Explore articles, definitions, images and related knowledge in this language edition of AlegsaOnline.com.
Search within this language edition and across AlegsaOnline.com.
Browse the encyclopedia alphabetically.
Discover recently highlighted encyclopedia entries.
Final major defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte on 18 June 1815 near Waterloo (modern Belgium), ending the Hundred Days and reshaping Europe after the Napoleonic Wars.
Read more
Academic art was a dominant European artistic tradition from the 17th–19th centuries emphasizing formal training, polished technique, and a hierarchy of subjects; it influenced salons, acade…
Read more
An autonomous, demilitarized and monolingually Swedish-speaking archipelago in the Baltic Sea with its own parliament, special legal status and a maritime economy centered on shipping, fishi…
Read more
Kristi Yamaguchi (born July 1971) is a retired American figure skater, 1992 Olympic champion, and founder of a nonprofit promoting early childhood literacy and healthy lifestyles.
Read more
A concise, neutral survey of Russia’s history: early settlements, Kievan Rus', Mongol rule, Muscovy and the Empire, revolutions, the Soviet era, and post‑1991 developments including Crimea a…
Read more
Vulcan is the Roman deity associated with fire, volcanic forces and smithcraft. He figures among the major Roman gods and was propitiated both for his creative forge and his destructive flam…
Read more
