: Campanian, 75.9–75.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Reconstructed Nasutoceratops skull at the Arizona Museum of Nat…

Natalie Clifford Barney

Natalie Clifford Barney (October 31, 1876 – February 2, 1972) was an American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris that brought together Fren…

Natchez revolt

The Natchez revolt, or the Natchez massacre, was an attack by the Natchez Native American people on French colonists near present-day Natchez, Mississippi, on N…

Nathaniel Parker Willis

Nathaniel Parker Willis (January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867), also known as N. P. Willis, was an American writer, poet and editor who worked with several notab…

Nation of Islam

The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. The NOI is centralized and hierarchical. It…
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National anthem of Russia

The State Anthem of the Russian Federation is the national anthem of Russia. It uses the same melody as the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, composed by Alexan…

National Union of Freedom Fighters

The National Union of Freedom Fighters (NUFF) was an armed Marxist revolutionary group in Trinidad and Tobago. Active in the aftermath of the 1970 Black Power R…

Nativity (Christus)

Nativity, c. mid-1450s. Oil on wood, 127.6 cm × 94.9 cm  (50.2 in × 37.4 in), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The Nativity is a devoti…

Nature fakers controversy

Illustration from William J. Long's School of the Woods (1902), showing an otter teaching her young to swim The nature fakers controversy was an early 20th-cent…

Nauru

Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies within the M…
Geography

Nauru reed warbler

Nauru reed warbler Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class:…

Neal Dow

Neal Dow (March 20, 1804 – October 2, 1897) was an American Prohibition advocate and politician. Nicknamed the "Napoleon of Temperance" and the "Father of Prohi…
Military

Neapolitan ragù

Neapolitan ragù (rraù in the Neapolitan language) is a ragù associated with the city of Naples, Italy, made by braising meat over several hours in tomato purée …

Nebraska (album)

Nebraska is the sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on September 30, 1982, through Columbia Records. Springsteen re…
Geography

Nebula Science Fiction

The December 1956 issue of Nebula. The cover is by James Stark, whose work is described by science fiction art historian David Hardy as "severe portrayals of t…

Nebular hypothesis

The nebular hypothesis is the most widely accepted model in the field of cosmogony to explain the formation and evolution of the Solar System (as well as other …

Neferefre

Neferefre Isi (fl. 25th century BC; also known as Raneferef, Ranefer and in Greek as Χέρης, Cherês) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty …

Neferirkare Kakai

Neferirkare Kakai (also known as Raneferirka Kakai and in Greek as Nefercherês, Νεφερχέρης) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the third king of the Fifth Dynasty…

Neil Brooks

Neil Brooks (born 27 July 1962) is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Ol…
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